O.K. So I’m a little behind the eight ball but after reading your stories I am feeling motivated and inspired.
I love this idea of my own little community to report my ups and downs on the journey we have all embarked on to uncover that hot and rocking body we all posses.
I am wife to the one and mother to four boys, happily raising my family in Pennsylvania. I grew up with Carrie and love her positive energy!
I would describe myself as a sturdy woman! Great child barring hips kind of gal. I gave up the delusions of going down a size sometime in my early twenty’s. I have been a proud size 12 for a good 15 years. Through the barring of my first two boys, and taking up Marathon running I managed to stay true to my size twelve frame. After a big move from the bustling metropolis of New York City to the country side of Pennsylvania then giving birth to two little baby boys in under two years has rocked my body. My size 12 clothing is resting peacefully in my closet waiting for loves first kiss to wake them from their sleepy slumber.
I have the opposite problem a women with an eating disorder has when it comes to body image, I look in the mirror and say “Boy, lucky I carry my weight well”
My very rude awakening came when I stepped on my boys wii fit over the holidays and it showed me as a very plump figure registering in the obese range. YIKES!!! Yes, I knew none of my clothes fit but I did have a robust little 5 month old baby to show for that. Let me be honest with you, my new little community, I was pushing 200lbs five months after I gave birth. I weight 172 the week after he was born. Let’s review; I had gained over 20lbs after my baby was born!
What are my personal goals?
TO FIT INTO MY OWN CLOTHING!!!
I LOVE running and yoga! So to push me along in my journey I have registered to run a half marathon in seven weeks from this coming Saturday(can you say CRAZY!) through Amish country, should be very pretty. Since a BIG excuse of mine is I can’t make it to the gym with two little ones (I have some of the same issues Lindy is having) I also ordered a power yoga DVD I’ll let you all know how I like it when it arrives in 3 to 5 business days.
Thank you all for sharing your strategies and success’s, I have really loved how real everyone is keeping it. It is SO great to know I’m not the only one “having my cake and eating it too” keep them coming!
My height 5’7
Weight as of today 187lbs (that was harder to type than I thought it would be, I almost fudged it a little)
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Marianne, I'm so happy to see you here! I can't wait to hear about your new dvd and the training for your race.
ReplyDeleteMars- I was talking to mys siter on the phone while I started to read your story...rude I know and she was telling me something serious and burst out laughing and had to tell her, I am not listening to a word you are saying because I am dying laughing at Marriannes post. Wooooohhhh!!!! you are going to run a half in 7 weeks that is awesome! Wo you have already lost 13 lbs! awesome! Greta and I are going to run a half in St george but not til oct. and I am running the wasatch back relay in June. I have the longest legs totalling 14.6 miles. I was freaking out last week but I rean without stopping 3 miles yesterday so I have a long way to but now I feel like I can do it. SO glad you are here!
ReplyDeleteWelcome Marianne! Thanks so much for sharing your story. Look forward to hearing more from you.
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