Easy Solutions

So I am more than a little frustrated with the weight loss so far. I am trying to stay positive while at the same time making changes in my life. I am exercising more and documenting every morsel that goes into my mouth. While I know these are positive steps, like most people these days I want to see fast results.

With this in mind, I started looking around on my computer for other steps I could take. So do me a favor, re-read that last statement – I was looking for answers while sitting on my butt on the computer! Last time I checked I had pretty slim fingers and a pretty wide butt so something tells me this approach is not the best choice. I thought I would share one of the things I found while searching my computer before I decided to get up and move!

I have never been a fan of “The Biggest Loser”. I know many people find the stories inspirational, and, please, don’t get me wrong, overweight people losing weight is wonderful. I just don’t find it entertaining. Maybe I should have eaten a few less bowls of ice cream and watched a few more shows like this, but I digress. What caught my eye a few nights ago was an episode of “Losing It With Jillian”, the take no prisoners trainer from Biggest Loser fame. I watched a few minutes of the show and saw how she motivated a very overweight couple to lose over 40 pounds in just 8 weeks. Results like that are hard to deny, especially noting that I said earlier, I want fast results (read impatient).

So I did a Google search on Jillian Michaels and saw that she has her own website
jillianmichaels.com Immediately I was drawn into her smiling face with the tight abs saying, “With my help, I know you can LOSE WEIGHT! Free weight loss plan, click here it’s free.” We have already established that I can click with the best of them, (still sitting on my fat ass, mind you) so I clicked. I entered my information about my height and weight (5’6” and 198) along with my goal weight (135). Next thing I know I am sent to a page saying that for a mere $4.00 per week I can get a personalized plan straight from Jillian.

I tried not to be put off by the moneymaking venture and after all $4.00/week, I blow that easily in one trip to Starbucks. Oh yeah, wait! I’m not doing that anymore, Starbucks drinks have the evil points that I cannot afford to accumulate. Still, $4.00/week, I can afford that for advice from Jillian, right? And, then it hit me like a ton of bricks. I was willing to fork over $4.00/week and I was still sitting on my ASS! Even if Jillian yelled at me through my laptop I could still shut the laptop, sit on my ass and not do a thing. Another words short of Jillian herself coming to yank my ass up, I needed to want to get up.

I do want to get up and move and look and feel better. I want to wear a smaller size. I want Mark to look at me like he did back in the day, but most important of all I want to walk past a mirror or shop window and see my reflection and not be revolted.

So, I closed the Jillian Michaels website and instead clicked on youtube and searched a number of different workouts, (Jillian’s included) saved them in my favorites, got up this morning and did a workout for my abs. It’s going to take me awhile to get a set of abs I can be proud of, but I will be proud of my look once again.

One last thing, I just want to say that although I did not fork over $4/week to Jillian Michaels, it was only partly due to my cheapness. For those that think as I did in the beginning that $4/week is not much, consider this:

$4.00/week x 52 weeks/year = $208.00
no wonder they always say eliminate the $4 latte when trying to trim your budget!

I must say though, how many people continue sit in front of their computers, clicking away as I did looking for a quick solution, fork over the $4/week, but still don’t get the message? Nothing will work until you are willing to get up and MOVE!


Please remind me of how and mighty I am the next time I am whining about going to the gym or making the walk up the big hill in my neighborhood!