My name is Amber, I'm 24 years old (at least for another 10 days!). I'm a stay-at-home mom with 2 boys, ages 3 and 1. I've been married to my husband for 6 years.
I ran across this site last night and began reading through the forums and looking at practically ALL of the before/after photos and success stories. I found it very inspirational (CONGRATULATIONS to all of you who have lost weight--all of it, or even a couple pounds!!)
When I was about 18-19 years old I weighed about 130lbs. It wasn't my skinniest, but its where I thought I looked healthy and felt the best about myself (when I was skinnier, I think I looked TOO skinny). When I got married, I gained about 10-15lbs...which wasn't bad--I still felt and looked fine. But when I got pregnant I gained about 60lbs. Unfortunately, I didn't deliver a 50lb baby--he was a healthy 7lb, 3oz. I lost quite a bit of weight after the first couple of weeks (tons of water weight), but I never got below 170-175.
Not quite 2 years later, I got pregnant with our 2nd son. I did a lot better with the 2nd pregnancy, only gaining the normal 20-25lbs or so. I lost all of that weight and quickly got back down to the 170-175 range.
About 7 months ago, I stepped on the scale and realized I had gained quite a bit of weight after already losing what I had gained with my 2nd pregnancy. I was 189lbs . So my husband and I started to diet together. In about 2 months we had both lost between 15-20lbs. But then we fell off the bandwagon. I gained about half of it back--a couple weeks ago I weighed in at 179. So I've started dieting again...and this time I want to stick to it!! Unfortunately, my husband is currently working long hours out of town, so we don't see each other much, and I don't have a partner--that's why I decided to join this site!
I weighed myself this morning and I am at 174.0lbs, so I've already lost 5lbs in the past couple of weeks. Ideally, I would like to reach my goal weight of 130lbs in about 6-7 months (about 1-1.5lbs per week). My best friend is getting married May 15th, and I don't want to be the fat bridesmaid!!! Even if I don't quite reach my GW by then, I know I will look and feel a lot better than I do now!!
Thank you for reading and I look forward to getting to know you guys! Best of luck to all of you and your continued successes!!
My HW (somewhere around 185-189):
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My goal--Me at 130lbs:
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