Day 16: Your opinion about your body & how comfortable you are with it.

8 months ago, I looked like this:

I weighed more than I ever have in my entire life & I just felt miserable because this wasn't me. It was the result of drinking too much, probably a little bit of depression & definitely a lot of frustration with certain things going on at the time. If you'd asked me what I thought about my body then? I'd say disgusted. In all honesty, I weighed what America would consider in the "average range" for my height (I'm only 5'3") - I was 138lbs. I have never had to worry about my weight before Celiac, but in reality, before the diagnosis, I was literally starving myself because even though I ate all the time, my body wasn't able to absorb any neutrients & the result was weighing only about 105lbs soaking wet, which obviously wasn't healthy either.

Summer 2012, I look like this:

It may not look like it, but I still weigh more than I used to before Celiac, but I'm perfectly happy with that. I'm a healthy 125lbs, I eat 3-5 homemade GF meals everyday, I play soccer 4 times a week & don't drink much at all anymore - the occasional drink when I go out to the bars with my friends (which doesn't happen that much anymore, it's usually just hanging out at AI, the pools, etc.) or wine with my parents when I'm down at the ranch, but I have no alcohol in my apartment, other than the leftover wine I use to cook with.

Of course, I'm a girl & there are always those little things we wish we could change about our bodies, but overall, I'm happy with the result of my hard work over the last few months, especially knowing I did it the right way - eating healthy & working out at least 30mins 3-5 times a week. It's nice to put on some of the clothes that I had before Celiac (I kept them as a reminder of what I know I'm capable of, haha) & that I can actually get them on, which was not even close to an option back in December.

♥Linz