Erin: At my heaviest,
I weighed three hundred and about fifty pounds.
I totally abused food.
It was like an emotional crutch.
And I had people that were worried about me
because they saw me you know getting huge.
Being a dancer was like a dream of mine that I wanted to do.
And I just thought,
"I'm in my 20s"
and "I should be like, happy and living it up."
"I deserve better."
I have lost over 200 pounds.
You know, when I was really big, I used to wonder
"I wonder if it's as fun as it looks?" And yes it is.
It's just not something that I thought
I was able to do at all.
I am very different mentally and physically from where I was.
I was always kind of a chubby kid.
Always like wide framed and broad shoulders
and I hung out with nothing but boys.
We all played football,
and I was like one of the guys,
I was going through like a horrible marriage
and it was a bad divorce.
I kind of lost touch with taking care of myself
trying to keep this like hopeless
relationship, you know, on track.
My weight spiraled out of control.
After I had both of my kids,
I still had like high blood pressure
I was like borderline diabetic.
I totally abused food.
It was like, a total like emotional crutch.
I would go for a drive and go like
through the drive thru and eat a whopper
and you know feel better about life for a little while.
Until I remembered I was like this gigantic lady.
At my heaviest I weighed three hundred and about fifty pounds.
I realised that I needed to kind of like face my issues.
I just thought
"I'm in my 20s" and "I should be like happy and living it up."
And I'm like, "this is just a f***** up life,"
"like I can't live like this."
"I deserve better."
Right now I weigh about 140 pounds, I have lost over 200 pounds naturally.
Being a dancer was
like a dream of mine that I wanted to do.
When I was really big I used to wonder
"I wonder if it's as fun as"
"you know, it looks?" And yes it is.
It's overall a really good workout.
I like this opposed to you know, trying to run, which is really hard because my boobs are huge.
I first started noticing results by the clothing I was wearing.
I kept this shirt because it was my favourite one.
I did keep this just as a reminder
of what I would, you know never want to go back to
and this used to fit me so well which is really crazy
because to me this looks like a sheet
there's like, a lot of space for sure.
My kids definitely helped me on my weight loss journey because
they would always want to go on hikes they would want to go on walks
even when I didn't want to.
My daughter Elizabeth is hiking with me, my son Jesse
and my good friend Krissy.
Elizabeth: My mom's a lot happier now because she's lost a lot of weight
and she feels more better about herself and I am proud of her.
Krissy: She's really great with fitness because she inspired me to get up and
want to feel better about myself also.
Erin: When I look in the mirror, I am really happy and pleased with my results.
I am very happy with the way I look. I've had to work damn hard.
Yeah.
You have to want
it more than you want anything
you have to put in that work.
You know, surgeries will help
but if you don't learn how to take care of yourself,
you're kind of senseless.
Stop saying tomorrow
or stop putting it off for another day.
Like take action.
Just do it.