I am 5' 3", the last number I seen on the scale was 193 pounds. For a few years, the only time I stepped on a scale was when I went to the doctors. I may have weighed more at some point. I needed to get in shape. I needed to be healthy. This determination came from a very hard life lesson in 2011.
First, lets talk about me growing up. When I was a little girl I didn't play sports. I tried a few things but never stuck with it. My brothers always played football or baseball. I tried gymnastics, I completed one 6 week session when I was about 7. My aunt was the president of a baseball little league but I was never interested in baseball or softball.
In middle school I didn't care for gym class. I wanted to be a cheerleader, I didn't have any experience so I didn't try out.
In high school I still didn't like gym. As a freshman you had to take the regular gym class, unless you played sports, then you could take weights. I remember thinking I wanted to sign up for high school gymnastics, cheerleading or swimming. I didn't have any experience and didn't want to make a fool of myself so those thoughts disappeared quickly. I was barely passing gym class and did whatever I could to not participate, which meant walk around the gym the entire class.
I don't remember if it was freshman or sophomore year, finally I decided to sign up for basketball. The only reason I was signing up was because my friends were. I was on the freshman basketball team, that doesn't necessarily mean I was a freshman, again I don't remember. I literally played about 20 minutes the ENTIRE season.
Through the rest of high school I tried track and softball. Track, I never made it to the first meet. Softball I made it through the 1st game, which I sat the bench the whole time. I took weights class for two years. I hardly lifted weights. I refused to run during the warm up. I had every excuse on why I couldn't participate in class. As a female, I had lots of excuses. I again barely passed weights class, I was just glad I didn't have to learn about another sport in gym class.
My senior year, I was going to high school, working and taking college classes. That left little time for eating at home. I ate out all the time, mostly fast food. I slowly started gaining weight. I was average size in high school, I wore a size 7. (Is that average?!) Once this crazy schedule started I was moving my way up to a size 11.
Moral of this part of my blog is I did not play sports and was not athletic at all!
