The Motherhood of the Traveling Pants-

April 05, 2016

The Motherhood of the Traveling Pants-

I have been contemplating on writing this for awhile now, but I have come to the conclusion that I need to share my success story to hopefully inspire someone to do the same. I hate being the center of attention; which is why I'm always writing about Ava- she's so much easier! But, here I am putting myself out there. It was a year ago in March that I looked at pictures from Ava's birthday party and had enough with the way I looked. I had lost some of the "baby weight," but not enough to really feel good about myself. We were in a hard place at the time; my Mother In-law was slowly dying from lung cancer. It was an emotional roller coaster, and one that wouldn't end until May when we lost my Grandmother too. I was probably in the worse state-of-mind emotionally, but I knew that despite the pain it was something I needed to do for myself. I was determined going in that I would lose weight on my own with the free resources I had. I wanted to see if I could do it without spending the money on programs, shakes, or even a gym membership. I know that I could of lost weight faster having help, but I proved it can be done on will power. 55 pounds later, I am at the weight I was in high school (well plus a little extra in the boobs and hip area)! I somehow managed to go from a size 14 pant to a 10; which keep in mind was not even my original goal. I accomplished this in less than a year and have been working on toning and staying in shape since then. I did it by cutting out most of the crap, but really by not snacking with the girls and drinking a lot of water. If there are days I want dessert or pizza, I eat them and then work out a little longer (to justify it I suppose). I defiantly didn't get to where I am now by starving myself or by putting myself on a strict diet. I'm actually a terrible vegetable eater still, but managed to slip a little green in now and then. Where I helped myself was cutting out my drink calories (no alcohol, juice, or soda) and by increasing my water intake (a gallon on the days I work). This was much easier than cutting out some of my favorite foods. For exercise I do squats and walk a lot. In the nice weather I usually will take a walk with the girls- sometimes two, and then a 2 mile walk alone at night by myself. On the not so nice weather days I stick to the work-out videos I have saved on Pinterest. Some of the videos are only 5 or 10 minutes, which is sometimes the reality when having kids around.

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