If you're here at this point, my first post, it probably means that you know me. If you don't, I'd like to introduce myself, then and now.
This was me at Halloween 2007. I'm not sure of the exact number, but I weighed somewhere close to 320 pounds. I may have been smiling but believe me, I was miserable.
And this is me as of Valentine's Day 2012; I am currently down to a weight of 185 pounds, bringing my total weight loss to 135 pounds at this point.
When I first started my weight loss journey I kept it to myself, mostly because I was ashamed. I was ashamed that I had let myself get to that point, the point where I barely fit in movie theater seats, nevermind the seats at the football stadium. Reliant Park apparently missed the "Everything's Bigger in Texas" memo.
Now I tell anyone who will listen about how far I've come, and if they care to hear it, how I got there because if I can do it then ANYONE can do it.
Let me say that again: ANYONE CAN DO IT.
That's why I have started this blog. I want to share my journey and help someone on theirs, if I can. I won't sit here and tell you it's easy, because it's not. Definitely not. Hell, I want a cupcake right now just thinking about it.
I will tell you that it's worth it. Every little step you take towards your goal is worth it, even if it seems like you're not even moving, even when you have set backs and bad days and a second helping of your co-worker's birthday cake, just hang in there because you WILL get to where you want to be.
Just remember what Margaret Thatcher said: "You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it."
-Sarah
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