This Time Last Year (& the Year Before That)

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Hello, fabulouses, and welcome back to the blog!

Today is a bittersweet day because I just successfully completed my first year of college. It has been two wonderful semesters full of fabulous people, sleepless nights, and a lot of late-night coffee + snack runs–but I am so thankful and giddy to have freshman year over with *wink* 

I do not often get super personal on the blog–but don’t take it personal, y’all! My mom tells me all the time that I need to share more of myself with the world, but I have always been a little shy about my true self because my true self is a little bit “weird” *wink* but I feel that college is really helping me to open up more and blossom bigger and better. Gah…I wish my high school classes would have had “majors” where I got to go to class with people who were just as passionate about a subject as I was *wink* 

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Looking back on my freshman year, I am happy to say that I did not gain the “Freshman 15”. I honestly feared gaining those dreadful pounds because I am a “stress eater” and everyone from the neighbor to the stranger told me I would *wink* BUT I have actually lost ten pounds since the beginning of my first semester. *Fist in air* Thanks, Planet Fitness! 

Note: I lost weight in my goal to eat cleaner and healthier + exercise for stress relief and training for my first 5K. I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease shortly before starting college, and I was determined to get healthier, so that I would physically feel better + feel better about myself when looking in the mirror. So far, the lifestyle changes are paying off :)

Speaking of “looking back”….let’s take a look back at what the VIP was doing this time last year…and the year before that *wink* Oh, goodness! How things change over time *wink* 

May 2012 | See original post here.
May 2012 | See original post here.
May 2013 | Entangled By the Norm--the first "open-hearted" blog post I wrote on VIP. Read it for yourself here.
May 2013 | Entangled By the Norm–the first “open-hearted” blog post I wrote on VIP. Read it for yourself here.
May 2013 | Interviewed renowned Polish fashion designer Karolina Zmarlak
May 2013 | Interviewed renowned Polish fashion designer Karolina Zmarlak. See the interview here.
Throwback blog from May 2014 about how "I used to pay with hugs". Check the post out here.
Throwback blog from May 2014 about how “I used to pay with hugs”. Check the post out here.

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Stay Fabulous,

Abby Hathorn

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