Hey Everyone!
I have been a little nervous to write a blog post about my weight loss journey. But I know that some of you might want to know how I lost a lot of the weight I had gained and my experience and how I stayed positive throughout the whole journey. I am letting you know now that I am still on this weight loss journey but I think I have enough tips that I could help and maybe inspire some of you.
So as some of you know I have Endometriosis. I was diagnosed last October. I am not going to get into that story yet. I will when I am ready. But basically I was bedridden for about 8 months. I could barely move, I was exhausted all the time, and I had to take a lot of medicine which also caused me to gain weight. I would be put on these crazy diets from not eating for a week to then being so hungry that I ate whatever I wanted. Those diets were to try to figure out what might be the problem. At first I did not realize how much weight I had put on because I was more worried about feeling better. But after five months I could only wear baggy sweatshirts and sweatpants. I was not comfortable in anything but that. It would be a big deal if I even wore yoga pants.
So in March of last year, I started to go to physical therapy to get me back on my feet. They had to evaluate me and I found out I was 80 % disabled. Crazy/terrifying! So for a month my physical trainer and I got me back on my feet and I was able to sit up comfortably, I was able to walk for more than five minutes on my own and I was able to exercise for more than five minutes. Baby steps!
Also, in the beginning of March, my mom and I decided to sign me up for Weight Watchers to help me lose the weight. Now people say Weight Watchers is for older people but I totally disagree. It helped me lose a lot of weight and kept me motivated.
I used the Weight Watchers online. I did not go to any of the meetings. I just tracked my food and exercise online and on my phone.
In the beginning of March, 2013, I was 210. I was shocked at how much weight I had gained. I had gained 60 pounds over the course of 8 months.
So we signed up for Weight Watchers and I was committed from the start. I stopped drinking soda or any other drink besides water. My physical therapist helped me exercises for at least 20 minutes. When I first started exercising, I was exhausted after 10 minutes, but I kept pushing myself, every day to go a little longer and now I can work out for almost an hour and thirty minutes.
I did Zumba a lot in the beginning. I have the video game for the Kinect and I would try to do 10 minutes of that a day until I built up my stamina. Then I started walking up the hill in my neighborhood. I just tried my best to build up my stamina as well as gain some muscle.
Now don't get me wrong, losing all this weight was hard. I had to be very careful because I was still really sick so when I could not exercise I tried my best to eat as healthy as possible. It was frustrating at times because most of my friends are super thin and here I am feeling like a hippo next to them, but all I could do and have to do is keep working out and keep eating healthy.
In September, I decided to stop using Weight Watchers. I had lost 25 pounds using it. I just want to say that because of their program, I did not give up on myself. I decided to quite because I wanted to see how I could handle not having to track everything I ate and just to see how I would do on my own. I have been off Weight Watchers for eight months now and I am still doing pretty well.
I do not have any pictures of me while I was sick because I was really self conscience of myself. I did not believe I was beautiful anymore. But I will show you a couple of pictures when I was healthy to.
This was in 2012 with my cousin, Crystal in Florida.
This was in 2010, with my cousin Crystal.
I can't find any photos of me because I was and still am very self conscience of myself so I do not have any pictures of me. I thought I did, I apologize. But I will try on taking more pictures of myself for you and also for me to get over my fear my being really self conscience.
But I can tell you that before I got sick I would wear medium size shirts and eight sized bottoms, like jeans and shorts. After I got sick I had to get larges and sometimes extra larges and I wore 12 sized bottoms and sometimes even bigger.
Right now I weigh 172. I have officially lost 38 pounds so far. I am very proud of how far I come. I still have to lose more weight but I am still trying to not be so self conscience but it's really hard as some of you may understand.
But I wanted to tell you all my weight loss story because I know some of you are trying to lose weight and you would like a motivation and I hope my story has inspired you in some way. I know my situation was extreme to why I gained weight but how I lost it is what is important.
I hope you have an amazing day/night! If you want me to do any more blog posts about losing weight and different exercises I will be happy to do it!
