BlossomingVilma: June 2016

If you've been reading my blog, you know just what an influence a young woman named Flaminia ("Fla"), my trainer, was to my current weight-loss success.

Introduction to my blog

In late 2012, I was 52 years old, still weighed 300 lbs., and I was miserable both physically and spiritually. I half-heartedly started yet another weight-loss journey that I didn't really expect would be any more successful than any of my previous million attempts over the last 30 years.

I didn't know it then, but my life was going to improve exponentially.

I don't have any special gimmicks, tricks, or quick fixes. I started with Weight Watchers, but once that failed me, I had to find another way. How did I lose the weight? By completely changing my lifestyle: learning what to eat and becoming active after decades of being sedentary were the key, but - and this is a HUGE "but" - there's been so much more to it than that! It's been a journey of self awareness, learning how to deal with my food addiction, listening and applying the information that had been in front of me all along, completely re-wiring my brain regarding my relationship with food, trial and error, learning how to deal with setbacks, plateaus, frustration, stress, binging episodes, toxic people, self doubt, and sabotaging (whether from myself or others) until I finally found the road to success.

I wish I could share the exuberance I feel with those battling weight issues so they can be reminded what life can be, what it should be. How I feel today is absolutely intoxicating - and motivating!

BlossomingVilma

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Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Me and My Fla - briefly reunited!