tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127592879772702909.post8081949993303941446..comments2024-03-21T03:17:44.763-07:00Comments on Charity Mom: By With A Little Help from My FriendsJennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17072566120759578331noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127592879772702909.post-30820078668737965112008-02-15T13:47:00.000-08:002008-02-15T13:47:00.000-08:00I'd give anythig to be "obese" and look like you. ...I'd give anythig to be "obese" and look like you. You are beautiful<BR/>I on the other hand have stacks of medical records with big red writing on the top page MORBIDLY OBESE....I just want to stab their eyes out, or sit my morbidly obese ass on them until their eyeballs pop out of their sockets<BR/>not bitter though<BR/><BR/>http://www.xanga.com/Littleoldladyinashoehttp://www.xanga.com/Littleoldladyinashoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06818651065202790098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127592879772702909.post-48235185590206178072008-02-14T20:07:00.000-08:002008-02-14T20:07:00.000-08:00OMG you are so not obese! Your are so beautiful!! ...OMG you are so not obese! Your are so beautiful!! I do know the struggles of trying to lose the weight tho! That email is HILARIOUS! LOL! Thanks for sharing it! Last June I started weight watchers (I know you have done it and have had success with it) and I am loving it. So far I am down 64.4 pounds and would like to lose about another 35 pounds. So yeah, as you can see at one time I was in the "Obese" category too. Now I am just overweight, and honestly I have never been happier:) LOL!!<BR/>Good luck to you sweetie, and I think you are beautiful no matter what!! <BR/>Oh here is a link to my weight loss blog, visit if you would like!! :)<BR/>http://hotskinnymomwannabe.blogspot.com/<BR/><BR/>StacieAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333638732104523092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127592879772702909.post-1804031818222270712008-02-14T15:04:00.000-08:002008-02-14T15:04:00.000-08:00I love this email- hilarious. And girlfriend, you...I love this email- hilarious. <BR/><BR/>And girlfriend, you are so not obese. Pu-lease. <BR/><BR/>I loved working out with the trainer, although I never got the "you are obese" speech. And I eventually loved exercising too. Imagine that?! But no exercising for me now, since I'm knocked up and having some medical issues. Once those issues are worked out, I will be back at the gym- it helps me keep my sanity.<BR/><BR/>Good luck! LisaMommy Mohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02253085170545717474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127592879772702909.post-31904193705632225962008-02-14T11:19:00.000-08:002008-02-14T11:19:00.000-08:00Jenny - I feel ya, girl. In fact, I started my ow...Jenny - I feel ya, girl. In fact, I started my own blog in January which is dedicated to my weight loss. Feel free to check it out!<BR/><BR/>http://size8in2008.blogspot.com/<BR/><BR/>You'll do great with a trainer. It's difficult to know you have to go from Obese to a healthy weight, but don't get discouraged! Most of us are in the same boat!kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14128517650398935554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127592879772702909.post-29656825259108932572008-02-14T10:00:00.000-08:002008-02-14T10:00:00.000-08:00Hi Jenny, I have seen that email before and I LOVE...Hi Jenny, I have seen that email before and I LOVE it! I am doing the Couch to 5k training program and I found a podcast to listen to and I felt exactly like the woman in the email. The first few minutes I was all happy and excited and by the end of the run I wanted to strangle the guy. <BR/><BR/>I'm also in the "obese" category (although from pictures I've seen of you, you have a lot less weight to lose than I do) and can't wait to just get into the "overweight" category. That just sounds so sad to me! I started my blog to help me out and it's been amazing. I've lost 14.4 pounds in the past 11 weeks, and have 73 more to go I think. But I still struggle with the "you've never done it before, why should this time be any different??" Hang in there. You CAN do it!Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06554987689002177445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127592879772702909.post-16388824975440246652008-02-14T08:43:00.000-08:002008-02-14T08:43:00.000-08:00OK, I've seen pictures of you, that's all, but goo...OK, I've seen pictures of you, that's all, but good grief, if you are obese, then I'm probably MORBIDLY obese. I just don't think that's a label that fits you, no way.<BR/><BR/>But I know I'm playing head games with myself about all this, too. Somehow being under 200 lbs has been my criteria for "not really all that fat"... even though the size 16s, the "fat pants" I bought for comfort, are now feeling tight, and I'm inching ever closer to that mark of horror. I'm only 5/3", so this is worse for me than for someone taller. <BR/><BR/>Reading about your day with the trainer is demotivating me to get the trainer session in gear at the gym this week == I'm starting a wellness walking program through my university, and thought I'd schedule one of those sessions soon. No freakin' way now! There's no way I need some skinny college wench telling me I'm obese, too. I can see how much it has motivated YOU... like tears and shame are a good thing? Ugh! <BR/><BR/>Maybe once I lose 20 lbs...<BR/><BR/>You had good luck on South Beach awhile back, right? I'm thinking of rejoining weight watchers. I did well on it just before I got pregnant with my kids 8 years ago... which was the ultimate in demotivation, trying to get pregnant. The irony is that I joined WW when I was the weight that could now reasonably be called my goal weight. Sad but true. If I could get back to the weight I was the day I walked into WW, I'd be happy. <BR/><BR/>But I earned TENURE this year, woohoo! What's 20lbs (on top of the 40 I wanted to lose last year) to a lifetime of job security and getting to teach kids about postmodern irony every semester? I published three essays! I raised a bunch of money to fight leukemia! I did a whole lot of stuff, and what I did generally pales in comparison to all the cool things you do for other people every single day. Then there's that whole motherhood and wife thing, too... we are pretty much the heroes of the universe. We should just love on ourselves all day long. But I really want to get back into my skinny jeans...<BR/><BR/>We can do it. We've just had other stuff to do in the meantime, like growing older, wiser and more important to the universe. Maybe some of that growth inevitably involves a bit of sitting on our expanding butts.<BR/><BR/>I know one thing for sure, though. It's Valentines Day, and I have Belgian chocolates hidden in my desk with my name all over them. I'm going to shelve all this angst for at least another day. The walking thing starts on Monday.<BR/><BR/>Happy V Day!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127592879772702909.post-20548641631171752372008-02-14T08:10:00.000-08:002008-02-14T08:10:00.000-08:00Someone sent me that email when I started working ...Someone sent me that email when I started working out to lose weight for our vow renewal, I printed it out and put it on my corkboard. I love that email!<BR/><BR/>I have 50 pounds to lose before our 10th anniversary in October! I am not sure it is going to happen. I am not good at sticking to diets. Exercise I do fine with, but diets not so much (I guess that is a dead give away, or I would not have 50 pounds to lose huh?)<BR/><BR/>Just stick to it! You can do it!<BR/><BR/>Have a great day!<BR/>MarlaMarlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05418985606379472793noreply@blogger.com