The weightloss struggle is REAL

Weight loss is like everything else in life. It is a job! Like seriously... you have to work at it. You cant relax. You can't think that you have it under control. You cant think that you have mastered it because when you do, weight loss will change it's mind and you'll be stuck wondering what in the hell happened. That's what happened to me.  Just sip and read.....

I guess the last time I blogged I talked about returning to work after having my baby. Well a lot happened in between THEN and NOW! I was determined to lose all of my baby weight and I did. I started a clean eating boot camp with a couple of women from one of my Facebook groups. The camp was informative. I truly learned a lot and not only did I learn a lot...I LOST a lot. I finally ditched my 16's and was rocking 12's. I side eyed my extra larges and comfortably slid on mediums. I was fitting into ish that I had not fit into in years .... years I tell ya!

Medium snitches!

The camp was 16 weeks long and each week consisted of a new rule. After it ended I was confident that I had learned the basics to continuing with the weight loss. Not long after completing the clean eating bootcamp I started another challenge. This was for 30 days and consisted of no alcohol, no sugar, a gallon of water and exercising. I did great with it. I thought it would be hard to give up alcohol but I stopped cold turkey and did not miss it. The sugar was something else. I am a sugar addict(as I found out) and cutting it completely out of my diet was very hard to do. Imagine Pookie from New Jack City .... .well that was me. I had serious sugar withdrawals. Still I managed to complete this challenge and was eyeing the pants in my closet that I've never been able to wear.


Then New Orleans happened and I have been struggling ever since. I took a trip to the Essence Festival. A trip that consisted of delicious food, wonderful sweets, and lots of alcohol. I did a lot of walking but exercising with weights or with Jillian or with Shaun was pretty much thrown out of the window. Then went I got back it was a trip to Orlando. While alcohol was not on the menu, eating out and lack of exercise were. To sum it up in a short story, I gained 8 lbs back.

People who were commenting how nice I looked when I lost the wight, were now side eyeing me and asking"dang you're gaining it back huh?"  Yes it was/is that noticeable. My belly looks as if I am a good 4-5 months pregnant. Can you believe someone actually asked me how far along I was while grocery shopping in Publix? I finally realized that I had a huge problem when I went to attend my cousin's wedding. I had purchased a beautiful dress and on the day of the wedding, I found myself unable to zip the dress up. I knew then that something had to change. I had worked so hard. I could not let it all be in vain. I remembered how I felt when I was able to shop without worrying about the size and I wanted that feeling back. So I'm going back to what I know works....I'm back boot camping. And this time I plan on blogging my journey. That is my goal .... welcome to my journey.

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KL