My Weight Struggle Story

Over at The American Homemaker I'm participating in the Ultimate Blog Party so I figured why not here too?

My name is Angie and I'm fat! (hi, angie) I'm been a bit of a slacker at eating healthy and exercising the last few months and what better motivation than knowing LOTS of people will be on my blog this week? I guess I better get crackin' LOL

So a little about me and my weight-loss saga... I spent years (Since I was 18 and had my first baby) hating how I looked, I tried eating healthy, killing myself with insane exersise, working with my doctor and nothing worked. I was severely depressed and my body would just not lose weight...


And then after my divorce in July 2007 I went from a size 16-18 to a size 10!!! I was happy, I was confidant, I was avoiding all sweets and drinking only water. I was doing moderate exercise. I felt great!!!

When I was remarried in January of '08 I got the birth control shot and a heck of a lot of stress added to my life! My weight/inches slowly came back. Here I am a year later...


Ok... I don't always have a cookie in my mouth, but I haven't taken a full body picture of myself since November. I'm a tight size 12 and trying to find time in an EXTREMELY hectic schedule to work out and trying to eat healthy while still keeping up with my love for baking, cooking and creating new recipes. Some weeks I do great and some I'm happy if I survived :)

Welcome to The American Homemaker's Healthy Me!

And don't forget to stop over at Meaningful Days and say hello to Chrissy who is also a contributor here.

June 16, 2008

Ok... I am determined that June is the last month I will dread taking pictures. I have several pairs of pants I can't fit into now. From here on out, I will love myself.

May 2008

If my husband didn't live in another state, I would have stopped taking pics at this point. At least I got a cute haircut/color. This is the point where i start buying purses and shoes because I hate trying on clothes.

My hair was especially adorable on this day :)

April 2008

Here I am feeling blobby and unattractive again. At this point I had put a couple of inches back on my waist and some of my clothes weren't fitting anymore.

March 2008

In March I was still feeling ok about myself, but I was starting to avoid pictures more.

February 2008

February is the month I started to notice the weight start creeping on. I wasn't doing as well staying away from sweets. I started drinking pop if I was offered it. I also started the Depo-shot half-way through January and birth control always makes me gain weight. Generally my will-power was slipping.

Wedding January 2008

I had found this dress the summer before, I never thought I would be wearing it, and that it would fit so well. I think I looked beautiful on my wedding day. Of course Ken looked handsome too.

January 2008

Lookin good and feelin even better.

December 2007

December was when I was at my smallest. I was fitting into things I never thought I would, like these adorable vintage jeans from the 70's. I was easily a size 10 and felt fantastic about the way I looked.

November 2007

By November I was feelin like pretty hot stuff.

October 2007

October was a good month. I was feeling like I looked pretty good. I was really happy.

August & September 2007

In August and September I started working and dating. Both of these things boosted my self-esteem a ton. I was losing more weight and feeling great about myself.

July 2007

In July I started to feel better about myself. I started eating more salads, drinking more water and staying away from pop and sweets. I started to notice a difference in the way I looked and felt about myself.

"Before Pics" I Hate

This is me May 2007... My little sis snapped the pic.

This is me Spring 2007, I usually had to

be suprised for pictures, I hated them so

badly.

This is me when I hated the way I looked.

This is December 2006.