Confessions of a former fat girl…

There are certain things I’ve learnt from being fat. I mean, one does not weigh 80kg’s and then lose 25kg’s without learning some valuable life lessons. (Yes I am bragging! It was damn difficult ok?! So, please, allow me this.)

Sorry, where was I? Oh yes, losing 25kg’s :) There are certain things I’ve learnt that have rendered very valuable in my life. I’ll share a few with you…

Let me start with the most obvious one. Also the one most don’t want to believe / hear:

THERE IS NO QUICK FIX!

Trust me on this one, I have tried it all. I have tried starving myself (Clearly that didn’t work as I was a big girl and always hungry) I have tried the tablets and the gadgets. They didn’t work either, not until I discovered something really amazing… exercise! Ha! Who knew that working out could actually help you shed the weight??

To go hand in hand with the above point, it is of absolutely no use if you are exercising, but going home after your work out and eating greasy burgers for dinner! You know there’s a reason they call it “fast food” right? It goes to your ass and thighs very fast. (lol, I’m so funny sometimes!) Please do not tell me you are one of those people that can eat everything and anything you want and not put on weight! I have two things to say to you regarding that: 1) I hate you! And 2) Eat enough junk food for a month and you will notice a difference!

Anyway, my point is that exercising and eating healthy go hand in hand. You should try it if you are serious about losing weight .

My weight-loss success is attributed to me watching what I was eating and being more active. I cut meat out of my diet for more than a year and started running. And then viola, like magic I became thin!

As much as I loved skirts and short shorts and midriff baring tops, there were certain items I could not wear! It’s important for us to remember that! We need to wear “figure appropriate” items, for our sake and the sake of others. As I am typing this, I’m smiling to myself as I remember trying to squeeze my big butt into jeans that were clearly too small! Gosh, I’ve come a long way since then.

Being a big girl, I wore black to EVERY event! Party at a club? Black it is! Best friend’s wedding? Black it is again! Black really was my favourite colour! It’s flattering and shows no cellulite! Hashtag WINNING! Hiding cellulite aside, I also had to learn how to hide the double chin in photo’s! You will notice as you scroll through the archive of pics I have as a big girl that I am always posing with my face at an angle! Never looking at the camera straight on! Hahaha eish, the struggle is real when you are bigger! 

                                              (This is what I wore for my friend's wedding)

(And this is what I wore to a club for my friend's birthday... granted, I was already losing weight here, but still the colour is black!)

 

I hated Summer! I was always sweating in the most unmentionable areas! And then you add the South African sun to it and it was even worse! I loved Winter! Every-one was forced to cover up which made me feel less conscious about myself and I was able to pile on the layers and have a valid reason to look big. 

I’m poking fun at myself, but simply because it was a really hard time for me. I am able to laugh about it now. And laughter is good. If you can’t laugh at yourself, that’s also fine, lots of other people will be laughing at you anyway.

I was a skinny child all my life, until I started working. Then it was all downhill from there.

I am able to look back at those years now and know that I never want to be that size again! I never want to be that uncomfortable and that ashamed of myself. And here’s the thing, There is absolutely nothing wrong with being fat, but my self-esteem was tied to my size and I always felt bad. Plus I was unhealthy, and that was the worst part.

Lucky for me, with the time that passed by and the weight loss comes wisdom! I have come out on the other side wiser than I was before, and that’s great!

Two years ago I was also featured in the Women’s Health magazine for my weight-loss story. That has truly been the coolest thing to happen to me so far. I was semi-famous for all of 1 day! 

If you think about it, is being fat really the worst thing that can happen to you? Life could be so much worse! I mean you could have a really shitty personality! And in my opinion that is far worse than being fat!