I guess I’ll start off my first entry by explaining the title of my blog. I’m not obese, but I am almost overweight. I’ve also almost been in shape my whole life. People don’t tend to classify me as “fat” but yet I don’t think anyone would call me skinny either. So you see I am tired of being almost thin… almost healthy… almost able to fit into a bikini. I am starting this blog to record my progress in my journey out of the ALMOST overweight world.

I’m 5′2 to 5′3 (depending on which day you ask me). My weight has fluctuated up to 149 lbs at the end of my junior year of college. Then I began powerlifting (the best thing I could have done). My weight decreased to about 140 and I had built up a lot of muscle too. My body composition was better and I was healthier. Since I was doing serious weight training 3 to 4 days a week for 2 to 3 hours each, I was able to eat whatever I wanted without really seeing any effects on the scale.

Happily I graduated with my BS last December, unfortunately this meant I could no longer train or compete with the powerlifting team at my college. At that point I had already been accepted to medical school, so I took a job waitressing at a local restaurant for a few months. During the time I was waitressing I tried to workout, but I probably only went to the gym once a week. I continued to allow myself to eat sweets like crazy since i didn’t notice much on the scale I assumed I was fine….

6 months after graduating I am still the same “weight” on the scale, but with a lot less muscle and a lot more fat.