A Little Background & Progression Pictures!

So my last post informed y'all about my "condition" and NOW I'll tell ya about my 5ish-year-long journey to lose 125 pounds! 


Guess I need to go back & edit my last post; I must have been diagnosed in the summer. The reason I remember this is I moved to Austin to take a semester of school at ACC soon after I was told. When I lived in Austin, I was depressed. Not clinically; didn't need to go to a doctor & get meds, but yeah I wasn't happy. I lived with my sister & we didn't get along very well (she was in her final semester of getting her degree & like I said, I was depressed!) The main reason I was depressed is I wasn't making friends! If you know me, even when I was bigger, I LOVE talking to people! I am a social butterfly & love to interact. The people in my classes weren't very friendly but the people I worked with at Bath & Body Works were awesome.


I lived there for one short semester (August-December) but lost about 40 lbs. I would ride the bus to school in the mornings (the Dillo... haha whatever, it was free!) and unless it was raining, I would walk home every day regardless of the temp. When it got cooler, I'd walk to class & home. I hardly had ANY hours at work, so in the evenings I would go to Hyde Park & jog. I believe that's the moment I became a true jogger. I think the track was about 1/4 mile so I would walk one, run one, etc. 


I need to put together a timeline... I am so bad at years! I swear when someone says "10 years ago" I think of the 90s... OK I graduated high school in 2006; did a year of school at TAMUCC; so August 2007 was when I moved to ATX & REALLY kicked off the weight loss saga! My highest recorded weight at the doctor's office is 292.


Jesus CHRIST that is hard to see!


In the beginning, I was just exercising. Wasn't eating the best, but I did eat less that usual & was jogging. After moving back to Corpus, I began to change my diet in bits & pieces; drinking soymilk instead of regular dairy, lots of fruits & veggies, etc! I have lost about 20 pounds a year since 2007! I go through plateaus A LOT. When it happens, I change things up; different exercises, cutting out a certain food group, or even eating more to rev my metabolism. Tomorrow I'll post about what I eat in a typical day and the exercise routines I currently do. For now, here's a picture progression of my weight loss!! However, I have not taken many pictures since my tummy tuck (that'll be in a later post! =))


2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012 (Pre-tummy tuck)