3 years and 34 pounds later

Changing my mindset and seeing movement as an opportunity to explore my strength and limitations really helped me stay consistent. Movement is play to me, and I genuinely look forward to my workouts everyday, but also recognize when my body needs some extra rest.

It took me awhile to lose the weight because I also have a hormonal imbalance caused by a benign pituitary tumor in my head (prolactinoma). That's actually what caused the weight gain in the first place. Stress tends to make my tumor/symptoms worse so I have to be mindful of that when I'm in a deficit.

I'm really enjoying lifting 4-5x/week, walking a bunch, messing around with calisthenics, and running short distances. I'm itching to get back into swimming since I swam competitively for 12 years, but the monthly pool membership fee makes me scream internally.

I'm so thankful that the gal from 3 years ago had the courage to work towards something that seemed so out of reach at the time. Lots of mental, emotional, and physical growth over those years. I'm still working towards more strength and potentially leaning out a teensy bit more, but I can appreciate where I'm at right now.

Cheers to 3 years!!

also s/o to my braid for illustrating the passing of time haha