M O T I VA T I O N

Hello All I'm 32 years old and started my weight loss journey after I had my son and he turned 1. Prior to having him I always struggled with my weight and could never find the motivation to really commit to losing it, I would always compare myself to smaller girls and never felt comfortable in my own skin. In Feb of 2016 I found out I was pregnant and I couldn't have been more happy since this would be my first child, unfortunately that pregnancy ended in a miscarriage and I was completely devastated. After going to the doctor and having a routine check up done I was advised that I was severely overweight and needed to lose weight, I took this info and used it for motivation knowing that one day I wanted to be a mother and I wanted to be as healthy as possible to do so. I started my journey immediately in August of 2017 and lost 30Ibs before I found out I was pregnant again. I was beyond excited again however because I wanted to insure I stayed healthy for the baby I tried not to focus so much on my weight loss and more of just being healthy for the baby. Once my son arrived I made a promise to myself that I would resume my journey once he turned 1yrs old. He turned 1 in July of 2018 and I haven't looked back since, tracking my calories with MFP along with a better diet and exercise has allowed me to lose over 121Ibs! I hope my story will help inspire someone else to stick with there journey and take it 1 day at a time, I started this wanting to lose weight and it has completely become a NEW LIFESTYLE! Thank you for reading my story and good luck on your journey.