The Beginning

In the beginning there was man...ugh, really? OK in my beginning, I guess I could say there was a man also...I fell in love with him, gained a bunch of weight, looked dreadful on my wedding day (thankfully at the time I didn't realize it)then gave birth to his two beautiful little boys. It is safe to say that I have always been overweight, and I am guessing by the looks of things that I always will be. But, shortly after I had Brady (our first son who was born 04/19/06) I decided I wanted to be a runner. Well, I finish his first year and just try to cling to a normal life as a new Mom who is also working full time. Then, when Brady turned 2 I found out I was pregnant with our second child, another boy. Brett was born 12/01/08. He is now a year old and I am done nursing him. Those pesky professionals and experts who say that breast feeding speeds up your metabolism...they are NOT lying...Ugh, I was down to 162 pounds (which is AWESOME for me!) now that I have been done nursing for nearly two months, I have gained 20 pounds...What is that crap all about. I hate this phrase but here goes..."THAT'S NOT FAIR!!!" So, now I need to start running not only because I have really always wanted to, but I need to. I just can't go back to my pre-baby weight of 200 pounds. I don't want to be a fat/out-of-shpe wife and Mom, I want to be able to buy clothes at any store and have them look good.

So, here we are. My first blog entry...here is what to expect in the future. My thoughts on food; which I am trying to learn more about and use properly, exercise; my struggles with getting to the gym around 5 a.m. on M-W-F and then running in my neighborhood on T-R-J. And the occasional rant about trying to buy a house in a good neighborhood with good schools :).

SO - Here are some of my starting stats
Height - 5'6"
Weight - 182 lbs
I will post my measurements as soon as I find my tape measure, it's probably hiding out of self defense!