Thursday, January 6, 2011

The things I do for my girls....



I almost ALWAYS lie about my weight. Mostly because I can. I weigh a lot. I am OBVIOUSLY overweight. But. I look as though I weigh less than I do. If that makes sense.

So I usually knock off around 10 lbs. SIGH. Women. We can be so vain, yes?

Anyways. Along with the shredding, I was given a log to write down my measurements: Weight, Chest, Waist, Hips, Wrist, and Forearm. (Forearm. Random, don’t you think?). OF COURSE, my period decides to come A WHOLE WEEK EARLY just so that when I start this whole 30 day shred, I’m all SUPER BLOATED and crampy and I CAN’T EVEN EXPRESS TO YOU THE BACK PAIN. WTF. Also? Fuck you Mother Nature, you’re a big giant asshole. *cough* But, I digress.

I thought it was just a PERSONAL log to keep track of weight/inches lost.

And then, my friend sent her measurements on Monday. OH. I DID NOT KNOW I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH EVERYONE?! ::cue the internal screaming.

She’s small. She has pounds she wants to lose, but really? She’s at the weight I want to be. EITHER WAY. She’s got balls. She sent all of us her measurements. I KNOW HOW BIG HER HIPS ARE, Y’ALL. You know how much you have to trust someone who is NOT a medical professional before you can put that kind of information in their hands?

So I went home. Pulled out my measuring tape and put it on the bathroom counter.

And then went to the kitchen to eat a piece of sweet potato pie.

And then thought I’m totally doing this wrong.

And then I got distracted by some shiny thing. So I forgot. Quite possibly, accidentally on purpose. But in the meantime, I’ve been hitting the gym, rode my bike several miles and have a date with the gym again tonight.

Now it’s Wednesday. I get dressed for work and see the measuring tape. Can I really put my weight into cyberspace? Can I put the ACTUAL NUMBERS in an e-mail? I don’t even tell my husband how much I weigh. And he knows pretty much everything there is to know about me. Except that. He walked in just as I was measuring my waist.

So how many inches? Are you serious? I am NOT telling you that.
Can you measure me? Sure.
Now, Can I measure you? Umm, NO.

He pulls out the scale and gets on. I say, I weigh less than that. Not as much less as I’d like, but less.

I came to work. And I thought about how many other things I've shared with my girls. My worries. My joys. My completely random thoughts. And how they support me, whenever I need it. And sometimes, when I think I don't. So. I sent an e-mail to the girls with ALL of my true measurements. Including my weight. These girls? I’d do anything for.

APPARENTLY, even things I won’t do for my husband.

9 comments:

miss tejota said...

Good for you! If you and your girls are going to be each others accountability partners then you have to be honest.

And I can only lie about two things, my weight and my age. I always tell people I way more than I do and add about 4 years to my actual age. It's the quickest way to a compliment.

Superjules said...

Girl friends are SO important.

Also, you're awesome.

Gilsner said...

Good for you! I did something similar last year and you know what? Having those numbers 'out there' was the best motivation. It almost became like I was doing it for my friends. It made me accountable and the support I got made me want to make them proud.

But I would've totally been like "yes I'm bloated" because, hello, it'll make for more impressive numbers at the end. And, yes, I am a cheater ;)

Briya said...

@Gilsner- YES. Because I am totally dedicated to making those numbers go down. Because, HELLO. VAIN.

Mom2Jazz said...

:) love you too sistah!

Kori said...

I would rather chew on my arm than tell anyone any of those things. ANYONE. So you have some big balls, and I wish I were more like you!

Toni said...

oh you're BRAVE! And of course you were bloated for the measurements, I think it must be a law of nature, happens to me everytime.

Anonymous said...

You're lucky to have girls like this. I have girls I trust but they don't live here, sigh.

Anonymous said...

Good for you! I will be posting my fat picture on my blog. With clothes on!!!! But I think it will say up like a button to make me really want to loose weight just to replace with a smaller me.