Hi!
Today is the beginning of another attempt for me. I see a lot of newbies around so I'll give you a quick summary about my previous weight loss journey. March 2004 I began to lose weight. By October of 2004 I was 3 lbs away from my goal weight of 140-- I had lost 82 lbs in 7 months through counting calories and walking about 5 miles per day. December 04, I got pregnant-- it went well for the first several months until month 7 (32 weeks) when I had an emergency c-section due to pre-eclampsia and more than a week in the hospital. I actually weighed almost 100 lbs more than before I got pregnant after giving birth to my son. It was a very scary experience. My son was in the NICU for 3 weeks, but he's healthy and growing well and right on track. We celebrated his 1st birthday 2 weeks ago. Now, its time for me to get back to taking care of myself. I've really let myself go. I've had several failed attempts to do this since my son was born. I need to make myself do this now. I have no more excuses. When you start feeling uncomfortable going up 1 flight of steps to the second level of your home and even feel kinda gross just sitting in a chair... you know its time. My weight has literally doubled since 2004 and I am sad that I let it get to this point. My poor baby has a fat and out of breath mommy... I've got to get it together before year number 2 so that I can run and play with him, go into the pool without having a towel right by the ladder. I want to be a hot mommy!
So here I am again, I need this to happen. I know that I can do it... I did it before. I need this now more than ever. Wish me luck!