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Friday 2 March 2007

I found motivation.

Coming to blogsville must have been the long awaited motivation I needed. Reading through all the comments posted got me going. Kpakpando reminded me of the need to take long fast paced walks around the neighbourhood then Chioma urged me to take exercise as my second nature. Thanks girls.....you have all been so helpful and I truly apreciate all your kind support and advice.

I took the advice immediately and I now weigh 111.7kg. I lost 300g in 2days. I've found a rare kind of motivation/reason to exercise and that is knowing at the back of my mind that I will need to update my blog on it to avoid further petitions. I once asked Mr Somebody to pay me 10,000 naira for every 10kg I lose which would mean giving me 40,000 naira since i need to lose 40kg. He simply ignored my request and I got so angry I told him I won't lose weight unless he paid me(how childish!) And I kept my word(In protest). All I needed was the right kind of motivation. I said in my previous [post that I'll fill in on every event that happened in the past 3 months. I remember a certain incident at the market where a clothes trader beckoned on me to buy clothes for my daughter. I looked at the dress and it was something meant for a 14 year old. I just told him I did not need the dress. He looked at me again and said "madam bai for ya dota na? abi u nefa ket pikin wey big reach like dis? I wanted to cry, if I had my first baby at 24 and I'm supposed to have a 14 year old child, that would make me 38 or maybe this man just wants to sell his dress. 'I don't look that old, I cannot look that old'....... I kept telling myself. I thought of the guy that vowed to make me look like a model and decided to give him a call. Christmas was just some weeks away and I kept wondering how I could lose weight before then. I can't go home for Christmas looking like Mama, I have to look like a funky mummy.

Anyway I resumed at the gym and commenced on aerobics and workout sessions. You know how you pile up fat over the years and think it could disappear in a week,well that's what happened to me.After one week,I complained to the gym manager that the exercises were not working and I was still fat. I told her I needed something to speed up the whole process, I needed to lose some measure of weight before christmas. She calmed me down and came up with a solution. She introduced something called 'pin rolling or body rolling',a method that breaks up the cellulite and dissolves fat in the body. This was simply done by using a wooden pin roll(the kind used in making pastry) and rolling it all over the body while applying some massage oil.The next one was some kind of new japanese technology where I would be strapped to a machine for 45 minutes using velcro straps around my thighs, arms, stomach area and buttocks. Then finally I would get a thorough massage and get into the sauna bath. It was a 12 week program which would continue into the new year.

Sounds real good but at what price?60,000 naira for the whole program. There was no way I could pay that kind of money just to lose weight in 3 weeks and moreover how am I certain it'll work? She assured me of it's effectiveness and even mentioned some of her clients it worked for. I told her I would think about it.I wished I hadn't complained at all and as if she knew what was going through my mind, she said she would give me some kind of discount. (really?I love discounts!) With 50,000 naira to pay in 3 instalments , I was expected to commence the next day. She told me what to bring along,a black bra and black g-string as that would be all i would wear throughout the sessions.

The next day,after the aerobic classes,it was time for pin rolling. We were 4 ladies placed on the program but I was the only new person. The other women had been on it for some weeks already. (You would be suprised at what women put themselves through just to look good).I got undressed and the pin rolling began. No one told me it was painful,at first I thought it would be like getting a massage but how wrong I was. They hit you first with the bread pin, press it hard on your body and then roll it over like dough. This was done on the fatty areas like my bum,thighs,arms,hips and tummy. The pain was so excruiciating I found myself screaming and shouting,but the lady was hard and merciless. She pressed harder and rolled faster. At a point, I held up her hand and attempted to get up and leave, then she relaxed a bit and asked me to take a break. My eyes were red and my head was hot. The manager then asked her to go at it gently as this was my first time. After the pin rolling, I went into the sauna bath. That was enough for me. I could barely walk,my entire body was aching. The other ladies were feeling very sorry for me. I did not even care I just wanted to go home. Back home, I sat and wondered what had happened? My whole body was sore and aching as if I had been beaten. Yes....that was exactly what happened to me! I allowed myself to be hit, pressed down, pin-rolled and beaten. I had been tortured. The process of making chin-chin, where you knead the dough and roll it out for cutting was exactly what I passed through. Suffice to say I did not go back to the gym the next day, and the next.

50 comments:

Ubong Da said...

yipeeeeee am first again. hehehehehe nothing for u all. Now I can go back and read leasurely

In my head and around me said...

