Hey everyone! My name is Shannon and I'm 22 years old. I'm married to Josh, 25, and we have two daughters (2.5 years old and 4 months old). I started out weighing 200 lbs when I got pregnant with my first daughter, and I gained 12 lbs with her. Then I got pregnant with my second daughter at (again) 200 lbs. I weighed 228 the day I had her.
After I had my second daughter I started going to the gym with a personal trainer. I worked out 3 days a week with her and did the elliptical machine for 45 minutes (550 calories) 5 days a week. I got down to 187 lbs at the end of August, and I've stayed there for the past month. My husband does IT and was in charge of a building move with his job, so he was working 15 hour days with no days off the entire month of September. I wasn't able to hit the gym for a whole month because of this.
Anyhow, I'm starting back up at the gym tonight and I'm really excited! Working out gives me so much energy, and I need it with a toddler, baby, 2 8 week old kittens, and breastfeeding! haha My husband made a lot of extra money working all that overtime, and he's planning on buying me an elliptical machine in a few weeks. I'm so excited!
All right, I'll stop with the rambling now :-) I can't wait to start reading the forums and giving/getting the support we all need!
[Shannon]
jump right in!
You have your hands full. Good for you for making exercise a priority!