My beginnings

My story is very typical of todays working moms.  You get to busy to take time for yourself.  I had settled in life as a 185pound 5foot 4inch, mom, wife and employee.  I had had my first child at almost 32, and my second and last child at almost 36.  I had gotten in the habit of fixing easy, quick and carb filled meals. 
My 20 year class reunion was in June of 2011.  We had the family picninc at the Cotter Sping Park.  Corbin wanted to go swimming.  There was no way I was getting in a swim suit in front of everyone there.  I was ok with taking him to White Water, those people didn't know me.  So we came home and swam in our pool, where I didn't worry about being judged.  At dinner that night Penny Fox (her husband Bryan and I had went to school for years) had a button on her purse that said "I've lost 20 pounds and 11 inches, Ask me how."  So I ask...
She told us about a company called First Fitness Nutrition, and a diet plan she had done called Suddenly Slim.  She went on to tell us how financially they were benefiting from her selling the products.  She gave Sheri Alsup, Sheris friend Pam amd I all brochures.  It took a few weeks, a few weeks to decide if we could afford it, a few weeks to decide i was ready to change my life. 
I started the Suddenly Slim Program on July 7, 2011.  Here is my befor picture from our class reunion:



July 2011, 185pounds