It all started in high school when my dad and I both started Jenny Craig. My dad did incredibly well as did I. I was working out via a 7th period class being offered at my school as well as dancing my weekends away at an all ages night club. I reached a size 4! Did you hear that?? A size 4. Alas, I slowly went off of the diet and kept the weight off well. I often, in jest, blame my affinity for the rave scene for helping me gain weight as I wore extremely large pants that were never going to fit me- so I thought. Think about it, a size 4 girl wearing mens size 36 pants with a belt. When or at what point will you begin to notice you are gaining weight? I actually did not begin to gain the bulk of that weight back til we moved to Virginia and I was no longer clubbing several nights a week. The lack of the 8 hour dance nights and the winters helped me gain a significant amount of weight. The time span for all of this was 1991- 1994 Fast forward to 1999. I moved back to Florida and my dad and I began a new weight loss plan- a modified Atkins diet. Once again, I did well. I am not sure if it was because I started hitting the clubs dancing the night away again or the diet. I lost about 45 pounds and felt pretty good about myself. It was, however, short lived as I began to eat carbs and moved out of my parents house and ordered alot pf pizza.
I met my husband in 2003. after a bad break up, and had lost some unhealthy weight that quickly came back once I reached the " I gotta man" stage of my life. Come on ladies, You know what I am talking about. ( being comfortable enough and happy enough to eat!) I was pregnant with Corbin in July of 2003 and began to eat for 2...3.. maybe 4. Hell, I ate for a whole family. I kept thinking that I would probably only have 1 child so I was gonna do it with style. I reached my highest weight in April 2004- 259 pounds. (Holy Crap.. right!?) Since the birth of Corbin I have been struggling to get down to a healthy weight. It is important for my life, and his life, to be healthy and to portray a healthy lifestyle. In 2009 I tried the Medi weight loss for a week and felt my body reach levels I was not comfortable with. It was what I refer to as a near death experience that woke me up. I realized then that I did not hate myself enough to endure that torture and I began working out 5x weekly and following Weight Watchers. I lost 40 pounds and kept it off for a year and a half. Alas, I graduated and found a full time job that changed the way and ability I had to work out. I gained about half of that back as a result of balancing work and recently breaking my ankle.
So now, as of Saturday, with the help of a dear friend I have begun to follow the Body by Vi challenge. I feel that it is a great combination of several of my past experiences. It is like the a la carte of my diet past- if you will. I am replacing two meals with healthy vitamin filled shakes, having small snacks, and eating a healthy meal for dinner. I am not eliminating any whole food group, I am not lowering my caloric intake to an unhealthy number, I am not taking any metabolic boosting drugs aside from natural vitamins, and I am heading back to the gym. I am truly very excited to begin this journey and I will be keeping you all up to date on my outcomes. I hope you all will follow along and give me feedback.
I thank everyone in my life for being part of my pitfalls and my highs. Understand that I do not claim to have the answer to my weight issues. I do, however, feel that I can offer some of you some insight as I have tried a lot. In addition, I hope to learn from you as well. There are many people in my life, such as my friend Pat, that are on a similar journey that I have taken ideas from and will continue to lean on.
If you like what you read as my journey continues and wish to get involved in the Body by Vi challenge, feel free to ask me.
You can visit my link as well....http://www.heatherschuster.bod
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