Never been skinny!

Something happens when you leave high school! It becomes so much harder to maintain or lose weight. I took for granted how active I was and how fast my metabolism worked. I didn't realize how much free time I had. I was warned this would happen.

I've NEVER been skinny!! I've NEVER WANTED to be skinny! I always prided myself on being "thick". Not fat thick, but thick and not bony! :) My weight never really concerned me until 2007. I noticed I had a little more weight on me than I was comfortable with. I got a membership to the Y and dropped some weight. I was pleased! I began to LOVE working out. The classes made it more fun. Fast forward- 2008. I got married and life took off after that. We were married in March, closed on or house in May, and pregnant in September. That's a lot. I took my mind off of weight. Ashlynn was born in June of 2009 and I only gained a healthy 25 pounds. By August of 2009 I had lost ALL of my pregnancy weight. I was nursing so that really helped. I continued to lose weight without any effort! By May of 2009, I weighed less than I did before I got pregnant! I stopped nursing in July of 2010 and did good eating healthy b/c I knew my weight could creep back up!.

Tragedy struck in August when I unexpectedly lost my mom and of course food made me feel better. There were so many stressful times after I lost my mom it was crazy!! By May 2011 I had gained a whopping 30 pounds! That made me weigh as much as I did when I was 8 months pregnant. I felt horrible! To top it all off....the janitor at school asked me in her broken English if I was pregnant again! Embarrassed.....just a little but....but still. That's when I vowed to get it all off!

Fast forward to July 2011-- I've been watching what I eat and hitting the gym hard! The weight loss has been pretty good. I'm down almost 10 pounds since that comment 2 months prior. I'm really excited to see how much weight I can lose and keep off!

Check on me... I love and could use encouragement!