My birth certificate says I was born on a certain date. I don't believe I started to live until much later.....
I'm going to go a bit Oprah......
It bugs me when people think I've just had it easy... I've had to work hard.....
Lte me start at the beginning..... duing school I was always the 'smart one'. Not that pretty, not that funny, ot in any way sporty, but smart. Add that to my belief that everyone hated me and I was an obese, ugly monster and you've got a girl who found it difficult to make friends because sh believed she wasn't worth it. I didn't need external enemies.... I was my own worst enemy....
Anyhow..... I'd always struggled with my weight.... Between my lack of physical activity and constant desire to eat it made for a pudgey girl.... until I hit about 16, stopped chowing down 3 ice creams a day and actually decided to eat healthily..... and I believed in doing that it would solve all my problems.... an Miss Popularity would ensue.
But, even at 44 kilograms.. it didn't.
I finished school, went to uni, got a part-time job, got my degree, got my first proper job, gained 14 kilograms and lost my love for life. I didn't go out. I worried. about everything. I hung out with my mum. My idea of a 'good' weekend was doing work. Argh. But I didn't realise what I was doing....
Anyhow, beginning of last I decided that I would plan a holiday overseas. I'd go by myself. I'd NEVER done anything like that before and was excited.
That holiday changed my life. It changed my life before I went. It changed my life while I was on it. It changed my life after I went.
It made me realise that I could HAVE FUN.
AND..... that having fun was, well.... FUN!!
It made me realise the importance of friends, having friends and being a good friend to myself.
It gave me something to be excited about and look forward to.... which stopped me eating emotionally and in doing so... lost 10 kilograms....
It made me want to live life, meet new people, have friends, do lots of things and really... reach for the stars (sorry, that was a bit corny).
(It also made me realise that vodka is good, don't trust a man whore, the importance of a wingman/woman and jaeger bombs are much more tasty than jaeger shots.... but more on those things later....)
So I thought I'd share some of my experiences.... the good, the bad and the ugly, around Brisbane.....
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Belinda,
ReplyDeleteWhere was your holiday abroad by the way?
I was the "Sporty One" at school. I wasnt until I left school and went to college that I realised the power I had over men (hahaha) as for the whole weight issue. Im struggling to keep it off.
Im bored and end up eating for comfort. Its the first time in my life that Im having to work out (despite being a PT)
Jaggerbombs rock and Barney (from HIMYM) made me realise how amazing wingmen/woman are! If you like Vodka, you should try Grey Goose. Its a French brand and so smooth you can drink it neat from the bottle!
Thanks for your comment Mia! Weight, exercise...all a part of being a woman (argh!!) What power do ou have? Super power? ha ha. I will have to try Grey Goose!! Yum!!
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