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strawberry mochi イチゴもち - Kyoto, Japan 2017

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Spring 2017 - Kyoto, Japan

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Face Before and After

I want to start off by saying, I cannot believe I am doing it guys.  I am actually doing it.  I am following through with my weight loss goals.  Like many obese people I had made tons of half-hearted attempts to lose weight and to get the health and looks I wanted.  I failed every time except this time. I have lost 49 lbs so far in about 5 months.  Almost 50 lbs.  I’m just......so happy.

Ok, sorry about the water mark on the graduation image, but I don’t want to buy that terrible photo of me.  Actually, I graduated from university three years ago apparently.  At least that’s what the email from grad images told me when they sent me a bunch of photos asking me to purchase a package.  I didn’t start (really) losing weight until this February  2017 and the newer photo is from May 2017.  

When I was looking through the graduation photos I could not even recognize myself.  Forget that awful un-evenly dyed black hair, but I couldn’t believe how fat my face looked back then.  To be fair the camera angle is terrible, but I was also very obese.  The photo from May is a better photo angle but I also weigh 40 lbs less.  In the photo on the left I weighed 230 lbs and the one on the right I weighed 190.  Today I weigh 175 and when I started to take weight loss seriously in February I weighed 224.  

I feel weird saying this, but fuck it, I am proud of myself.  EVERY SINGLE DAY I think about losing weight.  Every single day I think and plan the exact amount of calories I will eat, and the exact amount of calories I will burn.  Every single day I look up new exercises to strengthen and tone my body.  Every single day I read motivational quotes about people who have reached their goals.  Every single day I read over my weight tracking milestones.  

I think there are many reasons why this time I have been able to have success in my weight loss.  I want to make another blog post and video about that soon.  But the number one reason is definitely the deep obsession I have created around getting fit and healthy.  That might sound bad but I think to reach any goal it takes a certain level of obsession.  I have an unstoppable drive to get to a healthy weight because If I don’t I will die much earlier than I should.  There is not a day I don’t think about my goal, there is barely even an hour and that is one of the major reasons I have been successful so far.

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I climbed Mt. Fuji - It was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life.  Now that a few days have passed, I can confidently say that I am happy I did it.  I lost 55 lbs and then I climbed a mountain.  Don’t give up.  It’s going to be hard no matter what you are doing, the pay off is almost always worth it.

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I have lost 50 lbs so I bought a little black dress. It feels good.

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Tokyo disguise

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My Current Measurements

This is a total wake up call.  I wish I would have taken body shots and measurements when I was 224.8 lbs (102 kg).  My current weight in these photos from April 29th, 2017 is 200.18 lbs (90.8 kg) and while I am happy I have lost almost 25 lbs I know I still have a long way to go. 

I am 5 ft 3 in or 158 cm a healthy weight for someone of that height is under 140 lbs so I have to lose at least around 60 lbs more.  I know I can do it!  I feel very motivated.  Like most people who are over weight, I have tried to lose weight at least 40 times.  Most of those times were half hearted attempts that lasted sometimes only a day.  

I wouldn’t say I have been fat my whole life.  In high school and early university I weighed around 140 lbs and I remember thinking how totally fat I was then.  So perhaps a part of me resided to just thinking “well I’ll always be a little bit chubby, but at least I’m not totally obese.”  And while I never made it to extreme morbid obesity I clearly ate and drank myself into obesity.  

I’m now 29, an American ex-pat living in Japan and my life is pretty great in all aspects besides my weight.  So on February 1st 2017, I decided for the forty first time to get serious about my weight loss and a few weeks later I started sharing my journey on the internet.  It has helped keep me on track.  Maybe it’s because I’m a millennial and I need an audience, maybe because “pics or it didn’t happen” or maybe  it’s because I like the community aspect of encouragement and support.  Weight loss is hard to go through alone.  

In Japan, there is no obesity epidemic like there is in America.  Often it’s hard to fit into train seats or stadium seating here.  Being white makes you stand out, and being fat makes you stand out in a bad way.  So I’m changing that.  I do have a Youtube channel you can check out too if you want.  

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgbmePPMsty2r90Aa3ZrL3g

I will post  monthly body shots and measurements here and on the channel.  If you are also on a weight loss journey please contact me!  Let’s support each other! <3 Brooke 

MONTHLY MEASUREMENTS #1

APRIL 29, 2017

height = 158 cm / 5 ft 3 in

weight = 90.8 kg / 200.18 lbs

 Bust - 110 cm / 43.3 in

Chest - 99 cm / 38.9 in

Waist - 96 cm / 37.7 in

Hips - 118 cm / 46.4 in

Thighs - 71 cm / 27.9 in

Knees - 49.5 cm / 19.4 in

Calves - 41 cm / 16.1 in

Upper arms - 37 cm / 14.5 in

Forearms - 27 cm / 10.6 in

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_w0JaH7DXg)

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Pinky and the Brain, April 2017

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Sendai, Japan, April 2017

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmrcNna1zOc)

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The Great Buddha of Kamakura