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Obesity and Fitness Challenges

Obesity and Fitness Challenges

I’m dying. Actually dying. Ok, not really, but I feel like I might be. I started a new fitness challenge at a boutique gym in Atlanta and today I’m thinking this is the end for me. I can’t walk up stairs and have had so much spinach I’m afraid I’m going to turn green. I basically am just a large green jello blob molded into my desk chair today.

(Smoothie: mangoes, bananas, spinach and water)

I decided it was time to get in shape (again) before wedding season picks up (again). I’m so a yo-yo when it comes to weight. I dropped weight for Jamaica and then gained it back. I dropped weight for wedding season part one and then gained it back. I know this is the least healthy way to live ever, but I do it. I’m so tired after work that I just have no motivation to work out. Plus I live in Atlanta and we have the best restaurants ever…not the most healthy, but the most delicious. I have to have an event or something as an end goal to lose weight. With my best friend’s wedding in November…it’s that time again.

So yesterday I started a fitness challenge, and on the first day I found out I am medically considered obese. I kid you not. I almost fell out on the gym floor right there. I’ve always been short and curvy, and have gained a little junk in the trunk since graduating college and starting a desk job, but never did I ever think I was obese. I don’t look obese, but according to my BMI and percentages, I am. I’m having a really hard time coping with that word.

The good news is, being a yo-yo, I know I can lose the weight. I just have to maintain the healthy habits I have while I’m losing weight all the time. This fitness challenge is a great way to kick it off (again)…


Here are some dead giveaways that someone has started a fitness challenge and you probably shouldn’t offer them a bacon cheeseburger:

-They have a purse full of drinks. Green smoothies, water, a protein shake, more water. Literally I left the house today with three full bottles of various liquids in my purse. (PS I have a huge purse)

-They are doing a fun little waddle while walking and are practically crying on the stairs.

-They have no make-up on above their nose because they can’t reach the rest of their face without hurting their arms.

-They’re using the handicapped bathroom because they need the bar to sit down and get back up.

-They’re super duper energized at your morning staff meeting because their endorphins have kicked in from their 5:30 a.m. workout, but then are basically asleep at their desk after lunch.

-They get really nostalgic about bacon.

-Same with cheese.

-They’re super annoying because all they do is talk about their fitness challenge.

Any other dead giveaways when you can tell someone is working out again?

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Helen Bailey

Helen Bailey

Marketing professional by day, lifestyle blogger by nights and weekends. I live outside Atlanta with my husband and fur-babies, and am expecting my first human baby in March 2021! My hair is 90 percent dry shampoo, and I am rarely spotted without a Diet Coke.

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10 comments

  1. Brittany@TheLadyLawyer says:
    September 15, 2015 at 2:54 pm

    Too funny! I'm trying to step up my fitness game too. But Fall just makes me want to curl up in a blanket

  2. Christine Everyday says:
    September 15, 2015 at 3:02 pm

    This is hilarious but so true. I always want to smack my husband when he gets his SECOND bowl of ice cream for the night…he never gains weight!!

  3. Life with Lolo says:
    September 15, 2015 at 4:34 pm

    Always the waddle for me! haha. I really need to get back on the workout wagon too. If only I could get my butt out of bed in the morning!

  4. Rachel Gault says:
    September 16, 2015 at 12:25 am

    Too funny! Everytime I try to be good there's some kind of food party in the office. So hard to resist!!

  5. Kenzie Smith says:
    September 16, 2015 at 12:48 am

    I love this! I can definitely attest to a lot of those 😀 My biggest problem is that after my workout all I want to do is eat greasy and delicious food ha ha!

  6. Alanna @ Alanna and Company says:
    September 18, 2015 at 6:51 pm

    Haha too funny! Did you just calculate your BMI based on height and weight? I often ignore that, because right now I'd be considered "overweight" even though I'm still wearing size 4 jeans! I just go with how I look and feel or if you get your doctor to do a pinched arm test, those are a lot more accurate! I'm right there with you about the yo-yo weight. I've been like this since high school!

  7. Jeans and a Tank Top says:
    September 21, 2015 at 1:42 am

    So, wait. If you're trying to get healthy… you should be cutting back on bacon and cheese, not ramping up your consumption? Dammit! This explains SO much.

  8. Kristen @ See You In A Porridge says:
    September 21, 2015 at 4:55 pm

    hahahaha at the makeup one. hilarious! the smoothie looks and sounds delish (okay it sounds better than it looks). i'm a bit of a yo-yo'er as well, though i've been stuck on the higher end for a few months now and haven't yo-yo'd my way back down.

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