No gym for me today; went to my friend’s wedding shower!
What kickstarted my weight loss/fitness journey a few years back was a really terrible candid photo that I saw of myself. I was so shocked at how I looked to other people and it seriously upset me for weeks until I decided to do something about it. We were all gathering today for a group photo and someone snapped this picture and it truly made me realize how far I have come and how happy I am with my body and myself in general. It has been such a long road to get here but I wouldn’t have it any other way.
A little blonder and a few more tattoos, but I can’t even recognize the girl on the left.
It takes a lot for me to post this before picture. It was my lowest moment, and the day I decided to make a change for real. Today I am almost 50 pounds down, and although it all started with weight loss in mind, I have gained so much mentally and emotionally, and that has made 500x the difference. I appreciate every single “I didn’t even recognize you” and “I’m so proud of you”. SW: 222 CW: 175 GW: 135 5’6 Only 40lbs to go!
Not much change in the side by side, lots of change in the everyday life!!
If you start big, please please please focus on your non scale goals and victories! If I was looking for a big change in the mirror I would have given up hope by now
I started keto October 20th 2018 as a diabetic with an A1C of 6.5 and have had labs done last week and learned that my A1C went down to a 6.2. My lab paper work came in today and it says that with all my lab results including cholesterol is perfect and am now listed as pre diabetic, OMG I’m literally on top of the moon - Keto has been saving my life!!!! My next labs will be done in March, I’m sooooo looking forward to those results then. I learned about Keto a few years ago but did nothing, I wish I did but am now living the bacon and butter dream!
Hey, kittens! I hit a bit of a road block on my weight loss. I wanted to chat about what’s been going on with my mental health and what I’ve been trying to do to heal myself. I have spent a lot of time doing yoga and with my growing family of cats. haha But really, we all have our own struggles, and I think it’s important to embrace where we are at, even if it’s not where we want to be or not attaining the weight loss that we would like to be making. Your health is more than your weight.
