I want to join in here! I feel like an over stuffed sausage right now. I am having trouble getting/keeping motivation to get moving and to stop eating foods I shouldn't. I am probably going to join a gym and get a personal trainer.

I am right there with you, GingerKaBlue. When my daughter as born a year ands half ago, my thyroid went NUTS, resulting in keeping on a lot of weight I shouldn't have. Though to be honest, I was no where near a good weight when I got pregnant.

In the last 8 months I have lost 40lbs. I think that is partly because of my thyroid mess, but I also have been watching my diet and exercise 4/5 times a day. Right now I do a 2 mile walk/jog Monday through Friday. I need to change things up though because I haven't lost any weight in 2-3 weeks.

My long term, ultimate goal is to lose 100 more pounds, but that is a very long term goal. I am hoping to lose between 50-60 lbs by the end of the year.

armywife, that is fantastic!!! I am so proud of you! Well done!
I really hope to have great results like you have gotten.

I joined a gym and start tomorrow! I will have a personal trainer once a week and will go to the gym three times a week and do other things at home the other days. I am so excited to start. I have 7 months until I turn 30 and want to get into the best shape of my life. I know this is going to have to be a long term thing though.

Good for you Ginger!!! I had a personal trainer until I got pregnant and sick, and he was tough, but it totally helped and my body was really getting back to being strong and lean. Now I am soft again, but it does not take long to notice results. And working out makes you want to eat better too.

Congrats on joining the gym, and getting a personal trainer. That is really awesome ! I have no doubt you will have lots of success and be in great shape for your 30th!!

Jcent, I agree about working out making you want to eat better. There is no way on heck I am going to be working out like crazy just to grab some greasy fast food! I worked too darn hard to burn those 300-500 calories just to throw it out on a few bites of food. Ha ha.

I just read this entire thread start to finish, haha. You all are so inspirational!

My happy-awesome weight is 150 lbs, and I was on my way to getting back there after a truly ridiculous gain in my first pregnancy when I found out I was pregnant again. So that kind of halted my weight loss progress. Right now I'm almost six months along and just trying not to pile on the pounds the way I did before. It's tough but going okay so far, I've only gained about 5 lbs. I'm going to keep up on this thread I think, hopefully it will motivate me so once my second daughter is born, I won't have as much to lose again and can get back on track straightaway.

Good luck everybody!