ON MY MIND...

Wheels are just turning wildly in my head today.

I was in my aqua class this morning & I couldn’t stop thinking about this. I was thinking about how I would love to find a person or two that could use someone to help pull them up NOW & start walking w/ them, maybe introduce them to water walking & simple water exercises…it’s so good for your joints & so do-able at any size, even for the extremely obese. I want to start talking w/ them, encouraging them… helping them see that better health & weight-loss doesn’t have to be overwhelming. I want them to see, through my example, that this IS possible & can even be simple… all about making small, simple changes… & PATIENCE!

I was thinking about maybe putting a small ad in our suburban newspaper or even calling them to tell my story. I don’t know if that sounds obnoxious, I mean, what makes ME so special?? I’m not even at goal yet… in alot of peoples’ eyes, I’d be far from it (43 lbs yet)... but to me, my goal has never been closer. And at this point, for them to see me continue to lose weight as I get closer to my goal might make more of an impact than for me to just already be there & telling them about it.

Hmmmmmmm… thinking, thinking.

I think that if they were REALLY large… like maybe even over 300 lbs (although I’m thinking REALLY large as being 400, 500, 600+ lbs), that I would ask them to make a doctor’s appointment where we both could go talk to the doctor about being cleared for exercise…rather than just have them sign something for me that says I wouldn’t be responsible if anything happened to them. Okay… it’s not like I’m going to expect them to overexert themselves… just simple stuff like walking, etc.

Just thinking…