Well you might have been thinking to yourself so who is Joy? Well my name is Joy and I am 25 years old. I have lived in Mississippi all my life and am currently living in North Mississippi. Teaching junior high history is my full time job, but I have a variety of interests and projects that take up what little "free time" I have left over. During the school year, my free time is very limited. Thankfully one of the perks of the job is Summer Break. Please don't get me wrong though. I still work during the summer - preparing lesson plans and so on. This summer I am getting back into photography and taking two online courses as I am working toward a Master's Degree in History. My interests include (but aren't limited to) photography, reading, music, crafts, shopping, surfing the 'net (PINTEREST!), outdoors activities, and so much more.
The first picture was taken in 2006 at around 185/190.
The second was June 2009 on our wedding day, and the third was November of 2010.
WHY NOW?
I have been overweight almost my entire life and the last time I saw under 200 (until now) was 2006 right after moving away to college and during the first part of my relationship with my future husband. We've been married for 3 years and he has always struggled with weigh as well. He's lost it before and I've been excused of helping him gain it back. After all, the way to a man's heart is his stomach right. In March he got the flu and went to the doctor who basically told him he had to loose weight. Never one to turn away from a challenge he has lost 65+ pounds since then. His success is definitely part of - we've very competitive even with each other. But's that's not the only reason. I want to lose weight for many reasons. The first is to be healthier. Right now my BP/Cholesterol etc is not "bad" but its definitely not "good." I have two grandfathers who both died of heart attacks (both smokers). My mom's mother died after suffering years from a stroke that occurred during heart surgery and my dad's mom had congestive heart failure among other things. Needless to say my family's health history is troubling. Besides health reasons, I want to feel better about myself. I know my weight should not affect my image of myself, but it does. I'm shy as it is and my weight holds me back sometimes. I also want to look better. My husband has lost over 65 pounds and that has pushed me to worked toward a similar goal. I know he's joking when he's talks about all the women who are after him now (at least I hope he is) but I want to be a better woman for him. I realize I'm rambling now but I can't really put all my reasons into words.... maybe I'll try this phrase this more coherently later.
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