Weigh in Wednesday #6...

Welcome to Weigh in Wednesday

Last week Kate from The Widgeon Nest posted about her belly woes. In her post she talked about this blog called the belly project instantly I loved it. You know me all about talking about the other part of weight loss...self image.

As women, or just human beings I guess, it is something that is with in us to criticize other people, and be especially hard on ourselves. I find the times I have the most difficult time dropping the el-bees is when my "inner voice" is negative. When I am hard on myself and feeling defeated, guess what...the scale defeats me, the numbers defeat me. Weight loss is as much, if not more, a mental battle with yourself.

Isn't this all of our ideal mid section?
This girl is 21, and currently has an eating disorder.
{that is a fact that she herself published}

This woman is 30, she is currently pregnant with her second child.

This woman is 19, she has had one pregnancy {vaginal birth}

This woman is 31, she has had three pregnancies.

This woman is 32, she has had two pregnancies.


My Point in sharing these pictures is to show you all that image we have in our head of what the "perfect" body is, and how far ours is from that...is so wrong. Everyone has different body issues. We should be proud of our bodies, love ourselves, and love our "flaws" they make us human.

This is me today {unedited, but fuzzy bc I had to crop it}.
Weighing in at 194 pounds, up three from last week.
I have a ton of stretch marks.
My abs are starting to come through at the top.
Where there was once a cute belly button ring
...is now a piece of skin that looks like a chicken neck.
I'm not embarassed.
For so long I wanted to stay fat, because I was afraid of what my body would look like once I lost the weight.
I'm not done yet, still 35 pounds to go till my initial goal weight.
But I can honestly say I am proud of those stretch marks
91 pounds down...
And I am proud of how hard I worked to get my stomach to look like it does today.

This is me June 9, 2010, the day before I gave birth.
I was weighing in at 285 pounds...on my 5'4 frame.
Ridiculious.
Since that day I have lost 91 pounds.
Two weeks after giving birth I weighed 275.
I yo-yoed for a good 18 months.
In Labor Day weekend of 2011 I decided it was time to change my life.
Since that day I have struggled through 81 pounds.
Crawled, cried, stomped my feet, sweated my butt off {literally}
But I didn't stop, and I'm not stopping now.

Weigh In Wednesday

Remember to be respectful of the rules girls!

You need to post about weight loss or fittness, even if it's a link back to a pervious post earlier in the week.

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1.	Kadi @ Sheer Serendipity	19.	Shawna @ Life As We Know It	37.	Brenda @ We are All in This Together
2.	Kim @ the thing about destiny	20.	Marcy @ The Mustache Diaries	38.	Kristen @My Firefighter Family
3.	Erin @ She's a big star	21.	Feisty Jes	39.	Lindsey @ The Real Nancy Clue
4.	Alex @ Skinny Jean Pilgrimage	22.	Halie @ Penguins, Pasta & Polka Dots	40.	Ashlee @ A Step in the Right Direction
5.	Alicia @Brew Mama	23.	jewel @ the jewel blog	41.	Lisa Anne
6.	Chrissy @ Mama Chrissy's Chaos	24.	Sonya @ Healthy Sew	42.	Mandy @ Mama Shapes Up
7.	Operation Skinny Jeans	25.	Kate @ The Widgeon Nest	43.	Rebecca @ A Little Bit of Everything in Bmore
8.	Mama B @ Mama's Losing It	26.	Samantha @ In Bloom	44.	Tasha @ A Sunshiny Day
9.	KellyAnne Scott	27.	Katie @ thecarbmonster!	45.	Stephanie @ Wannabe Mama
10.	Sarah @Fueled and Aflame	28.	Danielle @ Lean Green Mama	46.	JMc @ Running on Empty
11.	Laura @ The B Family Blog	29.	Courtney @ JourneyofaDreamer	47.	Amy @write this down
12.	Leslie @ Body Won't Break	30.	Kyra @ It Takes Nine Months	48.	Sue @ Limefreckle
13.	Allyson @ Alphabet Soup Momma	31.	K @ Keeping Up With K...	49.	Hilary @ Cupcakes and Carrots
14.	Jessica @ Blogging While Single	32.	Krisha @ A Momma In Progress	50.	Jessica @ Life or Something Like It
15.	Tiffany	33.	Amanda Z @ My Very Own Modern Family	51.	Caroline Thomas
16.	Michelle	34.	Being Bailey J	52.	Emily @ Anna Delores
17.	Lora @ Raising Steppe Sisters	35.	Brooke @ BB's	53.	Jennifer @ A Glimpse of Hope
18.	Jenna @ Life and 3 Boys	36.	Meg @ Fit Tone Groove Mama	54.	Allie @ Counting Our Cupcakes

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