13 Months?

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Good evening blog friends!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hello??? Anyone still there after my 13 month blog break? I can’t image why anyone would stick around, it’s been pretty boring around these parts lately! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here’s what’s been going on in my life the past 13 months:</span></div><ul><li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My last post mentioned a goal of weighing 162lbs by 8.31.12, well that didn’t happen because this happened:</span> <br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlzIRx322gx0XRAF2aD3V57mErYkPhLHXk9eSdkTHfOe1WNS6CiqvKoiLX_6eN1Db2OZMgxn_8CUAMAOHNhhJ2w48AuLPd1v6etXPacK366yei1e843D-iLwZYgW4hNkGvuVOlr0T4LL4s/s1600/IMG_32864.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlzIRx322gx0XRAF2aD3V57mErYkPhLHXk9eSdkTHfOe1WNS6CiqvKoiLX_6eN1Db2OZMgxn_8CUAMAOHNhhJ2w48AuLPd1v6etXPacK366yei1e843D-iLwZYgW4hNkGvuVOlr0T4LL4s/s400/IMG_32864.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div></div></li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Yep, I was baking baby #2!</i></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I had great intentions of having a healthier pregnancy than the first time around. I started out really well, but I quit working out week 14 and around week 20 I had already gained 17lbs. It didn’t stop there, I ended up gaining almost 50lbs again! {not good!!!} </span></div></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPivs9TL3SznoTCkcxHrxgoyKLaVK5bJqAB8XBZieTIE7BJOPj1v7TR4IhGEloreaRDMcDpybrmXqnsMLhJBEY1AQG4xWYTzkIGIrYIY01XCMeGhYCTX9LfQ0KIcROJbmyDqZktQrulveP/s1600/22+weeks,+3+days+11_4_12%5B5%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPivs9TL3SznoTCkcxHrxgoyKLaVK5bJqAB8XBZieTIE7BJOPj1v7TR4IhGEloreaRDMcDpybrmXqnsMLhJBEY1AQG4xWYTzkIGIrYIY01XCMeGhYCTX9LfQ0KIcROJbmyDqZktQrulveP/s400/22+weeks,+3+days+11_4_12%5B5%5D.jpg" width="246" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><ul><li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Something good did come out of that weight gain though; I got my sweet baby boy, Avery James! He made his arrival on March 7, 2013 weighing 9lbs 11oz and I completely fell in love all over again! Who knew you could love two little people SO much?!?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPvjZ7QMe248HpCg46jy-x2mE3vwar7j8eU9fhKyppfOINyXp70wyHdUFzJnffxoy7040dfjZ3YfWMXSDX8kKaDBc_-LqwmNJIP9pt9Kdfkrdx-PDPLarr6kbg77LolXg4PikcVnO3b8-/s1600/_dsc6552_edited-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPvjZ7QMe248HpCg46jy-x2mE3vwar7j8eU9fhKyppfOINyXp70wyHdUFzJnffxoy7040dfjZ3YfWMXSDX8kKaDBc_-LqwmNJIP9pt9Kdfkrdx-PDPLarr6kbg77LolXg4PikcVnO3b8-/s400/_dsc6552_edited-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div></li><li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I thoroughly enjoyed my 12 week maternity leave at home with my kiddos. I didn’t workout or track my eats though. After Memorial Day I went back to work full time and also have a small part time gig as well. </span></div></li><li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now here I am, Avery is over 6 months old and I still have 20lbs to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight. AND…I’d like to lose about another 10-15lbs on top of that! So this mama has some work to do!</span></div></li></ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I’ve quickly learned that being a working mom of 2 is HARD WORK! I always thought I was busy before I had kids and then when Adelyn made her arrival, she filled up my time even more. Now that I look back I had SO MUCH free time before I had 2 kids, perspective is a funny thing! I’m not going to use that excuse anymore. I’m going to make time to work out, meal plan, and spend some time on me! {Goodness that sounds selfish!}</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Stick around…or come back, <b><u>please</u></b>! Blogging was such a key part of my weight loss back in 08-09 and I want make it a key part once again!<o:p></o:p></span></div>

13 Months?

Good evening blog friends! Hello??? Anyone still there after my 13 month blog break? I can’t image why anyone would stick around, it’s been ...

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