Hi!! I'm Ashley, That's me, and ever since I can remember I have struggled with my weight!! It has been a constant battle since I was 5 years old! I use to weight 280 pounds and on my 5 foot frame, well let me tell you I looked a lot worse than I ever felt!! I started loosing weight slowly over a year ago when I started changing my eating habits and stopped frequenting fast food restaurants. After a year of slowly changing my habits I am down to 235 pounds and a size 16!! Say what!! Yep I finally fit in a size 16 and I am happy but why stop there! If I could have it my way I would weigh under 150 pounds and be enjoying every bit of it!
Well, I'm not there yet! I still have about 100 pounds to go before I hit my goal weight. I keep thinking how will this be different than all the other times I have tried to loose weight and failed or started a weight loss program and gave up. This time the end game is a life changer!! No, really!! My end game is TO BE A MOM!! Yep baby fever has hit my life hard!! I feel like everyone around me has been visited by the stork well except for me! I keep thinking why NOT me? What am I doing wrong? So I put on my big girl panties and did the smartest thing I could. I asked my doctor! You know what he told me?!?! You guessed it my weight!! After checking out my health with a few blood tests he told me that the only problem he can think of is my weight. So he gave me a bit of homework in my mind a challenge! That challenge get below 200 pounds and see if things change! If not then give him a call. I am only 35 pounds away from that goal but I know I won't be happy to look in the mirror at myself at a weight of 200! I know in my heart I want to be thinner!! Not so much as I want to be thinner but I want to be healthy!
This appointment with my doctor was back in July, and I am sure you are thinking WOW 5 months later and nothing has changed!! Yep!! That is my problem!! After kinda sorta working out on and off for the last 5 months and watching what I eat!! I have decided to STOP this vicious cycle of loose some gain a crap load back! Now I don't want a diet I need a new way of life!! I need a new way to eat so that I am eating healthier and in a better place with myself!!
I have looked over several different options to help me change my lifestyle. Recently I was shown a different side of Instagram, the fitness crazy side of it! I have found so many different pages to follow that all have the same goal help people get fit and eat better! No one page I have seen mentions diets!! You know why? Because diets don't work, you have to change everything or it will all just come back!! I am starting the 28dayJumpstart challenge from fitgirlsguide.com. I just got my copy of this last night, I must say amazing!! I feel like I am being coached by a friend and not some random person who decided what was best for me!! It is my time to become a FITGIRL!! This is my year and I am not taking excuses from me!!
Lets get 2015 started!!
