I have been thinking for months on how to start my essay. However, I figured I would just focus on these last few months of the Challenge and the reason I joined it. Last year I fell into a deep depression, gained 30 pounds and felt like a failure. I finally got help earlier in the year and was starting to feel more like myself. June hit and I saw the transformation challenge and knew I needed to do something. Started the challenge and our family went through one of the worst times in our life. Basically, our dog died suddenly on a Friday, we had a Funeral for our Cousin (who was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer in April) on Saturday and that evening we had to drive our first born off to College.
It was such a world wind of events that we are still trying to coop with all of it. That being said, when I feel out of control I will eat. This time around I realized that the only thing I can truly control is what I put in my mouth. Believe me, I have heard it before…but this time around I FELT IT. This time around, I made sure to keep up with MY health and to keep up with MY healthy eating. I really didn’t see any changes in the month of July and August, but September!!! I’m feeling and looking better, I’m able to fit into my “skinny” jeans and I’m back to the size I was last year before I spiraled from my depression.
I may not have had the best body fat loss, or weight loss during this Challenge but I feel I had the best mindset change. I have lost some inches which is great, but the change in my mindset makes me feel like a winner.