Did You Just Have a Baby? Ummmm.....No!
I was horrified when someone who had not seen me in a long time asked if I had just given birth! Nope, as a matter of fact, I have never given birth. Rude as this was, wow was it a wakeup call to lose some weight. Welcome to my journey. I have a history of gaining weight, losing weight and gaining it back again. This last time it came back with a vengeance. My sob story begins with laziness. At first it was skipping a few workouts, eating out too much and having too many cheat days. Eventually everyday became a cheat day and I stopped working out completely. Then the dark days set in. I hurt my back in May and was out of work for two months. I ate and ate and ate and ate. I lived in sweatpants. When it was time to go back to work, none of my clothes fit. This put me into a deeper funk and I ate some more. I finally got to the point where I was eating a bag of Doritos and a Hershey Bar every single afternoon. Here's the thing about food. It is comforting. I feel