Motivation Monday
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Welcome to my very first Motivation Monday. I will be chronicling my journey back to a healthy body, mind, and spirit. Each week I will discuss how the previous week was and set some goals for the next week. I will also be listing my progress. If you would like to see past progress you can look in my archives for Get Moovin' Monday posts. If you would like to get motivated with me please link up your post using the Mr. Linky below. Your post can be in any format you want. Whether you are trying to get healthier physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually or if you just have a task you need some motivation to complete...please link up so we can support each other. I would love to hear about your progress and help keep you motivated!
My Story
I guess a little back story is in order for my very first post. In high school I was a model. I modeled for local businesses and competed in local and regional pageants. I absolutely loved it! During my senior year I became pregnant and subsequently lost the child. After the miscarriage my periods became so intense that I was hemorrhaging. I started taking Depo Provera and gained over 80lbs over the five years I took it. It also made me extremely depressed but I didn't know the extent of it until I quit taking it. During that time my fiance and I struggled with that loss for several years until we finally decided we had worked through the loss and just weren't in love anymore. We decided to call off the wedding while in college and we broke up. My ex-fiance and I remain friends to this day. {He is also a friend of my husband. I'll explain that one if you are interested but it's a long story lol.}
Shortly afterward I met my husband. At the time we hated
each other. Over time though we began to give each other a chance and wouldn't you know it...we fell in love. A couple years later we were married. At our wedding I weighed the most I had weighed in all my life. I was around 230lbs. {Photo to the Left} About six months later I had dropped down to 190. {Photo to the Right} A few months after that I was expecting our first child. I tried to work out and get into better shape at that point but I was already obese and getting bigger every month. I had a very difficult pregnancy that was complicated by gestational diabetes and preeclampsia. Those two things kept me from doing any working out that was more intense than a casual walk. At the end of my pregnancy I weighed in at 270lbs. Almost 40lbs of that was water weight and I lost that a couple weeks after my son's birth. 
Today I am 220lbs. One of my reasons to lose all this weight is to try to avoid those things with our next child. Those two things are not dependent on weight, and once you present with them you will likely suffer from them again, but I have hope that losing weight will help, if not eliminate that danger. Another goal for my weight loss is to be that pretty girl I know is inside me. I will never be that beautiful girl in my senior picture ever again,{see Photo above in purple shirt holding stuffed hippo} but I can be a beautiful woman. I have to emotionally and mentally come to terms with the fact that that part of my life is behind me and I have a lot to look forward to. I want to be the MILF my husband sees in me. I want to show him and myself that I can be a truly sexy woman and not just one that you can kinda see sexiness in. I know, in my heart and soul, that I am pretty today. I want to be gorgeous and I know I can do it!
I hope you will join me on my journey through physical, emotional, and spiritual healthiness.
My Progress
Last week was pretty lazy. I did take Little Bit for walks and shopping but I really need to get on my Ab Lounge and work out more. There was an ad for a free gazelle machine but by the time I found it and responded it was already spoken for. Oh well. I'm keeping my eyes peeled for indoor equipment. It's kinda needed up here in Alaska.
I've lost 13.4lbs since January 1, 2010 y'all! Woot! That's 1.2lbs in Jan, 8.2lbs in Feb, and 4lbs in March! I hadn't noticed that until just now.
I've lost 13.4lbs since January 1, 2010 y'all! Woot! That's 1.2lbs in Jan, 8.2lbs in Feb, and 4lbs in March! I hadn't noticed that until just now.
My Numbers {From Last Saturday's Weigh In}
{Green is Improvement, Red is Bad, Mmkay?, Blue is Stayed the Same}
{Green is Improvement, Red is Bad, Mmkay?, Blue is Stayed the Same}
Weight - 219.8
BMI % - 52.2
Water % - 35.8
Muscle Mass % - 33.4
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