Carpe Diem,
Sophia
I have been a little nervous to write a blog post about my weight loss journey. But I know that some of you might want to know how I lost a lot of the weight I had gained and my experience and how I stayed positive throughout the whole journey. I am letting you know now that I am still on this weight loss journey but I think I have enough tips that I could help and maybe inspire some of you.
So as some of you know I have Endometriosis. I was diagnosed last October. I am not going to get into that story yet. I will when I am ready. But basically I was bedridden for about 8 months. I could barely move, I was exhausted all the time, and I had to take a lot of medicine which also caused me to gain weight. I would be put on these crazy diets from not eating for a week to then being so hungry that I ate whatever I wanted. Those diets were to try to figure out what might be the problem. At first I did not realize how much weight I had put on because I was more worried about feeling better. But after five months I could only wear baggy sweatshirts and sweatpants. I was not comfortable in anything but that. It would be a big deal if I even wore yoga pants.
So in March of last year, I started to go to physical therapy to get me back on my feet. They had to evaluate me and I found out I was 80 % disabled. Crazy/terrifying! So for a month my physical trainer and I got me back on my feet and I was able to sit up comfortably, I was able to walk for more than five minutes on my own and I was able to exercise for more than five minutes. Baby steps!
Also, in the beginning of March, my mom and I decided to sign me up for Weight Watchers to help me lose the weight. Now people say Weight Watchers is for older people but I totally disagree. It helped me lose a lot of weight and kept me motivated.
I used the Weight Watchers online. I did not go to any of the meetings. I just tracked my food and exercise online and on my phone.
In the beginning of March, 2013, I was 210. I was shocked at how much weight I had gained. I had gained 60 pounds over the course of 8 months.
So we signed up for Weight Watchers and I was committed from the start. I stopped drinking soda or any other drink besides water. My physical therapist helped me exercises for at least 20 minutes. When I first started exercising, I was exhausted after 10 minutes, but I kept pushing myself, every day to go a little longer and now I can work out for almost an hour and thirty minutes.
I did Zumba a lot in the beginning. I have the video game for the Kinect and I would try to do 10 minutes of that a day until I built up my stamina. Then I started walking up the hill in my neighborhood. I just tried my best to build up my stamina as well as gain some muscle.
Now don't get me wrong, losing all this weight was hard. I had to be very careful because I was still really sick so when I could not exercise I tried my best to eat as healthy as possible. It was frustrating at times because most of my friends are super thin and here I am feeling like a hippo next to them, but all I could do and have to do is keep working out and keep eating healthy.
In September, I decided to stop using Weight Watchers. I had lost 25 pounds using it. I just want to say that because of their program, I did not give up on myself. I decided to quite because I wanted to see how I could handle not having to track everything I ate and just to see how I would do on my own. I have been off Weight Watchers for eight months now and I am still doing pretty well.
I do not have any pictures of me while I was sick because I was really self conscience of myself. I did not believe I was beautiful anymore. But I will show you a couple of pictures when I was healthy to.
This was in 2012 with my cousin, Crystal in Florida.
This was also in 2012, at my friends Quincenera.
I can't find any photos of me because I was and still am very self conscience of myself so I do not have any pictures of me. I thought I did, I apologize. But I will try on taking more pictures of myself for you and also for me to get over my fear my being really self conscience.
But I can tell you that before I got sick I would wear medium size shirts and eight sized bottoms, like jeans and shorts. After I got sick I had to get larges and sometimes extra larges and I wore 12 sized bottoms and sometimes even bigger.
Right now I weigh 172. I have officially lost 38 pounds so far. I am very proud of how far I come. I still have to lose more weight but I am still trying to not be so self conscience but it's really hard as some of you may understand.
But I wanted to tell you all my weight loss story because I know some of you are trying to lose weight and you would like a motivation and I hope my story has inspired you in some way. I know my situation was extreme to why I gained weight but how I lost it is what is important.
I hope you have an amazing day/night! If you want me to do any more blog posts about losing weight and different exercises I will be happy to do it!
Carpe Diem,
Sophia
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