I originally created this blog 2 years ago to the day. I got laid off from my corporate job that paid very well, and was thrown into unemployment, with no clue how to fill all the hours in the day while I looked for other employment. I decided to blog, FINALLY lose weight, and run that damn 5k I've been obsessing about.
So, where are all the blog posts?? Gone, deleted. I attempted and failed so many times at losing weight and trying to motivate others so I removed all the "poor me" posts and gave up. That all changed a short time ago. I discovered a lot of things, that all came together to form "the perfect storm" of fitness and nutrition in my world. It all started when I was on youtube looking for videos about weight loss and marathon runners. If I couldn't join them, I could at least live vicariously through them, right?? So I found Lauramustloseweight. I'm sure you've heard of her. She's an unbelievable success story, losing a lot of weight, running marathons, now moving onto fitness competitions, go check her out. That led me to Shrednation2012 cooking videos. Robb and Sprout run that channel and Robb lost 100 lbs!! Then I found BodyandBlush, which is a girl named Chelsea. She lost 45 lbs. Another girl I met on facebook, Michelle, a mother of 7, lost 45 lbs. What did they all have in common? Insanity. Yes, the infomercial you see late at night. Don't laugh, that shit is no joke. If you think it's not hard, try it, you'll be on the floor begging for mercy after the first workout. There are TONS of people that have lost TONS of weight by doing it. I started it, and at my weight, no I can't do it the way it's intended. But I do it. I modify the moves I can't do and I continue moving through the workout. I know it will get easier.
The other part of the perfect storm is Instagram. Let's have a moment of silence for this one because it has been THE game changer for me. Robb from Shrednation2012, mentioned his Instagram in one of his videos (he's Robbinsanity on IG) and I went to check his out, not even knowing what Instagram was. I just always assumed it was a bunch of random photos people uploaded, I didn't know it was like Twitter/Facebook, but all photos that show up in a feed. On this amazing site, I have found the most supportive, informative, healthy, friendly, NICE, talented (get the picture?)people that are SO into fitness and clean eating and truly want to help each other. I must have every diet book ever written, but somehow I never heard of clean eating until then. I've lost 18.4 lbs. I've learned how to substitute foods, make protein pancakes, how to prepare certain foods, when I should eat, how many meals I should eat, etc.
I used to go to weight watchers (I joined MANY times), and I looked forward to that weekly support I got at the meetings, but would lose my momentum within a day or 2 because I always felt the need to be around people with a common goal. I used to get on the weight watchers message boards, and there were always people on, but I usually felt it was more like a confessional about what everyone did wrong that week and what 100 calorie snack was the best so far. On IG, there is literally 24 hour support. If you're in the states, there will be someone awake in Australia or somewhere else. I LOVE IT. I am so thankful to all the wonderful people there that have embraced me and helped me and some people have said I'm motivating THEM. That last part is still very hard for me to absorb because I certainly don't look at myself, at 341.6 lbs as someone who is motivating anyone else. But I'm happy that I've helped other people.
If you are struggling, go check out the YouTube channels I mentioned, and go to Instagram, get yourself an account and follow all the wonderful people out there that want to help you. My IG name is @fromfatgirlto5k. The other thing I recently added to my lifestyle is Shakeology. I've been on it for almost a week and I love it. If you're not sure what it is, go check it out here - myshakeology.com/fromfatgirlto5k. I'll update more about Shakeology and how it's helping me after I've been using it a little longer.
My posts won't always be this long. I'll update you with progress photos, recipes, websites you should know about, and what I learn about clean eating and living healthy. Thank you for taking the time to read this.
P.S. I have a YouTube channel so please check it out. All the videos that are there now are from the past and no longer relevant to what I'm doing, so I may remove them. I'll be updating that channel with new videos about my new life :)
- Kim
