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| 98 lbs This is my Senior Picture from 1998 |
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| 150 lbs give or take This is me about 10 years and three kids later |
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| 135 lbs and loving my spanx When my youngest was just over a year old I had a breast reduction (this was taken days after) |
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| 115 lbs and still in my shaper This is how I looked a year ago. Not too dissimilar from my senior picture.. |
Weight loss is a continuous journey. I have since grown out of the jeans in the picture above. I know that I will never look like my senior picture again. I really don't want to ever look like that again. I want to look better. I want to have a strong healthy body that I am confident about. I used to think that I wanted to be a "trophy wife". You know the ones that are great looking (not all the negative stuff that goes along with the stereo type). Now I have decided that while I still want to be the one Hubby swoons over, I want to do it the right way. Not by abusing my body the way I have in the past: not eating, not sleeping, and other abuse of my body. I want to do it the right way. Eating right, working out and taking care of myself. For me it is no longer about getting into the shape I was before love and marriage. It is getting in shape for my future. I still have some "extra mommy" I think I always will. My stretch marks may fade, but after carrying three children to term and nursing them for at least a year each, I am proud of the body I have. I want to take care of it and show my girls that it doesn't matter when you start, as long as you do start to take care of yourself.
Currently I am 122lbs., according to the Dr. my BMI is too high and at my current weight I am slightly overweight. Ideally the Dr wants me to be anywhere from 110-115 lbs., so I have 7-10 lbs to loose.i don't want to wear a body shaper any more.. I want to be my own body shaper. It hasn't been easy and it is something I will have to work at. One of the things I told myself I was going to do after my surgery was to get healthy and fit so I can run a marathon. I used to enjoy running and look forward to it again. It is just going to take some work and effort to get there. So wish me luck!
