My epiphany: why and how it all started

    Hi guys! So as I promised yesterday here's the first chapter of my story. 

    I'm not the kind of person who's always been overweight. I was very sporty and thin as a child and during my teenage years. It all changed during a year spent as an Erasmus student in England which felt to me like that:

but I somehow have the impression that it was more like that:

    

So one party after another and one burger or pizza -you need these more than drugs when you're drunk it's actually unbelievable!- leading to another I came back home with at least five added kilos (no no, I'm not talking about my luggage here...)

    Then, there was the usual first diet in your life which for me happened to be a very extreme, very bad and unhealthy diet thanks to which I lost five kilos I gained ten kilos. Add to this already wonderful picture a bad and very painful breakup and you get something like this:

  

  But rest assured, it all changed some chilly day at the end of January 2013 thanks to a teeny tiny little thing called MY EGO. I have never been a very confident person neither do I have a huge ego but I'm very thankful to this day for the small yet existing one that I have because it saved me from obesity -let's face it that's where I was heading. What happened is quite silly and will probably make you laugh but there you go: one day on my way out of the toilets when I tried to pull up my jeans I literally tore them...I felt so humiliated even though I was all alone at home that I decided it was more than enough and I needed to pull myself together and start taking care of myself and my body again.

    So I took my phone and downloaded the Weight Watchers app..... This will be the subject of my next post!

    Thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope I'll read your feedback soon!