MY BEST GOAL

Hello, everyone!

Today I’m going to write a true story, a story of hard work and a lot of desire. This is my story.

After having my baby, Cesar, it was very easy for me to lose the 16 pounds I had gained in my pregnancy, because I was breastfeeding. When I stopped breastfeeding him after a year and a half, I started to gain weight again. I was overweight. It was very noticeable with the clothes I wore. I began to suffer from depression and ate impulsively.

My brothers always made comments about my weight. They made jokes, too. They began to call me "chubby." Sometimes people on the street looked at me very strangely and my friends reminded me how fat I was.

In January, 2007 I went to an appointment with my doctor and she gave me the results of my blood test. She commented that I had slightly high cholesterol.

In addition, my depression was making me eat more than I should. My lower back was always painful. The doctor told me that the pain in my low back was because my being overweight. She prescribed antidepressant pills and advised me to lose weight, start exercising and eat healthy or my problems would get worse!

This was one of the strongest reasons for my deciding to lose weight and to eat healthy.

Two months after that, I started on a protein diet. For the first two weeks, I only drank protein shakes and ate protein bars. Within two weeks, I noticed that inches were falling off my stomach and that my clothes I were looser.

After the first two weeks I began to eat five small meals a day. After a month on the diet I had lost 16 pounds. WOW! ! I was crying, screaming and jumping at the same time. I decided to continue fighting for my health. I felt better and looked better, too.

Now I go to the gym 5 or 6 days at week. I swim 2 times a week, and my back problems are gone.

Before my diet, I weighed 170 lbs. I lost 31 lb in almost one year. Now I weight 139 lbsand still I have to lose 7 to 10lb more because that’s the perfect weight for my height.

My friends now ask me if I’m sick. They say that I look bad and I'm too skinny.

You know? I think it is envy. Don’t you agree? =)

The most important things are: I’m feeling better, and I enjoy eating healthy food; I’m stronger than a year ago and my depression is gone. Blessed be God!!!!

We can achieve our goals, I’m proof of that.

Check out the photos and tell me what do you think! ;)

See ya!!