Halfway, Baby!!

*Sorry the Picture are so large*

The Numbers:
5 foot 2 inches
non-pregnant SW: 236
CW: 185.8
UGW: 136 (and normal weight range)
Large Frame
Starting size: 22
Current Size: 13/14

So this is me, one year after baby #1, before I got pregnant with Baby #2



When baby #2 was about 2 months, this is how my face looked



At Easter, baby #2 was around 7 months, I had lost a little weight (hardly enough to count) while my husband was deployed. This is how that looked. (you'll notice the "236" trend...I may have been even heavier than that in some of these, but that's the number that I saw when I started on the right path, so I count anything before that as 236)



I kept being fat and lazy for awhile.

November 2012, I decided THAT'S IT!! Baby #2 was 2 years old. I started giving it a real good effort, learning as much as I could, exercising all different kinds of ways, and truly enjoying every step of the way.

Then this magical thing happened.
I started feeling more confident. I started loving life a bit more.
Whatever it was that made me stick with a plan past one week, then two, then a month, then a few months, and now for THIS LONG, I am super grateful for that thing, whatever it was.

Today I weighed myself and saw 185.8. I had a miniature celebration dance with my two-year-old (the big one was still asleep), and then we ate our yogurt and decided that we're been pretty awesome and should share our pictures. This is how we looked over the past 9ish months:














And this is now:








As silly as it seems, my little ones have been my biggest supporters, encouragement givers, and motivators. I'm so proud to do this for a better future with them.

This has been a huge learning experience, with a lot of curves and hills along the road, but I wanted to thank those of you who continually post in the forums answering questions (over and over again) and helping explain how your plans have worked. I have relied a lot on your information and am very grateful to have learned from you.

I still have quite a ways to go before I'll be in the "healthy weight range". The only thing that's for sure is that I'll keep on keeping on, no matter how long it takes, no matter how many roadblocks come my way. I got this.