Pre-baby after Picture and Current Before Picture

I have always struggled with my weight, but it is a moving target so to speak. When I was in high school, I thought I was "so fat" when I weighed 132. But then again everyone else around around me weight about 105. Then in college I dated a guy who was more obsessed with my weight than I was. I bought into his line of crap and lost it for him...not me. I went from about 150ish to my lowest ever of 127 (or the lowest I can ever remember weighing as an adult and i was only 19 at the time). Then a short time later he broke up with me. I think I remember weighing that 127 a whole 1 day.

More recently I weighed 165 when I got married. Here is the pre-baby after pic.

This is circa summer 2003 and I had lost about 15 to 20 lbs on the South Beach diet. I think I weighed about 167 in this picture. This is when my healthy eating lifestyle started. I started to learn more about eating right. Eating more fruits, veggies and whole grains.

I gained a few pounds after the wedding, you know, wedded bliss and a good honeymoon. Then 1.5 years later I get pregnant. I only gained 33 lbs of "baby weight" but your body is just not in the same shape after that little one is finished with you, ya know?!?!

So here I am at my new before of 188lbs, Christmas 2006. I am 11 months post-pregnancy.
So that is where this blog comes in, it is me and my blogging buddies, holding myself accountable to keep a healthly lifestyle going. We are trying to get pregnant again, but that doesn't mean the healthly lifestyle goes out the window. I will still try and exercise and eat healthy, but weightloss will not be my focus if I get pregnant. But after #2 is here, there is no holding me back. I am going for it. My goal weight will be 145, give or take alittle ; )

Just for you Twix

This is just for you Twix. You were so brave to post a picture when it was the last thing you might have wanted to do.

This is me circa 197?....(sorry I couldn't be as brave..heheheh)