2008 proved to be the year that set the stepping-stone for many positive changes in my life that have lasted ever
since.
I flew home (to Switzerland) for Christmas 2007 and when I was back in Mexico and looked through the pictures of that trip, one particularly stood out to me. It was telling me very clearly that I had reached a limit on my extra weight.
I flew home (to Switzerland) for Christmas 2007 and when I was back in Mexico and looked through the pictures of that trip, one particularly stood out to me. It was telling me very clearly that I had reached a limit on my extra weight.
For the first time ever I felt, by looking at that
particular photo, that I was actually fat. By that time it had
been about 9 years that I was aware of having some overweight, but I never felt
really uncomfortable. Looking in the mirror would raise the occasional question
if I should start a diet and loose some extra pounds, but I never considered
myself fat. Except when
shopping for cloth. But then I would just complain about the fashion and how I
would refuse to loose weight just to fit into these pants, or look good in that
shirt. I was not willing to subdue myself to trends that only focused on super
skinny models…
At least that’s what I told myself, and whoever got in
my way when I had one of those fashion-should-be-for-everyone moments. The
bottom line is that I felt good about myself (most of the time) and was busy
focusing on other goals in my life.
Now that I had decided to loose weight; the big question
was HOW?
I never consider myself as a diet-friendly person. I
love eating. It is one of my greatest pleasures. Just
the thought of having to say no to a some kind of food made me drop any diet
before even starting it.
Through the experience of a friend’s sister I got to
know “Quita Kilos”. A well
established company here in Mexico with a wealth of experience on helping
people to loose weight, the healthy way. I’ll get back to what that means later
on. After my first
meeting I knew I was in the right hands and my goal of loosing all those extra
pounds was within reach.
It took me a full 15 month to loose 46 lbs but it was
worthwhile every step of the journey. Of course at first I calculated that
sticking to the program I would be loosing about 3.3 lbs a week, which would
get me to my goal in about 14 weeks…
Truth is: 3 month trough my program I did not care how
long it would take me to reach my goal-weight. All that mattered was that
eventually I would get there, enjoying it!
FELICIDADES!!!!!!!!!!! p juan martin
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