Now is as good a time as any.....

I started this blog months ago....not really sure how long ago exactly, but lets say it wasn't really during the peak of my weight loss journey. As of today I have lost 37.2 lbs in the last year or so. I don't really know what the starting point was, as I wasn't really tracking it in the beginning. The weight just sort of started coming off on it's own. Let ast year at the end of August/beginning of September I took on a new role at work. While you would think that becoming a supervisor of a department would naturally be MORE stressful than the job I was doing, it actually has been LESS stressful. Throughout the last 8 months I have been doing this job I have lost a good amount of weight. There has been ZERO dieting! It has call been through eating less, and this was not on purpose...turns out I am a stress eater, I just never realized it before. With there being virtually no stress in my current job I don't feel the need to snack. I had pretty much cut out drinking sodas, I'm struggling with this recently, but plan to get back on track soon. In February I joined a "Biggest Loser" competition on the local mom's board I am a part of, while I didn't push myself very hard I managed to lose almost 12 lbs in 12 weeks! I also came in 2nd place! About 4 weeks into the competition I was finally able to convince Robert we needed to re-join the gym. After some price comparisons (LA Fitness & 24 HR fitness were the same) it came down to how much they were charging for the Kids Club...LA Fitness won. They were half the price of 24 HR Fitness. We have been super happy with them in the 3 months we have been going there now. Robert & I get to workout together, the 3 kids get to play....everyone is happy. Recently I decided that although I previously didn't have a "goal weight" in mind, I know about what weight is healthy for me. That weight is approximately 42 lbs from the weight I currently am. I made myself the promise that if I can lose the remaining 42 lbs by my birthday in January that I will reward myself with a new tattoo. Not just any tattoo though, a tattoo that will go along my rib cage. The only person that will see it will be Robert, but it's what I want. I have no idea what it will be yet, just the location. I am actually at the point now that it would probably look decent, but I just really wanted to set a goal for myself. The only thing that may hinder me from meeting my goal is the fact that I need to have a hysterectomy later this year. My OBGYN has said it's no rush and to schedule when I am ready. I'm hoping for the fall. When I was pregnant with Alex we found that I had a fibroid tumor, it is still very much present on my cervix, continuously growing, and causing me all sorts of issues with my body. Thankfully for now I am just taking a birth control pill, sorta weird to have to take the pill when your husband had a vasectomy, but so far it is working and everything is under control. Soon I will update with pictures, etc as I set out to meet my new weight loss goal. I plan to include weekly weigh-ins, etc. This helps keep me accountable.