RedHotMama2Four
New member
Hi Everyone!
I am new to the boards, and wanted to introduce myself. I also wanted to publicly announce my weightloss efforts. So hear I am! I am a young mother to 4 children, ages 7, 3(twins) and 1. I also run a home based business as a photographer. My life is one hectic mess, but I want more out of it! I wanted to be comfortable, I want to come across as a well rounded individual who appears to have it all together. So this past new years I made a resolution to finally get to my goal of 140lbs....I have not been that low since I was a teenager. Currently it has been about 10 years since I have been below 200lbs....So as of today I am down to 216.4lbs! My short term goal is to be at about 184lbs...I was hoping by my birthday (Sept. 15) but I am not too sure if this is really a realistic goal to have in mind. Anyhow, recently my hubby decided that he was going to jump on the healthy bandwagon and try to lose a little weight as well...so I took that as motivation and in the past two weeks I am happy to report having lost 8lbs! I think it was mainly a change in diet that helped but I have also been getting up early every morning before the kids get up to exercise. I do about 45 mins/3 miles on my gazelle...
So, anyways, if anyone has any tips on how I can reach my 184 goal in a healthy way...please fill me in!
I'll leave it at that, as I am pretty horrible at introductions. LOL
I am new to the boards, and wanted to introduce myself. I also wanted to publicly announce my weightloss efforts. So hear I am! I am a young mother to 4 children, ages 7, 3(twins) and 1. I also run a home based business as a photographer. My life is one hectic mess, but I want more out of it! I wanted to be comfortable, I want to come across as a well rounded individual who appears to have it all together. So this past new years I made a resolution to finally get to my goal of 140lbs....I have not been that low since I was a teenager. Currently it has been about 10 years since I have been below 200lbs....So as of today I am down to 216.4lbs! My short term goal is to be at about 184lbs...I was hoping by my birthday (Sept. 15) but I am not too sure if this is really a realistic goal to have in mind. Anyhow, recently my hubby decided that he was going to jump on the healthy bandwagon and try to lose a little weight as well...so I took that as motivation and in the past two weeks I am happy to report having lost 8lbs! I think it was mainly a change in diet that helped but I have also been getting up early every morning before the kids get up to exercise. I do about 45 mins/3 miles on my gazelle...
So, anyways, if anyone has any tips on how I can reach my 184 goal in a healthy way...please fill me in!
I'll leave it at that, as I am pretty horrible at introductions. LOL
