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Gen has lost 64 pounds!!
Read her story below!
Starting weight of 194 lbs. I'm a shorty at 5 ' 2". It was harder to actually start this journey. But once I got serious about it there was no turning back. I asked my daughter to take a picture of me this February. I was in complete shock and denial to see myself so big. I wanted to think that I stretched the photo somehow! I was deppressed that entire day, secretly peeking at that picture I printed out and stuck in my purse. All of a sudden I wanted to hide myself. I was desperate but I knew what I had to do I was just afraid to take this on. I had been thinner before and just let myself go. I regret it so much that I did that to myself.
I fell off the wagon a few times but never for more than one day! I got back up and started again. Walking 6 days a week. It was uncomfortable to walk at a college campus knowing that everytime I went around one lap those college students would stare at my big ...everything! lol But I went every morning and even got my husband to start walking with me for extra exercise at night. The first month I lost about 12-14 lbs. I walked and walked everyday for about 5 months. At that time I did something brave. I walked into a gym and joined! I didnt do the heavy stuff. I kept on the treadmill and the bike for the first weeks. Finally the day came that I wanted to try the Elliptical machine. I nearly had a heart attack but I was burning crazy calories on it. I now do 1 hr 5days a week on the Elliptical Machine that I call "THE MONSTER". When my body changed I felt I had changed for the better. Not into a stranger but into someone hiding deep inside, the person that had always been me. Everything changed when I lost the weight. Going out changed, parks, beaches, parties and even sex changed for the better, much better! That's something that a lot of poeple notice but are a little shy to talk about. We are now in November '02 and I'm currenty weighing 130 lbs. I went from a size 16/18 . Now I wear size 6 dresses and 7 jeans. All I can say to people thinking or wishing they had willpower to lose weight...... "WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?!!!!!!!"
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