This challenge helped me change my lifestyle completely.
I quit smoking, started to exercise, found out my love for yoga, and eating right.
This is me last summer, 2011. I'm not sure how much I weighed at this point but I know it was one of my heaviest.
In January 2012 I weighed 178 lbs.
After 8 weeks of being strict and working very hard
in March of 2012 I weighed 154 lbs
And guess what? ... I won the challenge. I had lost more weight (by percentage) than anyone else in the challenge.
My best friend Lyndsey was also partaking in the challenge, she helped motivate me and keep me on track, as I hope I did for her. She came in 2nd place.
Of course, being best friends, we split the money I had won and went shopping together. It was fun and great to celebrate our success.
The next few months after that didn't go as well as I would have hoped. I still did some yoga and started training for a 5K, but did not keep up very strong with my the lifestyle changes I had made during the challenge.
There was Vegas for spring break, stress from finishing the semester and graduating Salt Lake Community College, and then moving with Lyndsey to Seattle.
However, now that I am settled in Seattle I am going to work extremely hard to reach
my goal weight of 130 lbs.
This is me,
June 28th, 2012
Weight: 152 lbs.
I am hoping to work hard enough to complete my C25K app training and reach my goal weight by October 2012.
Wish me luck!
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