Every Monday we will be teaming up with Black Women Losing Weight to share stories of naturals who are taking care of their bodies as well as their hair.
Our featured weight loss story of the day: Bre lost 45 pounds this year. She wrote us to share a timeline of her whole weight loss journey. It’s a reminder that weight loss takes time and that change doesn’t happen overnight. Check it out.
Lets run down the last 5 years quickly.
– In 2007, I had a stressful job and thought I was having a heart attack.
– In 2009, I lost my job and didn’t recover at all due to the recession.
– From 2010 to 2012, I had went from a size 26 to a size 22 but was stuck there weight wise.
– In 2013, I just got pissed off. Seriously, everything was piling on me. Stress + Weight = disaster.
So, here is what happened to set me free. I watched a YouTube documentary with my husband who is a diabetic called Simply Raw about a group of diabetics going raw for 30 days. It talked about clean eating all the way on a raw vegan diet (aka. being a raw foodist).
Then, the next month, Black Women Losing Weight did the monthly challenge of Vegan/Vegetarian eating. That was right up my alley. So I threw myself into eating nothing but fruits, veggies, lean meat (fish or chicken) and water/100% juices for the first 2 weeks. Then no meat or juice (just water) for 4 weeks. I went over the challenge time line. I was amazed to see 20 pounds gone in a month.
Click to read the rest of Bre’s weight loss story.
Ladies, are any of you on fitness or weight loss journeys. Share your experiences below!
