Guest Post Day: Worth the Weight

Guest Post Day Blogger- Nickie

Hello to everyone on ‘Guest Post Day’. I am Nickie *curtseys* and usually blog at Typecast. I have invaded the Cafe Bebe blog but I promise to behave myself (she’s causing havoc over at mine anyway, blinding everyone with the glare from her tiara, no doubt). I’m a writer, a nana (at age 38, I know… it’s a real conversation starter… or killer in some cases), a professional procrastinator and a working mum.

WORTH THE WEIGHT

I used to be one of the fastest, the fittest and flimsiest people you would ever meet. I knew that because of my metabolism, I’d not gain weight and I would not have an ounce of fat on my body. I had been a sprinter in my teens and was thankful for the way in which I’d disciplined my body even though I didn’t keep up the exercise too much *guilty look*. I lost weight very quickly (too quickly, even) after the birth of my first two children – of course, my body was still young enough to spring back in to place. Roll forward a few years, the birth of another child and some medical issues and the elasticity of my body, my metabolism and the time I had to spend looking after myself had all reduced.

Yes, I’m still as busy each day, if not more, but I also eat the wrong things, drink more alcohol and sit on my arse more because of the nature of my desk-bound job, so the weight increase started. Oh, don’t get me wrong… I noticed. When I reached a size 12 I promised myself that I wouldn’t put on the weight that would get me to a size 14. The day I bought a size 14 skirt, I made a pact with myself not to buy clothes that were any bigger. Now a size 16, I am no longer comfortable with my body. Sure, I still have curves in the right places and I know how to ‘drop a hip’ in photos to disguise the excess but I’m noticing a rounded shoulder look (too many hours hunched over a computer or slouched in a chair) and that doing even a small amount of exercise on my Wii Fit breaks a sweat.

Anyway… when how did this turn into a “woe is me” type post? That’s not what this is about!

I’ve been following Karin’s route to fitness through her Mummy Tummy Begone project (it’s too late for my Mummy Tummy really, although I could try some of the exercises) and her test run of Reebok EasyTone’s but I read a Twitter status update of hers earlier this week which really hit home:

30lb?

In 10 weeks?

Portion control and gentle exercise?

That sounds amazing… but when you break it down, it’s only 3lb a week, since the middle of March… that wasn’t that long ago. I think this may have just spurned me on, to be honest. Mr CafeBebe Snr is my inspiration (yes Karin… tell him!!) – that’s it, I’m going to lose weight… not next week or next month but I’m going to start RIGHT NOW!

I joked earlier to my husband that as we have now made a massive dent into our savings by buying carpets instead of a family holiday that I should try cashing myself in at one of those “Cash For Gold” type places as I am always saying that I’m worth my weight in gold…

Currently, thanks to the actual price of gold, I am worth £2,427,472.32 and it’s all I can do to stop him wrapping me in brown paper and sending me off!!

Thank you Nickie…you were a most delightful guest blogger today.  Feel free to come back and write any time!  In the meantime, I’m over at Nickie’s delightful blog Typecast so do come on over there and have a read. Normal blogging service will return tomorrow.  Happy Bank Holiday Weekend (or for my US friends & family, Happy Memorial Day Weekend)!