184 !!!
34 more pounds to go! :)
Friday, January 28, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
With great sacrafice comes great gain!
Since I was young, I have struggled with my weight. When I turned 15, enough was enough! I was sick of being unhappy with the way I looked. So after years of struggling with my weight, I lost 30 pounds! I felt amazing in my new body! I felt like I could do anything. For me, it was a huge accomplishment. At that point in my life, it was the hardest thing I had ever overcome. And I kept the weigh off for six years! That is, until I was 21.
In September of 2007, I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma. AKA Cancer of the Blood. I was staged a 3B, which meant the cancer had spread throughout my entire body, but had not entered my bone marrow. I immediately started chemotherapy treatments and began taking 10+ pills a day to keep my immune system strong. It was the hardest 6 months of my entire life! It was extremely lonely and hard having my life be at a complete standstill, while everyone else's life was thriving. Through my struggle I remained very positive, but secretly I was very depressed. And because of this depression and the hormones I was taking to keep my body strong, I put on 40 pounds! I felt aweful....I didn't look like me. I was bald and 40 pounds heavier. It was so hard seeing that everyday. I felt like I was 13 again..overweight and going through an identity crisis!
In March, I finished my last round of chemotherapy and in April officially "Cancer-Free". I was so overjoyed! That weekend, I can remember buying a bottle of Captain Morgan and going through Wendy's drivethru to order a Large Diet Coke...and mixing them of course :)
It felt so good to feel like a normal 21 year old again!
Throughout this recovery proccess I began working out again! I loved working out! It felt so amazing to not be in bed or on the couch. Felt Amazing to just MOVE! During this proccess, I lost 20 pounds!!!! and my hair was starting to grow back! There are no words to accuarately describe how that feels....NO cancer, -20 pounds, hair coming in.....I was on cloud nine!!!!!!
Overcoming cancer and everthing that comes with it is such an amazing, life changing event. Something in which I will be forever thankful for conquering.
Since then.....I have been cancer-free and have maintained my weight loss of 20 pounds. But now, my goal is to lose to rest of my chemo weight + another 20 pounds. Which would mean a weight loss of 40 more pounds. This would be the smallest I have ever been. I want to be the best me! For me, my husband, and my future family.
Therfore, I am starting a weight loss blog. :)
A week and a half ago when I started, I was a little over 190. Now, I'm 187 :)
In September of 2007, I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma. AKA Cancer of the Blood. I was staged a 3B, which meant the cancer had spread throughout my entire body, but had not entered my bone marrow. I immediately started chemotherapy treatments and began taking 10+ pills a day to keep my immune system strong. It was the hardest 6 months of my entire life! It was extremely lonely and hard having my life be at a complete standstill, while everyone else's life was thriving. Through my struggle I remained very positive, but secretly I was very depressed. And because of this depression and the hormones I was taking to keep my body strong, I put on 40 pounds! I felt aweful....I didn't look like me. I was bald and 40 pounds heavier. It was so hard seeing that everyday. I felt like I was 13 again..overweight and going through an identity crisis!
In March, I finished my last round of chemotherapy and in April officially "Cancer-Free". I was so overjoyed! That weekend, I can remember buying a bottle of Captain Morgan and going through Wendy's drivethru to order a Large Diet Coke...and mixing them of course :)
It felt so good to feel like a normal 21 year old again!
Throughout this recovery proccess I began working out again! I loved working out! It felt so amazing to not be in bed or on the couch. Felt Amazing to just MOVE! During this proccess, I lost 20 pounds!!!! and my hair was starting to grow back! There are no words to accuarately describe how that feels....NO cancer, -20 pounds, hair coming in.....I was on cloud nine!!!!!!
Overcoming cancer and everthing that comes with it is such an amazing, life changing event. Something in which I will be forever thankful for conquering.
Since then.....I have been cancer-free and have maintained my weight loss of 20 pounds. But now, my goal is to lose to rest of my chemo weight + another 20 pounds. Which would mean a weight loss of 40 more pounds. This would be the smallest I have ever been. I want to be the best me! For me, my husband, and my future family.
Therfore, I am starting a weight loss blog. :)
A week and a half ago when I started, I was a little over 190. Now, I'm 187 :)
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