Weight Loss Journey: Day 1

A decision....a tough decision, but it is made.  I am going to get healthy in 2012.  My baby bearing days are over and it is time to set an example for my kiddos.  I am 100 lbs above my goal weight, but it honestly isn't about a number, it is really about a feeling.  I want to walk into a clothing store and know they are going to have my size, and not scrounge for my size in the plus size department.  I want to have the energy to get outside and play with my kids, I want them to have those memories.  I don't want them to remember me as the Mom that sat inside on the couch all the time.  So I said it, I have 100lbs to lose...GASP!  Putting it out on the internet is scary....but it is what it is...I am the one that got myself to this point and I am the ONLY one who can get me out.

So, first things first. I have found an amazing accountability partner and I have made a decision to get healthy.  I weighed in today at 254.6lbs another GASP!  But...I am will NOT see that number again.  I also took measurements of everything and I mean everything...and those numbers are also numbers I will not see again.  This will certainly be a journey, it is not going to come off over night or even in a month...it is going to take time.  I have a goal of one year from today to be HEALTHY!  I of course have that number of 100lbs in my head, but again, I want to be healthy and not really think about the numbers.  For my height it actually says I should be between 132lbs and 169lbs  When I hit below 200 I know I will be singing praises!  I am going to post pictures as I go...EEEK!  I know this will just be a bigger motivator for me.  My plan is to update this a few times a week, but if not a few times at least once a week.

I will come here to share how I am feeling, so I will warn you now that you will get the good the bad and the ugly, but I have made a decision, and I am not backing down this time.  I have failed time and time again and I can't afford to fail anymore.

So you are probably wondering what am I doing to take such a BIG amount of weight off, well DAY ONE cutting down carbs, keeping them under 15-20g a day.  I am also walking on my treadclimber and will be incorporating Wii Zumba soon.  I plan to keep the carbs very low for at least 3 months and will re-evaluate then.  So...thank you for reading this, I can't promise that any of this will make sense, or be grammatically correct, I am just pouring out my thoughts and I am sure I won't let you down with error after error when it comes to grammar. :)

OH...one more thing, I am only weighing myself ONCE per month, b/c I don't want to get discouraged with small numbers on even a weekly basis.  Again I just want to say my goal is to have the number consistently go down each weigh in, and if that means the weight stayed the same but inches changed on my waist, arms etc, I will be happy. :)

Until next time!

The photo I am posting is a photo of me back in August, but I am essentially the same weight now as I was then.

Ready, set, GO! :)

Cloth Diapering...

WOW! Two posts in ONE DAY...and in the same hour even! I am impressed with myself! :)  I am sitting here, reading blogs, watching videos, just one thing leads to the next right?!?!  Well...I ran across a very cool contest over at http://mommysblessings.blogspot.com and I had to share it!

I have been building my cloth diaper "stash" (some cloth diaper lingo new I learned)  very slowly since I was in my third trimester with Raiden, and you could probably say I have become a bit obsessed with my research...I LOVE cloth diapering!!  Who would have thought...me?!? Really...?!?  NO WAY...but to be honest, I am loving every minute of it!  The cloth diapers today....yeah, they are NOT the cloth diapers our mothers used on us for sure!!!  They are SOOO COOL!  So I had to share this contest for any of you cloth diapering moms, or if have a cutsie butt in diapers and want to earn a cloth for free...this is a great way!!  The diaper they are offering is a Charlie Banana, definitely one of my favs!  So here is to getting one for free! :)  Happy Monday!

quick update...major update later...

WOW! Okay...I promise to blog more frequently!



Since my last blog...we have had a baby boy! YAY!!  Our family is now even...2 boys, 2 girls!  Raiden John Moulton joined our family on January 28th, and weighed 8lbs 12oz! :)  We could NOT be happier!  Pics to come soon, and trying to figure out how to get followers too!  Than I will really update! ;)

Wow...It sure has been a while! :)

Goodness, I guess I forgot about my blog, or neglected it!  One or the other...right now I can say I have pregnancy brain!  Yes, we are having baby number FOUR!! I am so excited, but sad at the same time.  This will be the last Moulton Baby, so it is bitter sweet.  I will miss the baby belly, as much as I will miss the baby moving inside of me, along with the wonderful pampering I get from my amazing husband ;)  We will welcome Baby Moulton in January, 2011 more than likely.  My due date is Feb 1st, 2011. :):):)

Big K is more than thrilled to have another sibling, she started out wanting to welcome another baby girl into the home, however she has leaned more toward a brother, and that has a little something to do with Little K getting into her stuff :)  I know she will love the baby no matter what! 

Big Brother R really wants a brother, and who can blame him, all he has is sisters right now, but we have had many conversations that babies are gifts from God, and we have to be thankful for them, and God decides whether we get a brother or sister.  So of course R is pretty excited but holding faith that God will give him a little brother.

