Tag: Life Lessons

Happy birthday to me 🥳.  It was important to me to get back to being me.  I set a goal to be back at a certain weight by my birthday and I’m so proud of myself that I did it! Yay me!

After my dad passed away, I began to comfort eat and gained about 20 pounds.  Many people said the extra weight looked good on me, but I personally did not feel comfortable.  When I got engaged, I lost 15 pounds by the time I got married.  I actually felt comfortable even with the still extra 5 pounds.  Then our fur baby passed away over a year ago and I became sad again, amongst other things.  I gained back the 10 pounds.  I really became unhappy with my body.  This was the heaviest I ever been in my life.  I was lonely in the house, as there was no more Wally.  My husband was working those long shifts as a nurse.  So all I did was work.  And my commute to work was long and stressful. By the time I arrived home, the first thing I would do is get a snack because I was starving.  I would eat late because I wanted to eat dinner with my husband.

So my husband hearing me complain about my weight suggested I rejoin the gym mainly to get out of the house. I did and that started my journey back to becoming me again…
Btw, this is definitely a new me.  I would have never posted a picture of myself in a bikini.  Another… Yay Me!