Tight Body.org

It all started with Gerald. My baby is always trying to find a better way to do everything. He's a maximizer. He would be the modern day equivalent of the "good and faithful servant" in the Parable of Talents. He'll take your lemons and make lemonade, and the lemon merengue pie, then lemon pepper chicken wings and use the last slice in a cup of ice cold tea. Like I said he's a maximizer. So when I told him that I wanted to lose weight, he immediately started researching it and "encouraging" me.

***SIDE BAR***
I say "encouraging" because it didn't feel like that was what was happening. He would send me emails about the latest and greatest diet plans and I'd sit there thinking "Man! Can I get a love letter? Maybe an e-card? Does he really think I'm that fat? If he really loved me he would love me the way I am...no one loves me! I hate men!!!" Does anyone else recognize that train of thought or is it just me that goes there? Turns out the truth is really 2 fold:
1. Gerald wants to encourage me to reach my goals. If I wanted to go to the moon, he'd help me find the right boots. Any good man would do that. The same is true of my self-perception. He wants me to feel good about myself and the way I look. He would never put me down or insult me purposefully.
2. Let's face it, men are a proud bunch and they like to show off what they've got. That's why they buy the latest gadgets, cool cars and get the best colognes. So when their lady looks like she doesn't get out of bed for less than $50,000/day they get a boost of self-confidence. So everybody wins really.

ok...back to the story...

So Gerald's little encouragements can be really funny sometimes. One day, while I was working out, I decided I wanted to go carb-free. When I told him about it he nearly lost his mind. He was so glad that I finally had a plan of attack for this weight loss thing. So when I texted him the following Monday to tell him that I had turned down the bagels in the kitchen at work he texted back and said "BABY!! Saying no to bagels is saying yes to a tight body!!!"

I told my friend at work and she thought it was hilarious. We started coming up with little sayings

"Saying no to candy, cakes and pies is saying yes to a tight body"

"Saying no to excessive happy hours is saying yes to a tight body"

"Saying no to sitting on the couch and eating chips and oreos is saying yes to a tight body"

"Saying no to Dominican Cheese is saying yes to a tight body"


We even took it so far as to think up a site - tightbody.org. We'd have diet tips, unique workouts to meet you weight loss needs and apparel (all proceeds would go to our gym memberships and feeding children around the world). There would even be a few celebrity endorsements. All kinds of bodies and all of them tight. I use tightbody.org as an excuse for everything now. Friends will offer me food and I'll say "Actually, that's not on my tight body meal plan..." or I'll get a compliment on the way I look and I'll say "Thanks! Special edition tightbody.org jeans!" or I'll shrug and say "tightbody.org..."

I've been doing this for a month and I've lost 10lbs!! I know it's not much, but it's still a lot to me and it makes me really excited because I'm going to Hawaii and Las Vegas in August and September and I want to look great while I'm on vacation. I'll keep you posted...maybe some pics if I'm not too embarrassed :)

This is me (and Gerald) now. I'm not going to point out any problem areas or make a big deal out of anything, I'm just going to fix it and show you the after pics...ok?!






But my goal is this...I think I might be able to get a few free things in Vegas if I look like Beyonce...right?