I never actively hated my body; I just ignored it.
Part of me thought that if I didn’t acknowledge my weight, no one would notice.
I only started exercising and eating right after my grandma died four years ago.
She was heavy and had health problems, and I saw so much of me in her.
So when a friend asked if I’d do a 10K race, I said yes.
We trained, but that race was tough!
Still, a voice in my head kept saying, ‘You’re in a 10K!
In three years, I’ve lost more than 80 pounds.
Finally, I got tired of all that and decided to simply stop.
If I got fat, I’d get fat, but it wasn’t worth the aggravation.
To distract myself, I began jogging with my dogs.
In a few months, I easily lost the pounds I’d struggled with.
More important, my dogs helped me see that a number on the scale is meaningless.
They taught me to stop judging myself by my appearance."
If I didn’t have Jessica Alba’s abs, I couldn’t accept myself.
I have Kellie Mears’s abs, and that’s great!
I’ve stopped tracking calories and worrying about my weight.
Now I focus on how good it feels to do what I’m doing."
It seemed like the ideal place to rebuild my self-esteemhey, it’s a tropical paradise!
Within 24 hours of arriving, I bought a bike to get around the city.
I also started spending all my time outside and began eating healthier.
Soon, the weight was melting offI lost 26 pounds!
“I got tired of hiding!”
So I joined a weight loss program and started slimming down.
It has been four months, and I’ve lost 60 pounds.
