Hello ~ time to stop lurking !!!
 

Hi Everyone !!!

I have been lurking around this site for a few weeks now getting tips and reading success stories of members and feel ready to start my journey...

I had a son almost 5 years ago and during my pregnancy I gained around 80lbs, after he was born I lost some than gained again and made him and my husband a priority over myself.

We travel to the caribbean every 3-4 months (my husbands family all lives there) and I get really mad at myself when I see all the beautiful model like girls in bikinis walking around the pool and ask myself why can't I look like that.

I haven't weighed myself for years and on our flight back from the south on Friday I said to myself that I would weigh myself as soon as we got home... I did and I just about hit the floor.

290lbs.

I don't feel that heavy nor do I look it [in the mirror] (in my opinion). My husband says I am proportioned well for that weight. Sunday we downloaded pictures from our camera and I was horrified how I looked.

September 1 was my 30th birthday and my husband through me a surprise birthday party - I was so happy, but disgusted by the way I look in the photos.

For the past 6 months or so I have been SLOOOOOWLY changing my eating habits. Ex, cut down on sodas, cut down on fast food, more fruits & veggies, learning about labels... now I need to put it all into effect.

So it's time - I put myself as a priority. I want to be one of the sexy girls in a bikini that will make other men jealous of my husband for having such a sexy wife. :)

Wish me luck... I would like to get to my pre-pregnancy weight somewhere between 170-180lbs

Hello and welcome to the forum!!!