I have made some pretty unhealthy decisions in my life up to this point, and have not taken care of my body as I should have. I currently weight (insert fake cough here) 273 pounds. I wear a size 22 currently and I'm absolutely miserable. People try to tell me I don't look like I weigh 273 pounds, but I feel like I do! I've heard it said that if someone has been overweight for the majority of their life, they learn to carry it well. But I'm so tired of just carrying it well! I'm tired of hiding my body under frumpy clothing that is completely not my style!
As in most cases, my excessive weight has begun to cause health problems. I have been on medications for high blood pressure since the age of 23. My dad tried to add me to his life insurance policy and I was actually denied because my weight and blood pressure categorized me as a "high risk." Heart disease and diabetes both run in my family and I am really not wanting to become another statistic. In addition to having high blood pressure, I also suffer from Hyperthyroid Disease. Anyone with thyroid problems knows how significantly the thyroid hormones can slow your metabolism and make it more difficult to lose weight. However, I refuse to let this stereotype bring me down. I am determined to break through the barrier and find the fit, athletic person that has been hiding within me.
This past January I started the 21 Day Fix program from Beach Body. Actually, I purchased the program as a Christmas gift to myself. I started off great! Even though I had not started the workouts yet due to a faulty DVD (Beach Body was amazing at getting a replacement out to me quickly by the way), I was following the clean eating plan and dropping inches like crazy! I actually had to go out and buy smaller jeans within the first week or two of the program. The 21 Day Fix also helped me lower my blood pressure and my doctor actually took me off one of my blood pressure medications. Unfortunately I got board with the meal plan and fell off the wagon. I started drinking soda again, going out to eat with friends as most college students do, and I gained back what I had lost... and probably a little more.
So that brings me to now. It is May. Here I am still overweight, still unhealthy, and still miserable. You would think with summer just around the corner and my wedding in just five months that I would be able to motivate myself to make the necessary lifestyle changes to drop this weight! Regardless of my failures I'm ready to do this! I'm ready to feel comfortable in my own skin, to wear clothes I actually like, to ditch the blood pressure medications, heck I'm ready to play softball and tennis again without getting winded after ten minutes!
Basically, I'm looking for some accountability. Through posting updates, workouts, meal plans, recipes, etc. I'm hoping that y'all will keep me going. Maybe I will even be able to help someone else achieve their health and weight loss goals in the process.
So here I am... I'm putting myself out there for every one to see...for all of my actions to be seen and scrutinized....I have to make this happen before my weight ends up killing me!
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