Stephanie has tried several dieting strategies since I have met her. Steph has tried HCG (and it worked, but not long term), calorie counting, and exercising. None of these things really fit into her life, which is why she chose to start Medifast about 9.5 months ago. I could not be more proud of her for taking this leap, she was unhealthy and she knew it, and now she looks absolutely fantastic.
Stephanie and I have always tried diets together, and have always TALKED about working out together, but it never fully happened. I mean its hard to give up drinking, diet coke, and fast food tacos from Del Taco at 2am, but at some point, I think we both realized 1. We want to live longer, 2. We want to look and feel good! And let me tell you, Steph looks AMAZE. She hasn't boasted about her weight loss (which I can't figure out why) and is still the same humble, beautiful woman I have always known, which is why she is my biggest inspiration.
All of my friends and family members have been so incredible, and it is definitely motivation for me to lose weight after my breakup, but because Stephanie has pulled off such an amazing transformation and is still going strong, I know I can do it too. Mainly because we had some of the same habits. If someone can turn their life and health around like that, and stop making excuses, what makes me different??
I'm feeling really good about already being 10 pounds down. I notice that I am feeling really full after eating now, and not as hungry as I was when I first started. I have been able to get salads out as well which is nice, and those are VERY filling. Today I put on fitted dress shirt, that was always pretty tight on me, and the buttons would open a little across the chest, and that was not the case! I am starting to notice it in my clothes big time which is the best feeling EVER! My jeans are for sure getting lose, but I'm just going to wear baggy clothes until I look like a bum, because I don't want to buy too much until I'm closer to my goal weight.
All in all, things are going well, I made it through New Orleans, which was so incredibly hard, and I got a little cranky I have to admit. Traveling with the food was easier than I thought, other than getting stopped at Security. The hardest part was that some of my family kept saying "you can have a cheat meal" when I really didn't want to. I had one Beignet while I was there and it was the most amazing thing I have had in my life :) If I can make it through that, I can make it to my goal weight.
Again, biggest congrats to my beautiful best friend Stephanie, on losing 102 pounds in less than a year, and keep up the great work!! You are doing amazing and I love you! :) I can't wait to show off our new bodies in 2014, and also have the shopping trip of our lives!
Side note: Let us never forget..
<3 CC
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