Coming To America

I remember sitting on my grandmother’s front steps with my dad and my brother when my dad told us that he had run into a cousin of his who was living in the USA who told him about the idea of moving to America. My dad was no stranger to the US since he had come here several times on business trips, including a 1 year trip in the same year I was born.  My dad was a mechanical engineer for the sewing machine company, Singer, at the time of my birth but he made it back to Brazil in time to greet me when I was born.

How I Lost 36 Pounds

It’s safe to say that the world of weight loss is very confusing and discouraging. How many calories should I eat? Should I avoid all carbs or just cut down? What kind of exercises should I be doing? There are so many diet and exercise programs out there that it’s hard to know where to begin.

Let me first tell you that losing weight was the hardest thing for me to accomplish, until I figured out how simple it is to do. I, like so many others, always procrastinated about it. Throughout this process I also learned so many ways not to lose weight, ha-ha.

In this blog, I will break it down into 3 easy steps so that you can reach your goal weight, and stay there. My weight loss was a total of 36 pounds. I was 205 lbs when I decided to take control of my weight management, and now I maintain a weight of 169 lbs.