Hey! I’m Katie, and I’m just another teen reaching for my UGW. You may wonder what made me want to lose weight, and you may not be wondering. I’m going to tell you anyways:

As a child, I don’t remember myself or my parents ever being concerned about my weight. In fact, I was small for my size. Not just small, but also quite the little athlete. I’ve always been a huge perfectionist, and that is one thing I don’t think I’ll ever grow out of. It’s just the way I am. As I grew older, I remained a healthy weight. Not too skinny, but smaller than a lot of the kids my age. I don’t know when I really took notice, and began to feel uncomfortable with my body. I think I did because I became friends with girls who cared WAY too much about how they looked back in 7th grade. Naturally, this made me begin to question myself. Am I good enough? Pretty enough? Muscular enough? Skinny enough? Of course, being the perfectionist I am, my answer to all of these questions were no. I’ve tried numerous diets, but nothing has ever worked the way I had hoped. Steadily, year after year I have put on about 5 pounds. This stops now. I’m catching it before it gets out of control. Not only am I going to stop gaining, but I am going to get to the weight where I feel comfortable with myself. 

Join me on my journey to a fit lifestyle!