I've been debating on whether or not to share this all day but since I am so proud of my accomplishment, I've decided to put my pride aside and share this milestone with all of you!
Having kids wreaked havoc on my body. I've never really had weight issues until I had kids. I immersed myself in my new mommy role and didn't take the time to take care of myself and quite honestly, I was too busy to care about the way I looked.
It's when I returned to work four years later that I started to feel it weighing me down (haha, see what I did there 😆). Having free access to the gym at work, I decided to start working out. I went to the gym 5 times a week for the most part (minimum 3 if I was too busy), either doing Zumba, yoga, or cardio & weight circuits. I also remained active with the kids. This went on for almost 2 years but I seemed to only maintain my weight, I wasn't losing any, if anything, I slowly gained. In an attempt to start losing weight, in the summer of 2019 I added more physical activity, I started walking an hour a day minimum and coached baseball all summer.
Unfortunately, that was super hard on my feet on top of what I was already doing in terms of workout, plus my job had me on my feet and running around all day so I ended up with severe plantar fasciitis, also as a result of me ignoring the pain in my feet for too long - I'm hard headed and really wanted to lose weight. 😕
I stopped going to the gym as per doctor instructions in Sept 2019 and suddenly I found myself gaining more weight. I gained 20 lbs in 2 months. I was mortified. All that work, still for nothing. I had to do something different.
I saw the doctor in late Oct for blood tests and whatnot to ensure all health wise checked out and that this was not a hormonal issue. Everything was fine. Then, I went to a nutritionist but she didn't tell me anything I didn't already know, other than I wasn't eating enough protein. Did you know you are suppose to eat 0.5g of protein per pound you weight? That seemed like a lot to me. Anyway ... I did research and decided I would do a low carb, high protein diet, moderate healthy fat and most importantly, eat clean whole foods. No more processed foods and no more refined sugar! Deviating from this would only happen if going to the restaurant.
My lifestyle evolved as I went along my journey in a very natural way so it was quite easy. The only hard thing was beginning the journey, making that first step towards change. I'm a taurus after all, a creature of habit; I hate drastic changes but this one was well worth it! I started intermittent fasting when COVID hit back in March and have been doing it since. I've done keto for a while too but for the most part I aim for a low carb diet and then carb cycle every 6 weeks or so. I honestly don't see me ever going back to how I used to eat. It's crazy how much good food you can eat with no repercussions if you avoid processed carbs hehe... I am a foodie afterall so this makes me happy!
Ok, for the hard part ... (sucking in my pride here) ... I started this new lifestyle on Nov 12, 2019, exactly one year ago today! My start weight was 231lbs (20lbs heavier than the Aug 2019 pic posted 😳). As of today, I weigh in at 145lbs! 86 lbs lost so far and only 6 more to go to my final goal .. I essentially just want to see those 130s again. I'll let my body settle where it wants to after that.
Hoping to hit my goal by latest mid December, just on time for Christmas! Anyway, that's my journey in a nut shell.
The pictures speak for themselves. I feel awesome and have regained so much energy I didn't even realize I had lost. I feel like my old self again ... just on time for my 40s!
If you made it this far, thanks for reading!
xo
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