Today I celebrated a little victory that almost made me cry of pure joy and all I want to do is share it with people who may be going through similar situations.
I’ve always been average weight for my height and I had never struggled with my weight or really worried about it because I consistently maintained my figure. That is, until I went off to college. I started stress eating hardcore and, let me tell you, the freshman fifteen is NO JOKE. Poor food choices, stress snacks, and excessive drinking caused me to gain a couple inches, and I didn’t start to notice it until I had gained what felt like about 20 pounds.
At the time, I was really sad to see the extra padding but I honestly couldn’t have cared less about trying to fix it because I was either too tired, too anxious, or too drunk to focus on healthy habits (which were all very poor states of mind).
I graduated from college last year and finally decided to own up to how I had treated myself for the past few years. Upon stepping on the scale for the first time in 3 years, I was CRUSHED because I had actually gained 35 pounds—not just 20—and I was officially at my heaviest in my life.
I cried a lot and was overwhelmed with trying to figure out how to fix it. For a long while, I played the avoidance game and tried to pretend that the problem would just go away and I would bounce back to my proper health. But, as we all have to admit at some point, that simply isn’t how life works.
About a month ago, motivation slapped me in the face and I decided that it’s about damn time to step up to the plate and take care of business. I started going on a brisk 30-45 minute walk every day on my lunch break, started counting calories and buying health-conscious ingredients, and began to do HIIT workouts at least once or twice a week.
Today, I gathered the courage to step on the scale and found that I have lost 6 pounds!!! Woohooo!!!! I am so pumped y’all!!! I know this isn’t much in the grand scheme of things, but I’ve never stuck to any kind of healthy lifestyle before and I finally feel empowered enough to do it. One of the hardest parts of today was simply gaining the courage to step on that scale and face the possibility that there may be no change.
I feel on top of the world today y’all, hope you’ve all had a wonderful day!!! CICO really works—it’s always the simplest answer!
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