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Hi everyone,
I thought it might be fun to post what was the ah ha moment for us. What one thing made us finally decide, this is it, I HAVE TO DO THIS. cuz, I'm sure most of us are well aware of our weight being out of control, long before it's as bad as it gets, but yet, we procrastinate and never just start the diet. Then, like magic, SOMETHING happens and we start.....................
for me, my "AH HA" moment came at a biker party with my boyfriend. There was a women up on the dance floor, oh.....late 30's early 40's. drunk as anything but just dancing away. Thin as a rail, but had the "I've had a hard life" look to her face. As a female, I'd never call her pretty or sexy. (I'm not trying to be shallow, just give you guys a mental picture) Now, we bikers dress in our own way. I had on Harley stuff. we wear jeans, vests, leather, things like that. And she had on skin tight jeans, a low cut shirt. She's a nice person, and at every get together she gets drunk and has a blast. you can't help but notice her. So Rick and I were watching her, and I made that typical female comment................said to Rick, What do you guys think when you watch her? Because, as I said, she's got such a used look to her....( yes, subconciously, I wanted him to say she's not at all nice looking, and not see her fantastic body)..... and he said, Probably most of us think she's got a good body. totally bypassing her looks as men are wont to do. Having a few Capt and cokes under my own belt, I foolishly then said to Rick,...........hmmm what do you think your friends say about me? thinking to myself, I know I'm so overweight, was weighing 225 @ 5'3 at the time... his reply:
oh, most guys probably just look at you and think, well, she's middle aged.
WHAT?
MIDDLEAGED? 
YOU MEAN OLD? 
now, if there is just ONE thing you don't want to call any female after calling her fat, it would be old. yes? we agree on this??
well, that was my AH HA Moment, and after I picked my jaw up off the floor I said to myself, well, can't have all these great sexy biker guys thinking I'm nothing more than some Middle Aged Woman..........I can be sexy and that's where I belong. Rick himself is the one who turned me on to Atkins. I have tried to make this diet work for ME. I'm not in any races, if I don't lose tons of weight each week, I take it in stride. I've lost 57 lbs since then. Last night Rick and I met with friends, we do an every other week Wednesday night ride. who ever shows up. sometimes 15 bikes, sometimes 3........ Being as it's getting cooler now, (Jackson, New Jersey) I had on a thermal formfitting Harley-Davidson turtleneck. One of Rick's friends said, nice shirt....and another said point blank, Theresa, you're looking great..........
I think to myself, well, maybe it was dumb to ask such a question from my boyfriend who is brutally honest, but, perhaps the smartest move I ever made.
anyone else?? ah ha moments? can be funny, embrassessing, hateful, innocent, but in some way the honesty of them can be so effective.
theresa
I thought it might be fun to post what was the ah ha moment for us. What one thing made us finally decide, this is it, I HAVE TO DO THIS. cuz, I'm sure most of us are well aware of our weight being out of control, long before it's as bad as it gets, but yet, we procrastinate and never just start the diet. Then, like magic, SOMETHING happens and we start.....................
for me, my "AH HA" moment came at a biker party with my boyfriend. There was a women up on the dance floor, oh.....late 30's early 40's. drunk as anything but just dancing away. Thin as a rail, but had the "I've had a hard life" look to her face. As a female, I'd never call her pretty or sexy. (I'm not trying to be shallow, just give you guys a mental picture) Now, we bikers dress in our own way. I had on Harley stuff. we wear jeans, vests, leather, things like that. And she had on skin tight jeans, a low cut shirt. She's a nice person, and at every get together she gets drunk and has a blast. you can't help but notice her. So Rick and I were watching her, and I made that typical female comment................said to Rick, What do you guys think when you watch her? Because, as I said, she's got such a used look to her....( yes, subconciously, I wanted him to say she's not at all nice looking, and not see her fantastic body)..... and he said, Probably most of us think she's got a good body. totally bypassing her looks as men are wont to do. Having a few Capt and cokes under my own belt, I foolishly then said to Rick,...........hmmm what do you think your friends say about me? thinking to myself, I know I'm so overweight, was weighing 225 @ 5'3 at the time... his reply:
oh, most guys probably just look at you and think, well, she's middle aged.
WHAT?
MIDDLEAGED? YOU MEAN OLD? now, if there is just ONE thing you don't want to call any female after calling her fat, it would be old. yes? we agree on this??
well, that was my AH HA Moment, and after I picked my jaw up off the floor I said to myself, well, can't have all these great sexy biker guys thinking I'm nothing more than some Middle Aged Woman..........I can be sexy and that's where I belong. Rick himself is the one who turned me on to Atkins. I have tried to make this diet work for ME. I'm not in any races, if I don't lose tons of weight each week, I take it in stride. I've lost 57 lbs since then. Last night Rick and I met with friends, we do an every other week Wednesday night ride. who ever shows up. sometimes 15 bikes, sometimes 3........ Being as it's getting cooler now, (Jackson, New Jersey) I had on a thermal formfitting Harley-Davidson turtleneck. One of Rick's friends said, nice shirt....and another said point blank, Theresa, you're looking great..........
I think to myself, well, maybe it was dumb to ask such a question from my boyfriend who is brutally honest, but, perhaps the smartest move I ever made.
anyone else?? ah ha moments? can be funny, embrassessing, hateful, innocent, but in some way the honesty of them can be so effective.
theresa
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I cried the whole way home and started this woe the very next morning! I keep that pic with me, it motivates me to choose the right foods!!! 
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