HELLO BLOG WORLD!
We want to share our business with you, TheYOUProject, LLC. We are two girls with a dream. Women who have struggled with our weight in the past and still have issues. We decided to start TheYOUProject because we realized that a lot of times as women we take care of everyone else except ourselves. We get so engrossed in life that we don't stop for US. Our mission is to empower women to live their best life by incorporating nutrition, exercise, and healthy living into your everyday life. Our hope is that this blog will inform you, encourage you, inspire you, and put some money in your pocket on your journey.
Our motto is: "Reclaim Your Life"
ABOUT TWO GIRLS with a Dream
Are you a woman who is tired of struggling with your weight? Do you feel like your friends can't relate because they are skinny? Do you feel like you live in a black hole and no one even knows you are there? When you wake up in the morning is it hard to look at yourself in the mirror? Have you taken diet pills and tried every weight program out there? Are you tired of being held hostage to your weight?
Hey! My name is JacQuelyn and I am, what I like to call, an Artistic Rebel. I have struggled with the two things that most women struggle with at some point in their lives; weight and self-esteem. I know first hand what it's like to be the biggest girl in the room, or to not feel like you're worthy of someone's love and affection, or to even want to lock yourself in your room and never come out again because you can't stand the way you look. Throughout my life I've come into contact with numerous women of all shapes, sizes, nationalities, and creeds, and all were beautiful in their own ways but struggled with the very same issues. These encounters made me realize just how unique and special we all are and that we should treasure our differences instead of shunning them. It is also these encounters that spawned the idea of what came to be known as, TheYOUProject.
My name is Kimberly and I am one of the TWO GIRLS with a dream. I have experienced the best of both worlds before. I know what it's like to be thin and I know what it's like to be overweight. I have cried many tears over my weight because I sometimes feel like I am trapped in someone else's body. I have PCOS, which I will discuss in later posts as well as celiac disease. Both of these contribute to some of my weight gain. I don't want to blame my medical conditions solely on my weight gain, because I am an emotional eater. If I am stressed, I will quickly run to food for comfort. I must admit I do eat healthy, however, I fall off with working out sometimes. It's hard because a lot of my close friends and cousins are skinny. So, they listen to my weight concerns, however, they can't really relate because they are happy with their bodies. My main trouble area is my stomach and it looks like I am pregnant. For some reason, when people see me, they say "hi" and then they look directly at my mid-section. This has become one of the most frustrating and insecure things for me. I had an "AHA" moment as I travel this journey and that is that I must learn to love me. I have to accept me in a skinny body or a plus size body. This is why TheYOUProject was birthed. We are two regular women who have the same concerns that almost every women in America deals with. We figured it was time to confront this universal issue and why not start with YOU?
