Life with a Side of Squats: Hey There, Ya You!

Welcome to my page! I never know how to start one of these things or introduce myself. Hey, Hi, Hello, Welcome.... My name is Lauren Benavidez and I am fat (overweight) whatever you would like to call it. I know this because I have been overweight since my son was born....10 years ago. I had the healthy pregnancy and the mindset: I am going to get big might as well eat whatever I want. Well it was nice while I was pregnant but ended up biting me in the rear end down the road. With that lovely mind set I ended up gaining 60 pounds with my son. Needless to say I lost only 20 pounds after birth. I was 120 when I got pregnant and 183 when I gave birth. Throughout the years I maintained the 160 pounds and never lost it. I worked out from time to time and never found something that I truly liked. I played softball growing up so never really had to watch what I ate. Well once softball ended after high school I still ate like was playing...Can't do that! Okay I am getting off track, so here I am today,...I just had another baby (so precious and sweet), I did better with this pregnancy and only gained 30 pounds. When I delivered I was at 206. 12 weeks later now and I am at 190. I am hoping that this blog will make me accountable for losing my weight. I have struggled for 10 years now and I am done. Now I am not a health nut nor do I go on these wacky diets. I want to go on this journey the healthy way, and sure I will have some days where I don't do anything, or the days where I eat everything in the kitchen, but for the most part I am going to do what is healthy for my body. So I thought it would be fun in this journey to try things from Pinterest. I have a whole board of things that I have pinned and have not tried. I will blog about the health pin, updates on how I am doing on it, what I am liking about it, and what is difficult about it. So if you are ready ( I am) lets get this party started!