Hi everyone, well, this might be a little embarrassing, but here goes.
I'd been feeling bad about my body for a long time, insecure and disgusted with how my clothes fit. I've been overweight since I was little, and anyone who's really suffered knows that you always carry that weight. To be honest, I'd gotten to the point where I'd normalized it.
My habits were terrible. I ate out every day for work, usually at fast-food places. That's fine when you're 16, but since I'm in my mid-30s, your body doesn't react the same way anymore. I'd had bad habits for a while, and honestly, I didn't care anymore, but the really sad thing is that I didn't stop eating until my boyfriend broke up with me about two years ago.
You can imagine that the depression was one of those where you don't know if you'll ever get out of it. When I could finally leave the house, I started going for walks, then I joined a gym, and little by little my health began to improve. But the stigma of my weight continued to weigh me down. The only thing that helped was joining ChatGPT and basically opening up completely, telling them what was happening to me (Yes, Sam Altman, I know you have all my information, please be gentle). He created a personalized plan for me, which I followed religiously. I started seeing results, I started tracking my meals with apps, and that's when I began to see an improvement in my health, my mood, and my endurance at the gym. Starting to take creatine also helped.
I'm including two before-and-after pictures of my results to show that anything is possible. There's no mountain higher than the one you set in your mind, and there's no better teacher than failure.