SAHM, halfway to her goal (pic)

First of all....congratulations. You look wonderful, keep up the great work. On another note, I wanted to suggest that you use your kids in your work out. All workouts do not have to be a strict routine. Take the kids for a walk, dance around the house, play leap frog, etc. You can also use them as a bench press and curl bar. My kids love it when I "use" them for my exercise. One activity my kids LOVE is "Throw on the bed" and its just that....they stand at the headboard and run toward me with their best karate moves, etc. I'm the monster and I have to grab them, tackle them and/or toss them on the bed. Great core, arm, back and leg workout!! Don't think you always have to workout alone - kids have TONS of energy...soak it up.

Way to go Mama!!

Hello,
Congratulations ! I just wanted to tell you that you look beautiful ! I am short also, just about five ft tall and have weighed 111 and have weighed as high as almost 250 as hard as that is to say, My father died, hubby and I went thru some hard times and then I decided enough was enough and I had to care enough about myself and my girls to lose weight or else I was going to have a stroke or heart attack and at my weight who would be able to do that?So, I started dieting, I would not eat trigger foods, foods that were my favorite, If I were going to the show I would put pretzels or something in a baggie instead of eating the popcorn , I ate a lot of non fat yogurt.I learned how to hoola hoop , not easy at 45! It took about 17 months of dieting and exersizing and I got down to 134. I did quit dieting for about three years and just ate whatever I want and got back up to 176.I have been slowly dieting and trying to change my eating habits because I have arthritis and I do not want to have to "Diet" again.My goal is around 125.I will reach that goal, I know you will reach yours., when we overcome or face problems or decide that we dont want to eat like like we have in the past,that our family and our health is in our hands and we have to take control of it ourselves, no one can do it for us it does become easier and overeating is not fun anymore and it is fun wearing cute clothes and awesome makeup even at my age, and girl, you are beautiful !

Melissa,
I'm so glad that you are my MFP friend and I'm so glad that I've gotten to be a part of your journey. You are doing such an amazing job and are working so hard. I'm so excited for you to reach your goal. You are already one hot mama...just imagine what you'll be like then