I have been on a weight loss journey since I was about 10 years old. Always obsessed with my weight and had no idea how to fix it. I played softball from age 12 until I was 22. I was always active, but was not outgoing nor very good at making right decisions about food. This, unfortunately, I blame on the nature of my family and the readily available processed and highly fattening foods that I LOVED to snack on as a kid. Plus, lots of whole sugared soda! I was digging myself into a whole and didn’t even know it.
After listening to an audio book called “How Not To Die” by Dr. Michael Greger, I have started on a new adventure. I became a whole food plant based eater on January 1, 2020. I was skeptical at first. What? No meat or dairy? No oil, added salt or sugar? What the heck am I supposed to eat? How am I going to get enough food to survive? Won’t I be staving? undernourished? How is this going to make me feel better?
I am pleased to announce that after just 1 month on this diet, I had lost 14 lbs and no longer feel bloated, weighed down or fatigued. I feel like I am gaining more and more energy everyday. I was lucky enough to start this adventure with a co-worker and friend who has been supportive through this past month. We have shared recipes, our successes and failures, and after getting through the first 3 weeks of excessive “gas”, are now both committed for life.
I hope to use this blog to share my story. I want to share my 30+ years of struggle with obesity, why I think I had such a struggle, and why I don’t think I will every have to struggle with it every again.
If you have every been someone who gains weight, even when you exercise all the time, can’t seem to ditch those food cravings and late night eating, use food as an emotional crutch, can’t figure out why you just can’t look like those other girls, then this is the place for you!
