Fabulous

Even though this isn't the purpose of this particular blog, I thought I would mention that over the weekend I went to a birthday party for my friend Colette. It was an 80's themed party. It was a lot of fun, but the funnest part was seeing everyone dressed up. To see pictures, check out Allison's blog or Colette's.

The purpose of this blog is to share some exciting news with my blogging friends. As some of you may know, I have been working out consistently now for about 4 months 3x per week. This is very significant for me. Normally, when I begin to work out I do it for a couple weeks and then give up or lose motivation. When I first started, my motivation was to get toned up so I could show off my tattoo. Then after I got my tattoo, I continued because I wanted to be able to show off my tattoo. (Also because I really just wanted to start getting toned up). Well, around the beginning of July, I had been working out for 3 months-ish and although I was losing inches, I wasn't losing any weight. I didn't begin the process to lose weight, but after three months, I was beginning to get discouraged about it. So I had a conversation with my sister who had been looking skinny the last few times I'd seen her about what she had done to lose some weight. She shared her "secrets" which basically was eating more fruits/veggies, eating a light dinner, eating several small meals throughout the day. I decided to change what I was doing which was (sort of) counting calories and concentrate more on eating small meals throughout the day and adding in more protein.

I am thrilled to announce that I have finally reached my pre-pregnancy weight! I had no idea what a mental and emotional accomplishment that would be for me. But it's been huge for me. I have been stuck at a weight for a long time which never seemed to budge. I not only have gotten under it, but have reached a weight that I didn't think I'd ever be at again. Now, the unfortunate part of this story is that right before I got pregnant with the girls, due to medication and crazy whacked out hormones I gained 5 pounds...plus I was already about 5 pounds more than I wanted to be...so although I'm thrilled to have reached my pre-pregnancy weight, it's definitely not the end for me. I'm working on 10 more. However, for now I'm thrilled because it gives me hope that if I can reach my pre-pregnancy weight, then I can keep losing and it's not such an impossible task for me any longer. I don't have to be stuck where I am (or was). And the most exciting thing....the reason that I wanted to share this on a blog....I put on a pair of shorts this morning that I've been avoiding because although I could get them on and zipped I would hang over the top and it just didn't look good. So I tried them on this morning...I didn't have to suck in to get them buttoned or zipped...and I don't hang over the sides! At all! Hallelujah!