She's Yetunde, from Lagos state(ikorodu),she's jovial (laughs a whole lot),fun loving, blah!blah!blah! The once awarded big bold and beautiful(winks),Mass communication department, OOU (2012).Last born of three...
This is going to be my first post on my new blog.(not a professional thing, just a personal stuff. Thanks to dara and deola). Its all going to be a step by step post(with pictures) of my weight loss journey, techniques(involving workouts) that worked for me, pitfalls and successes, pains and gains etc.. "My goal and aim is to help others avoid mistakes as I have, be a source of motivation and empowerment and to make a difference on a task that seems so insurmountable.(Hope u guys will pardon my shortcomings in all)
To my best of knowledge, for one to get on at something so hard and well, one needs a push. Which is what will make such individual keep going amidst pullbacks of any form. All my life I took being fit for granted. I was clearly overweight. I was 255.7pounds(116kg). I ate a lot and as a result I constantly gained weight from that. My family and friends use to pick at me all the time about my size. I tried so many unhealthy extreme fad diets(especially in my university days),unnecessary short term stuffs resulting to ulcer. And that of course never worked.
My push
I obviously wasn't(internally and externally)healthy. I had pains all over especially the joint areas. My body so hurts that I wondered how I got to this obese stage. I thought it was manageable because I could move around and as well dance. The height and PUSH was when I realised it had so much eaten deep into my health that my monthly period stopped flowing. For like 4/5 months I was off the blood(I wasn't Preggy)and when it did pop out finally, it only would dot my panty liner. Went seeing several doctors that kept on prescribing contraceptive pills, saying it corrects it one way or the other....but come to think of it ,how long am I going to be on pills? When the time comes for me to start bringing forth babies how is that on earth going to happen knowing fully well it prevents conception. There and then I was advised to go see a gynaecologist. I was scared by what disease will be said or told I had, but it was a different story entirely. Immediately he saw me, the very first thing he did see were my huge and mighty thighs and the next thing he said without hearing me out yet was I should go on the scale. Lo and behold my weight was way too much for the scale that it broke. I was so embarrassed that he directed me somewhere else to check my weight and the result was 116kg(weight) 5'8(height), at that point he remembered he had not asked why I came, then he asked and I told him about my menses ish, he simply told me to get off 20kg out of me first then come back to be told what medication to take. I was down and dry. I lay on my bed that morning in October thinking about what to do, how to go about it and all. Then I arrived at a conclusion that I was going to join a gym and promised my self that I was going to get my health back. My health(monthly cycle)was my push.
I snapped out of my day dreams and laziness. This is a battle and I must win, knowing fully well I had a lot of force to reckon with. I knew there was something wrong with my system and I needed to make it right. I have always believed fitness is an entry point to help build a happier and healthier life. When my health is strong, I can be capable of taking risks. I'll feel more confident to ask for promotion. I'll have more energy to be a better mom, aiming to be the best wife. I'll feel more deserving of love.
Are you currently struggling with your weight?
Are you presently undergoing a fad diets or weight loss plan that will or has worsen situations like mine did?
Does your dream plan(future) seems attractive but your being obese weeps it all?
As a teen or young adult is your self image so low or off that makes you think you can never have the best or be termed the best?
Have you so withdrawn to a shadow of yourself that you can't face and stand up for yourself?
I have this for you! You can be happy!!! Let the worse thing of all that you going through right now be that big PUSH for you. If I could do it, you can too. I have never being this slim all my life.(68kg) is what I do weigh now, I didn't undergo any surgery, I worked out my fat! If I tell you its been all rosy all the way, then I'll be lying. I'm not saying it will be easy but I'm telling you it will be worth it. My PUSH pulled me through all the way. A lot of times I fell, but I picked myself up. First thing you should have when wanting to embark on the weightloss journey is the PUSH. What is yours? Remember! No goal was ever met without sweats.
