My Life Story!!!
Hello and welcome to my page. You most likely found me on the Weight Watchers message boards.
Here is the story of my life.......I have been the fat kid all of my life and growing up I was made fun of because of it. I never really went out during high school and I didn't go to my prom because I had very low self esteem. I went off to college and things got a little bit easier because I had friends of all body types some fat some thin so it made me feel good and I was finally fitting in with the crowd. Throughout college I was a yo-yo dieter and tried tons and tons of diets to try to lose and guess what ..... well nothing really worked. I maintained between 180 LBS. and 200 LBS. throughout my college years - I worked out and went to the gym all the time but my weight never went down. I guess it just helped me not get any fatter.
In December of 2004 I went to Mexico with my family and I gained so much that my weight was at my highest at 220 LBS. oh boy I felt so discusted with myself and I came back after a month with all that weight packed on. I know that it was all put on because I would just eat, eat and eat and eat. Sooooo when I got back I wanted to do something about my weight for the millionth time. I didn't know what though so I thought about it for a week and I remember that I had some professors in school who talked about Weight Watchers. I remember them talking points and I really noticed a difference in the way they looked so I finally decided that I should give it a try. What the heck I got nothing to lose right - I said to myself, "I'm going to sign up for the 3 month online Weight Watchers and see if it works for me." Well that was in February of 2005 and tala 22 LBS. later I was loving it. I remember my first week I felt nervous to step on that scale because of all the past failures I had with diets and OMG when I saw it go down I was sooooo excited that I can't even explain it...it was beyond belief to me that I just ate regular normal food and food that I love and I still lost some LBS. Well I kept going and ended up losing 22 LBS. and THEN.....well I found out that I was pregnant! Oh boy this was a shocker. I was happy but all I thought about was, "OMG I'm going to gain so much weight."
Well 9 months later and I gained a total of 57 LBS (I started at 198LBS. after my 22 LB. loss). OMG when I went into the hospital to give birth I was at 255 LBS. I felt so embarrassed and nevertheless I totally felt like a linebacker. I hated the fact that the nurses kept asking my weight in front of everyonem, including my boyfriend. I never imagined telling him how much I weighed. Now imagine the nurse accross the room asking me, "what was your weight?" Well I didn't want to tell her come here so I can tell you so, I just screamed it out and I looked at my boyfriend who didn't have any kind of expression (it felt good but I felt humiliated even though I was pregnant). After giving birth, I lost 30 LBS. in less than a month - it was like I would lose 1 LB. a day. I was excited to see the scale go down but once I reached 225 LBS. the scale wasn't going down anymore. I was determined to lose the weight and get to my goal weight that I've always dreamed with, which is 135 LBS. So on March 6, 2006 is when I got my WW material (the starter kit) that I had purchased in 2005 and read it a couple of times and I said to myself, "OK this is it, I am doing this for the final time and I AM going to reach my goal weight." I got back OP right away and with no help because I didn't sign up online I was just doing it all on my own and staying true to myself. I'm not gonna lie it was SUPER hard at first and I felt so overwhelmed with everything from being a new mom and all the learning you have to do along with trying to stay OP. I managed to do it and have stuck to it ever since. I am now down 75 LBS. since I stared WW (105 LBS. overall, well since giving birth) I still can't believe it and I LOVE looking at myself in the mirror. I don't think I'm obsessed with myself but it's just that I've never been this thin before so I have to keep looking to make sure that it really is true LOL. I've lost the weight slowly but surely and I've had my bad weeks/even months and have gone through the "NO MOTIVATION" phases many times but at the end I always think positive and think about how far I've come and going to the message boards on WW is my biggest motivation to get back OP. I just want to continue and reach my goal and motivate others just like some lifetimers have motivated me along the way. It's a tough lifestyle change because that's what it is but it is so worth it at the end of the day each and every day.
Thank you for reading and stopping by and please remember to sign my guestbook on your way out. Email me if you need someone to talk to or just because --- my email is latinsensationgurl@gmail.com
I also have a site where I keep all of my recipes here is the link feel free to try them - a lot of the recipes I get from the boards and the website Enjoy!!!
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