The Beginning

I want to start by saying this is the first time I've ever written a blog. So here's a little bit of info about me. My name is Carrie, I'm a 26 year old, married, mother of two. I'm your average stay at home Mom. At the beginning of 2011, I was tipping the scale at a whopping 240lbs. I decided that I had enough of being the "fat chick" everywhere I went. So I decided to do something about it. Instead of throwing a pity party for myself(which is always the easy road), I got proactive. I started watching what I ate and exercising most days of the week. Those two things are hard enough when you don't work, but at the time I was working a full time job and had a 2 and 3 year old to take care of, along with maintaining a relationship with my non-overweight husband. I've been on the weight loss train for over a year now, so "Why are you just now starting to blog about it?", you may ask. Well, the reason is simple...I've accomplished a lot over the past year, I have lost 65lbs to date!!!! Yay. I learned more about myself than I ever have before. And my biggest accomplishment is that I've realized that I'm far stronger than I ever thought I could be(and I thought I was a pretty strong lady before). However, I'm not starting this blog at the end of my weight loss journey, I still have about 35lbs to go to my goal. But, at this point I feel like I'm grounded in my "beliefs" about weight loss to begin pursuing my passion and desire to help others begin or continue the seemingly treacherous road to losing weight and getting into shape. Helping others has really been my ultimate goal, not only in losing weight, but in my life. Even if I only reach one person that is helped along the way by my words then I have succeeded.
Since this is my first blog, please feel free to comment about anything you would like me to discuss. I will update weekly along with my weigh ins, obstacles, and victories. I will give you support in your own struggles and praise for your triumphs.

This is my before picture, when I weighed a whopping 240lbs 

This picture is from 6 or 7 months ago

(a more recent picture is soon to come)

Thank you soooo much for this opportunity and I hope to hear from others soon. Even if you're not losing weight, but maintaining, I am here for support.