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<\/a><\/p>\nIn May of 2013, I told Nikki I was going to try to start eating healthier and that I wanted to lose maybe 50 pounds.\u00a0 When you’re morbidly obese, everyone knows you talking about dieting every now and then and tell those around you you’re going to try.\u00a0 The response from most is just a passing “ok” with the added feeling of “yeah right” behind it.\u00a0 But Nikki didn’t make me feel this way.\u00a0 Right away she offered advice as she was naturally a better eater than I was.\u00a0 She would comment that my pants were getting loose even when I didn’t believe her myself.<\/p>\n
That’s the number one thing I love about Nikki: No Judgement. Ever.\u00a0 I never feel judged by her or looked down upon.\u00a0 She is one of the best people I’ve ever met.<\/p>\n
Over that summer I lost 30 – 40 pounds and returned to work in the fall.\u00a0 Nikki and I didn’t see each other much that summer since we both travel, work and enjoy every last second of our summers.\u00a0 When we got back to work, she jumped on the band wagon.\u00a0 We started having ‘pot luck style’ lunches where we and a few friends would bring different things for lunches that week.\u00a0 She would force me to try new things that I didn’t even know I liked.\u00a0 Where would I be without her encouraging me to eat hummus or black bean burgers? My life would be so sad! We would check in and talk about our weight and what sucked that week.\u00a0 Since we were under the same stress it was really easy to counsel each other.<\/p>\n
That January I joined my gym.\u00a0 She joined too!\u00a0 They were running a groupon so she bought one and would come workout with me in the beginning.\u00a0 She quickly found that my gym wasn’t her style, but since we had started together, I could always talk to her about what was going on at the gym.\u00a0 She started running, biking and 5k training while I worked on strength and cardio.\u00a0 That spring, we both got new jobs.<\/p>\n We still make it a point to get together and we still check in about our weight and how things are going.\u00a0 We love to go to a local vegetarian restaurant where she turned me on to THE BEST bean and quinoa burger EVER. We’ve ran a 5K together and are running a 7K together in March.\u00a0 She constantly reminds me how much of an inspiration I am for her, but she’s just as big for me.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n