Look what I made... and look what it did to me!!!

Here he is! Baby Waylon Elijah Tones! He was born May 11th, 2012 at 8lbs 10oz and 21in long. Ain't he cute? All kinda wrinkly like a shar pei puppy? I know, I'm partial to thinking that I make amazingly gorgeous babies, but come on... you want to kiss him, and smell him, and squish him. You know it.

Ok enough gushing over my baby. Back to the REAL reason you're reading this... you wanna see the damage, the battle wounds, the result. You're thinking, "Cute kid, but WHAT DOES HER BODY LOOK LIKE?".  Before I unveil, let's go over the facts.  This was my fifth pregnancy. I have five biological sons ages 9 to newborn. The last three have all been born within 12 to 18 months of each other. I repeat, I have had three babies in the past four years! I my stretchmarks have stretchmarks. It ain't pretty, folks!  Also, here are the numbers again for reference. I am 5'7" and always hovered around 150lbs and a size 9 before and after the first two bambinos. With the subsequent triple pregnancies in a row, I climbed to a non-pregnant weight of 185 and never had time to lose it before I'd be pregnant again.

As of this pregnancy, I went into the hospital in labor at 219lbs (that included an almost nine pound infant, mind you) and came home about 205lbs. Over the past five weeks, I've been pretty good at sticking to my plan. I do one Body by Vi shake per day, my multivitamins, and I don't eat flour or sugar.  Lots of lean protein, fruits and veggies. I'm calling it my practice month before I hit the ground running with my 90 day Body by Vi challenge starting July 1st.  As of today I weigh 190lbs and my goal is to get back to 185lbs by July 1st - which was my pre-pregnancy weight. Goal for 90 day challenge is a 30lb weight loss to put me at 155lbs.

Ok, ok enough of the chit chat... here's the photo evidence:

This is the shot of me about to leave for the hospital. Please excuse the crappy cell phone shot, I was, in fact, in LABOR:

And here's me exactly one month after baby Waylon sitting at about 195lb:

So far I'm very pleased with the almost 30lb loss since my full term point, I actually put on my pre-pregnancy jeans yesterday comfortably. I was happy, except they are a size 15. I'm ready to cut that number in half, so I am super excited to hit the ground running on July 1st with my 90 day challenge.  I can't wait to show you THOSE before and afters :) :) :)

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