The Hard Jouney to Finding Me

The pounds kept creeping up. Day after day, year after year. I got heavier and heavier.

"It's just baby weight don't worry about it will come off in no time", is what everyone used to say to me. That may have been true but what about the 15lbs I gained in college? The 15lbs I gained when Cpl. Mayhem and I got together... engaged... married?


I would love to let everyone think it has to do with the pregnancies but who and I kidding? Lets be real here! I cot comfy in my relationship. We always went out and we snacked a lot! Chocolate bars, pop, chips. Anything that was convenient, we did it!


After Ducky was born I saw a photo of myself my mother-in-law took of me and I was mortified!
Why didn't anyone say anything to me? What kind of person would let their friend go out in public looking like a beached whale?!

How did I not notice this weight gain?

I have to acknowledge that I made the decision to eat the bad food and not living a healthy lifestyle and it caught up to me.

After having DuckyI had all intentions to lose the weight but I never did. That is until I visited my parents for 3 months in Panama. Here's how I did it:

Living with my parents in a secluded area in Panama where the closest fast food joint was literally a hour and a half away. So we went grocery shopping once and week and got the things we needed.

For exercise I walked up and down these hills... OK not hills. Mountains! These things are huge!! They were insane!! Did I want to do it? Nope! Why did I do it? Well, when you have your dad bugging you to the point of insanity, all you want do is leave!

But I did it! I lost 30lbs doing it! But it did not last....

Mainly because once I moved back to Nova Scotia I was living in an apartment with my son where there was a fast food places and convenience stores within a 20 mile radius. And that was my downfall. Convenience! Anything that was easy I was there! And the accomplishments I had achieved started to slowly diminish as my pant size got bigger and bigger.

I'm a Monday girl. I'll start it on Monday. New diet plan, new exercise routine. Always on Monday.

Once my husband and I moved to our first posting I got a job working as a health consultant with a weight loss company and I lost 30lbs doing that. I had to take pills and eat a 1100 calorie diet. It worked but I don't think for myself it would have been realistic in the long run.

While I was on program I got pregnant. I still kept on the 1100 calorie diet but I did not take the pills and started to gain weight with the pregnancy. Then my doctor told me to eat more and I did, except that I didn't eat the same way I did with my first pregnancy and still gain an incredible amount of weight.

So it's been a year since my daughter was born and the weight was still on my 5 foot 2 frame and I've been desperate to get it off.

A friend of mine and I were talking about taking the weight off and she told me about "Body For Life". Now I had heard about from my little sister but I wasn't interested at the time. But my friend's story hit way too close to home. Then a week later she found out she had won second runner up in the Canadian Body For Life Challenge. I was sold!

I lost 21lbs in my first Challenge and I'm hoping to lose another 30lbs for my second challenge.
I've been gathering my thoughts and with a little planning, I'll be able to start my second challenge on Monday.

I KNOW, I KNOW! I will always be the Monday girl but this time I've got it under control. Follow me in my weight loss journey but also in my journey to find myself again.