That was when I knew that I really had to lean on God and know that everything would turn around if I just kept going. I started the process of losing weight again, and found out that I was pregnant-and ended up having a beautiful baby boy in February 2012. I was around 357 pounds when I delivered.
The next year was consumed with being a mom and not really taking care of me, so in 2013 I said to myself that I would put more effort into my eating and exercise. I lost about 30 pounds..and got pregnant again! I gave birth to my gorgeous daughter in February 2014, and when I looked at her while I was still in the hospital, I knew that I had to really make a change because I would be the example she’d follow in terms of health and body image. I was an overweight little girl and I didn’t want her to fall into the same cycle.
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I was around 360 when I delivered, and when I went back for a 1 week check up for my blood pressure, I had lost over 25 pounds. I knew that it was fluid loss, but seeing that number at the time – 322, was enough incentive for me to get going when I got the all clear to exercise.
Six weeks postpartum I was 318, and I began tracking my food on My Fitness Pal and documenting my fitness journey on Instagram on the same day- March 25, 2014. Here we are, 1 year later and I’m down 170 pounds from when my daughter was born and 200 pounds down from my highest weight. I’ve gone from a snug size 26 to a size 12 in pants, and a 4x to a Medium in shirts. I started off slowly, using Walk Away the Pounds DVDs or putting the kids in the double stroller and walking them around the neighborhood. I then began doing T25, and went through an entire cycle. After that, I focused more on pushing myself past my comfort zone and started weight training and running with my sister twice a week.
