Here I am... be sure to check my progress on page 2 when you are done here!!!
I have always been a little on the heavy side, since about the 3rd grade, the first time I remember being really conscious of it I was in the 6th grade. By the 8th grade I wore one size larger jeans than my mom. I have tried to diet and lose weight many many times, and basically never made it through day 1. The thought that there was something that I "couldn't" have was more than enough to send me into "eat the house down" mode. Patrick, my husband, has been patient and kind with me over the years as my weight steadily rose to a whopping 82 pounds more than the day we wed. I started the Weight Watchers 123 Success program in February, and Patrick has been a great source of support for me on this journey! He is the first person I call each week to tell how my weigh in was, he keeps me motivated to continue on, and wont let me be a quitter.
Here Patrick and I are on our wedding day, June 16, 1990. I weighed 150 - one of the happiest days of my life! (only competes with the births of our two great kids!)
This is me at my heaviest weight. I was 232. The picture was taken by our 6 year old (who hasn't got his dad's camera skills - yet!) which accounts for why I am leaning! He was taking the picture to show the lovely necklace he made me at school one day!
Patrick took this picture yesterday (5/15/99) of me and our boys. In this picture I have lost just over 31 pounds since the last picture. The jeans I am wearing are getting pretty baggy. At the time the last picture was taken, I couldn't get them up past my hips!
This is the first family picture we have had taken (since we numbered 4). It was taken near the begining of June, 1999, for our church directory! I love having a picture of all four of us! Our boys Patrick Jr, 6, and Kelsey Michael, 4, are growing too fast! 9 years since that wedding picture!
Patrick took this of me and our boys making our first entrance into the Magic Kingdom in Disney World. He ran ahead to get the picture - I am down 40 pounds in this picture! I wish it had all four of us in it!
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