Before I began the journey to Africa to bring our boy home, I weighed 124 pounds and was the smallest and most fit I had been in my adult life (or whole life, probably). Africa brought ten pounds, the settling period afterward five more, and then pregnancy twenty eight-ish more… Since the baby came I have had the hardest time getting it all off again. I exercise and eat very well, and after Presley was born a good diet and exercise took off a total of 55 pounds including preggo weight.
This time around it seems to be a little stuck…
Before I got pregnant with Elikai I was training for a half marathon but I wasn’t really far along enough in the training to safely continue through pregnancy, so my doctor advised I hold off and just run recreationally in my exercise program. When the Saints won their game a few weeks back by 55 points, the Rock N Roll half marathon was discounted by $55 and I just couldn’t pass up that deal so I signed up! I’ll be doing my first 13.1 mile race on March 4 in NOLA and I am stoked!
Training for the race has forced me into the gym four days per week instead of three, so I am hoping it pays off on the scale, too. It’s my goal to be back down to 125 pounds when I hit my 13.1 in March! I have been taking pictures of myself at the gym the last few months so I could see my progress when I felt like a chub. Now I can show myself that what I am doing is making a difference… just slow and steady! (Though I totally wish I had taken all my pictures in that bright pink top because wow, it’s super flattering!
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So, in obligatory-weight-loss-blog-post fashion, here are the pictures of my progress:
Side view: August 18 (top left), September 19 (top right), October 24 (bottom left) and November 15 (bottom right)
Front view: August 18 (top left), September 19 (top right), October 24 (bottom left) and November 15 (bottom right)
Now keep me accountable!! I am finally starting to feel like myself again, and I am bound and determined to hit my goals! If you know me at all, you know I am stubborn and when I set my mind on something I do it. So here it is….
13.1 and 125… Here I Come!!!

















































































































