I've struggled with low self-esteem, binge-eating, and depression-all of those feelings and behaviors were rooted in shame about food and my body. My journey with my body has been one of self-acceptance and ultimately, self-love. It’s easy to be kind to ourselves at the high points, but not so easy when we’re feeling low. But mostly, I wanted to remind you (and myself) that this is a journey. I want to recommit to focusing on my health because I know that I’m worth the effort, and to be honest, I’m tired of my pants not fitting. What you see here is the weight I’ve gained and lost, but what you don’t see here are the career changes, the apartment moves, the heartbreaks, the joys, the stresses, the traveling, the parties, the holidays, and all that goes into a life fully lived. Today I’m at the highest weight I’ve been in seven years. I maintained that weight loss for about a year and I’ve spent the last five years or so gaining and losing the same 30 lbs. In hindsight, this was probably not very healthy, but it was effective. I still ate whatever I wanted (mostly), and I still went out with my friends, but I rarely ever went above 1100 calories. I was eating 1100 calories a day and had mostly replaced eating with napping. My only responsibilities were my classes and my internship-and some of those classes were senior fitness electives like Zumba, Weight-Training, and Yoga. When I first started tracking here, I was in my senior year of college. At my highest recorded weight, I was 252 lbs at 5’7”. I have been overweight my entire life and never learned healthy eating habits as a child. I started my fitness journey on My Fitness Pal over seven years ago and this is what that journey looked like. I’ve never posted on here before but I wanted to share this with a like-minded community.
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