You poor thing! They want to beat/harrass the fat out of you. There must be a better and more natural way to do this.

LOL! at wanting to get paid to lose weight. 10k for every 10kg? Your fat will be grumbling that they are worth much more!

Congratulations on finally updating.

Favoured Girl said...

Hi! I found your blog a while ago, but I lost the link :-( I finally found it again through Londonbuki's blog. Awwww sorry about the pin-rolling at the gym. That sounds really harsh and painful! There really must be another way. Like you, I'm on a mission to be slimmer and fitter by summer. I haven't got long to go, so I'm cutting carbs and re-igniting my passion for exercise. LOL. Hubby has promised me some cash for new clothes if I drop a dress size so there's motivation. All the best with your mission!

Nice blog- I'll be back, and this time I'll bookmark your page so I can find it again.

Mrs Somebody said...

Ubong da are you ready to post now or you are still reading leisurely?
IMHAAM.......*sniff* *sob* *sob* It was a bad experience for me.I still feel like crying whenever I think about it.@ getting paid to lose weight,I just needed motivation 40k wasn't a bad idea.I wish the fat would grumble it's way out of my body.lol.
yeah!thanks for congratulating me.I'll try and update more regularly now.
Favoured girl.......thanks for sympathizing with me girl,that pin-rolling was no fun at all.september is my target as well but i need to drop 4 dress sizes by then.

LondonBuki said...

I felt your pain o! Pele... what people will go through to lose weight!

Good Luck and well done on losing 300g :-)

Hope you update often...

Waffarian said...

Abeg! you don kill me with laughter! pin-rolling ke? I never hear that onw before oh! sounds like real suffer-head! Oh girl, since there is sauna there, forget about pin-rolling, just sit in the sauna after your gym class and relax! ah ah!pin rolling!

LG said...

Ouch!

Cheetarah said...

@Hooray! Chameleon for president! she managed to make you update!

Whither you and the rolling pin? you don become chin chin!Lol!

Girl do what the french do,it slowly and enjoy the food but never be stuffed. It apparently takes 20mins for the brain to be full( I learnt this from Oprah and a carton for a pret sandwich!) and Dance everyday it works wonders. Much love girl!

UnNaked Soul said...

lol... make I pay u 10Kobo for every 1KG you loose... LOL

c;mon go back to that gaddamn gym kia kia.. .LOL

pele

Fluffycutething said...

Mrs...

Just think of all the glowing compliments you'd get when you shed some weight.

U can draw more motivation from that

My boss recently spent N270,000 on a weight loss programme and this is 3 months after and we still trip for her daily....she has dropped from size 22 to size 16 or less sef

I'm on a weight loss programme too and each time i think of how beaurrriiiful i'd look after all my hard work, i just jog and jog!!!! (lol)

Anyway just keep at it, the end results will be fantastic!!

Unknown said...

Mrs Somebody...an update? shey my eyes arent deceiving me??

meanwhile, sorry for the bullying to update. lol. you know its nothing but luff right?

im happy you are making progress altho that pin rolling sounds quite intense. your lucky ur not like me. i turn blueblack like oyibo when i bruise.

i completely agree with Mr Somebody about bloggin about ur progress frequently.

are you combining the gym with any particular diet?

all us to cheer you on.

xxx

Bubbles said...

LOL!! Oh my God. Those women are just trying to release their pent up frustration in the guise of helping pple lose weight. That was funny, sha.

Unknown said...

errmmm...

that last line was supposed to be

'allow us to cheer you on'

Stuck in my throat said...

hurray for you Mrs Somebody.
I am so excited. Keep on exercising...i am interested in knowing your progress.

Unknown said...

Mrs. Somebody,

sorry but hahahahahahahha ogini? You're paying someone to beat you then cook u in sauna? Ogini. Sorry o. I think my mom signed up for something similar a while back, and I think the price was that exorbitant as well. Well one thing you should remember, you didn't gain the weight in one weekend, don't expect to lose it in one weekend. And celebrate each success jare, you're worth it.

Unknown said...

Pin Rolling?!?!!? Yeah!!! It dosent sound fike fun at all!! You deserve some rest after that heady session but do go back. Just keep ur goal in sight as the pain rips thru ur body. Pele!!

Dimples said...

