Our story

My story starts back when I was a teenager. Unlike most weight lose stories I was not really over weight in high school, but I sure thought I was. I was a size 12 jeans and I'm a large frame person and was around 150 lbs. 

I met my first husband and got married when I was 19 I then gained a little weight and then a little bit more. I divorced 3 years later, not because of my weight, just because we were too young when we got married. I was probably around 170 or 180 nothing horrible. 

When I was in my mid 20's I was around 200 lbs. Then my late 20's I crept up to 215. That's is the weight I was when I bet my Simon , my soul mate, who is a truck driver, I joined him two months later in the truck, have been riding along ever since and we married in 2011. I would eat when I am an emotional eater and this is how I gained around 50 lbs in two years. 

In October 2012 I was experiencing headaches so I went to the doctor and weighed in at 268!!! They told me I had High Blood Pressure. Never thought that would happen to me. They told me to either lose the weight or I'd have to take a pill. So I chose to lose the weight! 

I heard about My Fitness Pal from a friend on FB and thought I"d check that out. So Simon and I started counting calories and walking 3-5 times a week. We use another free app RunKeeper great for counting calories burned and tracking how far you've walked. The weight was just falling off! By the end of December I weighed 238 lbs. I'd lost 30 lbs in less then 2 months! In the beginning the weight really falls off! 

In January I weighed in at 241; gained at Christmas. But by the end of January I got down to 232.8 lbs. The end of February I weighed 227.4. The end of March I weighed 224.8 and two days ago I weighed in at 224.4. 

Yes, that's right I hit my first plateau. Ugh! The last few months was I have lost around 3 lbs, wow looks at lot worse when I write it down! 

My husband is pretty much the same as me with his plateau the last 2 months. He started at 217 and is now down to 189. He wants to get down to around 150- 160 lbs. Only 30-40 more lbs to go! While I've got around 70 more to lose. But we did start exercising again this week. This week we have exercised a total of times. I also lift weights in the truck in the evening and at in some cardio too. He chooses not to lift weights. I want to have some definition and muscles!! Maybe even a 6-pack!