Tiffany the Fatty

Hello world!

My name is Tiffany and I have spent most of my life as a fat kid. Not an ordinary fat kid, but a well-liked, athletic, beautiful fat woman. There are a lot of beautiful bodacious women in the world that will tell you that they are completely happy with their bodies and their lives. These are all lies, unless of course, they are plus size models that are getting paid to be fat. But in any other case, as a woman that has struggled with weight for as long as I can remember, it is impossible for me to believe that there are women that enjoy being ignored, not being able to where whatever the hell they want, feeling embarrassed on the beach, not being able to shop in ordinary stores, etc.

I do not want you to think that I am complaining about my life that I am fully capable of changing, because I am blessed beyond imagination with so many other things in life. I have a great family, a future career, I am smart and of course funny, but by no means is being fat fun. I will always use the term "fat" for many different reasons. Black people have a tendency of covering up the word fat with thick, or big in order to not realize the severity of being obese. I am glad that as a race we are more understanding with weight, but we are the most obese race in the nation, and we are more prone to every disease imaginable due to it, so I rather understand that I am overweight, obese, and just plain fat, than disguise it as something that is beautiful. I rather live to see 35 then pretend I am something that I am not.

I blame my father for my obesity. When I was a child I wasn't big at all. I was tall as hell compared to everyone else my age but I wasn't fat. Then my dad started working nights and I stayed with him in the day time. Big mistake mom! I ate McDonald's everyday for lunch, and I was given a Kit Kat everyday after we left the gym! There is where my love for chocolate started. I was always involved sports and I became a very great basketball player, but still I was fat. Not as fat as I am now but I still had no dates, I was always the best friend, and most importantly I was miserable. My senior year of high school I decided I had enough. I wanted to feel beautiful and pretty during spring break and prom like everyone else. My mother and I started a 1500 calorie a day meal plan that was administered to her from the hospital, and I was eating right and playing basketball. I quickly lost 35 lbs. Honestly, that was probably the happiest I have ever been with my physical appearance. I lost the weight in 3 months, kept it off for a while, then I started the killer of all diets, college. I gained back all 35 lbs in my first year of college. In the last two years I have gained another 30 lbs! So what I thought was fat is now skinny, and I am now officially fat!

I am about to graduate college, I am 22 years old, single, and I am moving to Atlanta, Ga for a new job that I start  this summer. Those who have been to the A know that the competition is thick (literally) and the straight men are scarce. I started this blog because I am ready to change my life. I understand that diet and exercise and extremely important to any weight loss plan, but I want to change my lifestyle. I want to not just run, but be a runner. I don't want to eat healthy, I want to be a healthy eater. The object is me!

Through this journey I will be recording my calories in a green little journal that I posted today. My goal is to eat healthy, lean, and high fiber meals that total under 1500 calories. I will also be recording my daily exercise. Over the next year I want to lose 70 lbs. I have currently lost 11. I would tell you my starting weight, but a real woman NEVER tells. I will weigh in at the end of each week and post how much I have lost. I want to lose 13 lbs in April alone so pray for me!

I hope this inspires others to get healthy as well!

Tiffany