From: Wendy
To: Amy
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:01:47 -0800Subject: Come to Jesus Meeting Held Last Night
I had a bit of a “come to Jesus meeting” with myself. Went online to look at a weight loss calculator and realized that I need to reduce calorie intake to 15-1800 calories per day to really lose weight. And I have goals in mind for travel and looking better. If I take it nice and slow, dropping 400 calories from my dietary intake needed to MAINTAIN this fabulous figure, it will be 22 months to get to my goal weight of 170lbs. OUCH. My maintenance caloric intake is 2200 calories. Wow, I am burning a lot of wasted calories on coffee and crap.
So today I make better choices and truly note how many calories are going down the hatch.
Threw my scales out last night only to fish them out of the garbage this morning. Duh, the scales are not lying and b/c the plastic is broken, it does not mean the scales are wrong.
So sissy la la. Let’s get this done this year. We must stop abusing ourselves. We are not getting younger and more wrinkles are appearing around my eyes.
Wendy
From: Amy
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 11:45 AM
To: Wendy
Subject: RE: Come to Jesus Meeting Held Last Night
I am in!! How can we support each other? Documenting our food/beverage intake and reporting to one another? Take our measurements monthly and chart? Cook for each other? Plan a week's meals separately and then swap menus? Photograph ourselves in swimwear with our cell phones and send weekly to the other?
XO,Amy
From: Wendy
To: Amy
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:24:03 -0800
Subject: RE: Come to Jesus Meeting Held Last Night
Well, you and I know that being accountable to ourselves hasn’t worked. Ready to publicly blog? I think that is what we need to do.
Can you spend 20 minutes per week blogging?
From: Amy
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 12:29 PM
To: WendySubject: RE: Come to Jesus Meeting Held Last Night
Yesssssss I can spend 20 minutes a week. Public ... like being fat hasn't been public. This makes me giggle a weird little embarrassed giggle.
Amy
From: Wendy
To: Amy
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:31:14 -0800
Subject: RE: Come to Jesus Meeting Held Last Night
LOL. Right. Try video conferencing. That’s unnerving.
What’s the title of our blog. Whatcha wanna call it? http://www.likebeingfatisnotpublic.blogspot.com/ ?
From: Amy
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 12:36 PM
To: Wendy
Subject: RE: Come to Jesus Meeting Held Last Night
LOVE IT!!!
From: Wendy
To: AmyDate: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:39:18 -0800
Subject: RE: Come to Jesus Meeting Held Last Night
Okay. I'll get it done tonight. And then to make this public we send the link to friends and family. We post photos of ourselves now, and whatever else is gonna make this happen this year.
And so Amy and Wendy's personal struggle becomes public. Although it's been public all along.
Signing off- Wendy
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You ladies are brave, funny, and fabulous. I look forward to observing your journey, and I know you will be successful. Love, Cousin Ingrid
ReplyDeleteHey Ladies...I just stumbled upon your blog site when I was looking for "Wendy Jokes" to tell my friend Wendy on this windy day!! I too live in the Great Northwest and am struggling with weight loss AND am working with my sister on our accountability. We communicate daily as to our eating/exercise habits for the day.
ReplyDeleteActually, last Tuesday the 12th when you began your "Like Being Fat isn't Public" blog I was joining Weight Watchers. I know their program works. I did it many many many (did I say many) years ago. As long as you stay on the program it is fool proof! Best of luck to you both. If you would like I can keep you up to date on our progress as well. I just turned 44 and my sister will turn 50 this year although she is in much better shape than me!! If I only looked like her!
Love it! Great to have a sister for a team member and motivator. Thanks for including me...you KNOW I need to do this too... I also blow too many calories on coffee CREAMER...ugh.. Noel
ReplyDeleteAngie- Yes, we'd love to hear your progress. And if you'd like to start a blog, I'd love to link it to ours. There is strength in numbers...well not the scale numbers...we can all help ourselves in this journey. Wendy
ReplyDeleteWhat an adventure you two will have... with all of the ups and downs. I like the laughs, keeps it real. Good for both of you and Good Luck! ~Steph
ReplyDeleteHey Wendy! Happy to see the effort you and Amy are making. I need to do this myself...but being in culinary school at the moment, makes it really hard lol I hear all day long "here, taste this".
ReplyDeleteI'll watch the progress...maybe you'll be my incentive to take "smaller tastes"
Good luck to you both!
Loree
This is AWESOME and with this much enthusiasm and support you will be at your goals sooner than you think! Congrats on taking such a bold and powerful step.
ReplyDeletelove the sisterly banter :-)
Year of the TIGER!!! go get em.
wd
I'm looking forward to following your journey. Thank you for the inspiration.
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