About Amy

Hey there! I'm Amy! Welcome to my blog!

24, animal lover, foodie, nurse, wife, food photography admirer, blog lover, coffee drinker, overspender

I’ve been wanting to do this a long, long, long time.

My BIG FAT journey started somewhere during nursing school. Of course, I was NEVER a skinny kid, always somewhere in the average-overweight arena. When I graduated high school in 2006, I believe I weighed somewhere between 170-185 lbs… although, I’m really not sure. I had been lying to myself since I was 12 years old what my weight was to the point where I had convinced myself I was lighter than I was. Anways after nursing school, an engagement, a couple different living arrangements, friendship changes and a very low household income, the start of my nursing career, a wedding, a new very expensive townhouse, a major depression, and a financial disaster… I got up to 261 lbs. That was November 2011. My highest weight. I joined myfitnesspal.com (I now use this site along with sparkpeople.com) around then and have been slowly, Slowly, SLOWLY working bringing those pounds down. As of today, June 2012 I’m 248 lbs.

This is long overdue.

Anyways, my goal is to lose the weight while maintaining happiness along with finding financial freedom (also, overdue). So, join me in this adventure finding a frugal way to be healthy!