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My story is not one of overnight success. I didn’t take a magic pill. My results were not from a fad diet or a product from an infomercial. My journey has been more like a roller coaster ride but heading mostly towards the ups. a few errors, but also a collection of small milestones along the way, eventually leading to more than I ever expected my weight loss journey to be.
My life for as long as I can remember it I’ve always been big, some would say ‘I’ve struggled with my weight’l but in all honesty, it’s very easy to load on the pounds. Unfortunately it became the norm, a running joke. “I’m going on another diet, this time this is it”. Knowing that it would probably result in it lasting for a few weeks, and back to the norm.
Well, New Year arrives, I love a good New Years resolution. Every year “This is the year I lose weight for good”, it almost became just as big a tradition to break it, as it was to make it. However… This was the year I’d finally get my act together.
I knew what I had to do, and how I had to do it, the trouble was actually having the motivation to do what was needed! Strip back the eating, go back to basics, focusing on protein and carb based meals. I love meat, and I love good carbs- pasta, potatoes and rice are some of my favourites, so I always aimed to eat lean meat and carbs, with vegetables occasionally, but I’ve never been a big fan of them, and did not plan on teaching myself to like them. I began eating breakfast, which is something I’d never done before, eating yoghurt set me up for the day and also helped me cut out the snacking. I decided not to allow myself any cheat meals, as from previous experiences, one cheat meal, turned into two, and completely back to square one. Surprisingly I didn’t have a problem with this. I could not miss what I was not eating.
In the first 3 months I was eating extremely cleanly, regularly hitting the gym, I was becoming more and more confident, I’d managed to lose 56lbs in this time. I’d never stuck to a ‘lifestyle change’ for this long before, this was new territory for me and it felt amazing. The people around me were no longer joking that i’d soon fall off the wagon and go back to my old ways, but now spurring me on to reach my target. I’ve never had so much support and it gave me the confidence to crack on and smash this! Which is exactly what I’d go on to do!
In the following 3 months I’d lost an impressive 52lbs. Although I was not going to the gym regularly, the weight continued to drop off. My self confidence was improving daily and the support from those closest to me was only improving to! The key was clean eating, I’d not cheated and I was so happy with my progress. Cooking fresh food had never been so tasty.
I’d lost 40lbs between July and September, although i was losing weight at a slightly slower rate than the first 6 months, nothing would stop me from reaching my goal!
23lbs lost between October and me writing this. Easily the most difficult part of the year, celebrating birthdays and Christmas. In the last week of November i had my first gain of the year! 1lb gain, but enough to knock me back, I’d realised I’d began to relax slightly, but knowing this caused me to go straight back to basics and prevent it for spiralling out of control, this was solved with a 3lb loss two weeks later to get me to where i am now. The happiest i have ever been, more confident than ever before!
I’ve kicked 2018’s Ass, 2019- I’m coming for you!!
Attached is a link to my transformation picture, two work Christmas parties, exactly 1 year apart! Progress Pic
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