Eya sorry o...the thought of being rolled and battered like dough just doesn’t sound right o..i feel u sha…I’m hoping to lose 4 stones by Christmas….hmm!! and that quest of mine just seems to be coming more and more impossible as the days go by…but I have really decided to seek the face of the Lord…as in I think that is my only hope.

I booked in for a kick boxing class 2nite…only God can help me sha that I pull through.

But keep up the good work…I can feel your intense determination.

Mrs Somebody said...

@ londonbuki.........thanks jare I'll try my best to update more often.
@Waffarian........don't laugh-o it was not a laughing matter then bcos I suffer no be small.
@littlegirllost.......It was not just ouch! it was more like Ouch!Ouch!Ouch!Ouch!Ouch!Ouch!Ouch!
@Cheetarah....Chameleon for president of blogsville?When's the election because her juju strong no be small.I'm not doing the pin-rolling anymore.I'll take your advise thanks.
@unnaked soul.....if you are serious about paying me, I'll accept.*wink*.
@fluffycutething.......thanks a lot for your lovely comment.Advice taken,points noted,but that your boss sha....hmmmm....she get mind-o,270k?Me I be housewife-o!
@Chameleon....ggrrrrrr(I'm angry)......I stayed up till late just to update and stop further petitions....gggrrrr(still angry).Don't mind me,it was fun seeing my name on your blog,I kept blinking hard to make sure I was seeing well.Keep on cheering me up.I need it.Thanks.

Mrs Somebody said...
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Mrs Somebody said...

@bubbles.....I beleive you.One particular girl was so merciless.I pleaded and pleaded but she wouldn't listen.She just kept rolling away like she was grinding pepper on stone.
@stuck in my throat........thank you so much I'll try not to disappoint.
Kpakpando....what a stupid thing to do,paying someone to beat you up.I had to stop when it actually dawned on me.
@calabargal......Not fun at all,I tried to keep up at it but couldn't.And believe me I'm still resting.
@dimples....thanks my dear.I'll keep up the good work.

9jamommy said...

LMAO!! that was too funny, well at least did the other women who had started the program already look somewhat slim? Please keep us posted.....let me find out I'm about to strip down and jump under a rolling pin...lol

Mrs Somebody said...

@9jamommy.....Yes one particular lady there,told me it helped her.looking back now it really is funny but back then,I was in pain and hurting.I'll keep you posted but don't strip down yet,the rolling pin is no fun at all.

NaijaBloke said...

Damn!!! U r sure funny ...u actually did all that,cos i know what u r talking abt on the kneading with the chin chin roller cos i used to help my grandmum knead the flour back then ...LOL

Nice blog will be back

Mrs Somebody said...

@ naijabloke...*sigh* yes it's so sad but I was desperate to lose it fast.

UnNaked Soul said...

so lets start... but promise you won't quit... cos I won't quit on you.. *wink*

Daddy's Girl said...

LOL! Love the way you write - such fun. Please abeg keep blogging. All the best with the weight loss efforts.

chioma said...

ouch..that sounds painful! torture,,well you know what they say, no pain no gain..lol..See me advising you and feeling slim..just found out I have added like 4kg ..need to get rid of it fast! all the best as you(we) work it out!

Tyrex said...

Sorry about the torture, but trust me you should have continued,...you know nothing good comes easy :)) :))

Vera Ezimora said...

Hmmmm, nawa o! This is very serious. Mrs. Somebody, sorry oh. Loosing weight ain't easy @ all. It's just so much easier gaining it

Mrs Somebody said...

@unnaked soul...I'm all ready and I won't quit on ya.*wink*.
@daddy's girl.....thank dear.I will keep blogging.
@Chioma.....It sure was painful.No pain no gain was all I kept hearing but I had to back out abeg.Wishing you(us) all the best too.

@tyrex....I should have done what?Continued?*long hiss*see your mouth!
@Vera Ezimora.....thanks for the sympathy,easy or not,I'm gonna get rid of this fat.

♥♫♪nyemoni♫♪♥ said...

I don't mean to make you feel bad but for me it's the reverse... I lose weight faster than I gain it... Maybe you should try a lemonade diet.... read it somewhere.. drink lots of it and exercise too... I know I'm not of so much help, but there!

Mrs Somebody said...

@ nyemoni.....*sniff* *sob* *sob* too late I'm feeling bad already.Tell me more about this lemonade thing.

♥♫♪nyemoni♫♪♥ said...

