About Me

Hi, my names Elisabeth! I'm married to a man the love of my life, and we have two adorable children. I started my weight loss journey about 1 year ago. One day I woke up and I was 182 lbs and I am only 5' 3" so I was very over weight. I think it was two things that motivated me to lose the weight. 1.)I was about 8 months pregnant and got on the scale at the doctor’s office and I weighed over 200 lbs. Yes, I know, I was pregnant and was going to gain weight. The facts is that I should never have hit 200 lbs no matter what was going on with my body. Even when I’m pregnant for my body type and height I shouldn't even be over 150!!! 2.)Then shortly after I had my son my sister got married and I was the maid of honor. The dress that I wore was a size 12 and it probably should have been a 16-18. It was so tight and I was SO embarrassed that I had let myself go that far. I was a completely different person than I wanted to be. Yes I know how people talk about how happy they are and how we need to be OK with our bodies and love them no matter what. But I think that is only the case when we are a little out of shape. Not when we are obese. I believe our Heavenly Father gave us these bodies and because they are a gift from Him we need to take care of them. I don’t care what anyone says, YOU CAN NOT be morbidly obese and take care of your body. It just doesn’t work that way. That is not the way that our Heavenly Father design it to work. I still loved myself and my big hips and curvy figure. But I was just a little too big and too curvy, and most importantly I was out of shape. Also I wasn’t feeling fulfilled in my life. I kept having the same problems coming up in my life in a rotating pattern. Something would bug me about my life for a while and then it would go away for a few weeks and slowly creep back up on me. I soon discovered after losings some weight I was eating away my issues instead of dealing with them. After eating a whole package of Oreo life just seemed to be better for some reason. But it was only a temporary fix, nothing changed! It has been A LOT harder to actually deal with my short comings but I am now actually fixing and dealing with them. I am so much happier now than I have been in a long time. Now this is not to say that I was miserable and hated life before but I now just have a better understanding of how to deal with problems that I face. So now I want to ask you the question "Why do you want to be healthy?" If you feel comfortable sharing please post your answer so that we can all give each other support and encouragement. If not then just sit down and write it in a journal or on a scrap piece of paper. And if that is still too much work for you then just sit down and take 5-10 minutes and ponder about it. I think we ALL can make healthier and better decision on how we treat our bodies. It is not about looking like the models on TV it’s about how we feel inside and if we have treated our bodies with the respect they deserve. For 6 months I went on a strict clean eating lifestyle (I hate calling it a diet), and I lost 60 lbs. Now I have been struggling with my weight and have gone up and down for the past few months. This blog is all about my weight loss journey, inspiration, and improving our life. I also LOVE Pinterest and reading blogs for new ideas. I'm a runner and a work out addict. I think blogging should be something inspirational, that makes us want to make a change in our life for the better, so that we can become a better person today than we were yesterday.