This is Me, Maria Holst

Okay so my name is Maria and I would love to lose my extra. I have 6 beautiful children and a little left from each one to remind me of them. Since I have the 6 as reminders I have decided that I can now let go of the sentimentalise(not sure if a word) I have kept from each of them. So I would be delighted to lose 10 pounds and thrilled above measure to lose 15 pounds! My main problem and the reason I wanted to do this is because I am extremely LAZY, hmmm, read a book or go walk, the book is going to win hands down. This is the most recent picture I have. I am at a Math team competition that we put on as a district. I will get a better picture, but my other computer is not working right now. Chocolate and sweets are my major downfall. I am also a stress eater and building a new house amounts to a lot of STRESS! About 10 pounds this summer, I have lost some of it already.

I am so excited to have some motivation, win or not I do not care because every little bit I lose am already a step closer to winning the ultimate prize, A SMALLER ME!!!

Welcome!!

Okay group here is your chance to blog about all sorts of things. Here is a place we can support each other and give each other ideas that can help us through our weak times. I would like everyone to put a memo about themselves so we can all get to know each other a little better. If you feel like throwing around a little friendly banter or trash talk (as someone told me) then all the more fun to have. I will let you know about me first. My name is Jenny Hokanson and I am in serious need of losing some poundage. My goal is to lose about 80 lbs. (not necessarily before June but total weight loss). I grew up in Mattawa WA and played a ton of sports. If I would of kept up on the sports I probably wouldn't have the weight problem I do today, but with birthing babies and such you know it all goes down hill (gravity is an unfortunate thing in this case). My husband is Mike and we have 6 kids--3 girls and 3 boys. I used to be a Yorgesen so my sister, sister-in-law, and brother are in group with us. I am a total stress eater and so the hardest times I have are during stressful times. I also like to eat during the afternoons like around 2 pm so if anyone has any suggestions let me know. I really can't think about anything else right now so if you have any questions about me feel free to ask! JENNY