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Growing up I was always called "I" This was because no matter what I ate I still remained so slim, everyone complained about my weight, I was always sad at this, and the more reason why I was called the letter "I" was because my native name starts from it, which they thought complimented my stature. I never for once thought of adding weight, I was happy with how I looked, even when my parents complained.
My weight gain started when I gave to my first child, there is this brother in church, who always said treasure, after you put to birth you will become fatter, I doubted him and most times I always got angry about how he said it as if he was God, but surprisingly throughout the pregnancy I never gained body weight just belly weight, after I had my son that was when the adding of weight started, and I thought it was normal since I just had a baby, well I didn't lose that weight until I stopped breastfeeding my baby at that period, it was hard losing the weight, at a point, I was discouraged when my husband started complaining about how much weight I had gained, and so I started watching things I ate, I practically went on a diet, I had the goal of slimming down so I could be more attractive to my husband, cause I was getting this talk from people that the moment my husband doesn't see me attractive again, I was going to be sorry. Though I knew nothing of the sort would happen because my husband loves me.
That period I wasn't able to lose the weight until my son was almost three years old, it was when I started noticing I was actually losing weight, and this was the period we did our wedding, I think it was because of the stress I went through, you know going here and there for the ceremony, I really enjoyed the weight loss as it gave me confidence and I was able to wear some of the clothes I had long forgotten about, but it was short-lived as I got pregnant again, though I didn't gain weight during the pregnancy just like the previous pregnancy, it was after the birth of the baby I gained so much weight.
i couldn't find a full pictures of myself during this period, I guess I hated how big I was
Though I wasn't happy about it cause I was so conscious of myself, I made sure I finished the compulsory breastfeeding of my baby before I embarked on another weight loss journey and this time it was more productive.
I noticed that if I stayed at home without any walk for about a week I would feel heavy and so I started taking walks, last year I had my younger sister who was a gym instructor coach me on some exercise, I think after about two weeks I gave up because of the pains I was getting, I couldn't cope, and so I resulted to taking walks.
my new weight
These walks also helped and it was productive, even when I started school I would walk for some distance so I could lose those calories and all was working, I never took any weight loss drinks, and right now I am more confident about myself, I can boldly say I am twenty-five and people would believe me, it wasn't so easy telling people how old I was before, because there were always like, "No o, you can't be this age and you are so big" I always feel bad when this is said to me.
Right now I am happy and confident in myself and my weight, I can speak up anywhere I go
Thank you for reading
This is my response to the hive learners prompt week 66 edition 1
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