The First Entry

Left 2009/Right 2011

So... Here it goes. This is my very first entry in my brand new blog. I started this with inspiration from a blogger I "met" on Pintrest. Here is her blog. She is quite funny and very inspiring to a woman like me.

So here's my story; my weightloss (so far) story.

This is a picture of me from April of 2009. I believe it was April 1st. It was taken at the lunch after my grandfather's funeral. I remember being sad and happy that day. So sad that my Pa was gone, but so happy to be with my whole family. They are so funny and so kind loud. That morning when I woke up I couldn't find anything I wanted to wear. I was so uncomfortable in everything. My size 26 pants were getting too tight and my 3X shirt was showing my arm fat.

For those of you that don't understand woman's sizes, size 26 is REALLY large! It's the biggest size a woman can buy in a store.

ANYWAY....

I guess I can say that my life didn't change until I actually saw the picture from this day. It was on my camera. I uploaded it. I stared at it. I cried and cried and cried. I couldn't believe the state I let myself get to. It was just a sad moment in my life. Probably the saddest.

It took me a little over a month, but I joined a gym on May 6, 2009. I also began seeing a weightloss doctor. By the time school started again in August, I had lost 35 pounds. By Christmas I lost 25 more. I was feeling great. I began dating and met the guy I thought I would marry. Dave. I pretty much fell madly in love with him withn two weeks of meeting him.

We started going out to eat A LOT and I evenually gained back 40 pounds of what I had lost.

I was pretty unhappy with myself. I worked my ass off for those pounds, and then I gained them back within 10 months. There were other complications that helped with my weight gain. I hurt my back pretty badly and couldn't workout. It's nothing more than an excuse, but it's what happened.

So, last April, I decided to get some help from a REAL weightloss doctor, not just a guy who hands out pills from a make shift office. I began the Optifast program through The Center of Health and Nutrition. Since starting the program I have lost 60+ pounds. Well actually I lost 300+ pounds...

I broke up with Dave in August. It was the absolute hardest thing I have ever done in my entire life. It took me many many months, but I finally feel free of the pain I was in over the loss of my relationship.

So here I am today, 90 pounds lighter and happy, but looking for someone to share this life with. This is what my blog is going to be about.

Working out

Dating

Friends

Food

Love

Life

Crafting

and a little bit of reality tv!