At the end of that year I was prescribed to a medication for migraines called Topamax. It had A LOT of weird side effects. I'd get tingling sensations in my face and extremities and it made soda taste like metal. That was gross. But one of the side effects I really "like" was that it heavily suppressed my appetite. I lost 50 pounds while on topamax. I lost that weight mostly from not eating if we are being completing honest. For almost the first half of my freshman year at college I barely ate anything except when with friends. I didn't really care about my overall health or anything because hey… I was losing A LOT of weight. The lowest weight I reached was 173. I was happy about it at the time honestly.
So over the next few years at college I yo-yoed with my weight a lot. I had sworn to myself that I'd never get back to 200. But this was an empty promise to myself because I never really learned how to lose weight or eat healthy. I just didn't eat. So when I started eating again I gained between 20-30 pounds back. I'm not really sure. You could really see it the summer before my sophomore year at Coastal because I worked a desk job and ate. A LOT of really bad food. So in the picture below I was at about 200.
Over the course of the next two years of my college career I went between 183-193 a lot. For some reason those were the numbers that I always saw. Let's be real, I wanted to get back to 173 but honestly just did nothing to really try. I worked out sometimes and stopped eating but clearly that doesn't work and fix the problem. So for some reason my birthdays tend to be milestones for me. When I reached my 22 birthday, I felt HOT. I don't even remember what my weight was (I think around 185) but I didn't care. I was so confident with myself and was just proud that I had stabilized my weight. I did not feel this way at my 21st. Especially when I looked back at pictures… funny how that happens.
this is 21st birthday vs 22nd birthday
(march 2)
And then I got pregnant. So fast forward to November. I am now 40 pounds heavier carrying a little bundle of joy. I knew I wanted to be healthy after my main man got here so I had to think and decide what I wanted to do. I joined Advocare. I message Cheri St. Martine (my AMAZING coach and mentor and friend!) and got my challenge ordered. I literally couldn't wait for it to get to my house. I read a lot of stories about advocare. Read through the advocare tag on tumblr. And just sent Cheri a bunch of questions about why she chose it and how it helped her.
So clearly I had to wait a bit after William was born to do the challenge. He was born November 9 and I started my challenge December 8. I am now finished the challenge and I am SO HAPPY. I am so proud I accomplished this. I am going to keep moving forward with advocare into 2014. (*Hopefully become an advisor*) I am headed to success school with my teammates on January 4 and I cannot wait! I'm also going to continue and do the "burn phase" over again.
I have never felt HEALTHIER. In my whole time at college I yo-yoed between not eating, binge drinking, and over eating. (Ask Brandon, we have plenty of over eating stories… Yikes)
I am not at my smallest weight or even at "pre-baby" weight yet. I just FEEL like a healthier version of myself. Ultimately I have 30 more pounds to lose for my official goal weight of 2014 but I know with my support system and advocare I will get there. So now I'm going to post my before and after pictures. I'm not where I need to be but I am freaking proud of myself.
Advocare 24 day Challenge results:
This is December 9, 2013 and December 31, 2013.
I lost 9 pounds and 20.5 inches all over.
I lost 8 inches from my hips and 6 from my waist.
My pre baby jeans already fit but I much rather wear leggings…
I cannot wait to see what 2014 has in store for me and I hope you all stick around to see how it goes. Thanks for supporting me! Happy New Year!
xoxox
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