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morazacs1991

hello, I am a 5'4" woman who is turning 24 next month, I can happily say that as of today I weigh 155.6lbs. It has been a looong road getting to this point. It all started back in high school, I was a teenage girl who weighed roughly 132. Well I come from a family of natural athletes and my father being in his youth a state and national champion in power lifting. I joined the girls lifting team and worked my way to becoming one of the best in the state for my weight. My coaches pushed me to move up weight classes as there weren't many girls competing in 140's-150's so I could earn more records. Well I gained weight per their request and was not happy with it. I felt out of my comfort zone gaining weight to please others...I should have said NO, but I didn't. Then started college and I really packed on the weight since I was eating like how I did when I competed but since I was no longer competing I wasn't burning those calories. Hitting an all time high of 176 was a wake up call to lose weight cause I wasn't happy with what I saw or the fact I embarrassinly split my pants at my gym squatting. In a matter of 3 months I went down to 140, I did this so unhealthy; I starved myself and did more cardio than I ever have done before. Once I stopped I gained most of the weight back. I had high blood pressure and an ovarian cyst which had to be removed. Turned out I have endometriosis, there is no known cause or cure for this disease but I noticed that when I gained weight my symptoms were definitely worse. Then I met the love of my life who asked me to marry him. Since then I am determined to lose weight for my health and for him. This isn't about fitting in a dress, it's about finding someone I love unquestionably and coming to the realization that I want to spend as many years as I can with him, I want him to always think of me as happy and healthy. Endometriosis may have taken my ability to have children but even if this is the case I will adopt and I want my children to remember me as healthy and able to take care of them and play with them. So initially several years back my weight loss was purely about what I saw in the mirror and I didn't take it seriously as I should have. Now it is about my health, my fiancé and our future together, I am doing this the smart way this time and there is no stopping me. So I ask you; what is your motivation?