A Change for the Better

Posted on January 22, 2016

Today is Face to Face Friday! It is crazy how when I look back at photos of myself I am blown away by the results I have gotten in a little over 2 months!

The picture on the left was taken a few weeks before I started my weight loss journey. It was date night with my man and I was very excited to be out and about. I remember looking at the picture on the left and feeling crummy about myself. Between this past summer and October I didn’t take a lot of pictures of myself. When I saw pictures I was in denial that I had gained weight and I chalked it up to having the picture taken at a bad angle. I hit a low point in my life towards the end of October when I stepped on the scale and noticed that I had gained almost twenty pounds in four months. That is when I decided that I didn’t want to live my life like this anymore. I didn’t want to be seen as the bigger girl, as the girl who couldn’t walk up a flight of stairs without being winded, or as the girl who gained the freshman 15+ in college. I wanted to feel strong, confident, and sexy. I wanted a new, positive outlook on life and I have finally been able to gain all of these things!

I am so happy that I am no longer the girl on the left! The girl on the left was scared of the path she was headed down and of how others perceived her. She did not know where to even start when it came to losing weight and didn’t have a friend that was experiencing the same thing as her. I now know where I am going, I’m becoming more confident each and every day, and I have a group of amazing and confident women who are going through the same process as me and are supporting me every step of the way! Even though I still have a long way to go I know that the hard work I am putting in now will pay off in the future!

==>>Are you interested in joining the awesome group of women who I am going through my healthy journey with? Comment below or private message me with what you are struggling with and your goals!

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LilyN

01/22/2016 10:29AM

I've lost a little more than 25 lbs and can't really keep my weight loss under the radar anymore. I get questions about what I'm doing, passive aggressive comments about how I need to stop making them look bad, and congratulatory praises. Even the congratulatory comments are making me feel self-conscious and stressed that I won't be able to maintain the weight loss. I'm still the same person I've always been, but how do I deal with being treated differently??

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Lauren D.

First off congratulations Lilly! That is amazing that you have been able to lose 25 pounds! I definitely understand where you are coming from. There will always be people who either comment positively or negatively about what you're doing with your life. I think that the biggest thing to keep in mind is that you are doing this for YOU! If people are judging you or making passive aggressive comments toward you losing weight then just ignore them. I know for me when this happened I had one friend that I ended up cutting out of my life because she was a very negative person and always put me down. This is an extreme case and I'm not saying you should do this with your friends but for me, it increased the happiness in my life. I know sometimes I feel awkward when people comment on my weight loss and are so positive about it. I too sometimes struggle with if I mess up and go out to eat I will be afraid that people I know will see me and judge me because I am trying to lose weight. What I have been doing when I started feeling people treating me differently is trying to lead by example and teach people that you can lose weight, but also live a normal life that is full of balance. I hope I answered your questions and helped you. If you would like to chat more you can email me at coachlaurendeeter@gmail.com or add me on facebook at Lauren Deeter. :)