Dear Ladies and Gents!
I have taken on a new challenge! Well more like a bet with my father than a challenge but it has stirred a few things inside of me.
I recently wrote a blog about societies and my view on being 'perfectly sized' and writing that blog made me take a step back at my own life and really think about how I was living it. I preached about how life is all about loving who you are and that you don't need anyone else's opinions to be happy but I think I may have been a slight bit unrealistic. Don't get me wrong, those things are KEY! but no one can be 'perfectly' happy without having someone standing beside them (whether that be a best friend or a significant other) telling them that they are amazing and perfect the way they are.
I like to consider myself very independent and I like to think I can be strong without the help from anyone but I have realized that I, even though I hate to admit it, need people. I need that someone to stand beside me and tell me that no matter what anyone else thinks they love me and will never judge me for who I am. If you are my friend reading this and thinking "I thought I was that person. I do that for you." Just let me finish. I have a ton of friends. They are all wonderful people. They each have their flaws BUT I do not look at their flaws. I admit that they are there and then focus on all the good about them. Each one of my friends has so many wonderful and beautiful qualities that why would you want to think about that one or two flaws that they have?
I want to say thank you to all the unique and amazing people that have stuck by my side and told me that I am worthy of love, that I am beautiful, that I am strong. It is because of you people that I can proudly sit here and say that, Yes I have flaws, but I WILL NOT let them define who I am! I will focus on my strengths and try to fix the flaws but they do NOT define me as a person!
So back to the bet, I seem to have gotten off topic, as I am pretty sure I do every single blog post I have!
At Christmas my father and I were complaining about our weights and that we wanted to do something about it but needed some motivation. I came up with this brilliant but terrible idea! We would bet to see who could lose the most weight by the time I finished college in April. I wanted to just bet a dollar a pound but my dad being my dad said that was not enough so we bumped it up to $10 a pound. So if I lose 10 pounds and he loses 5 pounds he would owe me $50! See a brilliant way to get money right? The only problem is that I have lost about a pound and he has already lost 4!
I should have seen this coming! Men lose weight much faster than girls plus he has about 70 pounds more to lose than I do! But I thought that I could do this. That I would win cause he wouldn't actually put any effort into it but I was wrong, of course!
When I went home this last week I found out how much I was losing by, which 3 pounds doesn't seem like much but that is still $30 out of my pocket! I have decided to get my @$$ in gear and start trying harder! I should mention that from Christmas to last week I really did not try to eat healthier and I did not work out at all. I have been back for two days now and I have worked out both days! Yesterday was only for 10 minutes but 10 minutes is better than nothing! Today I actually went to the gym, swam and played football in the snow which comes out to about 2.5 hours of exercise! Go me! Plus I ate a salad with water and a sandwhich for supper! :) Superly duperly healthy! No dressing on my salad either! :) I know I am pretty proud of myself haha :) Oh and to just top it off I said no to hanging out with friends to get my homework done! and I did it!!! oh yeah! :)
I am going to keep you wonderful people updated on my life style change as my mother would call it! I figure if I am telling a bunch of people that I will keep going at it for longer! :) So thank you in advance for being my support! :) You rock! :)
ASHLEY out
