The Big Reveal

Happy Hump Day, fellow losers!

By now, if you're a regular reader, you know that I liked to remain cloaked in mystery... I don't post many photos of myself, or heck, even my real name! Obviously, I still have a lot of issues when it comes to people I know *knowing* the real me. Like they can't take one good look at me and know that I'm a chunk, but that's different than what I do on here. I open my heart & pour out my soul. I connect with people. Which I'll admit, is sometimes hard for me to do in real life.

True, I have a close gaggle of friends, but very few of them get to see me down deep in my core: my fears, insecurities, hopes, dreams, craziness!

So that's why the news I mentioned yesterday is a huge deal for me. The owner of the personal training center where I train approached me about being "the face" of the center for a while. Meaning, they want to follow me on my journey, videotape me, and interview me on their local cable access show they host weekly. They'd also post my story and progress on their website.

This is terrifying for a girl who doesn't acknowledge how overweight she is to her friends and family. It's a huge pride thing. Granted, not a lot of people watch local cable access, but trust me, once word gets out, I have a feeling many people will be searching for it.

But for all the reasons why I don't want to do it, there are two HUGE reasons why I'm going to:

1. Accountability. It will be very hard for me to screw up knowing everyone is watching, judging my progress or looking to me for inspiration.

2. FREE personal training! The conditions of the agreement are after I've been working out there for several months and have made considerable progress, then they'll agree to follow my journey in return for free personal training.

Seriously, how can I say no to that?! I can't. So I'm not going to. I'm not sure when this will happen -- in a month? Two months? Not clear on the details yet, but when it happens I'll be sure to let you know! Talk about motivation. If I didn't have any before, I sure do now!

Now for some randomness!

Check out this killer breakfast:

*oats, banana, honey, almonds, raisins = YUM!

One last thing -- I'm planning on working in the TOO TIGHT PANTS at some point. These pants are also going to play a huge role in the Bloggerhood of the Traveling (Not So Fat) Pants. Once I get these bad boys on, they'll be traveling to some other blogging sistah so she can work her way into them. It's an awesome project, no? Thanks, Jen!