Hello All!
This is day one... of the rest of my life! Was that a little melodramatic? ^_^ But it is the truth. I am done with the yo yo dieting and never feeling as good about myself on the outside than I do on the inside.
**The picture attached is when I was in Basic Training. I am the one in the middle. That is the weight I am shooting for!**
My friend Michelle and I decided to do our own biggest loser competition. I am so excited about this; I do really well in situations where a group of people help each other out that have the same goals. We are starting our own youtube channel, blogging our story, and doing weekly weigh ins, and the 90 day P90x challenge. We also hope to start swimming soon!
Here is a little background info on moi:
I was born and raised in Texas. (Hook em' Horns!) I grew up on a ranch surrounded by horses, cows, chickens and endless pastures. My brother and I would go "exploring" and find all kinds of cool things to do. We had a river about a quarter of a mile from our house, a sand pit with huge dunes that we rolled down, and we played in the woods barefoot. It was an awesome childhood. My family ate the traditional "American" meals like meatloaf and mashed potatoes and stew and french toast and hot chocolate. We also had a dad that liked to enforce the empty plate rule. *shudders* I never really had problems with my weight when I was younger, course I was running everywhere I went so I guess I shouldn't have. But as I got older I wasn't running as much as I used to and all the food started to catch up with me. I being 16 of course had to stand up for my independence at the dinner table and refused to eat any more after I was full. My dad and I had some serious fights. He wanted me to finish my plate, and I thought it would be easier if they just put LESS food on my plate.. then I WOULD finish everything. *chuckles* Good times.
Fast forward 4 and a half years later. I wouldn't say I was obese. But I was overweight. All through high school I was in AFJROTC, and loved it. I decided after 3 years of being out of school to join the Air Force. I lost the required weight (which gave me stretch marks like I had a kid! I still don't understand it to this day.. I only lost about 15 lbs) and went off to basic training in April of 2004. I loved basic training. Does that sound odd? Let me rephrase. I loved the "warrior week" portion of it. That is when you go out in the woods and get to play in the mud. (Reminded me of my childhood, haha) My favorite part was the obstacle course. I did have problems with the run. I now know that I had (and still have) asthma. I never really offically passed the run, my MTI just passed me because he liked me (not that kind of like!). Thank God I was a likable person or I would not have passed basic training. Well the same thing happened in Tech School, and I was passed through again. I was at 128 lbs so my weight was not an issue. (I am 5"4 and a half) That is the lowest I had been in my life and I really want to get back down to 132-135 again. Well, everyone in the military just kept passing me through the system. I finally found out I had asthma in October of 2007 when I had an asthma attack while running with my squadron. I was medically discharged from the AF after serving my full four years. I really enjoyed the military; I even met my husband because of it. But ever since I left the military my weight has steadily gone back up. Actually while I was in.. it was still creeping up, but at a slower pace. I am now going to school online to be an elementary school teacher. My husband got orders to Ramstein, Germany and we will be here until Jan 2014. I love it here, but I miss my family and friends so much. I feel very isolated here and I think that may have contributed to my weight gain. I do not eat when I am upset, I usually will just eat once and that is just as bad as stuffing yourself.. well just as bad on your metabolism. So everything I ate was sticking to me because my body was in starvation mode. The hardest thing with this plan is to eat ENOUGH food.
I have been doing really well so far with this plan. We do not have meetings here but I am hoping I find some good friends through this community so we can help each other along the wa y.
Thanks for reading!
Crystal ♥
Day 1- 195 lbs
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