Comments on: The “A-Ha” Moment http://realworldweightloss.com/weightlossblog/motivation/the-a-ha-moment Real People. Real Solutions. Real Quick Fri, 14 May 2010 23:36:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: JJ http://realworldweightloss.com/weightlossblog/motivation/the-a-ha-moment/comment-page-1#comment-113 JJ Thu, 30 Aug 2007 02:16:37 +0000 http://www.flexyourbody.com/wp/?p=32#comment-113 My body has tolerated every possible weight on my 5' frame. I was cute/chubby in kindergarten, petite @ 19, just fat @ 23 weighing in @ 156 which I blamed solely on my first pregnancy. Ignored the numerous times I sucked up cream puffs/ice cream/cookies, anything fried etc. My 90 pound mother would say "I think you're eating too much" as she hands me another bowl of ice cream. My poor husband was in the military on assignment far away. He had no idea his wife had "changed". By the 2nd pregnancy @ 32, I vowed to lose weight & exercise. It was a challenge. Hence, my "baptism by fire" occurred while taking a very high impact aerobics class on my first visit to a gym. NO warmup, my heart seemed like it was pounding outside my body. None of this mattered because I was wearing cute sneakers, sweating profusely, & ready to pass out. Priorities were none existent. Now older/wiser I like me. I don't worry about high profile instructors, I admire them. Any class I take will only benefit me, so there's no room for negativity. Life is indeed what you make it. My body has tolerated every possible weight on my 5′ frame. I was cute/chubby in kindergarten, petite @ 19, just fat @ 23 weighing in @ 156 which I blamed solely on my first pregnancy. Ignored the numerous times I sucked up cream puffs/ice cream/cookies, anything fried etc. My 90 pound mother would say “I think you’re eating too much” as she hands me another bowl of ice cream. My poor husband was in the military on assignment far away. He had no idea his wife had “changed”.

By the 2nd pregnancy @ 32, I vowed to lose weight & exercise. It was a challenge. Hence, my “baptism by fire” occurred while taking a very high impact aerobics class on my first visit to a gym. NO warmup, my heart seemed like it was pounding outside my body. None of this mattered because I was wearing cute sneakers, sweating profusely, & ready to pass out. Priorities were none existent.

Now older/wiser I like me. I don’t worry about high profile instructors, I admire them. Any class I take will only benefit me, so there’s no room for negativity. Life is indeed what you make it.

]]> By: spinchick http://realworldweightloss.com/weightlossblog/motivation/the-a-ha-moment/comment-page-1#comment-112 spinchick Sun, 26 Aug 2007 05:13:37 +0000 http://www.flexyourbody.com/wp/?p=32#comment-112 It's a pretty amazing feeling. Sometimes I think I still feel like the "fat" or "out of shape" girl. If you've never walked up a flight of stairs and just died - if you've never had an amusement park attendant have to literally jump on you to close the bar over your stomach, while it squishes out the top and bottom - if you've never tried on a REALLY large pair of pants, just to realize they are too small for you....you might not understand. But when I was there on the BOSU with all the other pros (incl. two of my close friends - both triathletes) and the "famous" instructors, doing something really hard, it finally hit me, "I'm one of them." It was weird. And disconcerting. But good. It’s a pretty amazing feeling. Sometimes I think I still feel like the “fat” or “out of shape” girl. If you’ve never walked up a flight of stairs and just died – if you’ve never had an amusement park attendant have to literally jump on you to close the bar over your stomach, while it squishes out the top and bottom – if you’ve never tried on a REALLY large pair of pants, just to realize they are too small for you….you might not understand. But when I was there on the BOSU with all the other pros (incl. two of my close friends – both triathletes) and the “famous” instructors, doing something really hard, it finally hit me, “I’m one of them.” It was weird. And disconcerting. But good.

]]> By: deborah http://realworldweightloss.com/weightlossblog/motivation/the-a-ha-moment/comment-page-1#comment-111 deborah Sun, 26 Aug 2007 04:35:25 +0000 http://www.flexyourbody.com/wp/?p=32#comment-111 I felt like I was right there with you in the class of 200! Your new passion for health, and wanting to help others is infectious. After reading about your "A ha" moment, I long to find my "moment". After reading this, I feel I am closer to acheiving this. Keep up the great encouraging articles! I felt like I was right there with you in the class of 200! Your new passion for health, and wanting to help others is infectious. After reading about your “A ha” moment, I long to find my “moment”. After reading this, I feel I am closer to acheiving this. Keep up the great encouraging articles!

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