I have never been a slim
person, infact right from my childhood I have always been on the chubby side. In
secondary school when my mates were stick thin I already had a rounded body
frame. And for as long as I can remember I have always been on one diet or the
other or using one herbal supplement or the other…still yet I am not a size
zero!!!!(lol)
However over the years with
my yoyo dieting and watching my weight, one thing I have come to realize is
that whether you are a size 0 or a size 20,asides health issues, what is most
important is that you feel good about yourself and that you are confident in
who you are and the body you have.
There was a time I lost so
much weight and went down from a size 20 to a size 12/14 but I still wasn’t as
happy as I thought I would be and the sexy guys still didn’t come (Lol). I think
I even had more male appreciation when I was bigger which I guess was because
my self esteem was still low in a slim body.
Self esteem is very key
because it reflects an overall emotional valuation of your worth as a human
being and the truth is, the way you feel about yourself has a way of reflecting
on how you would be addressed by other people.
Weight loss companies are always
cashing out with their products because the truth is as women we would spend
anything just to be beautiful and acceptable by others in the society. While
this is not necessary a bad thing, it is important that if you need to lose
weight you do it safely.
Don’t just hop on the latest
weight loss fad or supplement just because someone tells you about it. Thank
God for Google, you can actually go on the internet and learn about the product
inside out and this includes all the ingredients supposedly in them. I have
read of cases where so many people have died because they used a particular
weight loss product that was actually dangerous to their health.
Meanwhile, the issue of
being fat is a general issue that transcends beyond Nigeria or Africa. I came
across an article on the internet where a fat woman in Los Angeles said she's
tired of Hollywood's obsession with perfection and says you can be on the big
side and still have good self esteem.
She took it a step further
and protested in the middle of Hollywood Boulevard by wearing a bikini and
walking around despite the fact that she weights 260pounds(around 117kg) While
you may or may not agree with Amani Terrell's method, no one can argue with her
message of loving yourself at any size. She knows she needs to lose
weight but in the meantime, she refuses to be down on herself.
So to us ladies on the big
side we can actually work on it by reducing our food, more fruits, plenty water
and a form of exercise even if it is just walking (sounds cliché I know) but it
is the truth. I used to weigh 106kg and now I have come down a lot (don’t bother
I won’t reveal the new weight as it is work in progress…lol) but it has been
and is still a gradual process, no more crash diets for me.
Being slim and fit is a
lifestyle so I have just changed what I eat, the way I eat and the time I eat
and I can tell you for free that even without any rigorous exercise the weight
has been coming off gradually. Of course I want to wear those slinky and sexy
clothes but I am not ready to kill myself to achieve that and you shouldn’t too!!!!
Go girl. That sure is the way to go
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