My body is a temple

The first half of the pandemic, I sat on the couch eating my feelings. I gained a lot of weight, I became lethargic, what I refer to as covid depression set in, and I lost myself.

August 2020 with Domino (my shih-poo)

One day in early August 2020, I decided to start working out again. I had had enough. I hated how I felt and I decided to take control of the only thing within my control - myself.

I started with just trying to workout twice a week.

By mid-August, I decided to up my workouts to 3-4 times a week.

September 2020, I decided to start eating clean (I'd already been pescatarian for over 8 years) and I started fasting.

October 2020, I started working out and meditating every day and and I haven't stopped since. I started to see some real results from my changes in lifestyle.

October 2020

By November, excess weight was melting off my body. I seemed to have tapped into or found my fountain of youth.

I never had a goal weight in mind, it was more about let's just see where this goes and how my body reacts.

November 2020

By Christmas time, I had lost close to 30 lbs, which I had never expected to be able to do, not in my wildest dreams.

January 2021, I had lost 37 lbs.

I could really see the changes in my face. Kind and generous friends say I don't look my age. I don't know that I look 44 years old either, but that could just be genetics (which I am still thankful for). It's really mind-blowing the transformation I am experiencing.

So here we are in February 2021 and I have lost over 40 lbs!!!

I'm feeling good! I'm feeling like I've found myself again... a homecoming of sorts and yet it's like I'm meeting myself for the first time cause this body is "new".

Image from google. Not me in the pic

I've had to get rid of a lot of clothes because they no longer fit. That was a little difficult cause of the money invested in clothing, but an easy adjustment really as now I can slowly rebuild a new wardrobe.

I'm in the best physical shape of my life and at some point I'll post a reveal picture when I feel I'm ready. I'm still a work in progress at this point and still losing weight.

I have no intention of losing too much weight and I will at some point shift my focus to be more muscle building vs fat-loss focused.

I will share the things that work for me and hopefully some things will resonate with others. I am not a medical professional and I do not claim to be any kind of fitness guru.

I just know what works for me.