~~~~~~~~~~~~~~DAILY INSPIRATION!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "My name is Karina. I am a student. I heard about Positive Changes from my father who made me call. Before I came to Positive Changes, I was really self-conscious but I felt ok at times and at other times I felt kind of miserable because sometimes people are mean. Being a teenager, I kind of didn’t want to come in but once I came in I really liked it because I felt more positive. I have been overweight since 4th grade and I’m about to be in 11th grade. I’ve lost 40 pounds to date and when I started I was a size 18 and now I’m a size 14. It has taken me about 4 or 5 months to lose the weight. It was fast at first and then it slowed down a little because I think my body was used to losing the weight. Other methods I used to lose weight were just working out with my friends or by myself. I do think my program at Positive Changes made it easy to lose the weight because I feel like I’m not even doing anything. I started seeing results a couple weeks after I started the program. My weight loss has been consistent; I lost about a couple pounds every week. My behavior changed almost instantly. I am more positive, less stressed, more focused and I walk around with more confidence. I don’t really think I had control over my eating habits because back in the day, food was my best friend. Now I don’t eat my favorite junk food and the foods I eat now are foods I didn’t think I would ever like before. My family and friends have noticed my changes. The friends that I see on a daily basis don’t really notice but the ones that I don’t see very often definitely notice. My relationship with my friends and family hasn’t really changed. Losing the weight has given me more confidence and I feel like losing the weight has given me more control of my body so I walk around like I own it. I just feel better about myself and more enhanced. The most valuable lesson I’ve learned since joining the program is to not let things that people say get to me. The biggest achievement I have received is I am co-president of key club. I do think that my weight loss is permanent because I like it and I never want this feeling to go away. I have recommended Positive Changes to people because I think everybody deserves a chance to feel this good."
Posted on: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 17:42:49 +0000
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