Story Time
I’m ready to share my story with you, someone I’ve never met but someone who I have a connection with that most people I know can’t relate to. I hope you enjoy reading my blog as we got through our days, weeks, months and years together to reach our goals both physically and emotionally.
I’m a 39 year old, happily married, mother of two young children. I’m happy in most all areas of my life but I’m fat and my insecure feelings about my weight have managed to tangle into many areas of my happy life. How do you ask? I often didn’t do things I should have with my family because I felt so insecure due to my weight. Parties, hot summer fun at the beach and many other events are not something I’d volunteer to be part of and that has robbed my family of some really great times together. To those events I did attend, I dragged my feet until the moment I was out the door and once out, I couldn’t wait to go back home again. Until now, if it was hot outside, you wouldn’t dare see me wear shorts. The day I woke up and said I was done feeling sorry for myself was the day I also decided to live my life to the fullest no matter how insecure I felt about myself. You will now catch me wearing shorts and you will see me swim amongst friends in a private pool but I’ve got a long way to go. I still shy away from some events but I do all I can to put my best face forward and get out there. Afterall, I’m still the same person I’ve always been, I just have a fat suit on me right now and I’m working on that.
All my life I’ve had a naturally average figure. I wasn’t skinny, I wasn’t heavy, I was right in the middle and felt comfortable in most anything I wore. It wasn’t until I hit my mid to late 20’s when I started to battle my weight. Even then I didn’t get real heavy but I wasn’t happy with my figure and started the yo-yo dieting. Today is a different story though, I weigh as much as I did when I carried my second baby! About a month ago I woke up one day and said to myself, “Enough is enough, quit feeling sorry for yourself, get off your ass and do something now before you regret missing out on life because you’re fat!” The kicker was that I meant it this time and have been sticking to it ever since. Since July 12th I’ve lost 17 lbs. So far it has been easy but I know it’s going to get more difficult as time passes. They say journaling is one of the best tools in the weightloss journey so here I am telling you, fellow travelers on the same journey, all about my story. Thank you for stopping by, I look forward to hearing from you and learning all about your journey as well.
