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Weight Loss Forum / General Topics / December 2005More Incentive to Maintain -- An Image to Uphold
Some of you who've been around for a little while may remember that my gym chain (Life Time Fitness) magazine was doing a "success story" article about me -- I put the proof copy up on the web briefly and I know some of you read it. Anyway, the article came out in the December issue, and so now I have people in the gym coming up to me to talk about it. (My gym has even put a big blow-up poster of the article in the entryway.) So I kind of feel like I have to maintain my weight after all this hoopla :-). And related to this, but much more important to me, is something I heard yesterday. My trainer Tom, who cheered me on through all this but who has since been promoted and transferred to Minnesota -- and who's mentioned prominently and pictured in the article -- called me to wish me a merry Christmas. He told me that he's really excited about a Christmas present from his fiancee -- she's arranged to have the article professionally framed for him. Now that he's managing all the PT business and no longer working as a trainer himself, he says he wants this on his wall as a certificate of achievement for his career as a trainer. I love Tom like a son, and it means so much to me that this is so important to him. So I can't let him down and go back to where I was. Mostly I'm sharing all this because perhaps it might give someone else some helpful ways to think about why they want to achieve and maintain a healthy weight and a fit lifestyle. Chris 262/130s/130s started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004 > Some of you who've been around for a little while may remember that my > gym chain (Life Time Fitness) magazine was doing a "success story" [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > 262/130s/130s > started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004 Tom's Christmas present sounds great. I still keep a before/after picture in my office to remind me what happens if I quit paying attention to the diet and exercise. Many of my friends (especially the biking group) and co-workers never saw me when I weighed 177. Many have asked if that's really me in the before pic<G> I quit smoking and lost the weight for health reasons and I feel I would be cheating myself if I didn't maintain the weight loss. After all it would be much harder to ride that bike with the additional weight! Beverly - who's hoping the nice weather sticks around a few more days so I can take the bike out for a ride.... > > Some of you who've been around for a little while may remember that my > > gym chain (Life Time Fitness) magazine was doing a "success story" [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > Beverly - who's hoping the nice weather sticks around a few more days so I > can take the bike out for a ride.... I am hoping the weather sticks around for a while as well. I am not doing well on my diet during the holidays, but I am continuing my exercise. I think I would have gained 25 lbs if I had not been faithful to my routine. Riding my bike is becoming something I do less and less now that winter is upon us in Jersey. I get out when I can. Most of the time I am with my trainer. I have a reason to lose weight and I have to do it. I can't be a fatty in my daughters wedding pictures. Plus I have my eye on this really great mother of the bride dress. Christmas was a non stop eating event....and I am partying twice for the New Year. One party on New Years Eve and one big buffet on New Years Day. If I can make it through that....I will be happy. It is a real test to try to diet during the holidays. Especially when everyone is pushing food at you. I'm really glad the holidays are over. My will power is very weak. Or the food is just too good. I am not sure. My husbands family is 100 percent Italian....and boy they can cook and they can eat. And they enjoy it too. All I can say for myself is...I made it through the holidays without gaining. I didn't lose, but I didn't gain. That was due to the exercise, not my will power when it comes to great food. ;-) Because I love food. There is something very difficult about choosing a carrot stick over a cannoli...... I am just grateful I kept up my exercise to burn the calories off. Maggie.. that's great!...don't let the pressure get to you...sign magazines...have fun > Some of you who've been around for a little while may remember that my > gym chain (Life Time Fitness) magazine was doing a "success story" [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > this is so important to him. So I can't let him down and go back to > where I was. Modest too. More still to emulate. >> Some of you who've been around for a little while may remember that my >> gym chain (Life Time Fitness) magazine was doing a "success story" [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > >Modest too. More still to emulate. Are you making fun of me because I seem to be bragging about the article? I hesitate to even show it to friends because it seems like bragging. But I'm interested in understanding how I can keep motivated to maintain my weight and my healthy lifestyle, and for me a big component of it is not wanting to let Tom down. And I thought that mentioning it might give someone else a useful idea for