I am a 34 year old mom of three, with 15 years separating the first and last kid!  I am married, living in the suburbs of Chicago.  I am a very small framed individual - who up until 2000 weighed a steady 145-150 pounds.  I watched the weight go on thinking 'oh, it is just a couple of pounds - no need to get super worried about it' until I found myself at 170 and not liking the person I saw in the mirror.  Then I got pregnant, and after having the baby, put on a couple more pounds.  I had started a workout routine that I wasn't really serious about until February, when a car accident and a broken femur sidelined me for 4 months.  I didn't realize how much I enjoyed working out until I couldn't - isn't that funny.  Now that I am healed, I started my program to lose weight June 1st.  I have enlisted the help of a personal trainer, and got my butt into gear.

10/9/07 UPDATE:

Cruise was awesome - I enjoyed myself immensly - even though I didn't meet the goal of 150 by then, I still looked great, felt even better.  I will update my profile, and have adjusted my goals to reflect a countdown to Christmas!  That gives me 11 weeks to lose 25 pounds.  I would like to be to 142 by Christmas morning.

2/21/08 UPDATE:

Well, 1 year almost to the date of the accident and femur fracture, I am at 158 pounds.  I would have liked to have been at my goal weight by now, but I look better than I have in years (reduced cellulite, smaller thigh sizes, etc).  At this point I plan to start including mini-goals for myself - to see if that helps me to stay motivated.  Hubby and I are planning a birthday trip at the end of March to Orlando - my goal is to have lost about 13 pounds and have a body fit for a tankini - much too modest a girl for the full on bikini - but who knows... If I do great then bring on the strings baby! :)

1/13/09 UPDATE:

I am currently at 155 - not much change from where I was this time last year.  I gained and lost the same 7lbs throughout all of last year.  Frustrating?  YES!  But I am determined to change my fitness and calories to make sure that 2010 does NOT look the same as this year does. 

8/1/09 Goal:  155

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