Happy to be NEW!!

Mommaannie2510

I just found this app on my phone and had tried counting calories before & i sucked at it and really didnt know how to do it.
Im a new mom to a beautiful 10 month old baby boy. I struggled with my weight ever since i graduated from High school. I was really active in high school i was on the soccer team and basketball team & loved my free weights class. I let myself go and i gained 15 pounds the first year i was married and was diagnosed with pcos. I had a hard time getting pregnant & i turned to food for comfort and i gave up all excersize. After a miscarriage and infertility we had no luck. I was devistated and was really depressed. I tried to lose weight but never tried hard enough. Almost 3 yrs to the day we lost our first baby i found out i was pregnant. I was so happy and so excited. The last trimester of my pregnancy i started to get really swollen and my blood pressure started to rise. I was induced at 37wks and had a beautiful baby boy. I gained almost 50 pounds when i was pregnant and i was terrified of not losing the weight and having a hard time like i did before. I missed working out so much while pregnant i told my husband that as soon as i was cleared to work out i was changing my life. I got lucky and lost all the weight i gained while pregnant but i still had 35 lbs i had to lose that i gained in the last 5 years of marriage. January 7, 2011 i decided it was time to change my life. I went in for a physical and i had gained 8 pounds since i stopped b.feeding and that was in 3 months. My choloesterol was high and tryglycerides. My doc told me i needed to do more activity and change my eating habits and eat low carb. I started out slowly and started cutting things out of my diet and started excersizing. I did cardio for a month straight. I never loved running so i thought i would challenge myself and learn to love running. I struggled for the first 2 weeks but i kept adding miles every week and now i cant live with out the joy i feel when i run. I run races now and i run just because i feel so amazing when i do. Ive dropped 4 pant sizes since and have lost inches everywhere. I hate scales so i have decided not to weigh myself until my sons 1st birthday. That gives me almost 5 months till i have weighed myself. I decided to start counting calories to help lose more weight. Im so nervous for my weigh in but i know i will be so proud of myself no matter what. This is only the beginning i have so many things i am striving for like a half marathon then a full marathon and would really love to run the Ragnar. One day i would love to do a figure competition too. Im so excited to start this new journey and help my husband lose weight too. any advice would be great!!

- "bringing back the old me in the new mom"