My entire adult life I have been low-key ridiculed on my appearance and weight gain. I would brush it off because I felt so beautiful in my skin and didn’t care about how any one else saw me. Yeah, I grew up as a thin athlete and cheerleader, so I can get back to that body at anytime if I REALLY wanted to, right? I was comfortable. Comfortable, that is until, I couldn’t easily tie my shoes or fit in my space on the plane. My biggest ‘ah-ha’ moment was when my boyfriend stopped being affectionate and cheated on me. I knew how shallow he was when we first started dating and I lost sight of how important this was to him. I could never understand this because when I fall in love, I FALL. It doesn’t matter what you look like, I fall in love with people on the inside.

This was such a big deal for him and I was still getting judgemental comments from people, I decided to change. I’ll admit, I started doing this to save my crumbling relationship, but this journey has actually saved my life. From trendy diets and getting back to the gym to food studies and diet pills, the past few years have been a whirlwind.

Hope you can find some strength in your story, while you read mine 🙂