If you have ever struggled with being overweight, this is a Must read.
I was exposed to a world of Bikers, drugs, and strippers when I turned 21. I was a single mother and lived in low income housing, living off of $440.00 a month. My next door neighbor became my best friend, she did a lot for me. She helped me so much that I ended up in Rehab.
Cindy was a little bit older than me, I was drawn to her lavish lifestyle. Being only 21 I found her world extremely exciting and I was sucked right in. Cindy was a stripper and was dating the President of a well known Biker Club. I was exposed to so many things very quickly. Club houses, Strip joints and drugs were a norm on any given weekend.
Our relationship ended the night I attempted suicide and ended up in Rehab. I was using cocaine, I had no sleep in 2 days from all of the partying and took a bunch of muscle relaxers on top of it. I clearly wasn't in the right state of mind.
While I was in Rehab I was put on a diet and worked with a nutritionist, probably one of best thing to happen while I was there along with counseling. I had no idea how to eat properly and I never exercised. In 30 days I lost 15 lbs., I was very excited about this and felt I was given a new lease on life.
When I was released, I was able to transfer out of my low income apartments to another one in a completely different city. Someone was looking out for me and I was able to start my life over. I was given a REDO..I continued to lose weight and ended up losing 50 lbs. My confidence levels were up and I was clean for almost 1 year.
I decided to test out my strength and went into a slippery place to go country line dancing, cuz that was the thing to do. lol no judging!!! That night I ran into Cindy, I PANICKED!!! She came up to right away and apologized and complemented me on my weight loss. I had learned to forgive and put things in the past. That night she told me something that I will never EVER forget.
After she complimented me on my weight loss she said," DON'T EVER GET COMFORTABLE"! At first I didn't understand it and was like whatever.... But now I totally get it and if you ever dealt with being overweight you will too.. When we start our journeys and start losing weight we get to a point where we get comfortable and start slacking. It looks something like this, I've lost 10 lbs I don't need to workout today or that meal wont kill me....but in fact that meal leads to more cheat meals and more missed workouts..then follows OMGaawd I'm up 5 lbs, I'm sooo depressed and this whole cycle starts all over again. I'm not saying you can't have a cheat meal, I'm saying don't get comfortable with weight loss ever!! Especially if you have ever been overweight...#Staystrong #nevergiveup
