Marriage and babies

This picture was taken Sept. 21, 2008, 4 weeks after my last baby was born.

The first couple of months that I was married I gained back 20 lbs. I went on a feeding frenzy! Then I became pregnant with my first child! I was able to keep my weight gain to about 35 lbs with this pregnancy. So after she was born I was practically back at my worst. It was time to try to lose weight again. I worked really hard and I had the extra bonus of breast feeding and I was able to get back to pre-pregnancy weight by the time she was one. But I couldn't get back to my pre-marriage weight! Then I got pregnant with child #2. I gained about the same amount of weight as the first time and I was back in the same boat. Again I worked hard and got back to pre-pregnancy but not pre-marriage. Then I got pregnant with #3! This time I at and ate and ate. I gained 55 lbs. It was disgusting! After she was born I was full of self loathing. I went back to Jenny Craig and did something I knew and was comfortable with. I did pretty well and lost more than I had before, but was unable to maintain. And I still did not get back to pre-marriage weight. Oh, and then I got pregnant again!! I ended this pregnancy just shy of 200 lbs once again!!! That was just under a year ago and that leads us to the next entry....