One of the Original Weight Watchers...My Momma's Touch ...and other Plus Sized Ponderings from my Perspective

Okay...so here is what I know about this topic...
One of my most "frequent blog clickers" from Mtn View-ville (btw...the region they are from includes the phrase "View"..so I really think it fits this one to a tee...LOL!.....)
Anywhooooo...this one has elsewhere seemingly  appointed herself as a "plus sized" advocate....and makes some nice things ( imo ) for that market....but I really think that one of the reasons her items haven't really taken off yet is because of the "story" presented by her.....
and since none of ya'll know who I am really talking about....but yes...she will absolutely know that this "mention" is  about her....and yet at the same time the post is also a Hollah to my momz RIP Linda Darlene....:=)....
it's all good.
My thing is this.....if your story is that "You used to be"  plus sized.. and talk about a 100 pound weight loss...it is not really a good idea to post your "today pic" where you are hiding behind a 1-25 thousand pound statue with basically your "head" poking out from the side.... and maybe if you are someone who might have weighed over say 300 lbs before losing 100.....you might indeed be a bit shy about showing off your new bod...... but when you make the statement that you "used to be plus size"...obviously you are saying to your "buyers" that you are no longer a plus sized woman....which by the way is nothing to be ashamed of in the first place so why not try hopping your arse out from behind that huge statue?  To me..this might indeed bring you more sales and followers if they might think they could actually trust the story you are trying to portray here.....

And my background on this subject would in fact be...(and of course this is only my own experience)....
my momma struggled with weight for as long as I can remember....but in my minds' eye...she was always so beautiful to me.....her smile and laughter lit up the room whenever she entered and it didn't matter whether or not she weighed 120 lbs or when she weighed 227 lbs.----and she was 5' 5"......and a fiery bundle indeed.....she indeed always always was my beautiful Momma and I was ALWAYS so proud of her no matter how much she weighed....
So don't get me wrong here.....I am not bagging on the plus size issue and never would (once in awhile I have been known to question the "politically correct" terms on this subject tho)......
Anyhoooo..... 
My mom in her adult life time probably tried just about every popular diet out there.....
and the first time she was extremely overweight and started worrying about her health and longevity....along came this little ole "new diet" called "Weight Watchers".....and way back in the early 70's my mom was actually the first person in Kern County California to lose over 100 pounds on the Weight Watchers' diet.....
here she is in a Weight Watchers' Fashion Show back in the day.....

and (from my experience).....most people who lose 100 lbs. are indeed very loud and proud in sporting their new figure that they worked so hard at achieving :=) ...
okay...so the rest of her life after that was still a struggle with ups and downs and many more diets....and after the age of 60 when her doctors felt that the bariatric approach was the way to go....Mom did that procedure and once again lost 100 lbs......
here she is enjoying herself as she did in many of her last years out on the boat...this one is with her and my son at Catalina where Mom and Dad  stayed at the "slip" on weekends for many years.....(after she came through and conquered so many complications including learning  how to walk again after that surgery she was in intensive care for over 6 months in hospitals in San Diego and Bakersfield).......

But with her fiery spirit and love of life and family...she came through that obstacle...and was then pretty much a "senior poster child for bariatric surgery"....

so I guess my post and thoughts here is basically about this.....
if you have lost weight (and of course have obviously worked very hard to do so) .....
don't hide behind a freaking huge arse statue and expect people to actually embrace your accomplishment.....be proud of what you have done and show it!
If you have lost over 100 lbs.....it doesn't matter if you still weigh 200 lbs or 500 lbs.....hop out from behind that statue and be proud of what you have done......you don't need to hide because you have done something truly amazing......
and if you are "hiding"....some might truly feel that your "story" might perhaps be a "spun one"...
that's just my in-put here :=)....
and I think this last pic might even explain a bit about why I love vintage so much.....my 1972 Momma....the orange dress....the shag carpet...the wall paneling...the green door....

Hollah Linda Darlene!  You were always so beautiful!  Hollah Vintage! And Hollah as well to all of us women of the world.....love yourself.....don't hide behind anything.....you are all beautiful and don't ever ever pretend or think that you aren't ! No matter what you look like....you will always have someone in your life who knows that you are indeed beautiful...no matter what.
And that's my life story and I'm stickin'  to it :=)
This orange dress is a pretty good Fall choice tho..don't ya think :=)

Darrell and Larry Hood featured pic in the IMCA Racing Magazine....

