Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Very 1st post!

Well I can't believe I am doing this. I have decided to start a blog to show how a mom of 2 can live a healthy lifestyle by showing what I eat, how I find time to workout, be a mom of 2 great boys and work a full time job. It can be done.

Well I guess I need to tell you a little about me. I live in Tuscaloosa, AL. (roll tide!) and married to a wonderful man, Deron (pronounced Darren) and have two great boys, Carter (5) and Cooper (2). I have always been average size, thankfully I have height on my side. But after I had Cooper, I was the largest I had ever been and miserable. My turning point was when I walked into The Limited to buy a pair of pants and the sales clerk told me that they didn't carry my size. I was between a 14 and 16 (closer to the 16) and weighed at around 160. I left the store humiliated and motivated! After that I started walking during my lunchbreaks and at night after dinner. I started watching what I cooked and ate as a family. Thankfully, I have a very supporting family and they never complained...even when I made those horrible black bean brownies! To make a very long story short, we made a complete overhaul on our lifestyle. I don't use the word "diet" because I will automatically cheat. I have gone from the size 16 to a size 4. I am smaller now than when I was in high school. My husband has also benefited from this lifestyle change as he went down 2 pant sizes. I use to hate running, never ran, it didn't even look fun, but now I can say that I run 7 miles on the weekends. I love it!

Anyway, I hope you find this blog interested!

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