Hubba Hubba for the Holidays (CLOSED GRP)

Thank you all for the nice comments about the chart/challenge!

vallejos6 - I am one of those in the sweltering heat. :devil: It is still 108 right now at 6:35 in the evening. Ugh. This is our first summer here. I knew it was going to be hot. But knowing it and living it is very different! Soon though, you are going to be COLD.

This is a little bit about me. I have 4 children (26 - girl {married}, 24 - girl, 21 - girl, 16 - boy) and two sweet grandgirls (3 & 21 months). I have been married for 27 years, to a man that I still really love. When I got married, I weighed 120 - 123 lbs. After my second baby, I got up to about 148 but then back down. My lowest weight, as an adult, was 111 when my 3rd baby was 9 months old. Gained some weight and was 131 when I got pregnant with #4. With that pregnancy, I was sick the whole time. Either with morning sickness, a sinus infection, etc. I just didn't feel well and was in bed a lot of the time. My muscles went bye bye. After he was born, I was about 141 but then I ate. Not crazy... but the usual, fattening way. With a lot of the muscle gone, there wasn't much anymore to help keep my weight down. I got up into the 180s pretty quickly and have been there for close to 16 years. Except for one time, when I was sick for several weeks and got down to165 (since I wasn't eating), but once I started eating regular again... hello 180s! For the last 16 years, I have had a desire to be thin but not enough to do anything about my food. I would exercise once in a great while. And I almost always felt ugly.

I have a friend on Facebook that I've known for many years. She is part of our group (mswank16). On Feb. 17th of this year, she posted that she had lost 28 lbs (I think). Upon inquiring, she wrote about this site. I came here, joined, and wanted to play around. But I couldn't do what I wanted without doing something about my food and exercise. I hadn't eaten that day (yet) so I thought "I could start right now". And that's how I began! Soon after I joined, I hit a stumbling block. The woman I have loved the longest in my life (my sweet mom) died on Feb. 26th. I had only been dieting/exercising for 9 days. I kept going until it was time to go out of state for the dressing, viewing, funeral, etc. I had lost 5 lbs. By the time I came back, and started again, I had gained the 5 lbs. back. I started again on March 18th. I am not the fasted loser on MFP but I have lost 31 lbs (I haven't updated yet) in about 5 1/2 months. So I average just a little over 1 lb. a week. My next mini goal, which you can see in my signature, is 150. I was 150.2 this morning. So close! And so close to the 140s which is really exciting for me! I'm hoping to at least get to 150 this week but would love it if you see me in the 140s on our updated chart!