Lifestyle Changes.

My baby boy was born on September 12th, 2009. He is the best thing to ever happen to me! But along with being all so wonderful, he also left behind a lot of baby weight on his momma. I gained 41 lbs. throughout my pregnancy. At my 6 week checkup after having Ryder, I had lost 22 lbs. 19 lbs to go! (to my pre-pregnancy weight.)

The most success I have had in losing my baby weight was last summer when I did the HCG diet. I lost another 15 lbs. 4 lbs. to go! As soon as the HCG diet ended, my weight came back with a vengence! (A lot of women I've talked to had the same thing happen to them with the HCG diet.) *Insert Sad Face Here* ...26 lbs to go.

Throughout the past year my weight refuses to budge. It is a CONSTANT source of misery for me! I miss my old self! The energy I had, the way my clothes fit! Everything.

In May, I had to have an emergency appendectomy, (removal of the appendix.) Reguardless of the size of the appendix, (about the size of your pinky), you'd think you'd lose a pound or two with this surgery, right? Yeah. I gained another 11 lbs. Gag. 37 lbs. to go.

Let me just tell you, the honesty you are experiencing right now is hard for me. I have always had "weight issues", and have obviously spent the past nearly two years in denial over the fact that I've lost control of my body. But its time for a new day, a new dawning in the weight department of my life. I had a physical with my primary care physician on Wednesday, discussed all of my feelings about what has become of my post-baby body, and have set up a Weight Loss Plan! I'm nervous, excited, scared, hopeful, apprehensive, and most of all READY for what is to come. My blog is going to serve as a bit of a Weight Loss Journey journal over the next 6 months. What a perfect way to vent my frustrations/achievements along the way! As the ticker below shows, zero lbs. lost, but as of Tuesday, July 26th, My weight loss journey begins! Check back to see that number climb, as the number on the scale goes down, and most importantly, Wish Me Luck!!! ;)

0 lbs. lost, 37 lbs. to go!