Motivation Monday: Weight loss- before and after!

Some of y'all may or may not know this.. but I used to be a bit heavier than I am now. In 2011, I was at my heaviest... 186 pounds.

Long story short, I got sick and really decided to get serious about my health. I started running and doing weight watchers. About a year later, I was healed, healthy, and 34 pounds lighter.

My lowest weight was 152. Weight doesn't really make sense to me..I'm 5'7" and according to the BMI scale, weighing 152 puts me in the higher end of 'normal', particularly close to being overweight. But I knew I didn't look or feel 'close to overweight'. I've generally always just weighed a little more. I don't know if it has something to do with muscle mass or bone structure or what.

So, now to Monday, August 18, 2014. I gained back 14 pounds since being my lightest. When I stepped back on the scale on August 9th and saw that, I almost died (#dramatic). Granted, I haven't been eating real healthy, BUTTTT I have been working out and lifting weights 6 days a week for the last 2.5 months. I know for sure I have gained muscle and am more defined than I have been since I was 15 years old.

Since August 9, I decided to really get serious (again) about what food I was putting in my body. I am putting weight watchers on the shelf (although, it's an amazing program!) and have started counting calories so that I can really crack down on exactly what I'm eating. I lost 2 pounds last week. I am down to 164.6.

Soo, all that to say, CHEERS TO ACCOUNTABILITY. I'll be posting updates on my progress.

Who wants to join?!?

Love, Meg