My Story

Hey Everyone, Im Ashley and im 25 and i have lost 90kgs (198 pounds) and am still going strong. Im a single mum to an amazing little girl Hannah whos 7 yrs old. My weight loss journey started in March 2011 when my 8 year relationship ended badly and i decided that something needed to change.. So i put down the junk food and got off my lazy butt and joined a gym... I was a couch potato with a computer addiction and because i had a partner (my daughters father) who did all the physically fun things with my daughter i got into the habbit of sitting back and just watching and they only really ever needed me when they were hungry and wanted me to make them something.

My relationship with my ex was a toxic one that left me depressed, lonely, miserable, paranoid, jealous and sad. But the things we do when we think we love someone *sigh*... but the end of that relationship began the start of my new healthier happier life with my daughter. I realised that I would now have to be the one to step up and be that person in Hannahs life that run around with her, played with her, laughed with her and raise her. Best thing to ever happen for Hannah and myself's relationship because we are closer and happier then ever before. She loves her new mum and couldnt be prouder!

I started back in March of 2011 at an embarressing 188 kg (414 pounds)!! at that weight i was having trouble sleeping, my back hurt at times, my ankles always hurt and i found comfort in food. When i first started going to the gym it was "HELL"! I really didnt think it was going to last but with my determination to stop being the "fat" girl i kept going and i went from going twice a week to now where i go 6 days a week. I do 10 one hour classes a week and extra cardio and weight training ontop of that. Its become part of my routine now and i love going.

I also had to change my diet dramastically as before i would never eat breakfast, snacked alot and when i did eat meals they were large portions of mostly deep fried crap and junky foods. I look back now i just get sick to my stomach thinking about all the crap we ate and when i think of my daughter who was eating the same as us i just feel ashamed of myself!.. But now ive turned it all around and not only do i get the benifits of the foods we are eating my daughter loves it too.. I threw the deep fryer out, stopped buying crappy snacks that were no good for us and started buying the good stuff. My daughter loves salad so it was easy getting her to eat what i eat ..

Soo 11 months on and the scales say ive lost 90kgs (198 pounds), but my doctor says its more because now i have kgs of excess skin hanging from my body . Thats one of the things i knew id have to deal with being as big as i was but i never new id have so much hanging from the tops of my arms. Doctor says its 2-3 kg of excess skin on each arm and then theres my stomach and my back and my legs.. ahhh its everywhere! But until i get down to my goal weight of 75 kgs ill put off any surgery.

Anyways heres some before and after pictures

BEFORE (march 2011)







NOW





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