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A Year Of Progress


It has actually been more than a year of progress. It all started in my head when I decided that I was tired of being tired of everything: my credit score, my health, my life.

Yesterday was my birthday. This past year has been spent dedicating more time to honoring myself and making better choices in my life. Every now and then I think I should have made more progress than the roughly 25lbs I have lost over the course of 2018, but then I let that thought go and appreciate the fact that I've gained so much more than weight loss. I will probably always be a bit on the fluffier side and I'm okay with that. I'm naturally curvy and carry a lot of weight in my hips and thighs. I'm just glad that I can breathe again and that now I can move my body in ways that I could not a year ago.

The picture only shows the weight loss from February to October. It doesn't show the five minutes I take every morning to do a quick Spanish lesson to help keep my mind engaged and boost my morale because I have something else to feel proud of. It doesn't show everything in my life that has changed because I finally decided to do something about it. If nothing else, I finally know what it is to be committed to myself, for myself.



Are you interested in starting your own fitness journey, but you need a little help? Workout with me!



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  1. UnknownDecember 6, 2018 at 4:29 PM

    Way to Go!!! Keep up the great work!! I hope one day I can say that I did the same.

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    1. LeTaraWritesMarch 16, 2019 at 10:28 PM

      You definitely can if that's what you want. Thanks for reading!

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