how they might find motivation to lose and/or maintain. I'm sorry if it appeared self-centered. Chris 262/130s/130s started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004 > >> Some of you who've been around for a little while may remember that my > >> gym chain (Life Time Fitness) magazine was doing a "success story" [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > might find motivation to lose and/or maintain. I'm sorry if it > appeared self-centered. I think it's wonderful. I want to be like you, Chris, when I grow up. : ) Martha >> >> Some of you who've been around for a little while may remember that my >> >> gym chain (Life Time Fitness) magazine was doing a "success story" [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > >Martha Thanks :-). Now that my retirement date is only 6 months away, I'm trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up :-). Chris 262/130s/130s started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004 >>> Some of you who've been around for a little while may remember that my >>> gym chain (Life Time Fitness) magazine was doing a "success story" [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > might find motivation to lose and/or maintain. I'm sorry if it > appeared self-centered. Don't sweat it. You're sincerely one of the least self-centered people I've ever met (or read here). I took your post as a way of explaining some of your motivation to continue on. You should be darn proud of that article. I know I was when I showed it to all of my friends and my trainer and was able to tell them "this is my friend Chris!"  Signaturethe volleyballchick Nunya B wrote: > >>> Some of you who've been around for a little while may remember that my > >>> gym chain (Life Time Fitness) magazine was doing a "success story" [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > Don't sweat it. You're sincerely one of the least self-centered people I've > ever met (or read here). After *you* of course :-) SignatureBest Greg > Nunya B wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > > After *you* of course :-) What's wrong Greg? Boyfriend dump you again? Must be why you're back trolling here. Signaturethe volleyballchick >>>> Some of you who've been around for a little while may remember that my >>>> gym chain (Life Time Fitness) magazine was doing a "success story" [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] >know I was when I showed it to all of my friends and my trainer and was able >to tell them "this is my friend Chris!" Aw, gee, thanks {blushing}! Chris 262/130s/130s started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004 > >> Now that he's managing all > >> the PT business and no longer working as a trainer himself, he says he [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Are you making fun of me because I seem to be bragging about the > article? Nope. Your greatest pride is that a person who helped you through it uses it as a sign of career acheivement. Serious major league modesty. > I hesitate to even show it to friends because it seems like > bragging. But I'm interested in understanding how I can keep [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > 262/130s/130s > started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004 You could put it up on a flag pole and I wouldn't see that as self centered, but you're so modest you're wroried about me calling you modest. >> >> Now that he's managing all >> >> the PT business and no longer working as a trainer himself, he says he [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >it uses it as a sign of career acheivement. Serious major league >modesty. It just seems obvious to me. He helped me more than I can ever possibly thank him for, and I'm so glad that this means this much to him. I know I did all the actual diet and exercise and stuff, but having someone who was just there for me cheering me on and taking so much obvious delight in every success just made all the difference in the world for me. I know many people can find motivation solely from within, but I think this was really necessary for me. >> I hesitate to even show it to friends because it seems like >> bragging. But I'm interested in understanding how I can keep [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >centered, but you're so modest you're wroried about me calling >you modest. I'm sorry :-). I'm probably over-sensitive to this, but it does seem kind of like bragging or showing off. Having that big poster in the entrance to the gym is really very strange. I find myself wanting to kind of sneak past it when I come in :-). Chris 262/130s/130s started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004 > Are you making fun of me because I seem to be bragging about the > article? I hesitate to even show it to friends because it seems like > bragging. you lost half your body weight. over 130lbs. you have every right to stand and brag to your hearts content. well done. congratulations. But I'm interested in understanding how I can keep > motivated to maintain my weight and my healthy lifestyle, and for me a > big component of it is not wanting to let Tom down. And I thought [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > 262/130s/130s > started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004 |
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