Obsessed

I am obsessed with taking pictures of myself now.  Not because I am vain (I am far from that).  I love being able to "prove to myself" that I am changing.  I am determined to NOT obsess over the scale, because it's such a slow process.  Shows like Biggest Loser and Extreme Weight Loss are AWESOME.... but they don't show "real people" results.  We don't see the behind the scenes... the part where people leave their normal lives and work out as a full time job.  They have food available to them that they didn't have to pay for.... that they didn't have to work for.  They have trainers which they didn't have to find or pay for.... it's just NOT REAL LIFE.  But guess what?  My life is real! 

This picture shows me after 75 days of deciding to change my life.  The picture on the left was taken on October 24th.  The middle picture was taken after just two classes at Fit Energy.  The weekend following my start there I went to the beach with my friends.  The picture on the right was taken at the end of The Package Tour (NKOTB) at Niagara Falls.  This shows (left picture) me down 25 pounds from my highest weight.  The highest I saw the scale before I started at Fit Energy was 360.  As of October 26th I am officially 335 pounds.  I still have a long journey ahead of me.  But I am loving it!

 

The picture below shows changes in my face (about a 30 day difference).  The picture on the left was before the Light the Night walk (September 30th) and the picture on the right was from October 26th.  No strange camera angles to try to hide the chins... LOL!  This is me.  And I am getting healthier every day :)

 

 

Thank y'all so much for your kind words on instagram (van8ive) and on Facebook.  I look forward to hearing from all of you and love to hear YOUR STORIES.  We are all in this together!