Hollahs to my Bro and Nephew for getting their picture in this recent IMCA Racing Magazine.  It was super cool to have both of you win your main events on the same night :=)
 

Boo

Nugget doesn't quite know what to think of his Halloween costume hee-hee

The sisters in my Fall Yard hee-hee

Dang.....it's still so hard to get into this "Fall Feeling"....when it was over 85 degrees here Monday and the Grands were frolicking out in the yard throwing flowers that are still abundant everywhere in my lil' ole garden......
these girls love each other so much....it is just such a joy to see them playing together :=).....

Happy Fall ya'll :=)

 

Darrell and Larry Hood Bakersfield Speedway Bud Nationals 2012

Hollah to a couple of boys in my "Hood"  Great job this weekend!  Luv ya bunches!

Whoo Hoooo Congrats to Larry Hood for the IMCA Modified win at the Bako Bud Nationals 2012 !

Saturday, Oct 13 2012 12:03 AM

16-year-old stars on night of fast racing at Bakersfield Speedway

BY JOE CONROY Special to the Californian

In just his second year of racing and barely old enough to drive on the streets, 16-year-old Matt Lewis took home the checkered flag in the American Stocks mains at Friday night's 27th Annual Budweiser Nationals at Bakersfield Speedway.
The Bakersfield native had to hold off the reigning champion -- and Lewis' cousin -- in the event, Rick Childress Jr., the entire race.

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Jesse Stovall, Glena, Missouri. 2012 MARS Late Model Series champion

A caution late in the 20-car, 25-lap event helped keep Childress in striking distance.
And though Childress tried the outside ridge and kept the pressure on the leader, he could not catch this year's American Stocks track champion.
"I have no idea; I'm just amazed right now," the Bakersfield native said after the win. "I'm really happy I got to race with my cousin."
Tyler Johnson finished behind Lewis and Childress to take third place after moving out of fourth on the 24th lap.
More than 170 cars took to the Speedway as part of the opening night of the Budweiser Nationals.
The track raced fast all night, starting with a half-dozen drivers setting Speedway single-lap records during early qualifying rounds. Jesse Stovall, in his Super Late Model, ended up with the fastest time of 12.840 seconds, breaking Mike Kirby's mark of 12.995, set in April.
And once the racing started, speed continued to come with ease, with track conditions on the third-mile clay oval remaining optimal throughout the evening.
Leading for all but the first seven laps in the IMCA Modified mains, Larry Hood stretched out an enormous lead by the 20th, battling cautions and myriad racers who traded second and third throughout the 30-lap race.
Brad Pounds pushed Hood late, when Pounds threatened to take the lead away in lap 29, but Hood held him off with deft maneuvering on the high side of turns No. 3 and 4.
Robby Sawyer rounded out the top three for an all-Bakersfield trophy stand.
Though locals owned the early races, an out-of-stater took control of the Super Late Model main event and refused to give it back.
Stovall, from Republic, Mo., wrested the lead from Bobby Hogge of Salinas in the 18th lap and left his teeth marks on it until the 30th and final trip around the track.
Hogge, who raced in the IMCA Modified mains, used his previous experience on the track to his advantage in the Late Models event. But Stovall quickly saw Hogue's technique of riding the ridge on the outside of the track and adapted his game plan.
John Lowery finished third in the race after slipping out of second in the 10th lap.
Friday's action was just the start to a weekend of racing.
The second evening the 27th Annual Budweiser Nationals racing starts at 5:30 tonight, with gates opening at 4.

Strive For Progress

I still keep seeing over and over
about how some people keep posting unrealistic pics of what motivates them.
I think they have lost sight of the "Plan Stan...no need to be Coy Roy...just set yourself free...LOL"
Okay...
#1...if you have already had a tummy tuck and still don't have those 6 pack abs?  waste of $
#2...if you are posting pics of gals much younger than you...you will never look like them hello?
#3...if you were always a big boned type of gal you could become anorexic and work-out 24-7..but you will still never ever look like the inspirational pics that you keep posting.
Okay...love yourself
stay healthy
do healthy things
take as good of care of yourself as you possibly can
but don't make your "inspirations"
something that no matter what you do
you will never be
and you will
never
look like
Love yourself for what you are
be the best that you are
and always strive
to be the best that you can be.
My wish .....
my motivation each day...
to make someone out there know
how beautiful they really are
just for being 
real
themselves
and 
striving to 
be the best that they can
and ever will be.
:=)