I bet the title of this blog post really caught your eye?!?! I bet you are thinking to yourself right now, "how in the world did she do that?" Some of you may be thinking, "wait, whaaaaat? No way!" Well, I am about to let you in on a little secret of how I lost 20lbs in two weeks....I didn't. No way, no how did I lose 20lbs in two weeks. These types of "headlines" are constantly making me roll my eyes in disgust.
On Sunday, we were at the grocery store doing our weekly grocery shopping. We pulled up in line to check out and every single magazine had a "headline" screaming about how so-and-so lost 50 lbs in 5 weeks. It makes me very irritated to see these types of articles. Let me explain.
The first type of "how I lost wait" headline that I despise are those in which a pregnant celebrity or wanna-be celebrity has an article written about how they lost all kinds of weight in a super short amount of time. Ok, look. I will fully admit that when I gave birth to my son, I lost all 40lbs in six weeks. But, guess what, it's not newsworthy. It's called breast feeding, or in my case pumping breast milk. It's also due to stress. Or, hey maybe this might be why, you don't have time to eat!
The second type of "how I lost weight" headline that I hate are those in which a celebrity or wanna-be celebrity has an article written about them that describes how they lost 50 lbs in 6 weeks. Ok, I am going to go out on a limb here and say that I am pretty sure if we had someone making food for us, a personal trainer, and no job we could all lose a shit ton of weight in a short time frame as well.
I don't find these types of articles inspirational in my weight loss journey. Maybe some of you do, but not me. It makes me mad. It makes me want to send them a bucket full of chocolate chip cookies. Hmmm....I feel like eating a chocolate chip cookie now....
I have a full time job. I have a child that we take care of - not a live-in nanny. I have to cook my own food which sometimes means Kraft Mac and Cheese and little smokies (actually, my husband does most of the cooking!). I try and get to the gym 3 times a week. I walk around the capitol every day at lunch. I try to eat healthy. Yet, sometimes I still have to leave the top button of my pants unbuttoned. I lost 1 pound this week. Maybe someone should write a story about me!
