My Weight Loss Journey So Far

Well here we are getting closer and closer to the weekend! Yay! I hope that you are all having a great week. I am always racking my brain as to what my next blog post should be about. Well, although this journey is far from done, I figured it was something that I would love to share with you.

I have always struggled with being overweight, except for when I was little kid. I started to notice that I was bigger than a lot of my classmates in 8th grade. Even though I was active with sports, I was not thin. I was consistent all the way through high school. My weight was always on my mind, and I knew that there were a lot of people that judged me and talked about me (behind my back).

When I got to college, in true fashion I gained the “Freshman 15”. Luckily I started to grow more confident in myself. I was able to find a great group of friends who were never judging me. I never found myself being made fun of or talked negatively about. But along with growing up and gaining freedom, I also gained a lot of bad habits. I was drinking beer at the bar, smoking, and eating so many snacks and fatty foods.

After graduating college a few of the bad habits continued and so did my weight gain. I have done many diets and working out, and my weight has been a roller coaster.

Cue now to this past August, Joe and I were at the beach and I was really struggling with how I was looking. I just felt so big and so ugly. I didn’t know why Joe was with me and questioned how he could love someone my size. I had been talked on Instagram for a few months before hand and really getting to know a girl by the name of Christin, who is a Beachbody coach. I finally decided to make the leap and sign up for a year to see how it goes.

I have been doing well with working out. We are all human and there are days that I take rest days. I have fallen out of wanting to exercise and had to get myself back on track.

Since we are all friends here I am going to let you know that I have started this journey at a whopping 275 lbs. Now moment of honesty I do have a bigger chest so there is more weight there than I thought there ever could be. I was so shocked when I stepped on the scale that had not been used in awhile and saw that number appear. I spent a good bit of time on the bathroom floor crying.

As I have been working out and watching what I eat. I have not been sticking to a certain diet because I have been down that road before and it makes me miserable. At first I was over weighing myself, as in I was always jumping on the scale expecting to see numbers flying off. I would highly recommend not doing that because it will get you paranoid and discouraging. I changed it to weekly weigh ins.

Now that we are in January I am happy to say that I am down 30 lbs. total. I know that this is going to take time to get to where I am feeling happy and fully healthy. I am excited to continue with this journey and to see the lbs. keep dropping.

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I want you to know that I am always here for anyone that would like to talk with me. Whether it is because you have had a difficult time when younger because of your weight or if you want to talk about setting out a plan for how you would like to become healthier.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this and become a part of my journey!