There use to be a time when I was somewhat fit. Where I had no problem walking long distances. Now however, as a mother of two I'm lucky I can walk from my car through the parking lot to my daughter's campus without getting all huffy and puffy in the process.
Once upon a time I didn't have a car, didn't have a need for one so I rode the bus and/or walked to work or to the bus stop to get to work, this was a good 40-60 min walk up and down hills, so it was excerise. So, even though I wasn't skinny or thin I was in walking shape, but over weight, however not quite obeses yet. When I got pregnant with my first child I was still walking a lot since I was holding off buying a car until I absolultey needed one. Well, then the bus company went on strike and kinda of forced the issue of me getting a car probably a couple of months ahead of time. Once I had a car it went all down hill from there. Since I wasn't forced to walk every where or in town to get the bus I needed I started to get very little exercise.
I would try to exercise. At one time I had started walking during my lunch and try other things. However, I was hovering around 200 pounds and not a happy camper, but not really doing anything about it. My weight would go up and down but would also hover around 200.
So, time goes by and I become victim to the ression and lose my job. Good news was I had time to exercise again and bad news is that I should have spent more time exercising in between job assignments since I got pregnant for a second time during this time. Which came as a great but unexpected surprise. Since I was a bit older and heavier with my second child, I ended up with gestational diatbetes towards the end of my pregnancy. So, I had to really adjust my diet, very little carbs and very little fruit since my blood sugar would spike, but I wanted a health baby, and that was my motativation for me. I lost a ton of weight since I was eating mostly just potein I felt like I was on the Akins diet.
I gave birth and weighed less then I had when I got pregnant. Unfortunately, that didn't lost long at all. Shortly after I gave birth I was trying on clothes and was surprised and depressed by how much the sizes had changed yet again. Especially consider I had lost a good 20-30 pounds. It showed in tops but in bottoms it was like I never lost. But then again sizes are so wackado any way, it wasn't something that I normally go by but it was still depressing though and a reminder of how much weight I was still carrying around.
I would say about after four months of giving birth I started working full-time again. I wasn't ready for that by a long shot. Being a mom of two kids is a full time job and then some, but to add a full time job on top of that was raising my stress level by 100 fold. My weight was out of control. I just didn't realize or want to realize just out of control it truly was.....
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