WHEN she weighed 354lbs, Jessica felt twice her age. Despite being in her 30s, Jessica, of Houston, Texas, felt like she was in her 60s and struggled to move around. Years of comfort eating and consuming fast food led to Jessica feeling like she was headed towards her grave. Fed up with how she felt, Jessica decided she needed to make serious changes. After transforming her diet and signing up to the gym Jessica lost an amazing 193lbs in 18 months. The 34-year-old has gained confidence and signed up to compete in a transformation physique show in the future and is going to reveal her new look to her friend, Eleanor! Jessica said: “I know that I’m healthy now, I feel the best I’ve ever felt, I look the best that I’ve ever felt and I’m just ready to celebrate."
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00:00When I got on the scale, that was literally a slap in the face because the scale said
00:08354.2 pounds. I was in denial about my weight.
00:14I was miserable. I was hurting.
00:16I was headed toward the grave and I just had that moment where I was like
00:24It's enough.
00:27I have lost over 193 pounds.
00:31So I've known
00:32Eleanor for about seven to eight years now. She's seen me struggle with the weight.
00:38I'm really excited to show her this new body of mine.
00:50Growing up, I
00:53always ate my emotions. I grew up in poverty, so
00:58all we knew was unhealthy food.
01:00So I actually had my gallbladder removed whenever I was 18 years old from my diet, from eating fatty, greasy
01:08foods. I was in denial about my weight.
01:12When I started my journey, I was 32 and I felt like I was 60.
01:18I was headed toward the grave. Just performing my job was very hard as a nurse,
01:24having to lift up
01:26patients and it was very hard on my back. I went
01:30to do my recertification for my CPR. I couldn't even
01:35get on my knees to demonstrate
01:38how to do CPR. When I got on the scale, that was a slap in the face because the scale said
01:46354.2 pounds. It said enough was enough. I have to do something. I cannot live my life
01:53like this anymore. It just felt impossible
01:57to lose over, you know, 200 pounds close to it or more than that.
02:02And
02:12then I showed up at my gym. After I let my body adjust and
02:17it figured out what it was doing, that first month
02:21I had actually lost 15 pounds and then the second month I lost like 23 pounds and
02:27so every month I just kept going. I kept working hard.
02:31I kept making sure I was eating healthy. I kept doing my workouts and the weight just kept falling off. In the past
02:3818 months I have lost over a hundred and ninety three pounds.
02:46So I work out
02:48five to six times a week. I try to aim for at least five
02:52but usually do six days a week. I got to a hundred and forty-one pounds in 14 months and I hated it.
02:59I hated the way I looked and so when I got back in the 160s like this is where I feel happy.
03:06This is where I feel confident. I still want to work on losing more fat.
03:11That's my focus now is on fat loss instead of
03:16weight loss in itself. I want to look my best and I want to feel my best.
03:29Food does not run me. I run food now. I don't eat processed foods anymore.
03:35I don't eat fatty foods. I don't eat a lot of carbs.
03:39So now I eat a lot of lean protein. I do high protein,
03:45lower carbs.
03:47So I've known
03:49Eleanor for about
03:51seven to eight years now. We loved going out to eat. When you live in Houston, you have amazing restaurants.
03:58She's seen me struggle with the weight, with being uncomfortable. She was always concerned and it's probably been
04:05anywhere from about nine to twelve months that we've got to see each other. So I'm really excited to be able to celebrate and
04:14hang out with Eleanor again and show her this new body of mine.
04:28My push to her was, I really don't care what you look like. I'm just more concerned about how your health is doing.
04:35I would say she has a glow to her that I have not seen in a very long time.
04:39Like I said, when I opened the door, I was like, wow.
04:43I'm just totally taken back. It's amazing. It makes me feel
04:48amazing that I can get dressed up and really look good. It came down to like really just changing my life,
04:56changing my habits, changing my lifestyle. I did it for me because I deserve this.
05:03I deserve to be healthy. I deserve to live a life and not die
05:09at a young age and
05:12I'm just ready to celebrate.
05:26You