Couldn’t Fit Through The Door - Now I’m A Bodybuilder | BRAND NEW ME
KRISTA FRANCIS lost 248lbs after becoming too overweight to fit through the door whilst carrying her son. Krista has struggled with her weight since she was a teenager, weighing 386lbs at her heaviest. The breaking point for Krista came when she was unable to carry her son, Ezra, who was born with cerebral palsy, through the bathroom door having to call her husband for help.
Category
😹
FunTranscript
00:00 At my heaviest weight I was 386 pounds.
00:03 I felt diminished.
00:06 I felt very embarrassed, just disappointed in myself.
00:12 I honestly could not fit through the door with my son in my arms.
00:17 I'd have been down and called my husband and asked him to come home so he could take care of him.
00:22 That was a very big realization for me.
00:25 I started my weight loss journey about three and a half years ago.
00:29 I have lost 248 pounds and I've done it for my children.
00:33 I've been morbidly obese since I was a teenager.
00:41 My relationship with food was, I was very dependent on receiving that emotional satisfaction with food.
00:50 It never occurred to her that she wasn't like everyone else until someone in her peer group pointed it out.
00:58 You know, kids can be really cruel.
01:00 At that point when the peer reaction and the bullying kind of began, I think it made it worse.
01:09 Now it became an emotional problem.
01:12 I kind of ate what I wanted when I wanted.
01:15 There were times that I would go and order a cheeseburger and fries there
01:22 and then drive across the street, order dessert or additional food there.
01:28 So people didn't assume that I was ordering it all for myself.
01:33 Do you want a fork or are you good?
01:36 I'm good.
01:37 My kids are Adelie and Ezra.
01:41 Ezra is special needs. He has cerebral palsy.
01:45 At the time I was over 300 pounds when I had him.
01:48 He was very ill.
01:50 He's had many surgeries over the years and he needed a mom that was going to be able to take care of him appropriately.
01:58 The turning point in my weight loss was definitely trying to pick up my son and put him in the bathroom.
02:07 And I couldn't fit myself or him through the door.
02:10 I had to put him down and call my husband and ask him to come home from work so he could take care of him.
02:16 I felt diminished.
02:19 I felt very embarrassed, just disappointed in myself that I had gotten to that point where not only could I not fully take care of some basic needs
02:32 but I couldn't help my son in the moments that he really needed me.
02:36 That was a very big realization for me that I needed to change my life.
02:41 At my heaviest weight I was 386 pounds.
02:45 I weigh about 140 pounds now.
02:48 My lifestyle is my gym. That is a part of who I am now.
02:54 I work out five days a week. If I could work out seven days a week I would.
02:59 I love deadlifting. I love squats. I love working delts.
03:13 I feel pretty happy with the amount of excess skin that I have.
03:19 It represents growth and change and evolution of who I am and who I plan to be.
03:27 And it's good. It's okay to have loose skin. It doesn't define me as a human being.
03:39 If you asked me if I'd love to get it removed I would say yes because I want to compete in bodybuilding.
03:47 My interest in bodybuilding sparked probably after the first year and a half of being in the gym itself.
03:55 I want to be able to show other people that it is possible.
03:59 That you can go from this to a completely different mental attitude and discipline.
04:08 I have learned so much from her. With her emotional journey, the weight journey.
04:14 She's accepted her body. The scars, the skin. All of it is a story of her life.
04:20 I am very proud of myself and my achievements. I think I've come a very long way.
04:26 I think I've created a better future for my kids.
04:29 I am very active in their lives. More so than I ever have been before.
04:34 There's always an opportunity to be better and do better.
04:38 And you're going to fall along the way and that's okay.
04:42 But you don't give up. You keep going.
04:46 You got this.
04:47 [Music]
04:51 [Music]
04:54 [Music]
04:57 [BLANK_AUDIO]