My Weight Loss Journey: Month 2

Every Tuesday I am going to tell you about my progress and what I have been doing for the week to stay on track of what I want to accomplish. Since I started this journey back in January I want to catch you up so I can tell you exactly what I am doing now.

The month of January I was super motivated and started to go to the gym regularly and was eating healthy. So I was able to lose 20 pounds and feel better to move around and doing the small things.

I am striving to keep my goals and looking for a brighter future. It helps when you have a GREAT support system. My number one supporter has been my husband. He has helped me through the ups and the downs.

These pictures have been taken in the early morning so I have the best hair. (kidding) I just wanted to have a picture taken of my whole body of side and profile.My husband leaves at 7 am every morning I needed my pictures taken by him. So this is what you get. Ü  I know my first month was going to be a little easier in having the weight fall off since I was changing my habits. Keeping to the habits has always been better for me.

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This month my main focus was eating healthy. Clean eating is what I have been doing. I wake up and eat either egg whites or greek yogurt. After I take the kids to school I go to the gym and exercise. After my exercise I have a protein shake that is low in carbs. but his in protein. For lunch I eat a salad with a variety of vegetable. For a afternoon snack I have either almonds or celery and dinner I usually have chicken.

Wait, What? Twins? Part 1 "I'm Pregnant"

Yes, I have twins but this story it's not what you think.


"I am on cloud 9." wrote from my journal entry in August 2007. At first when I found out I was pregnant with #2 I was ex-tactic! My hubby and I prayed that we could have another child very close in age to #1. I always wanted my family to be very close together. I figured my oldest boy & this future baby would be about 3 1/2 years apart. I was grateful that #1 would be my big helper but, I didn't always feel that way.

 Four months after #1 was born I was ready to bear another child. (Labor was as smooth as butter! It obviously didn't affect me too bad.) So every month we tried but every month we failed. I failed! After 2-3 months of no success I started searching the internet for answers on helping me get pregnant faster. These are some of the things we tried. 

      -I first had to figured when I ovulated, that was a little difficult since I don't have regular RED

       periods.

      -I took my morning temperate testing.

      -I went to the dollar store and bought 20 ovulation tests so we could better determined when our 

       best chance was.

I knew I didn't have fertility issues since it was so EASY to get pregnant with #1. The longer we tried the harder it was on me. I was grieving every time I took a test it was like a part of me died. I couldn't take another pregnancy test just to tell me, NO! I remember thinking, "What do I need to do to get this child here with me?" I never wanted to tell anyone that we were trying to have a child, because it was admitting that we were failures.

Then the questions came #1 was 18 months. "So, When are you going to have your next one?" "Looks like #1 needs a sibling to play with." Seriously, If you only knew, I AM TRYING!! I am sorry but, you just don't ask those questions. They can be piercing at times and hurt just the same as taking a pregnancy test. I was lost. I had no hope. Then, I prayed!

Thanks so my Heavenly Father he answered my prayers, in a way I didn't expect. Instead of thinking about my failure status I re-focused my energy on myself.  I was currently over-weight and not happy. I wanted to DO something about it! I started exercising, eating healthy, and being active. I started to become HAPPY again. I started to forget that I could take control and that I was in charge of my body. Heavenly Father gave me a gift, my body and I was going to LOVE it. The weight didn't come off right away. Hours and days of hard dedication of exercising and eatting right. I was satisfied with being BLESSED with one child. I gave thanks to my Heavenly Father. 

After six months of lifestyle change, I found out! Hesitant to take a test, I found out I was pregnant with #2.


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