Three hundred and twenty

The photo on the left is from Thanksgiving 2011, a previous 365 photo. The photo on the right is from Fall of 2012. As you can see I lost some weight. The 2011 photo was about a year after I had my second child. Weight is always a struggle; however, I now know that beingContinue reading “Three hundred and twenty”

Three hundred fifteen and sixteen

Two totally random and unrelated photos right next to each other? Why not put them in a blog together. What the heck? I think I must have been at my lowest weight ever when I took 315. My jaw has never looked like that and has never again, sadly. This photo was taken in myContinue reading “Three hundred fifteen and sixteen”

Two hundred and thirty seven

Nothing says Autumn like jeans, a long sleeve shirt, trees changing colors, Fall wreaths and some weird lady taking photos of her reflection in the glass storm door. Love this shot. I have been on a weight loss journey since 2005. I have hit some of my goals and still haven’t gotten to the mainContinue reading “Two hundred and thirty seven”

Weight Loss and All that Jazz

I have been over-weight my whole life. When I was about 13 I did something about it and lost quite a bit, not sure how much I never really weighed myself back then. I do know when I was 14  I was the lowest weight I have ever been, but by most people’s standards, especially doctors, IContinue reading “Weight Loss and All that Jazz”

Eighty-two

Since my son was born 7 years ago I had been taking an active step to change my eating habits and exercise more. I lost about 50 lbs. all together from that initial weight. With a few steps back, but always moving forward. Since my husband has been in the Army for almost 3 yearsContinue reading “Eighty-two”

Why start?

I posted the following on October 1st on Facebook, with many encouraging comments from family and friends in response: “I am so tired of watching what I eat, knowing the calorie count for everything, not being able to eat what I want or how much. I am tired of following the rules, the exercise, the runningContinue reading “Why start?”