my story.

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.

Close to my heaviest, but at least I'm eating 3 plates of food.....;)
Seeing that number along with that 22 I realized I had to change....though it started extremely s l o w.
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.
 

5 comments:

  1. 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.
    Tons of Love,
    Denise

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    1. I love you and so glad you're in my life! Your pictures give me motivation!

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  2. Wow. I LOVE this!!! Welcome to the blogging world sister:) so excited to start following!

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  3. You are such an inspiration to women and I know that your story will touch many lives!! Thank you for sharing!!

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  4. Thanks for yalls encouragement<3

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