siennasmommy

So my friend Alenka said this site was pretty great, thought I would try it out. I plan to get more into it, find more buddies and more support.

I am 22 years old, mom of a 2 1/2 year old girl Sienna, and wife to my wonderful husband Rod. I have been blessed with so many things in my life, all of which I am very grateful for. I would like to lose about 10-15 pounds, I am comfortable with my weight now and my lifestyle now, but I think the weight will come off with toning. I am a pretty regular build for my height. There is some fluffiness in the middle and on the legs that I would like to come off, and I would like to have my nice abs back again, please!

I am a very half-hearted “weight loser”… I see no point in making my life miserable by torturing myself, by not enjoying foods that make me feel good every once in a while, by not engaging in the occasional last day hanging around the house with my family. Life is too short to spend it all dieting and obsessing over my weight/body. However, I would like to be able to wear all the clothes that I want to without fearing the fluff in the mid-section. I would like to shape up for me, and not for anyone else.  Everyone important in my life loves me the way I am, but I know how good I felt about myself when I had my nice abs and wore tighter clothes fearlessly. I could walk into a building like I owned the place. I want that woman back, to be the “you had kids, and still have a body like that?” mom. To know at the end of the day that I am teaching my daughter healthy habits, healthy self-image, and to be who she wants to be, not what someone else wants her to be.

I will be training/riding horses (mine and outside training horses) fulltime beginning in May, so I think the weight will melt right off and the muscle will tone right up very shortly thereafter. Once I am riding regularly it never takes me long to bouce back, and even just being around horses brings me into healthier/happier mindset. It is what I want to do with my life, so working on those goals and meeting them really gives me a boost. Nothing can give me the same satisfaction as a good day in the saddle, it is like a natural high for me.

I haven’t stepped on a scale for a while, but I plan on doing so very soon. This could be a great adventure!