Sorry, I accidentally posted this in the wrong section earlier!!

Hi, I just joined here tonight. I am a mom of 3 children and have been married for almost 9 years. I own my own business and I love to cook, bake, make candles etc.

I have never been really overweight in high school i was 5'10 120lbs. When I turned 21 I gained like 40lbs in a year. I really contribute this to moving out of my parents home, eating fast food everyday and drinking lots of beer everynight. Anyways, when i got married I was 150lbs. Then had my 1st baby 2 babies later I still have not seen 150 on a scale. I really haven't tried that hard though. Now, that I am almost 185 I think its time to slim back down and start looking good and feeling good again.

My issues are that I eat because I am bored or upset. Of course, owning a store that carries all the goodies does not help either. I am a big pop-a-holic and I love chocolate.

My goal is to lose 45-50lbs by cutting out pop, sugar, potatoes (gonna be tough with that one) and most breads. Plus, I am going to try some exercises and my ball with some weights.

I would like to lose as much as I can by March-April for my high school reunion. I think most people would crap thier pants if they could see me now.

Anyways, if anyone has any good advice as to how to jump start the weight loss I certainly would appreciate it. Also, if there are any moms here that now how to battle the pouch left from babies let me know how this can be done. I have had 3 babies over 9lbs each and I really need to tighten this problem area. So that being said my problem areas seem to be my mid-section thighs, stomach, hips.

Thanks to all and I look forward to getting to know everyone.

Welome and good luck with your goals

Welcome! I am new here too

I have 4 kids, my oldest being 5 years old, and my youngest being 3 months old, and NO twins. So I hear ya on the tummy issues lol

The first thing that would make a HUGE difference for you is to replace all soda with water. Skip even diet soda, skip juice (though there are some GOOD juices that are good for you so those are ok) and fat free milk. But water water water is the key!!!!!!

Good luck on your journey!

Howdy Welcome and gl,I am a mum of 4 ages 21 months,6,7,9 been with and married to a "rail"skinny hubby who eats everything doesn not gain,seems like your fixing 3 different meals for everyone and it gets hetic and complicated so we all are tryiing to eat healthy even tho me and my daughter seems to be the strugglers.Anyway I wish ya the best,it's a tough battle but YOU can do it,Tammy

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