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Photo 1: About 153 lbs (July 4, 2015)
Photo 2: About 149 lbs (October 1, 2015)
UGW: 115-120 lbs
There may not be a huge difference in these two photos, but it still left me in awe. It’s so easy for me when losing weight to convince myself that the changes I’m seeing are mental and not physical, especially when the scale isn’t moving. My weight may be very similar in these two photos, but I am much stronger and healthier in the second.
Photo one is not my heaviest weight. I was around 175 lbs 2 years ago (Freshman year of college), was very unhealthy, and ate french fries and ice cream at almost every meal. I remember that I was so uncomfortable and embarrassed wearing summer clothes that when my best friend wanted to go sit in the sun on campus, I had complained and refused, saying I just didn’t like sitting outside. After Christmas, I took off about 25 lbs by switching to a plant based diet.
At the end of my sophomore year, the stress of exams made eating healthy difficult, and I found my cravings coming back. I was able to improve my eating habits when I went home for the summer, dropping 5 lbs in just a few weeks. After a bad break up, I decided I wanted to drastically improve my figure and finally take off the weight I had been struggling with my whole life.
That’s when I discovered the best thing that ever happened to me: weight lifting. I started realizing that the physiques that inspired me the most were not the same skinny girls I had always admired. It was the fit girls, the ones with big quads and sculpted shoulders and a small waist with abs. Strong became my goal. So me and my mom joined a gym. I started lifting heavy, and haven’t looked back.
I’m not even close to being where I want to be, but I’m proud of the changes I’m seeing. It will be a long time before I’m at my goal weight, but it’s not about the goal. It’s about the journey. And I’m loving every second of it.
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