Hey everyone!
I am so excited to be joining DietBet and am really hoping to get to my weight goal by this summer! I thought I would a little about me and why I decided to finally join DietBet. I am the youngest of three girls in my family and unfortunately also the one who has always been the heaviest of us three. My sisters have always been in the lower 100s and I struggled to stay around 145/150 lbs. When I was in middle school, I was in athletics and I was at a healthy weight (around 135) but throughout high school, my weight would fluctuate between 145 and 150 until my senior year in which I was determined to get back to 135 in time for prom. I reached my goal and when I started college I was working out daily and eating pretty well. However, in my second year of college, I found myself gaining a significant amount of weight and after going to the doctor, they diagnosed me with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and it was one of the most frustrating years of my life as I started gaining more weight and became severely unhealthy. However, I was still bissfully happy, unaware of how much weight I had put on. At the time I was also in a relationship and having someone constantly tell you you're beautiful even when you're not at your ultimate best, keeps you from seeing what is really happening. In the summer of 2013, I lost my brother in a car accident and my life spiraled. I became severely depressed and the more weight I gained, the worse I felt about myself and all of a sudden, I realized that I was 200lbs and began to feel really insecure. Last year, those insecurities led to the end of my relationship. Initially, I blamed myself and treated myself so harshly because I thought it was my fault. What I eventually came to realize was that if someone truly loves you the way they say they do, they are in it through the good AND the bad, not just when I'm a size 7/8 and happy. That was when I told myself that I needed to make a lifestyle change and I started to. Within 4 months, I lost 30 lbs and I started feeling so much lighter and happier, more confident in myself. Unfortunately, my weight plateaued and that is why I joined DietBet! I want to make it to my weight goal by this summer and I am DETERMINED and ABSOLUTELY 100% ready! I am looking forward to meeting a lot of you and go on this weight loss journey together to both LOSE (weight) & WIN ($)! Good luck to everyone!
-Kaycee