The first day of the rest of my life

Today is the day. The day I being my reinvention. Today I will start something, and finish it. I have to. When I look in the mirror, at a picture, all I see is fat. I realize I just had a baby 7 weeks ago, but if I don't start now, I'll be that fat mom dropping her kid off at Kindergarten come next year. I want to be comfortable in my own skin. I want to live to see Brenna & Ryker become grandparents and have left them with a good example of living healthy. I'm not saying Nazi regime type of healthy, just healthy while enjoying the small things in life. I'm not going to starve myself. I'm not going to deny myself a dessert every now and then.

I will make better choices.
I will count calories.
I will exercise. (moderately since I did just have Ryk 7 weeks ago)
I will involve my family with this trek.
I will keep a food journal and post it on here.
I will not buy any clothes until I fit into my size 12 clothes.

I am not interested in the number on the scale as much. What I really want is to be a size 8 and have a healthy BMI.


Here's a picture of me at Bren's 1st Birthday. I was about 148 pounds (I remember this because this was my pre-pregnancy weight.)

Here's a picture from this weekend. I will label this the heaviest I have been (minus my 215 ending pregnancy weight)

Today is the day. The day I being my reinvention.

Ryker Hudson is here!

Our baby boy is here finally! Ryker Hudson was born on August 27, 2010 at 7:36 am via c-section. He weighed in at 7 pounds 15.5 ounces and was 19.5 inches long. He has a head full of hair (explains the heartburn) and I just hope he becomes the kind of man I always dreamed of.