Phat Girl Life

Well, it has been a hot minute since I posted anything. My absence started because I had come to a sort of standstill with my progress. My weight loss stalled, and I had a real hard time keeping motivation to continue with my healthy lifestyle. So I felt that since I didn't have anything positive to report, that it wasn't worth reporting. I was wrong. I re-read through my older posts, and I realized two things. First of all, I promised to share this journey, even "my mistakes and failures." And second of all, reading those posts, I realized that I need to take my own advice. I SAID I was human, didn't I? And just trying to figure things out. I SAID it wasn't all about the weight loss and that I just wanted to get healthy and feel better, right? Well then, time to listen to myself! Re-reading the posts was the boost I needed to get back on track and stick with it. If you need some inspiration when your weight loss stalls, re-read them too. I had good advice, LO...

Hi! I am your average 40-something wife and mom. I am also a high school teacher, and therefore I am choosing to keep my real name and image anonymous. I plan on being very personal and some things my students just don't need to know about me! My whole life, I have been known as "The Fat Girl." In high school, I was labeled as nice and quiet. I always figured I was too fat to be popular. (Ugh, what I wouldn't give to be "fat" now like I was in high school!) After high school, I became the nice, funny, fat girl with skinny friends. Guys always looked at them first. Every time I was crushing on a guy, guess who got them? Yup, my skinny BFF. Even when I started dating my now husband, his cousin and friends told him, "Well at least she is pretty, she can always lose the weight." Jokes on them, I GAINED 60 pounds my first year of marriage! Which brings me to my PCOS (Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome) diagnosis. I have been battling it for 20 plus ye...