So who the heck am I?
I'm a 31 year old working mom to a baby boy. I've had weight struggles my entire life. I was 20 lbs at 4 months and weighed 185 lbs in 5th grade, but have built a lot of character as being the fat kid before fat kids were so mainstream.
I lost a good 40 lbs my freshman year of high school in a not so healthy way and managed to keep it off for the better part of my teen and early 20s.
I've taken the weight off and put it back on my entire adult life. I am a habitual yo-yo dieter and often go up 10-15 lbs and then take it back off with some form of low-carb diet.
A few years ago the hubs and I decided we were ready to grow our family and I ran into fertility issues. I gained 20 lbs during a two year struggle to get pregnant. Between the fertility drugs and the stress, I basically gained the baby weight but had no baby.
After quitting all the drugs and going to an acupuncturist, we conceived and now have an adorable son, who we call Mr. Mister. I have no idea when or why it started, but that's what we call him and it has nothing to do with the band.
I gained 40ish lbs with prganncy so 140 + 20 (trying to make a baby pounds) + 40 (pregnancy pounds) = 200 lbs!!!
And to be honest, I was probably closer to 205 at delivery. After I had Mr. Mister the weight dropped off like noone's business, obviously I just pushed out a baby and that had a lot to do with it.
I was back down to 170 -175 after a few weeks after all the swelling came off. However, nothing has really come off since. Sure, I've lost a few pounds here and there, got down to 168 for a hot minute, but it was short lived.
Long story short, I hit rockbottom after a weekend of over indulgence and decided it was time. I stepped on the scale to face the music and it said 176 lbs. I was ready. More than ready and the MILF Project began.
I'm here to not only loose weight, but find myself again. I want to feel like that funny, self confident girl I once was. And the truth is, a lot of that comes from feeling good and I feel good when I'm healthy and in shape. So here I go. Who's with me? Read, set, go!
I'm a 31 year old working mom to a baby boy. I've had weight struggles my entire life. I was 20 lbs at 4 months and weighed 185 lbs in 5th grade, but have built a lot of character as being the fat kid before fat kids were so mainstream.
I lost a good 40 lbs my freshman year of high school in a not so healthy way and managed to keep it off for the better part of my teen and early 20s.
A few years ago the hubs and I decided we were ready to grow our family and I ran into fertility issues. I gained 20 lbs during a two year struggle to get pregnant. Between the fertility drugs and the stress, I basically gained the baby weight but had no baby.
After quitting all the drugs and going to an acupuncturist, we conceived and now have an adorable son, who we call Mr. Mister. I have no idea when or why it started, but that's what we call him and it has nothing to do with the band.
And to be honest, I was probably closer to 205 at delivery. After I had Mr. Mister the weight dropped off like noone's business, obviously I just pushed out a baby and that had a lot to do with it.
I was back down to 170 -175 after a few weeks after all the swelling came off. However, nothing has really come off since. Sure, I've lost a few pounds here and there, got down to 168 for a hot minute, but it was short lived.
Long story short, I hit rockbottom after a weekend of over indulgence and decided it was time. I stepped on the scale to face the music and it said 176 lbs. I was ready. More than ready and the MILF Project began.
I'm here to not only loose weight, but find myself again. I want to feel like that funny, self confident girl I once was. And the truth is, a lot of that comes from feeling good and I feel good when I'm healthy and in shape. So here I go. Who's with me? Read, set, go!
Hi Amber! New to your blog and wanted to see how the journey is going! I'm going to read around your blog more but have you ever tried running? I started about 5 years ago and shed the 40 pounds that needed to come off. Try it out sometime! :)
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