Hi, I'm Elizabeth and before I turn 23 I'm vowing never to see 20's again.
I am a single mom, a full-time student, a full-time assistant, and I never wanted people to know my real story. Or rather know the truth; my struggles.
To make this short(ish) and sweet(er) I have never been 'skinny' or even anything other than 'overweight' but I was always happy. To me that was all that mattered. Sure I cared; but never enough to breakup with my best friends: Little Debbie, Mickey D, Mr. Fil-A, or my favorite carbs.
In 2009, 19 year old me was honored with the best gift in the whole world [though I didn't know it at the time!] A few months after my 20th birthday God showed me what real love was and I held my son for the first time. But along with that I held onto about 30 extra pounds.
By June 2011 I was 267 pounds. By my 22nd birthday I wore a size 22.
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Close to my heaviest, but at least I'm eating 3 plates of food.....;) |
Fast-forward to February 2012 and my $400 nutrition plan I bought that -drum roll please- gave me a whooping total of -5 pounds. HA, that's probably due to my "cheat days" and lack of self-motivation. March 2012 I was still hitting 257 and though I was down into a size 20, it was still in the 20's.
Then I was diagnosed with Narcolepsy, starting a new church, a new job, oh and Eli just turned two.
But God is funny sometimes, He knew I had to struggle and finally feel like I needed to lose weight and get in shape for Eli and now my health. And this is about the time I ran into my CrossFit trainer Rafe. [Rafe was my youth worship leader while I was in Jr. High & before that day I hadn't seen him in probably 5 years. I actually had to text his sister to make sure it was him before I said hi!]
Crazy enough Rafe&his wife were starting to open their CrossFit gym and I was desperate to get fit. August 10, 2012 I walked into my first ever box; CrossFit Pantego.....a few minutes later I wanted to cry.
Honestly, it was hard. Defiantly harder than sitting behind a desk or even chasing my wild thing. Strangely, I left feeling encouraged but I couldn't even decide to commit until August 27th.
And here we are today. I'm still suffering with narcolepsy, I'm still chasing around a toddler, I still study and go to school and volunteer at church. But two days before my 2 month CrossFit anniversary I am 210 pounds. I am in a size 14. I am ADDICTED to CrossFit and Paleo and yup, I am even listening to God knocking on my door shouting, "SHARE YOUR STORY! Stop worrying if people know your weight!" I have just started my journey and I need this to keep myself accountable (and for all my other random rambling.)

Starting CF. October 19th
So whether 1 or 100 people read this I hope at some point something I share about my struggles and successes with: food, CrossFit, being a single mother, aspiring to grow closer to God, my loathing of narcolepsy, or my random stories will in some way be able to help you.
Elizabeth, YOU ARE AMAZING! I've always admired your strength. ALWAYS have and ALWAYS will. I love you. I adore you. & even more now, I ADMIRE YOU.
ReplyDeleteTons of Love,
Denise
I love you and so glad you're in my life! Your pictures give me motivation!
DeleteWow. I LOVE this!!! Welcome to the blogging world sister:) so excited to start following!
ReplyDeleteYou are such an inspiration to women and I know that your story will touch many lives!! Thank you for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for yalls encouragement<3
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