Ok these pictures bring tears to my eyes. I was the heaviest I have ever been in my whole life after giving birth to my 4th child. I found as I had each one of my beautiful girls it was harder and harder to loose weight. I am thankful I had each one of them no matter what. I also found with the last pregnancy I was having some major health problems. Diabetes was at my door step and making me feel horrible. So after seeing some pictures of me at my daughters baptism I could not believe my eyes....I did not look like ME. I decided I had to change my habits. In January of 2007 I decided to make a lifestyle change. I decidied first to change my eating habits to lean meats, lots of fruit and veggies, low fat dairy, and whole grains. Ater I lost about 10 lbs ...I felt enough energy to start going for walks out in the neighborhood. This exercise really paid off. Then when winter hit I decided to work out in our apartments workout room. At first I just rode the bike and walked on the treadmill. Then one day I decided to do 10 reps on the weight machine and free weights. After doing weight training and my walking 2 miles a day I noticed I seemed to feel even better and stronger. A few weeks into weight training I tried running on the tread mill just one lap....to my surprise I held out the whole lap. ( I used to be in cross country and track in high school...yes I ran long distance.) So running felt like it was in my future again, but just a little at a time. So about 3 months ago I started running 2-3 miles a work out plus weight training, warm up and cool down. This journey has taken 1year and 4 months. When I started I was a size 18 and now I can wear a size 6 comfortably. I was just above 175lbs and now I'm a hair above 135lbs. I will continue to eat healthy and exercise for the rest of my life I hope. I feel at my best when I take care of my health and I hope my example will stay with my girls to live a healthy life.
*Sometimes I even have some ice cream, cake, or other treats. But now instead of eating way to much I try and eat it in moderation.
I'm so thankful for all my friends and family who have loved and supported me in my new lifestyle.
10 comments:
Congratulations, Dawn! You look great! I need to take some inspiration from you!!!
OH.MY.GOSH.
You are seriously amazing. What a great journey. You look great and are such a wonderful example of motivation and hard work. What a motivation!
Hey Dawn! It was good to hear from you. You look awesome-I'm trying to loose weight also, we'll see is I can do as good as you! See you at enrichment next week!
oh Dawn you look fabulous! Quite the inspiration for me as I am working on the weight loss myself. I am so so happy for you and proud that you have stuck with it for so long! I hope I can post the same story soon too!
Wow Dawn. You look amazing! It really is SOOOO much work to get weight off so you should be so proud of yourself. You look beautiful.
very inspiring! You look awesome! Congrats on all the hard work!
Lisa
www.workoutmommy.com
SIS,
YOU ARE LOOKING GREAT! WHAT'S THE SECRET? THE PICS SHOW ALOT OF HARD WORK AND COMMITMENT AND IM GLAD YOU'RE FEELING ALOT BETTER ABOUT YOURSELF. KEEP IT UP. LOVE AND MISS YOU BUNCHES.
Wow Dawn you look so beautiful and you must be so proud of yourself. I have been battling with my weight for 9yrs. I sure hope I can get the power and control over myself and use you as my modivation to lose weight. Take care and love and miss you all so much!
Love Your Cuz Jamie K
Wow Dawn, that is amazing! You give me hope as I'm trying to lose weight now! Keep up the great habits!
you go girl. WOUNDERFUL JOB!!!!!!
I really had to look twice..
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