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Sad to say, this is my before photo. I look like I'm pregnant (and I'm not!) My hind quarters are huge as well. Not my favorite photo, but I need to look at my progress which requires needing a before photo. I started exercising on March 7th, when I weighed in at 310 lbs. I weighed myself yesterday and I weighed 314 lbs!!!! What is going on. I'm supposed to be losing, not gaining. I keep telling myself it must be muscle developing from my fat burning exercises. I can feel myself getting stronger. I'm going to trust that that is the reason for the weight gain and also it could be water weight as well.
Whatever the case, I am determined to lose the weight. I just started having 2 boiled eggs, whole grain toast and Greek yogurt for the last four days. I am hoping that things get better and I start losing rather than gaining, which is no fun. The scale is not my friend right now.

I've included a photo of me with my daughter from last year. I want to focus also on what I'm striving for. I want to be healthy for my daughter so I can be a good example of what it looks like to be healthy.

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