Real Talk Tuesdays: You Were Once PHAT, Now You're Just FAT.......

Do you call yourself thick and scrunch your face up in knots if you even think someone is suggesting that you're fat? Do you think something is wrong with your washing machine cause it's shrinking all your clothes? Do you think the people you see walking/jogging in the wee hours of the morn are plum crazy? Did you unbutton your jeans on the low on your last date so you could better enjoy your meal?? (I hope I'm not the only one who does this....)

You might be suffering from "Fat Ass Denial". But no worries! It afflicts everyone at some point in their life, even me! So this post is as much about me as it is about you. We always have your best interest at heart here at the Brew so there's no time like the present to remove yourself from that denial bubble and get crackin on a new, healthier you.

The holidays will be here soon, and if you're already bout to bust outta the size you're in now then the last thing you wanna do is continue adding to that. We have already offered some nutrition tips like starting your morning with a delicious green smoothie, work out DVD's with hot instructors like Shaun T, or maybe even switching to a completely raw diet.

Alls you gotta do is change lil things over time but your major rewards come with consistency, not starting and then stopping when you're not a size 2 in 6 weeks, it doesn't work like that. Another thing that doesn't work is trying to lose weight cause someone called you a fat ass. You get mad, stop eating, workout for 3 hours a day cause "you gon' learn they ass!" STOP RIGHT THERE!! #1, your ass IS fat, (he/she ain't have to get at you like that but truth is truth as they say) #2, revenge weight loss only works for like the first 3 days, after that you gotta be in it for you, cause you feel better, you feel lighter, you feel good being good to you. Fug that bamma who called you fat! He prolly got a lil peen anyways! (most of them do).

My poison of choice is walking/jogging. I'm not fast and have never been athletic in my life. But I gets my swole ass up and get it done! Consistently....... and I'm gonna keep doing it til my washing machine stops shrinking my clothes....... hee hee! :)

It shouldn't cost you 3 pay checks and your first born child either to get started. Pick something that you know you can stomach doing most days of the week, clean up that diet (cause you know you were dead ass wrong for making that 'Luther Burger' last night..) and stay focused and encouraged.

One of my absolute favorite online weight loss resources is Sparkpeople.com, you can set up a profile, enter your daily meals and get calorie calculations, write a daily blog, post progress pics, participate in the forums and get to know other people who are also improving their health.