Hello!
I have always been overweight, I had great friends and a great life and it was just who I was, that was all. I never really had a huge incentive in life to make a change. Then I had my first son, I had gained some MORE weight due to PPD, and a snacking slump from being home all day. I was the heaviest I had ever been. It was getting harder to do things like cuddle my son on my lap, and I decided I needed to change! I lost 30 lbs just with altering my diet and walking. Bring on little boy number 2! Well, it also brang on the same problems, I gained back those 30 lbs I had worked so hard to keep off during pregnancy AND added an additional 10. None of my clothes fit, and I am living such an unhealthy lifestyle it scares me! I am still battling with some PPD and PPA, as well as hypothyroidism and high blood pressure. I didn' realize how emotional my eating had become until recently, and I am working hard to combat that. It was recently my 30th birthday and I realized that this is not the path I want to be on for the rest of my life, and I am not being the mother I want to be for my sons! My dream has been to take my kids to Disneyland and I can't wait! I really do not want to spoil the vacation being too large to go on rides with them, or have to slow down their fun because of knee pain I have been experiencing, which I am sure has a lot to do with the extra weight I am carrying. My first goal is to be closer to 200 lbs than I am to 300 lbs. My long term goal is to be the weight I was in High School (which was 180 lbs). I will have to see where I am at in my life at that time before I decide any further. I feel like I need to make this change now, I can't wait any longer. I am already 30 and experiencing health complications, and when I am 32 I want to be healthy and taking my boys on our big Disney trip!