Graduation, A Reason To Lose Weight
Ah, its Saturday and its cold. And I am not running today. Thank goodness. I should be swimming, but have no access to a pool. Next little workout will be on Monday. Hurray!
Continuing my list of reasons to lose weight/be healthy:
Reason to I want to lose weight #2: Graduation.
Since I was overweight in high school, every memory from those four years is marred by the pain of that extra weight. The two worst events were prom and graduation.
When I graduated high school I was at my highest weight ever, 255. I didn’t feel pretty, I didn’t feel happy. The administration wanted girls to wear dresses and black heels, so I was forced to find something to wear. I didn’t mind the dress I bought, but it wasn’t the best looking dress. Plus size clothing generally never is.
Good thing I got to throw a huge black robe over everything. I loved and hated that robe all at the same time. It covered me up, which I was eternally thankful for, but it also made me look HUGE. When I look back at the pictures from graduation, posing with all my super skinny size 0-2 friends, I looked enormous.
Graduation should have been one of those great bittersweet moments. Instead it was plagued by insecurity and other uncomfortable feelings. I destroyed most of the pictures from that day, but here is one that a friend kept.
I have another graduation coming up in May. I will be graduating from university with a bachelor degree. It is a second chance! I get to do graduation the right way this time. I want to walk across the stage, celebrating my accomplishment, at a healthy weight. I don’t want to worry about what I look like. I want to feel the best I have ever felt.
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I think losing weight for graduation is a great reason. You’ll have your degree and ready to embark on a new career, you’ll feel confident going for job interviews with a strong and healthy body.
You can do this, you are so worth doing this for!!
What a great motivation that will be - and you know, I think you look lovely in that picture.
I completely know what you mean…both my graduations from college and grad school were when I was overweight and I hate looking back at those pictures and hating how I look. especially since these are occasions that are really special and I should feel good about them, but instead all I think is, god I look fat. i think its wonderful that this is a goal of yours and I bet you will look great at yours. and just think of how great you will look at your 10 yr high school reunion (if you go).
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