New here, and hoping to meet friends on this journey

jalysia

Hi, my name is Jasmine. I am 30 yrs old, almost 31 , a wife for almost 10 yrs now, the mother of an 8 yr old son (will be 9 this month), 7 yr old daughter (will be 8 in March), and a 5 month old baby girl. I work as an Interpreter for our school system. I have always been overweight, but stayed fairly active with sports throughout school and college. Since having children I have started this weight loss journey many times, and was doing rather well with it in 2010 when my parents suddenly and unexpectedly passed away a week apart near the end of the year. About a month and a half later (just before New Years) I found out I was pregnant with the newest addition to our family (God works in mysterious ways). Since having her in August I have been on a weight roller coaster ride. I did very well right after having her, and dropped almost 20 lbs. Then the 1 year anniversary of my parents passing came, followed by Thanksgiving, and then Christmas, and I guess I just lost it. I have since regained almost 15 lbs, and when I saw my daughters 1st Christmas pictures I could have cried. So here I am, starting on January 1st, I got REALLY serious about this. I have a co-worker who says she will do this with me, but has yet to start, so I am hoping to find some friends here to take this journey with me. I watch the Biggest Loser (like it's my job) for encouragement and drive. I am hoping that come our 10 yr anniversary trip this summer, I can look as good as some of them did at the end of last season! Sorry this was so long, guess I had a lot to say (if you ask my husband that's nothing new, lol). Thanks for reading :-) GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL!!!