My Story

March 19, 2015

Two weeks before the beginning of eighth grade, as I struggled to zip up my jeans, fear started to take over. After another year, was I really another size bigger? The thought of asking my mom for a larger size completely broke my heart. It felt like I committed a serious crime and had to find the courage to tell her. My mother knew I wasn’t happy with myself.  Again, and again, she tried to politely advise me to eat healthy, but of course, like any teenager, I wasn’t going to listen. In fact, I was going to do the complete opposite.

            Nothing had changed as I returned to school after the summer. Immature boys at school would repeditivly tell me to join Weight Watchers or Jenny Craig. As anyone would imagine, this completely demolished the slight confidence I possessed. On top of that, guys, or should I say boys,  would take the phone of my high school crush and send me a text saying, “you would be hot if you lost weight”. As a young child, that was one of the most hurtful things to hear. The feelings I had after getting such texts is indescribable.  Changing in gym class with all those thin catty girls was not a lot of fun either. They would stare you down with a face of disgust, as if they were wondering how anyone could ever let themselves  look like that. But, I felt there was no other option for me. I was convinced that I would be fat forever and it wouldn’t really matter. Whom was I kidding?

            In the midst of all the junior high drama,  I realized my biggest motivation to lose weight was not the boys who made fun of me or having to change in front of catty girls in the locker room. I decided I wanted to like the girl I saw in the mirror. After years of sadness and self-loathing, I finally decided to stop the pity party. For a long time I had been asking: “Why me?”, “Why do I have to look like this?”. One day, the answer was clear: if I don’t want to, I don’t have to. Now, here was my dilemma, I didn’t know how was I going to have the strength to make this huge transformation.

            One day after my shower I looked at myself in the mirror and started balling me eyes out. That was the moment when I had had enough. At that moment I knew I finally had the strength to find inner happiness so I set a goal for the next day, and this time I vowed to have the strength to see it through. I was going to enter high school a leaner, healthier person. But, most importantly, I was going to possess the confidence that comes with achieving a goal.

            I committed to an extremely healthy lifestyle. I first started by asking my mother, who is very knowledgable about nutrition, what I should eat, and what I should avoid. Then, to further my education in nutrition I started to look up healthy weight loss information so I could make the right decisions on my own. As hard as it was, I managed to exercise every day, eat the right foods and cut my portions in half . I declined ice cream, pizza, cheese fries, and all the other fattening foods we all love, resisted unhealthy snacks, and restrained myself  from late night eating. This was unbelievably hard, but without a doubt, it was well worth it!

            A year later, just in time for high school, I had lost fifty five pounds! Needless to say, school shopping for clothes was more fun then I could imagine. Zipping up was no longer an issue. I could now wear all of the clothes in magazines that I always dreamed of wearing . Best of all, I no longer had to ashamedly peek my head out of the dressing room and hesitantly ask my mother for a bigger size. As for the rude immature boys, well, those who once made fun of me were now calling me “hot,” but somehow that didn’t feel good. I just grinned at all of it and told myself that they had much more to learn about life then I did.

            I am a stronger person because I saw a challenge and succeeded. When I look in the mirror now, I see things completely differently. I am a strong willed person and there is not a lot that I am unable to do as long as I put my mind to it. I also learned that the only opinion that truly matters is my own. For many, that is not an easy concept to grasp and thankfully I did.

            As for the strangest thing I learned? I realize that I am a better person because I was heavy, not in spite of it. It is for this reason that I graduated in the field of Nutrition and Dietetics. I want to have the opportunity to be able to help others who might not be able to lose weight on their own. So… here I am, driven to help others successfully take control of their lives just like I did.


→→P.S. – I am working on a complete low carb diet that will guarantee results. This will be the exact diet I followed to get my weight off!  This diet plan will be sent out at the end of next week (Week of September 7th) to those who subscribe to my blog, so go ahead and subscribe in my sidebar. All that you need to do is enter your email←←

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  • Allyson Hombach June 1, 2015 at 7:49 pm

    Keri~ I have known you since you were born. To read this post brought tears to my eyes. I am in awe of your strength, will power and sticking to the goals that you set for yourself. I remember seeing you for the first time after you lost the weight and my jaw dropped. Not that you weren’t beautiful before – but I couldn’t believe it was you!!! You are an inspiration to all young gals and older gals…haha like your mom and me…I will follow this blog for I think I can learn a lot from a you…Thank you for your hard work, dedication and really caring about others who may need guidance…Love you always, xo Allyson

  • Keri fay June 1, 2015 at 8:14 pm

    Allyson, thank you so much for these kinds words! It means so much to me, it really does. Yes, you and my mom are definitly an inspiration, two hotties haha! xoxo Keri

  • Morgan Klein December 31, 2017 at 4:53 pm

    This post is so amazing! I loved reading it. My mom is the same exact way and my whole life always tells me to eat healthy (and I’d purposely rebel and eat bad), but they just want the best for us. Thanks so much for sharing this! xo

    • Keri fay January 2, 2018 at 11:33 am

      Hey Morgan!

      Oh I am so glad you enjoyed it! Yes, they did just want the best for us. I am sure glad I made the change! xo

  • Samira June 21, 2018 at 2:48 pm

    You’re so amazing girl! Thank you for sharing! I really enjoyed reading this post & learning more about you! As a curvier girl who has struggled with weight my entire life, yo-yoing up and down, it’s so nice to see how you have not only lost the weight but maintained it all these years after. You are so strong and an inspo to many girls! Keep rocking babe ?

    • Keri fay June 21, 2018 at 9:04 pm

      Samira! Hi my love!

      Thank you so much for these kind words. You are amazing! 🙂

  • Nikki sachdeva November 16, 2018 at 1:25 pm

    Incredible babe you are so inspiring!
    Wish you nothing but success ❤️
    It seariously got me so emotional.

    • Keri fay November 20, 2018 at 5:20 pm

      Omg I am so glad thank you so much for sharing that!!! xoxoxo

  • vanessa sandusky August 3, 2019 at 6:48 pm

    Thank you Keri for sharing your story. Your such a beauty. I admire you so much.

    • Keri fay August 9, 2019 at 2:46 pm

      Thank you so much! xoxox