weight loss update w/ pics.

I'll start out by saying that I have felt happy for the first time in a long time. These past two years were the toughest of my life... there was too many untimely deaths we had to get through, dealing/helping with addiction, and many mistakes we had to face. I finally hit my low about a year ago, and since have slowly but surely made drastic life changes mentally, physically, and spiritually.

There is still that struggle of balance of being a mother, wife, and college student that a most of us can relate to, but now I'm learning to appreciate the struggle. Although I am no where near completed with my journey, I survived the past couple of years and came out a better person, and I am forever grateful for that.

This is me right before we got pregnant with our second in 2009. At this time I had dangerously lost 55 pounds in 3 months.


When I got pregnant, I quit everything cold turkey. The next 8 months and beyond I, again, dangerously, packed on close to 85 pounds total, weighing in the heaviest I had ever been in my life. This continued until 2011.

Last year is when I made the change. I started losing weight here and there, gaining some and losing some more in the process. I plateaued at a 15 pound loss for about 6 months and was feeling extremely let down. We bought our house in July and I changed my outlook. I ate SO much better, better portions, and exercise here and there. I since then I have lost an additional 25 pounds, making my total weight loss at 40 pounds all together.

These next pics were taken within the last week.

I still have about 30 pounds to go to be at my and my doctor's goal weight, and I have no doubt that I can do it. I now have the drive to want to be healthy, happy, and to be alive for my family.

Thanks for looking!

You look great!! Awesome work!!! And it's so good that you are doing thigs the healthy way!

Congrats! You look fantastic.

You look amazing! This completely inspires me to make a change. I've put on so much weight :/

You look amazing! And by the way, you look so much like zooey deschanel ...especially in your last picture

Way to freaking go! Same happened with me. Dieted intensely, lost 108 lbs.. then got pregnant. Had to eat normally, and blew up... over 30 lbs within 2 months. I have to slowly work on that now. The right way. I'm so proud of you!!!

Awesome job! You look beautiful!

Thanks everyone.  

Quoting *B & D Mommy*:" You look amazing! And by the way, you look so much like zooey deschanel ...especially in your last picture "

I get that a lot, but I don't see it! I think it's the bangs. lol

Quoting Man. Bear. Pig.:" Way to freaking go! Same happened with me. Dieted intensely, lost 108 lbs.. then got pregnant. Had to ... [snip!] ... normally, and blew up... over 30 lbs within 2 months. I have to slowly work on that now. The right way. I'm so proud of you!!!"

I know you can do it! Your story was very inspirational to me! And thank you.  

Quoting *B & D Mommy*:" You look amazing! And by the way, you look so much like zooey deschanel ...especially in your last picture "

Haha I was just about to say that. WOW, OP, do you ever look like her! I just watched her in Yes Man last night and you two could be twinnies from your profile pic.   You look great! I know we're all hard on ourselves, but seriously, you were a beautiful girl the whole way through. Glad you are able to see it now too. ;-)

Quoting Little Vine:" Haha I was just about to say that. WOW, OP, do you ever look like her! I just watched her in Yes Man ... [snip!] ... all hard on ourselves, but seriously, you were a beautiful girl the whole way through. Glad you are able to see it now too. ;-)"

Thank you!   That is very kind and sincerely means a lot.