Ok so I have been saying since 2004 I’m gonna lose weight, I’m gonna diet, I’m gonna maintain this weight, now in 2011 I’m exactly 80 pounds heavier than my freshman year of college weight. It is time for a change. So my struggle with my weight is I get depressed because clothes don’t fit me at the stores. When I was in high school I could wear med and large shirts I had a nice shape and I was self conscience but I could fake to the rest of the world but my friends and family knew how I felt about my weight. I constantly compared myself to my friends who were both track stars in their own right, and had higher metabolisms than mine. I was athletic; flag football, cheerleading, basketball. I truly just felt it was my genes to be thick and there was nothing I could do the change it so I just accepted I was gonna be big at the age of 17. In high school I was 180lbs and by graduation I was 200lbs, but I didn’t look it. I had thick thighs nice rounded bottom and a chest I love till this day. I rocked my weight well and I was ok with being 200lbs.
When I entered college I was a volunteer in the gym and I loved it I got the work out and gain hours toward graduation. My goal was to stay this weight throughout college. I was determined not to gain the freshman 15. Then my boyfriend at the time and I were seeing more of each other and I thought the smart thing to do was birth control. Ladies for me this was where it all went wrong. I had an immediate reaction. I gained 25lbs in one semester of school. It hurt too cause I was working out daily (weight lifting and dance team, and swim team )and was still seeing the number go up on the scale. It was depressing and it hurt but I just said I did it to myself so I accepted it and moved on again.
I have gone through many, many downs and set back with my weight but now I have decided I’m gonna get it done. I’m now and 280lbs, yes the first woman to put her real weight out there. My goal is to lose 80lbs by April 19, 2011. Yes I didn’t want to put an ending date on there but I did so it’s real and it’s a goal and I’m going to do this and keep it off. Now I’ll give you my week to week up date and I have set small goals along the way for myself, one of which I have already met. As of Oct.26, 2011 I lost 3lbs in one week…. A small step in the right direction.
The Champ Out…
It's not in your genes to be "thick" and I know you can do it. when you get depressed just rem, it's another obstacle for you to overcome. And rem there are much more factors besides working out that contribute to weight loss...
ReplyDeleteGood luck friend!