Losing a Buck Twenty Five: Just Another Day, Part II
Losing a Buck Twenty Five is a weekly column that will document Cinderella Undercover’s quest to lose 125 lbs. You may also keep track of her progress at http://www.weightitout.com
Just Another Day Part II: Cinderella Undercover Meets Her Trainer
by: Cinderella Undercover
So it was only a few hours away from my twenty ninth birthday, and even fewer hours away from meeting the person who would hopefully save me from myself—my personal trainer.
I was excited, nervous, and intimidated about this whole idea, so naturally, I ate everything in sight, and smoked a half of a pack of cigarettes. I anxiously wondered if she would be one of those pretentious fitness types—you know the type—the skinny ones who don’t need to wear any make-up at all and still look fabulous—those types.
I wondered if she was used to working with affluent clientele that wanted to keep their bodies geared up for their next action thriller; or poolside holiday; or party at P-Diddy’s; and would shudder at the thought of training a poor, working stiff like me.
I wondered if she was one of those judgmental fitness-fanatics who would lend credence to stereotypes and preconceived notions of /about fat people—you know the type–the buff “hottie” who looks scathingly at overweight people while glibly ruminating how all of the stigmas fat people have to combat could be eliminated if fat people were to just put the fork down—one of those fitness types—they’re at every gym, fitness facility, yoga retreat, spin class, karate dojo; Pilates center, or kickboxing boot camp. They really are.
Preconceived notions aside, I mostly wondered if this trainer—my new super heroine—could reverse twenty four years of fatness? (more…)