I come from a line of obese family member, each and every last one has or potentially is facing health issues in conjunction with weight. When I was in college I journeyed on this same path and the first time that my weight became an issue was when my family physician brought my weight up to me. Yikes! I knew I had put on some weight but really?! I was sitting at a little over 220 on my 5'7" frame. This was the era of Phen Phen so I tried that for a bit. Sure I dropped down to about 180 and left the radar of my physician, this became my average weight for years. I was a thick girl. Fast forward a decade and a half- my chubby frame that couldn't run around the block without feeling like I was going to die started jogging. This was 6 years ago, the weight started to peel off, the fast food meals started to swap out with healthy homemade options, and I started chasing the rush of endorphins. About 2'years ago I took it up a level and began lifting weights. The transformation my body has taken is amazing.
At 38 though my hormones are beginning to change and what was once a plan to take the weight off has barely come maintenance. I need to add more than weight lifting 4 days a week and eating healthy. Which pisses me off really. But I want to be healthy and have kids and be the active mom that my future kids will grow up modeling healthy behaviors and not live through the struggles that fat kids deal with. I've been on a 15 pound swing up and down for almost a year and just want to take and keep that last 15 pounds off. I'm chasing the rush of how amazing I feel and energy I exude when I live a strong healthy active life. My goal in this program is to try to accomplish this while having a life balance with work and friends. It has to be a lifestyle that I can maintain and hopefully will inspire those around me to join me in a healthy active life journey. I'm on the high end of my 15'pound swing and find that I'm struggling like crazy to lose anything, even though my endurance is strong. This is the time to learn to fix it and let the weight go for good.