Hi! My name is Sara! I’m an artist, an amateur photographer, a lover of nature and animals, a bakery manager, a bit of a control freak and just this year an exercise junkie. I want anyone who reads this to gain inspiration, motivation or even a glimmer of hope in their lives. So here’s a little background on me:
My entire life has been a struggle of weight gain, failed diets, failed exercise plans, loss of hope and then eating my feelings to the point I would gain more weight. I’ve struggled with depression and anxiety most of my adult life, I’ve dealt with fertility issues, pcos and miscarriage which have all impacted my mental health to the point where I stopped caring about myself and gave into unhealthy coping mechanisms (overeating).
December 2018 I really hit a turning point. I’ve always read how people kind of have an “Ah Ha!” moment and everything changes, but I didn’t ever believe it. I was struggling to put on my socks, to put on my pants. Everything was becoming a tremendous chore. I would be out of breath just walking from the parking lot into the store. At 299lbs I had finally reached the lowest point in my life. How the heck did I let this get so out of hand? I was literally disgusted and sickened when I seen myself in photos or when I looked in the mirror everyday. I had reached an all new level of self hatred and I absolutely refused to let this go anymore.
I already had a gym membership that I signed up for 4 years ago, used for 6 months and never stepped foot in again. So I knew I needed to make up for lost time. I started going twice a week. Some activity was better than none at all. I started shifting WHO I was aiming to be. Before I had always looked at singers, actresses and models. A body type in reality I would never be able to achieve. Instead I found inspiration through strong females, I didn’t necessarily want to be their size, but I wanted to be their level of badass. Women like Paige VanZant, Holly Holms, Misha Tate, Ronda Rousey (UFC not WWE). I found instagramer, Charity Grace, who is an amazing athlete and is on American Ninja Warrior. A Tik Toker, Alexandra Maylin, who had struggled with her weight and was able to get healthy. All of these strong badass women were and still are a great source of inspiration for me!
By February I wanted more than just the gym. I wanted to fight. But not like illegal mugging people kind of fighting. I wanted to learn boxing, kickboxing, and mma. I googled boxing gyms near me and a few popped up but I chose Title Boxing Club. You could take your first class for free which was a huge plus because so many times in the past, I would start something and not finish. I set up a time to go in, they showed me the ropes and from then on I WAS HOOKED. I immediately signed up for a membership. It was hard work and it definitely pushed me waaaaay outside of my comfort zone, but deep down i knew I needed it.
Then in March, I changed my family doctor. I went and saw her, we talked about my struggles with fertility and weight. After some testing she verified that I absolutely had PCOS, which most know can make weight loss super duper hard to achieve. She put me on MetFormin to help correct that as well as some vitamins. This was the game changer. Because all of my internal issues were being corrected, and I was exercising and had cut calories, the scale started going down! YES! FINALLY!
As of yesterday I am down a total of 20lbs from April to July. And 23lbs for the whole year. It’s not a fast process by any means! Follow me on my journey to becoming a badass!
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