About

 

Welcome to my blog! My name is Amanda and I am on a lifelong mission to get fit. Feel free to join me for the ride. I graduated college in 2013 and was at my heaviest weight. at 5’2 I weighed over 230 pounds. With some nudges from my sister, I joined Crossfit and lost 70 pounds. Since then I have re-gained, re-lost,  re-gained and now lie somewhere in the middle. I’ve struggled with many mental battles when it comes to weight loss. I’ve had periods where I tried to lose as much weight as possible by being as strict as possible- like the time I restricted myself so much that when I binge ate food I had restricted for 8 weeks I ended up in the hospital and lost my gallbladder. I could never seem to get it right. I would either be completely on, or completely off without a sense of how to navigating the in-between.  I didn’t realize that the constant obsession with food  and obsessive thinking about calories and weighing myself (good food, bad food, I can’t eat that I can’t eat this) were unhealthy and hindering my long term success. I have learned that you can workout as hard as you can, eat as healthy as you can, but if you don’t address the underlying issues, the cycle will just continue.  I am now continuing my journey working on my mindset, and slowly trying to get back to weight loss and back to reaching my goals. One thing I do know for sure, I feel my best when I am working out and eating healthy. I love fitness, and I love the way it feels when I achieve something I do not originally think I can do. I love cooking, and putting healthy twists on my favorite comfort foods. I am currently getting my Master’s Degree in Science for Human Nutrition. So feel free to check out my instagram, foreverlastingymclass and follow my blog! Thank you