The Deal...

If you know me, you know I was a dancer. A tiny, skinny, and long ballet dancer, (of course at the time I would have sworn I was fat... hindsight... what a pain in the curse)! When I was dancing with a community company in college, I screwed up my knee and my doctor said it was either stop dancing or start saving up for a knee replacement now. Awesome!

That was my third year of college. I finished my education degree, had some fun, made some amazing friends, met my husband, graduated, and moved back home. I taught for one year, got married, and 3 months after the honeymoon we found out we were pregnant! I was excited and I quickly took to the idea of eating for two. Sadly, nobody explained to me the other person was the size of a grapefruit and not a pro-football lineman. Around the end of my third trimester it occured to me that I had gained 35lbs and I really wasn't planning to give birth to a 30lbs baby.... so I was in some trouble!

Now, I know you probably think, "She's an educated woman... surely she would've figured out how to eat better for #2". You, my friend, are incorrect! With our son, I did a little better! Sadly, there were only 24 months, (I know... it just sounds better than 2 years) between kids. As any new mom knows, your own appearance tends to hit the back burner when you reproduce a human. I still had weight gain that didn't mysteriously go away from the first angel and after bringing cutie number two into the world I was at my large and in charge state of motherhood. Bottom line... my kids will be 5 and 3 this spring and I'm out of excuses!

So, the deal... my husband knows me. Better than that, he "gets" me. Having just lost close to 100 lbs himself, he thought I could use some motivation. The deal is if I lose 30lbs (my goal) by May 22nd I get to splurge on a new summer wardrobe! It might sound trivial to some... but the thought of not looking like something they might put on that "people of walmart" site THRILLS me! Not that my current wardrobe is bad... it might be but I think its fine, (a statement I now realize has been uttered by every person on "What Not To Wear" YIKES!). I'll be tracking my progress here as well as posting any nonsense I find from Pinterest and other motivational places that help me along the way.

Maybe my story will motivate you to go back to the healthier, happier, more active you! Hopefully writing it keeps me going too!!!