Oh dear, pele... Awww, don't worry, all's well.. I'm sure it's not as bad as you make it sound... I guess you would have some time to work out being in the business you're in *wink*... Lemme give you some general tips though...

I think you should cut down on your carbohydrate intake and substitute juice and other overprocessed drinks (malt drinks, soda, whatever) with lemonade, I mean real lemon juice..
Also cut down on eating anything after 6pm.. The food you eat ater 6pm hardly digests cos your metablolism is slow during that period due to inactivity... If you must eat though, eat only fruits and vegetables...
Do not starve yourself just because you want to go on a diet oh! You'll only get hungrier and as a result eat more during your next meal... eat to your satisfaction, but eat well balanced diets (not too high in Carbs and fat) and focus on Proteins, vitamins and minerals, but don't cut out the carbs and fats completely- your body needs them.
Lastly, exercise, exercise, exercise! Not only are you going to lost weight, it's good for your heart as well..If you can swim, good for you! It'll do wonders... If you can jog, walk, run, skip, do them!
I guarantee results if you follow this regimen..closely. Stay safe!

P.S
I so KNOW your sistah!!!

♥♫♪nyemoni♫♪♥ said...

I meant.. not only are you gon' lose weight not lost o!

low said...

Hiya...whatever it is u r doing keep doing and pls let me in on it coz im struggling with my weight too. Only prob is i havent found the strength to GET MYSELF TO THE GYM..
Nice one....will def visit ur page

Jennifer A. said...

CONGRATULATIONS @ losing 200g...woah...thats great!

Azuka said...

When are we updating? ;;)

chidi said...

one thing im very scared of is being fat. its hunted me for like foreva now. Wonder wat will hapen 2 me wen i have children. im sure i wont want to be made into chin chin just so i cld loose weight. we women have a lot of stress on us. y can't d men loose weight 2???????

BiMbyLaDs** said...

nice blog., thanks for stopping by on mine, and ill def be back!

LOL @ the pain.. pele.. ROB to the rescue!! lol

UnNaked Soul said...

am waiting for you...

Anonymous said...

Mrs. Somebody, I have been visiting some blogs and I have noticed you have been leaving comments on these blogs. Yet, everytime I stop by here I see no update! I would advise you to rectify his situation before I shut you down. Comprende?

temmy tayo said...

Lol at blog police, please update Mrs.

Unknown said...

Me too I am joining the chorus. Mrs somebody - this one post a month will just not do at all!!! What are you doing this to us?

Mrs Somebody said...

@nyemoni........what would i do without your advice,thanks a zillion.i'm starting my lemonade theraphy tomorrow.
@low......i've been feeling very low(oops)sorry depressed lately.I've not done anything in two weeks but I'll let you know when i begin again.
@jaycee.....this your congratulations dey sound like yab-o!
@Azuka,I'm updating now.
@Chidi......don't be scared of being fat.just make up your mind not to be fat.I allowed this to happen because I was not just cautious enough to prevent it.Now I want my body back.And I'm gonna get it.
@Bimbly lads.......thanks and see you soon.
@unnaked...*wink*
@Blog police.....Your power wan strong for my blog,ehn?Where were you when those anons were causing trouble on ONB's blog?Why didn't you go there to arrest them or shut them down instead of harrassing innocent people like me?Abeg blog Olopa I go update.
@Temmy tayo....I will update.
@Calabargal....don't join the chorus,i'm updating now.

Ubong Da said...

Yes o!, Mrs Somebody I go soon carry placard make dem shut you down if you don't update regularly.

Simply Gorgeous said...

What is the point of the pin rolling! It sounds so painful is it to displace the fat it sounds like slow torture to me. It is uncannyI tried that torture mine was the one where a person would walk up and down my spine to set me. I wonder if I am set now because after that I could not wlak but was bent for three days. I hope you recover soon.

Anonymous said...

Gym are a nightmare to me...This is how i lost weight...I threw away my all my clothes and bought smaller ones. It was either I lost weight or just never left the house. Well, do you like to dress up? Well, you should...and naija where people's husbands are prey to 16 and above...good look!

omohemi Benson said...

LMAO, was the gym manager planning to get all the fat out that day?

It shouldn't be so much work and pain,they ARE betterw ays.

All the best with losing weight.

Please update.

A Kel called Wonder ...... said...

Too late but would have liked to know the name of the gym?????????? hope u see this

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