The journey begins

I'm really not much of a writer, and have never done the blogging thing before, but I figure writing about dieting will help me stick to it, even if no one ever reads this.

I am 27 years old and have been married to Erik for almost 3 years, together for over 11. We have a son Sam who is 16 months & a daughter Melanie who is 2 months, so needless to say I have my hands full. I got pregnant before Sam was 6 months old, so my body has been through a lot. I had a C-Section with both kids so I'm rocking an awesome muffin top.

We're not planning on having another child anytime soon so I figure I don't have any more excuses to not get back into shape. I'm at pre-pregnancy weight, but I want to lose about 20lbs to start, and then if I achieve that goal I could probably afford to lose another 10, if I achieve that, I'd be at my high school weight, so I'm not going to hold my breath on that one.

For my diet I'm doing Weight Watchers, I'm nursing so I get 48 points to use a day which seems like a ton, but I was able to use them all up yesterday so I guess it won't be too much of a challenge. I've had success on the program before so I'm hoping it helps me out again this time.

For exercise we are walking a couple miles in the morning with the kids. I would like to do Jillian Michaels 30DS, but with two kids, one being a newborn I just don't get the chance to do it right now since the kids rarely nap at the same time and Melanie isn't in bed until after 10 and thats just too late to work out for me. I'm hoping in another month or so she'll be on more of a schedule and I'll be able to start the 30DS.

I am hoping to take body measurements and will hopefully post weekly with weight loss updates, tips and challenges I'm facing. I'll also try and post some of the recipes I find. So let the weight loss begin!