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Encouragement
From my blog:
http://historian2wheels.blogspot.com...7-tour-de.html "Only a true friend could abuse me in such a manner, and Dennis is such a friend. We first met at the gym more than a year ago. I had been exercising for a month or so, and was 360 pounds. I was determined to succeed at losing weight, since I knew this might be my last chance to reclaim my life. Despite my determination, I was often discouraged. Exercise is as tough as learning to ride a bike if you've never exercised before. And no fat person enjoys being looked at as if they were a freak, and this sometimes happened at the gym. "Although I didn't see him often, when I did Dennis was very encouraging to me, in a casual you-can-do-this-but-you're-gonna-hafta- because-I'm-not-pushing-you manner. Dennis himself had dropped nearly 80 pounds through hard work, and he knew as well as anyone that the only person who could make me lose the weight was me. As I became more confident and my weight loss increased I would often use the elliptical trainer next to his and we'd talk for a half hour or so. Because he was enthusiastic about his own progress, it was easy to be enthusiastic about mine. He'd show me photos in the fitness magazines he was reading. "Look, there's you! And here you are again. This magazine is filled with photos of you!" Sometimes he'd pass by a machine I was using and say "Go Neil go!" "Well, Neil is going now, 137 pounds lighter, and I was going yesterday on the Perkiomen Trail. As we rode on I asked Dennis if he ever thought he'd see me on a bike. I don't recall the answer, or if he gave an answer. The important matter is that I AM on a bike. With some help from friends like Dennis." |
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