Well lets see…..I’m 28 years old and I have two daughters, Isabelle who’s 2, and Jasmine who’s 5 months old.
I weigh 218 pounds as of today. I began packing on the pounds at an early age. I think I was about 140 when I started highschool. When I finally joined the navy (I was 21) I was 165 (and that was after losing 20 lbs, working my ASS off). After boot camp I looked fabulous. I’ve never felt better in my whole life!!! I imagine I was about 150. I was able to fit into my then husbands jeans (and he was a 34 waist). While I was in the Navy, I was put on a series of different birth control pills due to various bad reactions. That brought me up to 180. Then I got pregnant and had a miscarriage, which brought me up to 210. (depression)
I stayed there until I got pregnant with Isabelle. I got up to 247 while pregnant with her. Afterwards, the weight came off SUPER slow. I had FINALLY made it to my pre-pregnancy weight, and boom, got pregnant with Jasmine.
So after Jasmine, I shed my baby weight pretty well. (I breastfed initially) But I have since gained about 10 pounds, and this is when I finally realized, enough is enough. I hate my body. HATE IT!!!! I wish I was Monique, where I was totally happy with being a big girl, but I’m so not that person. I want to wear the cute clothes I bought when I was around 150. I want to try on clothes and see how they compliment my eyes or my skin color, not whether or not you can see my fat rolls!!!
So this is the beginning of my journey. Certainly not the end. Maybe the end for my fat pants. LOL! So help me GOD, if I have to buy another pair of size 22 jeans, or any variety of XL, I just might make a scene in the store.
I hope to meet women with the same goals as me. I hope to share in the happiness of losing weight, and I hope to meet and exceed my mini-goals, and my main goal!