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October 21, 2005

Lose Weight, Feel Great!

When employed as an executive in Fashion and Beauty PR, it is definitely assumed that one is both fashionable and beautiful. After all, I would never have my hair styled by someone who looked like they just rolled out of bed. (BedHead, of course, is only cute when it is expressly intended with use of product). Now, we all know that I have the beauty part under control thanks to the lovely Mr. and Mrs. Walker and when I really need to put it on, I can certainly make a statement in a great black suit. BUT high fashion doesn’t work on me. Sadly PRADA, Fendi, Dior and the other luxury hi fashion designers are not interested in suiting up a “plus sized” diva.

Please don’t be confused, I’m not the Star Jones “before picture” diva, but I’m not the Oprah Winfrey “after picture” diva either. So, when my overly considerate boss called the executives into his office to have a frank discussion about the new “No McDonald’s Rule” and the ever present “Executives MUST attend the gym three times a week rule”, I decided not to fight it. Instead, I had a turkey sandwich and took my Diva-luscious self to NYSC on my lunch hour.

SCARY!!! This was my first time in the gym in almost a year and, well….”ouch!” So many machines; people running, sweating, grunting. The horror! But again, instead of fighting it, I climbed aboard a friendly looking treadmill and walked for 40 minutes-up hills, down hills and in the “forest mode” until I, too, was sweating. For what it’s worth, I feel great and I have committed to doing a workout three times a week for the next three weeks. Hopefully that and my revived Nutri-System plan will have me on the road to Halle Berry “normal picture” in no time!

Posted by Nikki Walker at October 21, 2005 04:36 PM

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