Fit, Happy & Fun- Hopeful Encouraging Mom
Let me first say, Hi Mom's, you're GORGEOUS. I don't care what size you are. I only care that all the Mom's reading this are happy, and I hope you all are. Happy Girls are the prettiest, or at least that's what Audrey Hepburn has had me believing for 30+ years.
So, I want to go back to 2 1/2 years ago, I was 28(whew). See that photo up above this post, well that is when I was my tiniest ever. I was a mother of 2 at the time and my youngest had just turned 3. I walked daily usually around 10-15 miles because of my job at the time. So, eating habits were basically whatever I wanted because no matter what I did I was going to be this little because of my exercising on a daily basis. I was never this small in school, and I never worried much about what I looked like. I would just go with the flow of life.
Fast forward to today, my now youngest is 7 months old(No, we didn't go backwards in life, we had another sweet baby girl) and I'm 30 years old now. I have a semi-kind of desk job. I spend a lot of time around the computer, and I don't walk like I used to. I do however love my life, despite the traumatic experience I'm still trying to push through. I'm not overweight, and I'm not super tiny anymore either. I would never say to be happy you HAVE to be skinny, because that would be a total lie. I'm perfectly happy the way I am.
I will however say that I, myself am so much more comfortable in my skin when I am smaller. That is my own opinion about myself only. I love that my husband loves me through all these trials in life, but I don't always love myself in the body I have. I guess everyone has their own opinions about their own bodies just as I do about my own.
Between having another baby that I absolutely adore, and the depression that comes and goes through out my days because of the loss of my other daughter, I have to set these goals for myself. The goals are to lose this weight before June. Whew, I know June is only 6 months away. How in the world am I going to lose this much weight before then? Dedication, motivation and lots of fasting and exercise. That's right ladies, I am not going to go on some craze diet to lose the weight, although I'm not completely appose to doing one. I just want to focus on a few things this year. My main focuses are myself, my family, encouraging other Mom's/Women, and finances.
I am dedicating my time to myself, every morning, to and from work, and 30 minutes every night. I'm dedicating my other time besides to work to my family. My off time is their time for snuggles, conversations and laughs. Blogging whenever possible to hopefully still encourage other Mom's and women in general. My work time is dedicated to our finances. I will fully focus on getting ahead and staying ahead.
Goals are hard to achieve. I have set many goals in life and never achieved them. Simply because my heart and mind weren't in the same place. I've never set goals that I thought were too far fetched, I just seemed to get distracted by a new dream or goal. It's always good to have a great support system. People who seem to push you towards your goals, cheer you on and never let you stop from reaching them.
I mean can we just stop for a second and be a bit honest about this whole having a baby/motherhood thing? I wasn't tiny through out my pregnancy, BUT I didn't gain all my weight during my pregnancy either. I gained it all in the 7 weeks after I had our precious baby girl. I gained it when I was laying on the couch cuddling a tiny baby for weeks and eating snacks because I was too tired to actually fix a real meal. Even after 7 months of having our little lady, I still seem to hear, "well you just had a baby." So, here's my thing and when I say my thing this is only my own opinion about myself, I have this extra fat and skin that I hate. I was the tiniest I had ever been before my last baby. I am bound and determined to lose this baby weight and to become comfortable in my own skin again. So, let's bring each other up. Let's be each other cheerleaders in everything in life. It could be a traumatic experience, weight loss, or even to get through the next exam at school. Us, as Mom's and Women just need to keep cheering each other on.
If your on a weight loss journey like I am, YOU GO GIRL. If your trying to get through something in life no matter what it may be, YOU GOT THIS.
You go girl!
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