Courtney is a 26 year old Events
and Catering Coordinator for the
Driscoll hotel in Austin, Texas.
She currently weighs 213 pounds
but she plans on losing 75 pounds
in this next year. Weight has never
been a huge issue for Courtney.
She’s not a yo-yo dieter,
she’s not scared of working
hard to improve herself, and she’s
not going to stay at 213 pounds
for long.
The Driscoll hotel is a fun and
energetic place to work, especially
for a highly motivated, goal oriented
26 year old. But Courtney’s
job has taken its toll on her
body. Not only do the long and
unpredictable hours prevent her
from properly planning her meals,
but the catering aspect of her
job means that there’s usually
a scrumptious food that requires
tasting, and it’s usually
Courtney that does the tasting.
Cakes, pastries, cookies, creamy
soups, cheesy pastas, greasy appetizers
– all the yummy things a
caterer has to offer have been
offered to Courtney first.
Courtney finally realized what
all the taste testing had done
to her body, which was now at
an unacceptable size. She had
gotten to be over 200 pounds,
and she was quite upset. So upset,
in fact, that she quit her job.
She gave notice, telling her bosses
that she was out of control and
needed to do something about it
fast. After some debate, Courtney
and her employers agreed that
she would take an extended leave
of absence and return to work
if and when she felt she could.
After consulting with her parents
and brother, Courtney made the decision
to spend 2 months at Duke’s
Diet and Fitness Center. Instead
of focusing on her fast-paced, up
and coming career, Courtney is going
to focus on her health before it
gets worse than it is. At Duke,
she has cut her calories down to
1200 a day, is exercising a minimum
of 3 hours a day, and will not stop
until her butt is half the size
it is now. In the past couple of
years, Courtney has not been able
to wear the pants that she’d
like to wear because of her “problem
area.” She’s made a
uniform out of black pants and black
shirts in an effort to hide in her
clothes, but is secretly dying to
be able to slip into a pair of designer
jeans.
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In addition to the jeans though,
there’s a certain bridesmaid’s
dress Courtney is also hoping
to fit into. Although the deadline
for turning in dress measurements
has passed, Courtney has yet to
turn hers in since she’s
certain she’ll be several
sizes smaller by the time of the
wedding in February. This brave
defiance required telling several
lies to the bride, but Courtney
feels the risk will be worth the
reward when she’s able to
walk down the aisle in a dress
that isn’t 3 sizes too big.
But will she pull it off? Will
we see her struggling to get into
a dress that she currently can
not fit into, or will she have
lost so much weight that the seamstress
is having to take in the dress?
Although Courtney does not currently
like the way she looks, she has
an amazing attitude about her
weight. Instead of being depressed
about weighing 213 pounds, she
has chosen to treat her weight
loss as a project. And as she
has done in the past with her
career, Courtney will put everything
she has into this project until
the result is nothing short of
perfection.
