In the picture on the left I was about 22 years old - about 11 years ago, and that was the thinnest I had ever been. I was in law school at the time. I didn't eat right, I didn't exercise, I didn't understand nutrition. I just ate less and I probably wasn't getting all of my nutrients but in that picture I was a good 10 to 20 pounds lighter than I am now. And I was a size 8.
So fast forward about ten years and that's me in the middle - at the beginning of 2014. I had ballooned up and was busting out of the seams of all my size 14 clothes. I was closing in on 200 pounds. I never been that big before and I felt depressed. I felt tired all the time. I was working a high stress job, I was miserable and sad and overwhelmed and exhausted and I hated my day-to-day life. I couldn't fit into any of my clothes. I couldn't shop at my favorite stores. I was miserable and I took it out on everyone around me. I crud at my desk at work all the time. I tried to make myself feel better with drinking and sugar and carbs and fat and I got to the point where I just couldn't take it anymore and I had to make a change.
So in January 2014 I began my journey. I worked out at Home to DVD is in 25 minutes a day before my three hour back-and-forth commute and long crazy day at work. I followed a clean eating plan and drank shakeology every day. But what helped me the most in sticking to this was having a group of people who loved me, who believed in me, who supported me, who picked me up when I fell down and who told me I could do it - and eventually I believed in myself, and that I could. Throughout last year I lost over 50 pounds and that picture on the right is at the end of 2014. I am a size 2/4 now. I am 10 or 20 pounds heavier than I was in that first picture when I was a size 8 - and that's thanks to muscle (women please stop being afraid of muscle!!) I never believed that I would be smaller than a size 8 in my life. Even up until the end of this year I thought I would never be smaller than a size 8. I thought my hips would never be smaller. I thought that was my bone structure. I BELIEVED I was big boned my whole life. But I'm a different person now. One who believes in herself and that I can do anything!
I'm posting about this because I want to share my journey with all of you. Because there's people out there who felt like I felt and need someone who went through what I went through to help guide them through it. If that's you, I want to help you change your life. I learned that I COULD work out. I learned that I COULD be fit. I learned that I COULD have muscle. I learned that I did not have to stay at a job that I hated because I was too scared to do something else. I learned that I CAN help people - and not just that I can but I have to. I know now that THAT is my Journey that THAT is my role in this world. And THAT is why I quit my job as an attorney to devote my life to helping others do it too. And I'm happy to be an inspiration and I am happy that people see my pictures and find them motivating and connect with my journey but it's so much MORE than that. I don't just want to motivate you by showing you pictures about what I'm doing. I want to help YOU reach YOUR goals. I want to be there for you when you have questions, when you feel sad, when you feel overwhelmed, when you're struggling and feel like you just want to eat a bag of cookies. Because I've been there and I've done it and I've gotten through to the other side - because someone helped me. I can share with you what I have been through and I can share with you how to do it and I will BELIEVE in you until you're ready to believe in yourself, like my coach did.
If you're ready to finally make a change - if this is your time - please PLEASE message me on Facebook.com/jaimepiazza, email me at jaimepiazza@gmail.com or put your email address in the comments below and I'll reach out to you so we can talk more.
Peach, love, hope ~
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