Melissa Shares a transformation from 2 Fall Festival’s Ago!

It's fall fest week which means a lot of memories of fall fest past popping up in your timeline, but one really summed up my weightloss journey and I wanted to share it with you! 

While weightloss is something I'm still working on very hard, and still something I struggle with, sometimes you just have to look back and see how far you've already come.

I found this photo on the left from Fall fest 2014 and the picture on the right is from last Sunday, a lot has changed in 2 years for the better.

Body image is a weird thing. I see the photo of me on the left, but I don't remember that version of me. I remember being heavy and feeling horrible about myself, I remember that rock bottom feeling, but this image of myself I don't remember. I don't remember looking like that. The photo on the left was Fall Fest 2014, the photo on the right was Yesterday. Since the wedding, I've been busy and had a lot going on and I have picked up a few pounds, and just the few I've put on have been enough to make me feel awful about myself. But then today I ran across this video of me 2 years ago and honestly it was what I needed. I needed a reminder of how far I've come. And sure it's been a long, hard as hell journey with ups and downs, but seeing this reminder of where I started is the reminder I needed to remind myself that I have done a good job, and to keep on going. Sorry for the stupid long post, I know to some weight loss is a super private journey, and in some ways for me it is, but sharing it online has also helped me track my progress, and build an awesome support system. Thanks for being my accountabilibuddy! Also, side note, if I ever dye my hair blue again consider it a cry for help... yikes.