My weight loss story

Here is a some of the story that I am going to send into a few magazines.

My weight loss began with the notion that I wanted to fit into my pants - as I had grown out of all of them and my shirts were not fitting either. So, I saught out a personal trainer. ( Decided to do that instead of joining a gym, as I did not know where we would end up and I wanted to focus on many things, yet, did not know how to do it on my own )

The year and a half before I was introduced to my trainer I had been diagnosed with post partum depression, BI-Polar, miscarried a baby ( partial molar ), claimed bankruptcy and foreclosed on a home. A month or two after I was working with my trainer, my husband left me and a week later was seeing someone that a so called family friend ( was my personal assistant in my wedding and her father was our best man ).

With all of that in mind, I went into working with my trainer and became a very healthy person. Getting involved into the mind set that I was going to channel my emotions into the working out as well as eating better.

After I had done this, I can now successfully say:

I am no longer on any medications. I was found mis-diagnosed with Bi-Polar and I am no longer on medications for that. I was at one time on medications for Vaso Depressor Syn copy and took medications for that. I am now in the best shape I have ever been in my life. My cholesterol was high 2 years ago, it is now perfect. I have awesome blood pressure and a wonderful heart rate.

I am also training to run a half marathon in June. This has helped my workout regime and kept me on track and I am still continuing to loose inches and wieght.

It takes motivation, strength, courage and love to continue to take care of ones body and soul. Yet the gifts that you get from these activities and movements in life are phenomenial!!!!

Here are my measurements from the time I began up to my last measurements:

Initial:
Weight: 194
Chest: 46.5
Hips: 47
Bicep: 12.25
Thigh: 22.5
Waist: 41.25
Calf: 14.75
Body Fat: 34%

9-month:
Weight: 153
Chest: 39.5
Hips: 36.5
Bicep: 11
Thigh: 20
Waist: 32.5
Calf: 14.25
Body Fat: 26%

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