A little backstory...
I was a skinny kid...until about 7-8th grade, when I began to be bullied because I was smart, and 'ugly'. I turned to food for comfort and packed the pounds onto a frame that at a healthy weight, would still never fit below a size 8 jean. By the time I entered my senior year of high school, I was 250 lbs. A 2-year-long obsession with starving myself dropped me down to 125...and it looked skeletal on my 5'9 Irish/German frame.Â
During each of my 3 pregnancies, the pounds came off and I looked great. Between kids? Put the weight back on. In November of 2013, I weighed 217 lbs, and I was finally diagnosed, after many years of struggle, with ADHD. Being on Adderall killed my appetite...and it was no longer "I'm stressed, I need to eat". It became "I am not getting the signals that I am hungry, so I need to plan what I eat." This led to a dietary overhaul. Out went processed foods and junk, in came more veggies, proteins, etc. 3 times a day. In between, out went the chips and donuts, in came the carrot sticks, the celery and peanut butter...the yogurt. This picture is from about a year ago, and I weighed 165 in this picture, in an outfit that I would not normally wear. Since then, 18 more pounds have come off, and I maintain my weight at a healthy 147. My next project? Toning. The second picture is me on a normal day. It too is about a year, year and a half old. My hair is about 6 inches longer and yes, that *is* my natural color.
I was a skinny kid...until about 7-8th grade, when I began to be bullied because I was smart, and 'ugly'. I turned to food for comfort and packed the pounds onto a frame that at a healthy weight, would still never fit below a size 8 jean. By the time I entered my senior year of high school, I was 250 lbs. A 2-year-long obsession with starving myself dropped me down to 125...and it looked skeletal on my 5'9 Irish/German frame.Â
During each of my 3 pregnancies, the pounds came off and I looked great. Between kids? Put the weight back on. In November of 2013, I weighed 217 lbs, and I was finally diagnosed, after many years of struggle, with ADHD. Being on Adderall killed my appetite...and it was no longer "I'm stressed, I need to eat". It became "I am not getting the signals that I am hungry, so I need to plan what I eat." This led to a dietary overhaul. Out went processed foods and junk, in came more veggies, proteins, etc. 3 times a day. In between, out went the chips and donuts, in came the carrot sticks, the celery and peanut butter...the yogurt. This picture is from about a year ago, and I weighed 165 in this picture, in an outfit that I would not normally wear. Since then, 18 more pounds have come off, and I maintain my weight at a healthy 147. My next project? Toning. The second picture is me on a normal day. It too is about a year, year and a half old. My hair is about 6 inches longer and yes, that *is* my natural color.
"You...make me believe I am all those things you say I am. You make me believe good things about myself..."
