Weekly Results: The skinny-fat girl and motives

Results:
Loss of 2.8 pounds this week. Total of 13.6 pounds in 3 weeks.
I walked 122,596 steps for 58.10 miles
Still gluten free, still vegetarian, still sugar free

Thoughts of the Week: 
Most of the ladies I work with are white, middle-aged and upper-middle class. If you have ever watched the cable show Weeds these are the people I am interacting with on a daily basis... Sometimes at work as I am sitting in the group that song from Sesame Street pops into my head, "One of these things is not like the other, one of these things just doesn't belong..." I actually love them all despite not understanding them. Their world-views and ways of life are completely foreign to me.

Their health views have been eye-opening. They lose weight solely to achieve a size or a number on the scale. They do not lose weight for the health benefits. They are all always on trendy fad-diets and talk about who is losing weight and how much they have lost all the time... Being the size they were in high school is the ultimate mark of success in this little kingdom on the bayou.

Over the course of about a year one lady has dropped about 60 pounds just through dieting alone. Yesterday I as we were sitting in a meeting I was looking at her arms and legs and was struck by how un-tone they are. She has lost all this weight but she has absolutely no muscle at all... That just does not seem like the right way to do this. I don't remember where I heard this, but she is "skinny-fat". She might be skinny but she is not healthy and strong.

The whole time we were sitting in that meeting and I was looking at her arms and legs I came to the conclusion that the motives behind our goals really do drive how we accomplish our goals. She is skinny that was her goal. Her motive was a size or number and she found a way to achieve it through eating nothing... My motive is to be healthy enough and strong enough to enjoy hiking to the top of Timpanogos. I am losing weight along the way, but losing weight is not my primary motive.

I share this story and know that it probably comes off as being a bit snotty... "I'm going to do this better than her..." Well, she got what she wanted and I am working towards what I want... Motives.