I DID IT!!!!!

My stats as of today.
5' 3"
GW 145
CW 139
Felt the best and looked the best between 136-138

Total weight loss from my highest weight 94 lbs

I have always had a weight issue since I was 10. It had nothing to do with sweets or soda or not eating the right things. My problem is twofold. I love food and I love to eat.

I eat when I am happy, sad, depressed, angry, disgusted, joyous, scared... You get the drift. I love the tastes and textures of food. I love fast food, Home cooked meals, Pot lucks, sit down restaurants, even gas station food. There is not a food that I don’t like (at least I have not found one yet.) In other words, I am addicted to food. How can you be addicted to food? One may ask. You need food to survive. How can you be addicted to something that you need to keep you alive?

Well here is how it happens, At least in my case.
I am not going to go back to when I was 10. I am going to start this at the ripe ole age of 22 I weight 185-190. By the age of 25 I was pretty much set in my ways. I ate out every meal. It was not just one meal. No it was all three. And then maybe a snack. I would hop in the car and go to the drive thru and bam…. I was eating and on my way. I got married at 26 and when I got married I weighed 190 lbs. And 190 on my 5 foot 3 inch frame is quite a lot. But I didn’t care. Then, How does that saying go, First come love, then comes marriage, then comes baby in a baby carriage. I had my first child at 29. When I gave birth to sweet baby number 1. I weight 233. That was my highest. After baby I dropped to maybe 220. Then life happens and along came sweet baby number 2! I had her at 31 and I weight 233. The exact same weight I was for the first one! I yo-yoed for a couple of years between 215 – 220. After that I dropped again and yo-yoed again for a couple more years between 195 – 205. When I finally started my journey to a healthier lifestyle commitment, I weight 205. I now weigh 139 which is at the higher end of my BMI but I am now in my normal range. And I am loving life.

I did go on vacation and gained about 7lbs and almost have that off but I went on a cruise and I was not going to deny myself any of that fabulous food.

I am actually lower than my original goal weight of 145 I did get down to 135 before vacation and I really liked the way I looked and felt between 136 - 138. I am going to try to attach pics but I don't know if I can.


This Picture I am 233 My highest weight and the little munchkin is my oldest daughter who just turned 10!



In this picture I weight probably 215 - 220



This picture was taken in March of 2016 I weighed between 205 and 210 ish



This picture was my halfway point ish. I weight I think 173



And this was my GOAL WEIGHT PICTURE!!!! 145 lbs



This picture I weight between 136 and 138



This was on my vacation so not sure how much I weighed probably 138ish it was the first couple of days.