The beginning

Talking about me has always been one of the hardest things to do. But I want to share my journey with you...where I was when I started, where I am today...and the many steps in between. There is a lot to tell.

So I'll start with 2002. I was the biggest, unhealthiest I ever was. I enjoyed food. I enjoyed drinking. I enjoyed smoking. I enjoyed life. I wore a size 18/20, and was proud of it! I had decided that I was just going to be a big girl forever. That the plus clothes were designed for me. I may have one picture from that time, though I haven't been able to find it.

In 2003, a girlfriend helped me change the way I eat. We started together. She offered me the book she had been reading. And some of the weight came off. I was SO excited the afternoon I fit into size 14 capris!! And this was all from changing what I ate! I had never been one to exercise (that came many many years later).
So I spent the next year watching what I ate. I quit drinking and smoking at the end of January 2004. I was starting to get healthier. But food is such a distraction! And eating is SO much fun. In 2005 I hadn't really lost much more. I didn't pay as much attention to what I was eating. And working two jobs left me little time to care about what I was eating. With Taco Bell being open on the way home from the store, and Dunkin Donuts being open on the way into the office...I ate well.
So I was again happy with who I was. Comfortable at a size 14. Enjoying the life I was living.