Wow– what is this? This is me when I was 18 years old competing at NSIC Nationals in 2001. That was seven years ago– amazing! All of a sudden– I feel old! 🙂
I think that it is always fun to look back at pictures and see how much progress you have done as well as how you have changed. It is definitely motivating in many ways– mostly for me it is to see how much I have changed in terms of weight loss. I came across this picture of me that was taken seven years ago at the National Scholastic Track and Field Indoor Championships in 2001. I won the shot put with a meet record, and I remember when I first saw this picture, I was like– hey! I look pretty good!
This was because I had lost a lot of weight at that point. At one point, I weighed 348 lbs, but that was not at my absolute heaviest. This was during my junior year, and just after my Dad got diabetes. I was built like a Mac Truck– but what I needed to do was lose the weight to be strong but be more of a Corvette. 🙂 I was very motivated to change my eating habits and lifestyle, and I started to eat healthier and work out more in terms of aerobics.
So in this picture– I was probably around 300 lbs. My total weight loss since then is over 100 lbs– more like 140 lbs. That is a lot of weight– I used to carry around a lot of shot puts. The women’s shot weighs about 9 lbs– so you can do the math! 🙂 In order to do the best that I could do in track, I knew that I had to be strong, and I knew that I would have to lose the throwing weight after I retired from the sport. Thanks to Jenny Craig, I am continuing to lose weight and get into sizes that I thought would be impossible to get into!
This is the key– you have to adapt and reinvent yourself wherever you go– whether it is in track and field, or in public relations, or in everything! Whether it is losing weight or changing your style– it is all good! 🙂 My point is that you want to change to improve yourself and feel better. I am very happy to have lost a lot of weight! 🙂 And I think that it is important to keep these type of pictures to remind yourself that you have come a long way– and it helps! 🙂
Hope you all are having a great day! 🙂
Best Wishes,
Karen 🙂
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