My name is Angie, I’m 22, and I’ve been overweight pretty much my whole life. Even when I wasn’t overweight, I always thought I was just because I was so much taller than everyone, and I hit puberty pretty early. I was that weird 11 year old standing at 5’8” with a “C” cup…made for some pretty awkward times. I’m 5’10” now and sadly everything else got bigger too. I’ve always been pretty active but I also would eat whatever I wanted, never twice thinking that a giant plate of fettuccine alfredo could be bad.

Senior year of high school I joined the swim team and loved it. It was the first time I steadily did something and I ended up losing a lot of weight, but I still ate crap. I was at my smallest- 212lbs, but knew nothing about healthy eating or strength training. In college I tried to continue working out and swimming, but so many other things came up and it was never a priority of mine so I just didn’t put in the effort.

By the time I finished college I was weighing in at 255lbs, unknowingly (and didn’t really care) eating 3000+ calories a day while doing absolutely nothing active. I was disgusted. As soon as college ended and I got into cooking my own food again, I dropped 15lbs fast, like in a month. That was in December. In February, I decided to join a gym and do this for real. I made changes really slowly, like eating a piece of fruit for breakfast, or making sure to have at least 1 serving of vegetables everyday. Soon I was incorporating fruits into every meal or at least snack, and working out 30-45 minutes a day. Once at the gym, I started looking into strength training, realizing that combined with cardio, I’ll burn more fat, and faster. I’ve been going strong for 6+ months, with a little plateau in July, but I’m back at it again. I’m hoping to hit 165lbs and be happy. Check out the “my workouts” link to see what I’m up to in the gym! And to see what I’m eating, check out the “food I eat” page! Wish me luck :)