MommyWeighLess

I have been battling to get myself together and get these last pesky 50 pounds off. I have lacked motivation for a while. Between busy 40-50 hour work weeks, school, kids, dinner, house chores, family time, etc... I could make countless excuses ...I have neglected myself yet again. I stopped working out, but I have done my best to keep my eating in check. Essentially I have been maintaining for the last 8-12 months. All of that changed dramatically on Wednesday, September 30, 2015. This is my restart date. And there is a very rude man I want to thank for that. I have always been overly critical of myself. There aren't many women that don't judge themselves on a daily basis. I have always battled with my lack of positive self image, even though I've never had a reason to be so hard on myself. My parents taught us to love ourselves no matter what, and Dustin has never done anything to make me feel less than beautiful. My body has done some amazing things in the last ...

I recently wrote a post about how I have changed since having a son , but what I didn't talk about was the amazing person my little guy is growing up to be. Evan will be 2 years old in a couple of weeks. I don't even know where the time has gone. All I know is that it flew by... way too quickly . And I also know that is one of the most over used cliches by every parent in the world, that times fly. But it honestly does. I feel like we were just trying to get pregnant with Evan; that we had just decided that Scarlett needed a sibling, and we wanted to try, our last try, for a boy. Thankfully that is who we got, because boy or girl... this was it . I hope that as my son grows, he will grow to be a good man like his father and grandfather before him. You can read about those amazing men here and here ! They have been exemplary in teaching Evan what a good man is and how one conducts himself. Even if he is only two, I hope that some of the things they are showing hi...