My journey begins...again

I have decided to start a blog to give myself some accountablilty for my wiehgt loss journey. Kind words and inspiration are all always appreciated ;-)

I guess Ill start by introducing myself.

My name is Sherry. I live in Grand Rapids, MI with my beautiful family. I have 2 gorgeous daughters ages 9 and 2.5. I have been married for almost 10 years (OMG!) to Lewis, the best husband in the world.

For the past 8 years or so I have been on a weight roller coaster...and let me tell you I am READY to get off!!!! I never really had an issue with my weight until having kids. After the birth of my first daughter Carissa in 1999, I HATED how my body looked. I decided to do something about it. With the help of my husband (he is a body builder) I started lifting weights and doing Cardio. I started off slow, and admit I didnt know jack about nutrition at this point.

Then I started getting Oxygen magazine. Their excersize and nutrition information was exactly what I needed. I dropped 50 pounds in 5 months. My body looked awesome and I actually was seeing muscles!

THEN....I started nursing school. Oh yeah..the weight started coming back on. I didnt have time to train and I couldnt think about anything else besides studying! And with studying comes snacking. By the time I graduated in December of 2004 I had gained most of the weight back.

My husband and I decided to start trying for our 2nd child after I graduated. Pregnant with Carissa I gained 60 pounds, so I was like what is the point of trying to lose weight now, when Im just going to gain it all back. It took 8 months of trying to concieve Lily and when I went to my first doc appt for Lily I had ballooned to 196 pounds. After I delivered her in March of 2006 I was 234. YES people..234!!!!! Thats AFTER delivering her!!!! I was so busy at first I didnt really thinking about losing weight. Even with breastfeeding I didnt lose anything, because I was eating like crap.

August rolled around and I was so ashamed of myself. After some (then, not so nice) words of encouragement from my husband (thanks baby) I began yet another journey on September 1st 2006. I began losing wight and seeing changes after about 6 weeks. Over the next 18 months I ended up losing 72 pounds. In that time I began running and ran my first 5K!!!! I FELT AWESOME.

Over the last few months or so I have totally lost my muster and gave up again. This time I have no excuse. I just didnt want to do it anymore. Lame I know. LAZY..I know.

Well its over. I am done pussyfooting around trying to get the body I want. I am sick of feeling tired all he time, and Im sick of my pants getting to tight. I WILL get there this time. I dont care if it takes two years.

I WILL be lifting weights 4 times per week, and doing Cardio 4-5 times per week (hopefully running until it gets cold). I am going to start eating clean. No more crap, except for an occasional cheat meal. I am going to go to GNC and get some protein powder and other supplements, and Im gonna do it like I did it back in 2000. 50 pounds in 5 months.