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Hello! Welcome to my little slice of the internet. I decided to start this blog as an outlet to talk about weight loss, healthy lifestyles, working out, food and anything else that comes across my mind that I think would be interesting.

So a little about myself: I am 24 years old, I graduated SUNY New Paltz in 2011 with a degree in Public Relations. I live for social media and gossip blogs. I started my weight loss “journey” in March 2013. I put “journey” in quotes because I feel like it’s kind of stupid to call it a journey but that’s what it is; a journey.

I have been an overweight kid since I can remember, but I've always had very high confidence in myself and my size. It has never stopped me from doing anything I've wanted. It’s never stopped me from having friends, doing musicals, dancing, or wearing cute clothes. I used to believe that I was the friend people kept around to feel better about themselves; all my friends were/are skinny and beautiful. I've never had a hard time in the love department and I believe it has to do with my confidence, which led to me finding the love of my life at the young age of 20.

Back to my “journey”. I've been to fat camps and nutritionists, I've been on Weight Watchers, but nothing seemed to stick. I would lose 5 pounds, decided to reward myself and completely lose my motivation. It wasn't till December 2013 that everything began to change. In the span of 5 days I lost my great-grandmother and my grandfather. My great-grandma was 98 years old. She was never sick a day in her life until 5 days before she passed. My grandfather was 80 and had his first heart attack 16 years earlier. He battled cancer twice, had a stroke, congestive heart failure, and countless other illnesses along the way.

I was extremely close with both of them. My great-grandma lived in Florida and visited NY twice a year until she was in her early 90's and it got to be too much. Then we started visiting her once or twice a year and called her every weekend. My grandfather was the best. He used to babysit us after school, he would take me to the doctor when I was sick, he would drive me to dance class. When I graduated college, I started to spend more and more time with him, driving him to doctors appointments, the grocery store and just hanging at his apartment.

When they both passed, I realized my life could go one of two ways. I could either live forever with no worries or I could spend a lifetime fighting illnesses that could have been prevented. I decided to take control of my future and do something. And that's when my journey started. It also didn't hurt that I had a work trip to Vegas and I was going to be interviewed on camera (you know, the kind that adds 10 lbs). Since March 1, 2013, I have lost 31 pounds. Some people believe that if you diet, you can’t have fun. I have lost these 31 pounds without giving up my social life and actually having the most fun I have had in my entire life!

Well, that’s my back story! There will be more about my “journey,”healthy food tips, my workouts, and anything else that comes across my mind. I hope you guys come back and share this journey with me.

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