New Beginnings

I haven't always enjoyed fitness or eating healthy, but now it's a huge part of my life. I've lost weight in a healthy manner and have managed to keep it off for two years, with a pregnancy in between. This journey has been a complete lifestyle change and it hasn't been easy, but I love it. I've gone from a very loose size 13 to a loose size 5. It's made a big difference in everyday life.

I told myself I wanted to lose weight because finding what to wear everyday was such a struggle and it almost always ruined my day. I know this may seem vain but it was just so hard to be comfortable in my own skin. All I wanted was to wake up and not have to worry about how tight my pants were, whether my shirt needed to be very loose to offset my tight pants, or If I had a clean extra large sweater to hide under. I wanted to wake up and throw on whatever I wanted and just feel comfortable.

To be honest, I felt pretty as a size 13 but I wasn't comfortable. I felt like I needed to wear more makeup, have prettier hair, or nicer clothes to feel beautiful. I felt like I was "pretty" but getting ready for the day was still hard. I didn't like being 20 and 182 lbs, I just kept thinking to myself, how much more weight am I going to gain by the time I'm 21? I wasn't always a size 13, I was more like a 9 (or 10) all through high-school. I started gaining weight when I married my husband. I was in love and life was just pure bliss! We constantly ate out and snacked through the night, which made me start packing on the pounds. In just six short months I gained 20 pounds!!! I needed to change my eating habits AND start working out. Before then, I never worked out, I was very lazy. I was too intimidated to go to the gym, so I started working out in our leasing office "gym". They had one elliptical and one treadmill, I started off slow with 15-20 minutes on the elliptical. After a few months I'd do two hours on just those two machines, after losing some weight I joined a gym and never looked back! I had a very strict diet and it helped so much, but this is where my next journey begins. I've done insanity twice over and I'm getting ready to change my diet again and give crossfit a try. I hope to share my progress with you and encourage at least one person in a positive way.