Why I started this fitness journey initially

I don’t know one person that their sole purpose is to be unfit and out of shape.  I was in the best shape of my life 4 years ago and I was the largest I had ever been earlier this year.  I knew at this point that it was time to make a change so I decided to do something about it. 

4 years next week my life forever changed and I was completely knocked off my square.  Eating patterns and sleeping patters were off for about a year. I was also not working during this time so it was easy to maintain my terrible eating and sleeping patterns. I was grieving and isolating myself from everyone besides my family and during this time I gained 50 lbs in a matter of 6 months.  I went from a size 4/6 to a size 10 in the matter of months.  I had to buy an entirely new wardrobe since at this point nothing would fit.  If I were in a better headspace I would have automatically turned into beast mode and dropped the weight the day my favorite jeans didn’t fit, instead I just went and purchased new jeans in different sizes, I didn’t throw away my size 4/6 jeans promising myself one day I would be able to fit back into them.  Just not sure when that day would be.

Over the course of the next couple years I fluctuated with my weight but I never got back to my initial size. The beginning of 2019 I took a photo in the mirror in Vegas and I was not happy with what I saw.  My face looked huge, my clothes looked big, I was just not happy.  So this is when I decided to make a change.  I maintained being active by going to the gym every now and then and eating healthy.  However, I kicked it into over drive.  That photo is what I needed to put me in a new headspace ready to concur my fitness goals and get back into the best shape of my life. 

I started off the year by paying a trainer, and during this time I had also started going to soul cycle and if you have read any of my other post you would know Soul Cycle is my new obsession.  I am continuing to stay active and eating right and as of today I am down 20lbs from that initial photo I took in February. My goal is to lose at least another 15-20lbs and that my friends is how SittingPrettyMovement manifested.  I am a fun, vibrant, real individual that loves to share my experiences.  I will try any diet fad if they say I will lose weight!  SittingPretty is here to help you navigate your own fitness journey’s, see what I have tried as well as to let you see what works and what doesn’t work. 

Welcome to my world, I am being completely vulnerable and sharing a part of my life that up until recently I wouldn’t talk about with anyone. 

Xoxo,

Amber