Shrinking!

As many of you know, I have been very overweight for the past few (6) years. After I had Tayden I was put on a couple different medications that made me gain A LOT of weight. That coupled with having 3 kids in 4 years caused a big fat me.

Well finally I have been able to start losing big time. After I had Ady I was able to lose a few pounds right away (and I had only gained 10 during the pregnancy with her, so it was a good start) But I never can lose much weight while I am nursing, so no matter what I did I couldn't lose anymore after that. She nursed a long time, but when she finally stopped I started to see the weight steadily fall off.

Since I stopped nursing her about a year and half ago I have lost over 30 pounds, the majority of that in the last 6 months. But it wasn't until I pulled my winter clothes out last month that I really felt the results. All of my long pants and jeans were way too big and I couldn't even wear them with a belt! I was thrilled. I had a tote in the attic with some old pants that had gotten too small, but that I really didn't want to let go of. I was so excited that they fit now! When I see pictures of me recently I don't hate them as much.

Now for the best part! When I went to buy new jeans (which I had to pay full price for since its jean season) I just grabbed some that were one size smaller and bought them without trying them on. When I got home to try them on they were too big!! And not just a little too big, like really too big. I was really surprised! So I took them back and was able to buy pants 2 sizes smaller than I had previously been wearing!! Needless to say I have been wearing that pair of pants everywhere. I was also able to buy some shirts that were one size smaller. :)

So in order to keep myself motivated I decided to post my results here and keep a running total of pounds lost. Please realize this is hard for me. I never wanted to admit to anyone I used to know how fat I had gotten. I avoided showing pictures of myself to anyone or having pictures taken of me for that matter. But lately I decided that I don't want my kids to know that I don't like who I am, so I am trying to force myself to be honest and happy with who I am. I even hung pictures up in the house of me with the kids that were taken recently. I want them to know that I am not ashamed of me.

So there you have it.

So far I have lost a total of 40 pounds and 2 pants sizes (probably around 5 inches). As I lose it I will update my total on the fat tracker link on the right side of the main page. So please come back and be my cheerleader! I need all the help I can get.