ebby.K's love for writing started in 2004 when she would send mass emails to her friends discussing love and relationships. Since then ebby.K has expanded her writing to share with readers her latest beauty and fashion addictions and her journey to a healthier life documenting her weight loss journey in "Classy Fit Gals."
With the motto, "feel your BEAUTY and OWN IT!©" ebby.K believes that every women owes herself the opportunity to really get to know herself from the inside out. First she must BE beautiful by being internally transformed. Then she will SEE herself as beautiful and in turn FEEL her beauty and walk in her beauty.
How did it all begin?
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| SW: 225 | CW: 193 | GW: 150 |
As I waited patiently for my doctor to come into my room, I began to pray. I didn't know what she was going to tell me.
"I knew I was overweight but I didn't know how
overweight I was."
overweight I was."
When she finally came in, she said "Eboné you weigh 220 pounds." I said "WHAT!" She knew by the look on my face that I was in pure shock, and at that moment the tears began to fall.
It
was then that I knew in my heart that I had to make some changes. I
called my then fiancé and started crying. Naturally it was easier for me
to blame someone else for my weight and of course I did- but he took the blame like a champ and said "babe,lets work on it together." We came up with a game plan but so much was going on in our lives that year that health and wellness took a back burner so I pushed it off.
We
were both in graduate school getting our MBAs, preparing to get married
a few months after I graduated and in the midst relocating to another
city.
That was in 2012....
Now
here we are 2013 and still my health and wellness was not the priority
in my life. Heck I was a newlywed in a new city adjusting to married
life. Checking out the restaurants in our new town was recreation for
me- it shows in my 2k+ pics on Instagram!
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| February 2013 - I weighed 225 pounds! |
But
one day, I got on the scale and it read a whopping 225 LBS!! I knew
something was up because my bras were getting tighter, my face fatter
and my knees were killing me! Standing for long period of times was hard
for me, and let me wear heels...I was really in pain.
April
1, 2013 my husband decided to cancel our membership at the Y and
revisit a gym we visited when we first got back from our honeymoon. I
said "dude you're not leaving me, I'm going with you." So we went,
talked to the sales lady and decided it was time to make a change.
Of
course the sales lady wanted to add on to the sale so she asked if we
were interested in personal training. Knowing the goals we had in mind
my husband told her that we needed to discuss in private so she walked
away to let us chat.
In
our conversation I got very emotional. See, my weight was always a
sensitive subject for me-no one ever knew it but it was. I felt my weight held me back from pursuing a lot of opportunities. I've felt like this for years! My personal life didnt suffer at all, I was always fabulous (on the outside) BUT on the inside and my true self esteem suffered.
I knew I was heavy but I had no idea how heavy
I was and how bad it was.
Truly
God spared my life because the doctor didn't find any signs of illness,
but she did see some signs of high blood pressure and high cholesterol-
all of which run in my family. She also said I was at high risk to get
diabetes- that runs in my family also so I knew I had to make some
changes. I stood in determination that I was going to break the chain
of illness in my family because I was going to start taking better care
of myself.
As
I was wiping my tears the sales lady came out but this time a cute
fit lady came out and introduced herself as Melissa- she is one of the
trainers. Melissa was so bubbly and full of energy and I immediately
liked her!
Melissa looked at my report and said wow, I used to weigh
over 200 pounds so I understand your struggle. I immediately began to
cry...AGAIN! There was no way this petite fit lady full of bubbles used
to weight over 200 pounds! I knew right then and there I wanted a
trainer and my husband supported me in that decision and we decided to
make that investment in me.
So,
here I am today, sharing with you my personal journey, my testimony to become to best
ebby.K I can be.
I CAN do this and i WILL do this! This is a walk not a race; a journey to not only see the numbers on the scale go down, but to become who I truly am created to be and that is to BE BEAUTIFUL starting from the inside and having it radiate out- SEE myself as beautiful and most important FEEL the beauty that is within me.
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| Left: Summer 2013 Right: September 2013 |
"The journey to defeat all doubts that I've had in my
head for years about loosing weight and being athletic again are broken. "
I CAN do this and i WILL do this! This is a walk not a race; a journey to not only see the numbers on the scale go down, but to become who I truly am created to be and that is to BE BEAUTIFUL starting from the inside and having it radiate out- SEE myself as beautiful and most important FEEL the beauty that is within me.
I invite you to stay a while and take this walk with me. I pray you are inspired and empowered to dig within yourself and find YOUrself.
"feel your BEAUTY and OWN IT!©
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