for the longest time i had been struggling with my weight, i wasn't happy in my body anymore and because that stressed me out i even gained more. I would comfort eat because i was sad for being over weight. I tried a lot of different methods like weightloss teas and i went on as far as trying out some electrical procedure of losing weight where they attach 20+ padded like things to your problem areas, i did three sessions and i stopped, it was excruciating , then i felt stuck cause before i started this i thought this was the solution to my problem.
Months passed by and my problem was still there, now it was even getting worse i was now having breathing problems, i could't even make it to the gate at the complex i lived in without breathing heavily or just really exhausted, the struggle was real.
One day, months later i decided to change my life for the better and for good, i was tired of not being able to fit in to the clothes i liked,i was 120kgs the struggle really was real, i knew that this was not me at her best and i knew i was hidden somewhere in the body i was in. So i started watching shows and reading on how other people managed to shed weight off. I was fortunate enough to also have real life people who i knew personally who managed to change their live around, so i reached out to them i asked how they did it, some helped me some never responded. Days passed and my birthday was approaching i told myself i'm going to be my own birthday present this year lol and i meant it , A day before my birthday i went to a sports shop and bought myself a beautiful pair of black and pink Nike's, that i was going to change my life with, i loved them so much. The following day at 0530 i work up wished myself a happy birthday said a little prayer and i went out for a walk, i took my water bottle and asthma pump with me i left the house. i chose to go walk in a beautiful neighborhood that was next to the neighborhood i lived in.
i was specific about my route cause i wanted to be safe and i was avoiding busy areas, i'm afraid of busy roads and i felt like everyone in this area is minding their business, so i opted for a crescent road, this is a road that goes trough one road curves in coming out from the other end, it was a hilly crescent. i went round and round this crescent this was actually my route, i measured what i did in rounds.The first day went well i was happy i actually stuck to a commitment, i woke up religiously to go for what started off as walks to jogs, i started of so unfit and to think by the time i stopped seven moths later i was jogging my life away, i once jogged ten rounds on a weekend, this was my proud moment, then i knew i had achieved my level of success
i didn't only walk and jog to make it work, i had to deep in to my soul and discover so much about me , what works for my body and what doesn't. I had to cut out on all the carbs, sugars and alcohol honestly i didn't mind, i learnt along the way that the healthy food even tastes better and leaves you feeling a lot lighter. i had musli and yogurt mostly as my first meal or a very light breakfast, lunch i would make myself a salad or wrap, and for my super id have a piece of meat and steamed or boiled veggies i would interchange what what it was i ate but mostly a variety of boiled vegetables . i didn't start by eating clean and walking/jogging i grew in to habits as i learnt more and more about how to lose weight and what worked for my body and what didn't. Bodies are different so what works for one person may not necessarily work for the next. you need to really be patient with yourself, results don't show immediately but with a lot of consistency, patience and dedication you will surprise yourself.
it wasn't easy no! it took a lot of mind battle, some days i would just want to quit and go back to my life but the small changes i would see kept me going. For me an advantage i had was i had a very good support system, i had my friends who encouraged me to keep pushing and they would tell me that can see the changes even when i couldn't. Id find myself depressed cause the scale was adding more weight yet i was looking smaller then i learnt about water weight, that's a story for another day.
i went out for my run for seven months from 0530 and over the weekend when i had time i would walk and run till 0900. i put my mind to it and it gave me results. Changing how i look was one of the best things i did for myself, obviously the doubter where there i was told it was impossible to shed the weight off when i started and i did. For me working out didn't workout for me , i found intense workouts to be painful and i didn't have the endurance and the discipline , unlike when i went out for my walk i knew i had to walk back home either way, i never went to the gym in this period i was just walking/jogging and eating really clean, oooh and i drank water, i drank so much water that even my skin changed i was now well hydrated and happy. This remains one of my proudest achievements
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