Stay at home mom

I have four kids (11,9,7 and 2). My weight has ballooned to about 190. I can't bear to get on the scale, so I'm not really sure how much I weigh. I need accountability and I need to figure out how to kick start the motivation and power through when motivation evaporates.
Maybe we can motivate each other?!?

4 kiddos here (8,6,4,2), SAHM homeschooling Mom in SW TN. You can do it, ladies! Just sending out an encouraging note. I lost my baby weight and more.

OP, I noticed you said you “let yourself go”—it’s so easy to put our kids and husband’s needs first and end up running on empty and snacking on leftover kid food. It sounds so cheesy, but putting your health (& your family’s) first is so important. I plan when I will workout around our schedule, but it’s a non-negotiable event that will happen. It might be early morning, mid morning (thank heaven for a gym with childcare), or early evening, but it happens. That’s just what Mom does. Kids know it, hubs knows it. All know that happy & sane Mom/wife is worth the “inconvenience “. I will say that between working out, kid activities, our own activities and commitments, entertaining, and general errands, we don’t have time left for things like watching tv. So there’s that. But the trade off in health and self confidence are worth it to me.

I’m getting better with meal planning (im vegetarian and everyone else is not), but I always keep reasonably healthy ready meals around for the days I cook them a meat dinner and just can’t be bothered to cook my own. (Yes, I’d be great if we could all eat one meal, but some days I just don’t have the energy to fight the little kids on eating or deal with the cranky). But logging the food and weighing it is, again, just what Mom does (most days!). So again, planning ahead is key. The days when I wing it are generally not good.