MOMOFTWO29
29 years old : Female : Westminster, SC
"finally going to be the example I need to be for my kids!!! "
About Me
My name is Laura,I am a born again christian,and all I want to do is live my life for Jesus Christ and teaach the kids to love the Lord as much as I do. I am married to a wonderful man named Quint. We have been married for 6 years. We have 2 beautiful and wonderful kids: Anna Grace, she is 4 years old, Jacob Quint, he is 2 years old. They are really good kids. I am a stay at home mom and I love every minute of it. I wouldn't trade being with them all day for all the money on earth!!!! I am a very simple and plain person, what you see is what you get. I am going to share my story with you so,here is my story: I have been overweight since I was in middle school and right on into high school and into my adult life. I weighed about 215 when I married my hubby in April of 2003, then in September of 2004 I got pregnant with my daughter Anna, and I gained like 50 or 60 pounds during my pregnancy, I didn't even try to lose any weight after I gave birth to her. In October of 2006 I got pregnant with my son Jacob, I only gained 18 pounds with that pregnancy. I lost like 20 pounds after he was born but got discouraged and gained it all back, and maybe some more. I have tried diet pills when I was like 20, but all they did for me was make my heart race and make me jittery and the weight I lost with them I gained back once I went off of the pills. I have tried like 4 or 5 times to lose weight by counting fat grams, but each time I lost weight and then I would quit and gain it all back. I got on the scales on December 31, 2008 and I was the heaviest I had ever been in my whole entire life at 292, I made up my mind right then and there that I was not going to be 300 pounds and I no longer want to be 200 pounds. A friend of mine told me about this site and I thought I would give it a try, I thought to myself I have tried counting fat grams and now I would try to count calories. A lot has changed for me, my determination has changed, I am determined to get it off and keep it off. I have never been so motivated in all of my life, my first goal was to weigh 185 pounds but I have changed it to 120 pounds, I can do it and I will do it. I want my hubby to see me below 200 pounds which he never has but in pictures, but that is not my only reason for doing this, I am doing it for myself, I want to watch my kids grow up and I want to live not die at an early age. I am doing it for my kids, I don't want them to look at me and think that being overweight is okay.
Why I Want To Get In Shape
I want to get in shape because I hate what I see when I look in the mirror. I want to go into a store and for once not have to go to the plus size section to buy my clothes. I hate what I look like in pictures and I would rather be the one taking pictures instead of being in them. It would be nice to have some new photos of me and my family, ones where I don't look like this. For my hubby and kids.
My Inspirations
- Jesus Christ
- myself
- My hubby and kids
- all those on here that have lost so much weight
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Hey Laurie!
I haven't talked to you in months! I've lost a few more pounds since the last time we talked, and I'm up to 11 lbs. off! The last couple of weeks I've done REALLY bad eating and not working out as much as I usually do =( Ugh! I'm going to get back on it tomorrow though, and I hope to lose a couple more pounds by Halloween! I hope everything is going good with your weight loss journey!
I just wanted to say "Hi and Good Morning!" Hope you have a great day!
Lookk at you Miss Girlie shed those pounds left and right.You keep it up!! You are doing an amazing job.I burnt a total of 617 cals today and 800 yesterday so I am feeling pretty good right now.