My Story

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B.C. (Before Children): I was always skinny, never had to worry about what I ate or how much I weighed. I thought I would never have to work out; ... so I thought; until...

A.C. (After Children): My first child was born the day before my 31st birthday and I had to have a C-Section delivery. Needless to say the day I brought my baby home from the hospital and took a good look in the mirror of my body coming out of the shower I was horrified!!! Who was this thirty-something fat woman with this big scar across her stomach which once was able to wear a bikini! Terrified because I had never stepped foot in a gym or really knew what a work out machine looked like. So I hired a trainer from the gym and got on a regimented program/schedule and had a groove going that I had a

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body like I never had before. (B.C.) GREAT!!!
Then I got pregnant again 3 years later and thought I would look amazing this time around because I learned from my first pregnancy. This time I worked out a little, ate a little better (healthier) -1st time I lived on McDonalds & White Castle. I figured I had gotten my abs so flat with ripped 6 pack abs that it would be hard to lose it or too far gone, right?

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WRONG - Here I was 34,70 lbs. over weight with 2 kids that are my #l priority, exhausted from sleepless nights and dirty diapers, no time for me but for a quick shower. Now with another C-section and a worse scar than the 1st, I really couldn't look at myself in the mirror. I had always had the sunshine in my heart now it was in the shade. It was the beginning of a very hot summer and I had no choice but to be in my bathing suits in our pool, what a nightmare! Not like the first pregnancy at the beginning of a very cold and snowy winter where we were always bundled up.
Finally my stitches healed, had my routine down to a science (had a system going) and some

free dreadful time to get back to the gym. This time it was harder to get going and lose the weight, especially with my oldest child asking for the snacks and stuff and there I was munching with him.

I maintained 3 days a week of mixing up cardio, weights, aerobics, pilates, skiing, roller blading, whatever I felt like doing that week. I love to mix it up so you don't get bored or too used to a program. This time I had to really push myself, I had no energy and it was so hard to move this big fat body that I wasn't used to.

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But I stuck to it because I knew what I wanted in my heart!!! It took a lot longer to lose my weight this time around but I did it - I did it!!!!!