Please step away from the Pepsi....
My name is Laura, and I live in Texas. I am 44, have been married for 23 years, and have a 20 year old son and a 17 year old daughter. We also have a zoo. We have 2 labradoodles (Moose is 6 yrs old and over 100 lbs and Maddie is 3 yrs old and about 50 pounds), a cat named Olivia, and frequent visits from Rigby, my son's 1 year old Boston Terrier/Australian Shepherd mix. In the past year I lost 60 pounds, and then somehow lost all my motivation.
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It has come to my attention that perhaps I am a big fat (pardon the pun) whiner with no self-control, no self-esteem, etc. That I talk and talk about what I'm going to do to lose weight, and to improve myself and my life, and then I never get around to actually DOING it. Well, I might do it for a week or two.... but it doesn't stick. And after 15+ years of being overweight.... and now being at my highest weight ever (ugh).... After trying every diet on the planet, including Medifast, Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers, Atkins, diet pills, you name it.... It is time for me to get serious and lose this weight, both so I look better and feel better. I'm 40, and up until now my health has been pretty good, but I know as I get older that won't be the case. Not to mention, I get tired just hauling my fat ass from the parking garage into my office.... So, it's time for me to get off my ass, make some time for ME, and get myself on the right track. I am a Pepsi-holic. I LOVE LOVE LOVE my Pepsi. I am so in love with the combination of sugar and caffeine that is in Pepsi, that my whole body, especially my HEAD, is going to be in SERIOUS protest about this lack of Pepsi I will be getting. I'd like to allow myself an occasional Pepsi, but "occasional" seems to turn into "8 a day." I need to drag my ass to the gym. Cameron and I joined LA Fitness yesterday. I was watching the Aqua Fit (water aerobics) class, and that looks interesting. I've got a screwed up knee so I can't do much just yet. Cameron wants to lift weights more often than he gets to at hockey practice and he thinks if he goes that will help me to go and do what I need to. Just need to do it. ;) Oh yeah, a little bit about me. I've been married for 18 years, I've got a 16 year old son and a 13 year old daughter, and we live in Texas with our two dogs (a poodle named Toby and a labradoodle named Moose.) I used to teach school, but now I work as a corporate paralegal. Here is a "before" picture that my daughter so rudely took awhile back. Clearly, I'm not THIS fat. It's just that she's standing beneath me and taking it from a really bad angle. I took the other picture the same day with my camera phone from the "correct" angle and my ass looks WAY smaller in that one!!!! ;) (OMG I can't believe I'm posting this picture on the internet.... holy crap!!!)  
posted by Laura at
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