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.
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!
I am proud of you. You keep at it. Slow and steady. Have a rest day as a reward to yourself. You deserve it. You can do it. Love you.
Vicky,
Thank you so much for your kind words! I know that it is slow and steady for the process and yes I definitely have those rest days! Love you too and thank you for the support!
You were amazing, are amazing, and will to be amazing. I’m so proud of you!
Thank you so much girl! I really appreciate it a lot!