Half The Person I Used To Be...

I have been overweight pretty much my entire life, and I was never one of those overweight girls that was okay with being over weight. At a doctors appointment that I had been avoiding for years, due to the fact I knew I was heavy, I just didn't care of know just how heavy I was. But I went anyways, I had blood drawn and was told to come back in a few weeks for the results.

At my first appointment I had not looked at the scale...this time I did...I was over 300lbs! Once in with the doctor she informed me that I was a pre-diabetic and that at my weight and with this health condition right around the corner that if something didn't change I would be in poor health and it would only get worse. I walked away just stunned at what I had let happen to myself. A diabetic? Really? I was too young to have such a serious health condition...but my doctor did say that it was reversible at this point, so long a I made some changes rather quickly.

I joined Weight Watchers for a few months, the accountability was great and what I needed but I wanted to know more about health and nutrition and being active. So, once I had lost a little weight with WW I joined my local Curves. It was the only place I knew I would be comfortable enough to workout regularly and it would give me the accountability that I was looking for.

So I started to workout regularly, three or four times a week and I made small changes to what I ate...to really eliminate the chance of becoming a diabetic I cut out all simple carbs and sugars, white bread, white rice, white potatoes...and also kicked six a day Coke Zero habit. My first year at Curves I lost almost 90lbs!

That first year was tough, but when I think back the only thing that I have done different to the