Val is our #weightlosswednesday INSPO!!! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "My doctor told me I needed to lose weight in the summer of 2019 and suggested that I see a dietitian/nutritionist. I was hoping that if I could eat better and more regularly that I would drop weight but I was very unsuccessful. About the same time I started with the dietitian, my friend Julie started at PhD. I watched her shrink every week and I stayed the same and even got bigger. In late 2020 it was becoming more apparent that I wasn’t enjoying my life anymore and something needed to give. It hurt to walk, it hurt to sit on the floor, it hurt to climb stairs, it hurt to stand. I work with children and it was uncomfortable to play with them on the floor and my work was suffering because of it. At this point Julie was on maintenance and doing well so it was a no-brainer that this is what I needed to do. As of today I’m down 81 pounds and almost to my goal weight. Last week I hiked up a mountain in 45 minutes which would prev...