Losing Weight By Whitney Evans Part 1: Why I decided to make a drastic change. When I started, my confidence was low. I was self-conscious about wearing certain shirts without sleeves or shirts with fabric that clung a certain way. Every time I tried on a pair of pants and had to reluctantly banish them to the back of the closet because there was no way I would be seen out of the house in them, another little piece of me died inside as I tried to make excuses or talk myself into believing it was okay. Here’s a picture from my sister’s wedding. She got married in December of 2015. I was self-conscious in all the pictures… My husband, Jay, and I talked about needing to do something about our weight while on the trip for this wedding, but nothing changed when we got home… I remember going to the doctor for my yearly check-up the following summer. That was six months after the wedding, and I had continued to gain weight. I’ll never forget crying to Jay when I left as I reme