About Me

Oh hey...what's up? Glad you made here to find out about little ol' me. I will do my best not to bore you so just bear with me.

I've been on this weight loss journey for as long as I can remember. I've always been heavy but things began to spiral downhill when I was diagnosed with Lupus in April of 2008. The steroids and other medications that I was put on made me gain weight like crazy! I remember this one particular time when a teacher (at my high school I was attending at the time) who hadn't seen me in a year verbally acknowledged the weight that I put on. She claimed she almost didn't recognize me due to my weight gain. You would think that would have gave me a wake up call, but apparently not.

(Me in high school, Senior Year)

So after high school, I got married and life became stressful. Food was a major comfort and I ate all of the time. I ate when I was happy, sad, depressed, upset, and anything else that food could be used for. My main problem was eating out of boredom. At the end of high school, I weighed about 225-230 pounds. Within a few months, I was at 257 and I stayed there for about 2 years.

(Me in 2011 at 257)

I continued struggling with my weight until 2012 when I got really sick. Having that near death experience was my ultimate wake up call to get healthy. I'm only in my early 20s; life is just beginning for me. I felt that I needed to make a lot of changes to take better care of my body.

(Me in 2012 going through respiratory failure/chemo)

(Me in November 2012)

So, about 70 pounds later, I decided I needed a blog. I figured that there is someone else out there fighting a battle with being overweight while battling a disease as well. I hope to inspire some people. My main goal is to tone up because I may have lost weight, but I'm VERY soft in different areas. I want to be stronger. I want to bring my inner cheerleader back out that's been dormant for so many years. I want to be extremely active again. I've lost a lot of weight due to being sick but now I want to lose the last 40 by working hard and becoming strong. So who's with me?

(Me in July 2013)

If you don't know who I am by now, by the time I finish my journey, you will remember my name. You will remember my face and you will remember my mission. My mission is to never give up on myself and to never let you give up on yourself. The human body is capable of amazing things. Dig deep inside yourself and pull out your inner Superhero. Fasten your capes and come fly with me!