“It all began with that first step, Now it’s a part of me.”

GYMAHOLIC.

After my splenectomy in June 2017, Life turned upside down from a slim thic lady to a fat lady who was only in her 20s. I fell into depression several times because I didn’t like how my belly pouch was popping out.
I suffered body shaming for a while from my friends and we’d go out on a clothing spree and they’d make fun of my body. I wasn’t a happy girl till I decided that you know what… Enough is Enough!!! Let’s get back the body we once had… And that’s how I got myself enrolled in some gym in March 2018….

My first day at the gym wasn’t really fun… Haha! I went in and the first exercise was a run on the treadmill… First of all… I hate gym machines… Just so you know… “Get on the treadmill for a warm up.” That was my instructor’s voice. Being my first time, I was like okay… Something new won’t hurt after all… So it all started well and I was enjoying it till he put it so fast and the next minute was me panting on the treadmill like a dog… For a whole 30 minutes I was on the treadmill…“Where are the washrooms?” Was my voice when I was off the treadmill… I couldn’t take it anymore… I needed to throw up. After throwing up I sneaked out of the gym and was never seen back at that gym again…I even forgot to pay Haha!! But I wasn’t gonna go back because I was scared they were gonna impose more workouts on me.

I gave up on my body and all I did was eat and eat and eat… Laziness caught up with me and before I knew it I hit 95kgs in August 2018… Haha!! As if I cared… My body was the last thing I ever thought of. Here I was with my belly that made me look like I’m gonna give birth to two twins. Then one morning in school, my friend made fun of how my tummy was too much for a lady and I needed to think bout how I was gonna lose it or I’ll end up being a fat ass woman by the time I was 25 with underlying health conditions. This hit me deep and that’s when I decided again for the second time that I had to appreciate and love my body if I really wanted to work on it. And in September 2018, I enrolled for gym classes… Not in the treadmill gym but another one… Haha! But my stand still remains… I’m never ever getting on a treadmill again. September 2018 was when my fitness journey officially began.