I’m a newly married twenty five year old who has made up her mind to be the girl she always wanted to be.
The first twenty three years of my life I lived in India, my home land with my amazing family. I’ve had a great time ‘growing up’ with friends, mom, dad and a brother. I’ve always been ‘heavy’, never obese, never thin. Always stuck in between. Its not until now at 25 did I realize it takes more than dieting and eating less to look good.
Much of my high school and undergraduate life was spent unhappy and rebellious. However there were bouts of good times where I made good grades, never attempted to be the popular girl, and loved my independence. I moved to the US to attend graduate school in Economics and Finance. I loved the classes I took, however I was obsessed with my now husband and spending time with him. We were in a long distance relationship for nearly 5 years before we decided to get married. I didn’t think twice on the timing of the wedding or anything else, I just wanted to be married and be with him. I graduated, got married, and moved to California.
I have always lived in a big bustling city, whether it was in India or the US, so moving to California suburbs/towns was tough to say the least. I felt like I lost my concept of time, and things to do. I spent much of my time applying to jobs and moping. I scrambled back to life and decided to make some changes, to sieze the day to be the girl I always wanted to be. No more “I am unhappy”, “I am moody”, “I’m like that”, “I’m irritated” – NONE of that!
And when unhappiness hits, which it sure does, I am devising some *devious* plans to snap out of it!
Here’s to my journey to be healthy & happy! Cheers!
How Portion Control changed everything
Stats
Highest: 150lbs
Jan 2009 weigh-in: 144lbs
July 2009 weigh-in: 131lbs
Oct 2009 weigh-in: 126lbs !!! I’m thrilled!
Target weight: 120-125lbs
Time for a picture?
