My name is Leanne, I'm 32 years old, and I am FAT. It's true, I'll admit it openly. I am not comfortable in my body, not happy with my image and everyday I struggle feeling like I need to do more for myself to get healthy.
All my life I've struggle with weight, I've had a sweet tooth that is unmatchable, a love for cheese that is undeniable, and until recently I wasn't really active.
I have haunting memories of my childhood - my grandfather telling me I didm;t need to wear baggy clothes and grow into them because I was chubby. He would also tell me constantly that boys like skinny girls (trying to imply I should do something about my weight).
I remember standing on the scale at my grandparents house when I was 12, and it reading 198lbs. I was in shock and embarrassed, so I did't tell a soul. I was too big for youthful clothes and often wore things from my moms closet all through high school.
Kids made fun of me even trying to play soccer... I wasn't fast enough, or quick enough with my feet. I couldn't even run across a field without being out of breath.
Grade 11 came, and I decided that was the time I was going to change my body... This was it, I had a sure fire, quick way of doing it... A Lemon Juice fast... that's right I did a Lemon Juice fast for 27 days... Nothing but lemon juice, with cayenne pepper and maple syrup. By this time I was weighing in at a whopping 260lbs. I dropped weight fast, 58lbs to be exact. Killed my metabolism, and once it was over... I went right back to eating. The wrong stuff. Again. it didn't take long at all to be right back up at 260.
The summer I graduated high school, I took out a gym membership at spa lady. My first visit there I got on that scale again... 298 lbs. How did I let this happen? I was up and down all through my early 20's. could never get below 240lbs, but never went over 300lbs...
I got married, lost about 25 lbs, and then had baby number 1 (Sophie) followed ver closely by baby number 2 (Avery). Both pregnancies I had borderline diabetes and was endured due to high blood pressure. Not the healthiest way to go.
About a 18 months after Avery was born I was introduced to Isagenix, more specifically their 30 cleanse and fat burning system. I started the products and I loved them! Easy, Nutritious, and safe for the whole family. The day I started my first 30 day, I weighed 276 lbs.
In the past year, I've done a totally of 3 30 day systems, and the remaining time I've followed a maintenance program to not gain the weight back. I have gone from 276 lbs to 237 lbs and I have gone from not being active at all to doing short, 30 min work outs 6 days a week. BUT - where do I go from here? I have found myself asking this question a lot lately.
Do I want to keep "half assing" this thing? Because I see jaw dropping results from every person who commits to the products and the program. Or do I want to turn it up? Fully commit, 100%. Ditch my vices (those chai tea lattes from starbucks and the mint melties from purdy's) or do I want them to have control over me, my body and my self image? The truth of the matter is - each day will go by whether I'm doing something with it or not... So why not do something amazing... for me?!
So with that being said... Here I go... All in!
Follow my journey if you want! I could use a cheering squad :-)
xo,
Leanne
