Active Girl

Weight loss. One has to do it for themselves, not for other people. Doing it for other people rarely works, if ever.

My method of weight loss rarely comes in the form of actual dieting. I do know how to eat healthy and I like to just stick to that instead of following a program or points or anything of that nature. I don't want it to all come rushing back once I've abandoned the diet. Exercise, too, is important to maintaining a healthy weight. Not that this is not something we all don't know already.

Activity, to me, is something that I value - intensely. Not that one must always be doing something exerting but I don't enjoy plopping down in front of the TV for hours on end unless it's a movie marathon. However, that's rarely even a real option at this point in my life. If it makes others happy, so be it but, me, I would rather be doing.

I am not attempting to lose weight for anyone but myself. If I slip up, it's only myself that I've failed. No need to beat myself up for it. Just try again. I am not attempting this boot camp because I know it'll be easier to catch myself a man. First off, that is not necessarily the case. Second, doing it for anyone else besides myself won't work... as I said in the beginning of this little examination.

But - I do have to get myself in shape, be active the way I love to be if I want to have a man who will enjoy doing these things with me. I went out in a canoe with friends yesterday. I've got some sore muscles, the good kind of sore. I'd like to find a guy who'd enjoy this with me. I'd like to find a guy who wants to spend some time out on the river, trying to avoid getting caught under a branch. (That was a scary moment, albeit funny.) I'd like to spend some time perfecting our rhythm. Maybe take an occasional Saturday morning, a few times a summer to get a three hour workout in and then get home to do that movie marathon for the rest of it.

If you want to be with someone who offers something in particular, you have to offer that yourself. For me, I want an active guy... so I have to be an active girl. It only makes sense.