Then and Now

I was sitting having a look at the photo of myself taken at the race last Saturday and what I really loved seeing was the changes in two area's on my body.....My breasts and my arms....these where two area's I really hated when overweight. I could cover up the legs and hide the tummy, but never the breasts and arms...especially on those very hot days.

Looking at my journey I can honestly say I am so proud of myself....

where I started to where I am now

When my adorable hubby and I got married I weighed 82kg's ( 180.8 lbs ) I got even bigger after this....84kg's ( 185.2 lbs )

Look at my big arms and HUGE breasts.

Look at the photo's of me holding the flowers, I hold them in front of my breasts...I did that on purpose and remember saying to my sister, * make sure I have my boobs covered before you take a photo...my arm got so sore of holding my hand at that height for so long.

The photo below my sister took the flowers away from me...so could not hide....

Here you can see how big I was...my arms, my breasts ( which my hubby misses now )

My poor hubby looks so small compared to me in this photo ~ thank goodness its not like this anymore.

With my son.....

With my skinny sister....who is still skinny today!!!

She also eats clean and runs....

Here I am with my best friends from Cape Town....all skinny girls...

But...what shocked me was that in this photo and on my wedding day I was the fat friend...

I was not only their friend and their gym instructor for years, they only knew me to be thin.....what a shock it must have been so see me like this...

We were all thin together.....and in a month and a half I became the fat one.

I gained 10kg's in one month!!!!!!!!!!!! ( 22 lbs )

Honest truth.....When I stopped teaching something happened to my body....

I remember feeling as if my skin was going to tear as I got fat so quickly the skin didn't have time to adjust ~ was horrible...

I'm back to the me I remember...and to me personally, even better than before...

although 8 years older :)