My Story

I use to be the skinny girl who didn't have to worry about weight.  I played sports throughout high school and college and I'm embarrassed to be where I am today.  I've always loved being active, playing sports and being a runner but I lost that along the way.  I thought I lost myself, but I'm discovering I've always been me, I just hid behind my weight.

Summer 2007

I'm a Physical Education teacher and I absolutely love my job but I'm ashamed that I let myself get so big.  I've lost a few pounds before but I've gained them back and this past Christmas I was at my heaviest weight ever and didn't want to go out in public with my friends, I didn't want to wear "cute" clothes.  I just wanted to hide how far I'd let myself go.  But then I had a little mental talk with myself and decided the only way I could really make a change in my life is if I learned to love myself as I was, right then.  It was only then that when January 1st came around that I was able to start the transformation.

December 2013

I got on the scale and wrote down my weight and it was time to get going.  I lost 12 pounds in January and then found out my club was doing a 90 day challenge and I signed up for it.  I've always been a competitor and it was added motivation to get myself moving.  The challenge just ended and I lost 14.2% of my body weight - 32.2 pounds.  My goal was 30 pounds so I'm pretty happy.  As of May 10th I've lost 44 pounds.  My overall goal is 80 pounds

I started this blog to air out what I'm going through and hopefully find others that can relate.  I wish I would have started this when I started my weight loss transformation but honestly I was so scared I would fail and give up again.  But now I know I can do this and I'm hoping to help others get to their goal.  I realized it's never to late to make changes and be a better you.