Throughout my teenage years I had a perfect hour glass figure, I just didn't realise it! I was teased at school for having breasts & hips, so when I was 14 I starved myself and my weight dropped to a little over 7 stone. I found that whenever I got stressed I would just stop eating. The year I turned 14 I lost my Grandad and my best friend moved overseas.
When I was 15 or 16, I began to appreciate the figure I had. I met my husband when I was 17 and frequently skip meals to remain perfect! He helped me break free of the body issue demons that I was carrying around with me.
Things were going well until I was 20, I spent a year working voluntary in a hospital. I had to take a weekend job to earn some money so I was working every day of the week 9-5. I got so stressed and my husband made me promise that I wouldn't starve myself. I didn't starve myself but did the opposite and comfort ate instead :-)
My weight went up and down for years, I lost 3 stone in 3 months for my wedding in 2004 but after the birth of my son in 2006 my weight reached a peak of 17.5 stone. I joined slimming world and lost 5.5 stone in 15 months before falling pregnant with my daughter. I kept going to slimming world throughout my pregnancy and after the birth of my daughter in 2010 but my head wasn't in it I would feel guilty about everything I ate and for not losing any weight.
In December 2011 I stopped going to slimming world. This was also the time, that after years of investigation, my husband was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. He started looking at different kinds of diets, which would prevent him from having bouts of illness, and stumbled across the paleo lifestyle.
In January 2012 we made the decision to go paleo. This was a really big decision for me because I'd been vegetarian since I was 13 (18 years) but ended up being the best decision I'd made. I felt much better in myself, both physically & mentally.
However, due to various reasons, I gradually fell off that wagon & started eating more & more processed foods and my body suffered as a consequence of this.
I am now taking control of body again and have started back eating paleo. I'll post about my results later.
I think I've rambled on long enough now so I'm off to have a cup of tea! :-)
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