About Me ♥
Hey, there! Thank you for visiting my blog. I’m Christy. 26 years old. I’m an aspiring author, currently working on getting my first one published. I love my life, and I am thankful each and every day that I get to wake up. God has truly blessed me, and I have the most supportive family and friends a girl could ever ask for.
I’ve been overweight for most of my life. In school, I was always the fat girl, ranging from chunky at times, overweight, and eventually morbidly obese. There is one time I can remember not being overweight. The summer before my 5th grade year, I lost 40 pounds from swimming nearly every day. Before Christmas that year, I had put it back on.
The beginning of my freshman year of high school, I weighed 225 pounds. By the time I graduated high school, I was the biggest I ever was… over 425 pounds. My freshman year of college, I started making little changes and eventually started following Weight Watchers. My mom had bought me the at-home kit, and I followed it religiously. I ended up losing 151 lbs in a little over 9 months. And I was doing it the healthy way. People I had known all my life didn’t recognize me, and I loved it when people would tell me how proud they were of me and how good I looked. I was on my way.
Then I started slipping, just a little at a time, letting old habits creep back into my life, and one day I woke up and realize I had gained most of it back within just 2 years. To call my life a yo-yo diet would be generous.
This past year, I learned who I was and who I wasn’t. I finally learned that I could be beautiful, regardless of my weight. (I will post the blogs I wrote last year, which are significant in my journey, very soon.) I would be lying if I said being fat doesn’t bother me, but what bothers me much more is my health. God has really blessed me and I haven’t had to experience what most people my size have. I’m 5′9, so that makes it a little easier to carry my weight. I’m on thyroid & blood pressure medicine, and my doctor told me last year if I didn’t lose the weight, I’d have to have both knees replaced by the time I’m 30.
I want my life. I love life. I have tons of energy, and I’m about the most active fat person you’ll ever know. But I can only go on that for so long. Eventually my body will give out. So that’s why I’m doing it. I want to be healthy and live to be 129 years old. I want to be an inspiration to others who have struggled with their weight.
As this site grows, I will update this more. Thank you for taking the time to read this. God bless!