32 by 32

I have always struggled to some extent with my weight all my life. I remember going on my first diet in 6th grade. I've done all the diet rages: liquid, Atkins, Weight Watchers, L.A. Weight Loss. I have lost anywhere between 5-18 pounds at any given time. Reasons? I have wanted a better looking body. I wanted to look good.

But now...

It's not that I don't want to look good anymore, but my priorities have shifted. I will always have stretch marks, and you know what...that is okay. They are my stripes from birthing 2 of the most precious things in my life. (Even though if I am completely honest, I do envy those beautiful preggo pictures that some of my friends have with the most perfect naked bellies.)

But now, I want to be finished losing this extra weight for my boys. So I can see them grow up. Watch them become the people they have been created to be. I want to be healthy for me, more so than what my image looks like in the mirror, I want to reflect health from within.

So, that is why I am announcing my 32 pounds by my 32nd birthday. I have already lost 10.* So even though it will be tight (ok, I'm giving myself through June), with a lot of hard work and determination, it can be done.

It will be the best birthday present for me...
and for those I love.



*I guess I could say that right before giving birth to Connor, I have already lost 54 pounds. That is A LOT! But we still have a little more to go...