06/12/2011 09:45
My Story
Hi my name is Liza and this is my story,
I started my weight loss journey on Sept 19th 2010 for a variety of reasons but for one thing because I was starting to experience high blood pressure and was already in the 170's and heading toward stroke, diabetis and heart problems as well as knee and hip problems. At my heaviest I was 240 lbs. and when I started this healthy living I was at 226lbs. I had just returned from seeing the one person I care about the most in this world and had not seen in over 31yrs. We met in Vegas and what I thought would be the happiest weekend of my life turned out to be the changing point in my life.
Ha ha.... no, the fireworks did not go off as I had expected, instead what went off was a lightbulb that showed me what I was failing to see. It was kindly brought to my attention that I was fat and unatractive, "Not that I did not know that already", lol but it never bothered me much before, but at the time I was at the lowest point in my life and going thru so much stress and had so much to deal with and already going into depression and this was just like the final blow. Well to make a long story short that was the turning point. I cried for months as I struggled to take the weight off without the help of any diet or guidance or medical assistance, I did it the old fashioned way, diet and exercise there is no easy way out or miracle pill to take, it comes down to calories and burning more than you take in. Well here I am months later and 53lbs. lighter and more than halfway down to reaching my goal of 130lbs. How did I do it? Well I stay at under 1200 calories a day, I don't eat late (After 5pm) and I exercise daily. I started walking just 1mile per day and within two weeks I was walking 5miles every day and drinking lots of water and the pounds just started dropping, approximatly 10-15lbs per month. I was doing so great until I started working and then I came to a hault and did not lose any pounds for two months being that now I only get to exercise about 2 times per week and I sit in front of a computer all day and snack alot more. Anyways, now I've joined this site to get re-motivated and reach my goal by Nov 2011 that is my Birthdate and I want to come down to see my friend again and this time I don't want to dissapoint him as I did in the past. Instead I want to show him that I kept my word and shed the pounds and I want to hear him say WoW, "You are attractive". lol J/K I just want to be fit and healthy and of course make him proud. It's been alot of hard work sweat and tears but it's so worth it when I see myself in the mirror now. I went from a size 18/20 to a 12/14 and I'm not even in my ideal weight range yet. I look and feel amazing now and I know it will only get better. I'm here not only to motivate and inspire others but to find that support for myself as well, together we can do this and make America fit one pound at a time. The hardest thing was getting rid of all my clothes I had clothes with tags still on them I had not even worn, I gave away 2 bins full of clothes some very expensive; but being able to buy new nicer and smaller clothes has made it all worth it, even my shoe size went down from a 9W to an 8 1/2 regular. And oh yeah, my friend has promised me a $500.00 Shopping Spree once I reach my goal. So guys, cheer for me and keep me in prayer and with yours and Gods help I plan to arrive in my new body by November 2011
At your service,
Liza