Little K is not so thrilled about the whole idea at all.  She will be 3 in November and has been the baby the longest of all the kiddos, and is not keen on giving up that title.  She goes back and forth between a boy and girl, and then all of a sudden will say there is NO BABY, b/c she is the baby.  Oh boy...we are in for it I am sure! :)  Praise God I am able to work from home and be their for my kiddos.

A lot has happened since I last posted, but of course I think this is the most important, so over the next few days I will try to update since March...oh boy! This should be fun!

Working from home....I am SO BLESSED!

OK....being a Mom does not have to, nor should it, make a difference in being successful with this business. In fact, this business is the best way to be a Mom. The vehicle is right here.

So, how does one do it? Well, I will be honest...when I got started, I had no idea what I was doing, thank God I had an awesome support team and training to guide me every step of the way. So...I got started full-force and never looked back.

Kaori was 4, Ronin was 2 and Kobie was just a few weeks old. I found out quickly that I could talk on the phone and feed Kobie at the same time (I was breastfeeding her) :):) In fact, I did my business around my kids for the most part. Did I sacrifice for the first 6-8 months...oh ya. Dinner was served and there were times I would get up and be on the phone while everyone else was still eating. I ate breakfast standing up, on the phone....I was on the phone while I pushed them in the swing, or watching them in the pool, or playing on the floor....I worked. Bedtime was SHORT.....so I could go back to work. So I definitely was working and watching kids all at the same time.

But here is the thing....Would I do it all over again? In a heartbeat! Why? Because I KNEW that if I didn't do THAT to make my business successful, I would be working a 9-5 JOB outside of the home and someone else would be raising my children and I would miss ALL of those moments. Did I spend as much time with them as I wanted? NO....but it was better than being gone ALL day, come home exhausted, spend a little bit of time with them just to do it all over again the next day. And in 6 months, my check was growing, and the Moulton home...was a happy home! Again, it did come with sacrifice... .I don't want to mislead anyone on that end. Did I miss moments of their lives? I am sure that I did....I was so busy working and watching and talking and emailing.... something is going to be missed. But again...you do what you have to TODAY to make life better for tomorrow. And it can, and will, be...if YOU make that choice to get it done.

Here is the bottom line.....You have to decide this company is where you want to be...where your heart is. You have to decide if this is THE business that will help you reach your goals and dreams in life for you and your children. YOU have to make that decision. Once you do.....then do whatever it takes to be successful. Know that NO ONE will be able to stop you from achieving your goals, whether that is family or friends or even the contact that said NO. Don't let someone else determine your success....YOU will have the success that you want, if you apply yourself. If your kids are old enough (or even if they are not, because I did this from day one)....explain to them "Mommy is going to be working right now so that Mommy can be home all the time with you." I cannot tell you how wonderful it is to me when I hear my kids ask how come other parents have to go to work and why don't they just work at home like Mommy. They know that I work, they know I have to do certain things for my business, but I drop them off at school in the morning, I pick them up in the afternoon and we come home and do homework, talk about their day, I take them to piano lessons, and horseback riding lessons and we travel. That is the life I wanted and dreamed of for my children and NOTHING was going to stop me. All I needed was this company and my belief and passion.

Been a while...

 Lots of things are happening in the Moulton household...new living room and dining room renovation, along with a new laundry room...crazy times with 3 little ones running around. 

My little precious 6 year old princess now needs glasses...poor girl has been struggling at school, espeically with her reading...I hope this helps her tremendously!  It was taking a lot out of her to finish her reading assignments and we now know what the issue was.  She never once complained! What a trooper!

Ronin is all boy...spring is upon us and he is outside and in the MUD! Gotta love that!  He is such a little character...loves nature, animals, climbing trees...you name it..BOY STUFF!

Kobie...my little princess, is just that! She knows she is the little one in the house and can usually get what she wants...something we are all working on...LOL!  She is totally fascinated with DORA!  We listen to "Do, do do, do do DORA!!!" and "We did it!"  All day...she is constantly singing those words...so cute!

Well I thought I would just sit and write...very relaxing...love this new blogging life! :)

Tanya~

No Followers

How cool am I? Geez! I don't even have any followers...okay I will admit it, I didn't know what I was doing when I got started and just so happened to add myself as a follower...and now I am not even sure how to remove it! So one of the first things you will learn about me is that I am not, in any way, shape, or form computer Savvy, nor to I really proof read my work.  Take it like it is...LOL!

The exciting news I have in my life is that I have just partnered with a fantastic business builder and she is on FIRE! I am so blessed to have her on my team, and excited about our friendship that has already  been created! She is a fantastic gal, and is also a woman after my own heart, that being a woman of God...well today has been a pretty busy day, so I think I will stop here and update again soon!

Have a blessed day everyone! :)