Well, here I go!

I hope I can do this! I am about to bare all! Here is my story~

I have struggled with my weight since I was in high school. I was never really "big", I was a swimmer so I had muscle, but I was never "skinny!" After graduation, I moved to Maryland to be a nanny! Fun yes, lonely YES! So I found my comfort in food! Mass quantities of food! Bags of chips in a sitting....3, 4 king size candy bars, fast food, you name it I consumed it! When I came home after a year, I put on 40lbs!

When I came to the point of really looking at myself, I ate because I looked the way I did! I had an older sister that was a stick and a mom that had gone though Weight Watchers and was also a stick and then there was me! So of course I ate more because it was what I did best! (By no means am I using them as an excuse. I put the weight on all by myself.)

Then I met my husband at collage! He was all of 145lbs. Can we say intimidating? After we got married and starting having babies the weight continued to pile on. I tried all sorts of "diet pills", quick weight loss tricks you name it! Then after my second son was born, I went on a Dr. prescribed diet pill! Hallelujah! Something that worked....I went from a size 18/20 to a 16 and I felt great! I was out walking and loving the new me! Well, to make the happy story sad, I stopped taking the pill and all that weight came back and then some A LOT of some!

By now, I was having my 3rd baby and put on even more weight with that pregnancy. (I have to say though with my pregnancies with the boys I never gain a pound, in fact with my first I lost 20lbs and with the second I lost 25lbs.)

Between the stress of kids, working , a marriage, I found my comfort still in food. It was the one thing that I could always count on.

Now, I'm about to change that! So if you want to come along with me on my new adventure, I would love to have you! Like I said, if I can encourage just one person, then my story has done its job!

Here I go..........................