The Introduction

Hello! My name is Kelly and I am fat. Problem is I’m a lot of other things too: a wife, graduate student, friend, Special Olympics coach, public servant, and outdoor enthusiast to name a few. But for the past 25 years of my life, since I can remember, my weight has been a heavy cloud weighing looming over all activities in my life. My weight has operated as a shield from failure as I refused to try new things, a deterrent for social growth as I avoided new people and places, and a barrier to my own personal growth as I’ve used the excuse “when I just lose a few pounds, I’ll finally ________.”

For the past 25 years I’ve been choosing to sit on the sidelines. I don’t want my gravestone to say “She wanted to XYZ” I want it to proclaim “She did XYZ!”

No more!

This blog will be the documentation of my journey as I choose to lose. I believe in order to lose weight and obtain maximum health and joy in life I need to alter the series of choices I make daily. I need to choose to move more, choose to eat wiser, and choose to take chances and LIVE, regardless of what my weight is!