Hi, I’m Gabrielle aka chymerikaen. While I haven’t always been heavy (I attended my senior prom in a size 5 dress), I’ve always hated my body for one reason or another. In my twenties, I started packing on the weight and soon found myself over 200lbs.
Last year, I started exercising and counting calories, and in six months, I’d lost 40lbs. Then I started a new full time job and gained back about half of that. This year, I was diagnosed with high blood pressure and high cholesterol. I always assumed my body would be healthy, so this has scared the hell out of me and given me new reason to lose the weight.
This is my story, my ups and down, my binges, my pain, my failures and my successes. I started this blog to hold myself accountable every step of the way.