Motivation from deep within

It is so beyond awesome to have finally found inside that deep desire and motivation to change.  And, it's always great to have a little success early on to make the process of getting started a little easier.  I gained about 35 pounds when I was pregnant with Mason.  I quickly saw about 20lbs of those come off very early after he was born.  It was great!  He was nursing like a champ and so I thought that the rest would melt off pretty quickly, and then boom!, I hit a major stall.  We were all sick for about a month and the wheels sort of fell off around then with the eating habits.  I was enjoying far too many cookies and some kind of dessert practically after every meal.  5 pounds found there way back on and I've been hanging in that same weight range for the last 3-4 months.  Ugh!
During our recent trip to Colorado, I decided enough is enough and let's get the ball rolling here with being overweight.  I've lost about 4 pounds so far and it's a good start.  Someone I read, Dan Malinski from cubicledadruns.com , posted this recently on facebook.

I love this!  I don't like the girl I see in the mirror.  It's not who I am.  I feel like I'm wearing a fat suit or something.  I'm ready to unzip out of the fat and reveal the real me.  I have some goals again and am so excited that the journey is beginning.

Hello blogworld, long time, no talk

Well, not long after that last post of mine, dated sometime in April 2011, I found out I was pregnant!!  woo hooo!  We weren't really trying all that hard, but we weren't preventing.  The plan was that after Ironman in 2010 we would try to add a second child to our family.  So, with that, we were pregnant and expecting baby #2.  We are so, so lucky in that we haven't had much trouble getting pregnant or ever staying pregnant.  I've had 2 pregnancies and have 2 babies to show for them.  Our baby #2 was born January 3, 2012 and is a bubbly, bouncing, sweet little boy.  His name is Mason.  He's now 5, almost 5.5, months old and is doing awesome!

Since having Mason, I've been trying to find the time to get back in shape.  I've had a few starts, and then something comes up.  I was sick for nearly a month in February and then it just started to seem so so hard to get back in to the swing of things.  But, slowly but surely we're coming around and life is seeming to settle a wee bit.  It's still a big (HUGE!) juggling act that I'm far from perfect at, but am trying to just do even a little bit at a time.  So, stick around and stay with me here while I try to blog more often (I promise!) and get this post baby #2 body to transform.  And, who knows, maybe an Ironman #2 will show up on the books in the next few years (cough cough*2015*cough cough).