Welcome to Scarlet’s 20/20 Challenge. I have given
myself the goal of getting to 55kgs by June 20th 2014. I started on February
20th and needed to get to a consistent pace before I went public with it. I
weigh in at 68kgs right now so that means I have 13 to go. But before we go
there, *cue rewinding sound effect* Let me give you some background first! :)
Ten years ago I was 17
years old and weighed about 74 kilos. Normal weight for a normal girl doing
normal things. I drank very little but I loved junk food. I had struggled with
my weight for most of my pre-teen years and then woke up one day sick to the point
of death which led to 9 weeks later looking in the mirror and finding myself a
little stick of a thing! LOVED it! Lol! Then I turned 15 and my body started
playing tricks on me again.
Its been a roller
coaster ride. In 2009 I was at my highest weight ever, pulling in at 89kilos
and huffing and puffing like a bus whenever I had to climb stairs or God
forbid, RUN! I hated myself, hated my body, my skin was out of control and my
self esteem was at zero. It didn't help that the people closest to me at the
time were always harping on about how big and old looking I was.
It does something to
you. It changed how I looked at myself and my confidence levels. It changed how
I addressed myself. I would make jokes about my flab way before anybody else
could just to avoid that sinking feeling when someone commented about how I
needed to work on my tummy.
And the years kept going...
So I get to 24 and I
weigh 80 kilos. I'm in school and its rough and I don't eat except at night
when there's no class. I still hate my body and can't wear what I want but I
can't be bothered to do anything about it.
And the years keep going...
That was 2011. I knew
then that I wanted to be smaller. But my musical moment came and I didn't have
the time to focus on anything except work and promotion and getting out of
school. So I did nothing. But there comes a time when you get fed up or have an
"aha" moment and you just have to DO something!
That moment came last year.
So I wake up one day
and find I have a thing for this guy who is a fitness freak. He's tall and
strong, filled out real nice, just the right kinda thickness and all in
proportion and he's HEALTHY! He doesn't drink fizzy drinks unless he has to,
hardly ever has sweets or pastry, runs and plays soccer and all this stuff and
I'm like O_o !!! How the hell am I gonna keep up with that? I'm all over that
cranberry and lemonade, strawberry cheesecake, Lindt chocolate life! And
weighing 78 kilos no less! I can't even feel sexy! When we hug, I can FEEL my love handles!
So initially it was
because of a guy. Not to keep up or compete but just because one day he said to
me, "I don't really care either way, but if you don't like something about your body, you should change it.
Fair and fine that sounds easier than it actually is, but if you're disciplined
and you really want it, you can fix what you don't like." And I thought,
"Why the hell not? What do I really have to lose?"
That was the beginning
of the journey to this point. But I didn't commit right there and then. Lots of
things and events and epic food came along to distract me. But this year I said
I was really going to do it. I was really going to work on ME for me!
I started out at about
76kg last August and got on a 9 day cleanse using aloe vera products and fat
blocking pills. It cost me a bit but I felt the difference in my clothes. Then
I went through a long fasting period that really only ended this past January.
When I was done with
that, I decided to be healthy about it and that's what this is all about.
So basically, I will
be off starch for the next two months and then go to minimal starch for the
last month. I have cut out all sugar and dairy products except for my new vice,
natural yoghurt. No red meat either. My sister has joined me on it and we are
living on vegetables, fruit, yoghurt, water, juice, chicken and fish. Additionally,
I will be creating a work out schedule and committing to that for the duration
of the challenge and beyond.
For the next three
months this will be my diary. Weekly posts on Fridays documenting my progress
and my failures, pictures of before and after and regular weigh ins as well as
recipes and food sources and the occasional video or two of me huffing and puffing
while doing body work. I've been on it a month now in my closet, but now I
welcome all of you who feel like me to join in and create a goal and work with
me towards it.
Let's see just how
well this will work! Looking forward to climbing with you!
M.M
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