I have been battling my weight since having kids. Before my first child in 2005 I weighed 125 lbs, after my last child in 2007 I was up to one 150. I got down to 139, after some hard work. Now that I am home with 3 kids aged 3-6, who fight constantly and stress me out, I am back up to 157. According to the BMI chart I am obese, since I am only 5’2″.

I would love to lose these last 30 lbs! I have tried everything from hardcore exercise, to sketcher shapeups, even weight loss pills, Nothing is working.  I am going to work my butt off these next couple of months to get in shape, and would love your support.

My main problem with the way I look is my body shape, All of my fat is belly fat.  My hips can fit into a size 9 pair of jeans, but jeans that go over the belly have to be a size 12 (except that’s to big). So I am a in-between non-existence size.

Stress is a big factor in my life right now, and the main reason why I think I can’t lose weight. My husband is working on his PHD and is always at school or studying. Add in cooking, cleaning, laundry, and 3 kids and that is a lot of stress to handle.

This is my motivation………….

I don’t want to look like this anymore.

NO I am Not Pregnant.

We started potty training my youngest a couple weeks ago. I have two older girls and it seemed easy to potty train them, but with my son it was very emotional. One day he would go great, the next day nothing. So frustrated, Finally I just let him go at his own pace. He did request Cars underwear which I got for him, and he wore them with accidents.

Then a few days ago he just started going all the time.  He has had a few accidents when he is outside playing or something, but the past two days he has been able to sleep without a pull up on.  So my advice to others potty training would be. Try but don’t push, and always reward when he does go.

So I am excited that There are no more diapers in my house!

Josh Duhamel is holding a relief run to help raise money for Japan. It will be held in Santa Monica California, on March 27.

This is a great way to help raise money and get your kids involved, Plus Josh himself will be there. For more information and to register visit www.reliefrun.com

Disclosure: No compensation of any kind was received, just sharing information.

Ha! I like that title but rather just say my husband

(Sorry I would insert a picture, but my computer is broken again and I can’t find one.)

Happy 29th Birthday to My Husband!

It’s crazy how just a few days ago, I was outside with no jacket and could of even had shorts on. It was almost 70.   Today it the forecast called for rain and tempuratures in the 50’s. Nope, this morning I woke up to sleet.  Then I look out my window a few moments ago and……………………..

No, I don’t want anymore snow, I am so sick of it seriously.  So weather gods and Puxatony Phil, Where is my Spring?

I am starting to get going on my goals for 2011. If I made them resolutions they would be broken, and gone by now.

I have been trying to lose weight for over a year now, while I have only lost a few pounds. I have to put that on hold for a few months. My first goal is to get my teeth worked on, and I’m going in for a root canal tomorrow.  While I probably won’t be able to get all the work done that I want (It’s expensive). I’m going to get everything done that I can.

My next goal was to lose weight, everyone keeps telling me I don’t need to, but I have a baby pouch. I’ve had 3 kids in 34 months and struggled with depression now its time to get my body back. My goal is to lose 30 lbs.

As for blogging everything has started out great. I have a new design that I love and I am hoping to move over to self hosted this year. I haven’t really been getting a lot of pitches lately, but that’s fine. I have been invited to tons of events in NYC, but I have turned 90% of them down.

Heres why:

I would love to attend brand events and get closer to sponsors and connect more. My husband is a grad student working on his PHD and we don’t do daycare( it’s costs money). So to me my husband career is more important than mine. So unless a event is on a weekend or I can bring my kids, I can’t attend. To me family is more important than free stuff!  I know bloggers who are all about the free stuff, but I am not one of them.

So everyone wish me luck that I can stick to my goals.

Goals For 2011

I don’t make resolutions because I don’t want to break them.

Spend more time with my husband and family- I have not had a date night since 2007, the main reason being we never have a babysitter.  Also between my husband’s career and running a household, we barely have time to spend together as a family. 

Get fit- I am sure this is on everyone’s list this year. I would like to lose 25 lbs., or at least get in shape. According to the BMI scale I am obese. I blame depression and stress, and having 3 kids in less than 3 years.

Get my teeth fixed-I have always had bad teeth, and they keep getting worse. Some dentist say it had to do with my head trauma and stroke (yes I am 26 and I’ve had a stroke, 17 years ago) others say it’s from me not taking care of my teeth. Anyways I need between 5-10,000 dollars’ worth work done.

Get a makeover-I have never had a makeover, and really want one. Plus I would love to surprise my husband.

Blogging

I would love to attend more events and have them either be kid friendly or held on the weekend.  I live 1 hour from NYC and so many blogging events are held there, but I rarely get invited. I want that to change.

Switch and Design-I want to switch my blog over to self-hosted Word press and get a design. I never even knew that I wasn’t self-hosted.  I need like 500 dollars for all this, so let’s see if that happens.

Expanding my blog-Along with a new design, I want to increase my readership and maybe even have some guest posts and more.  I’ve been blogging longer than half the bloggers out there and I have less stats.

Not a lot, but you need money to have most of these things and that’s something that we just don’t have right now.

I’ve been thinking a lot about 2011 and what direction I want to take my blog. I don’t see myself being a big name blogger just because I still don’t have a lot of money to put into a design or anything.

I will be focusing more on writing about my life and family. Less reviews, but hopefully more giveaways. One major focus point in 2011 is weight loss, I am determined to get into shape this year. 

I’ll tell you more as the ideas run through my head.

later

I am thankful to have a wonderful family

My husbnad Jack is a wonderful man

We have our ups and downs, but we’ve been through it all

We’ve been together 8 years married for six and half years.

We’ve survived 2 deployments to Iraq, a seperation, 4 years of college, and now we will endure 5 years of Grad school.

I am also very very Thankful for my beautiful and wonderful children.

I was told when I was a child after a horrific car accident that I would not be able to have children. Well I have 3 now and I am so thankful, all my life I thought that my life would never be complete and now it is.

Happy Thanksgiving

What are you Thankful for?