Before and After

The one thing I didn't do before starting this lifestyle change was take a before picture. I have a couple I've had taken in the last year. But when I dressed up to go somewhere I usually wore a jacket over a t-shirt because I just knew it was hiding how big I was.




Yesterday I went to Walmart. I've been wearing my old clothes because they are perfectly nice clothes. A month ago Angela said to me "Mom, you need new clothes. you look like a little girl playing dress-up in her Mom's clothes." So I figured I'd go see what is on sale. Although I won't tell you how much I weighed when I started I will tell you I was wearing a 4X shirt and some styles were tight across my tummy. I've always carried the weight there probably because after having five kids I have no muscle. Well, I saw a couple of pretty blouses clearenced for $3. So I took a couple of sizes in the dressing room. I will be posting a picture probably tonight or tomorrow. Because the ones I got are a size (drum roll, please) a 1X! I honestly have no clue when I last fit in a 1X. That is all the motivation I need to keep going on this. It's been a hard thing for me to do. I love food, I'm addicted to food, I reward myself with food. I hated exercise. But I started taking baby steps four months ago. I have hit the 45 lbs weight lost mark and now lost two sizes. I could only do 3 very slow minutes on the bike the first of December, now I can do 40 minutes. And if I can do it, anybody can!

Again, please check out my other blog on the 5K race. I hope everybody who reads it will get motivated to make some small baby steps in their own life if they need to. I told somebody I'm like a convert to the church. I've seen what this can do for my health, and I want everybody else to feel as good as I do! I promise to blog about something else too and not be totally boring. But if I can motivate or encourage just one other person to make some changes and improve their health, it's worth it.