Meet Amy L.

Hi All!  I am Amy and the mommy to 6 (yes that is 6) great kids. I have been blaming my weight on being pregnant with twins, being on bed rest and nursing.  Now my sweet babies are almost 14 mos. old and I am no longer nursing or pregnant and so I don't have anymore excuses except that I love chocolate and hate the whole "have to get used to exercise" ordeal.  For most of my adult life I have been addicted to exercise.  After my fourth child was born I had to take a break because of a long and complicated recovery from a c-section and that turned into a four year break.  Four years later I finally lost the weight.  Then a year after that I found out I was having twins.  So, I had convinced myself, I was not meant to be skinny ever again.  I have five words for that "WHAT A LOAD OF CRAP!!"  I have been talking myself into being okay with an unhealthy lifestyle.  I love competition!  So now I am talking myself into being fantastically okay with being healthy and happy.  Wow!  What a concept huh? LOL! 

About the picture, some of you who know my family will notice that it is not a current one.  I chose an older picture because this was the last time I was overweight, (before the twins).  I also chose one from Disneyland because it is a good reminder of how exhausted I was from all the walking we did.  My whole body hurt.  The next time I go to Disneyland, I want to be able to walk and run without pain.  I want to be able to keep up with my kids.  I also had no choice but to pick an older picture because I don't like pictures to be taken of me.  This little assignment has made me realize that if you went off of pictures alone, I am missing from my family.  One would think my children had no mother and my husband was single.  How did he get all those kids?

I feel like this a great way for me to get back into the exercise addiction.  I know I will not reach my ultimate goal by the end of the 12 weeks.  But, this will be a good jump start to a new lifestyle.  I know I can do this, I have done it before, and this time "NO EXCUSES!"  I know you all can hold me to that.  As far as the competition goes, I am so in it to win it!