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