Hi I'm Lisa... and I'm addicted to food.

YAY!  I am SO excited for this contest!  :)  I think I know most of you, but I thought I'd introduce myself a bit.  :)

(Me with my youngest baby Garrett)

My name is Lisa (Syndergaard) Thomas.  I'm 28.  I live in Downey, ID.  I have 3 beautiful kids and an amazing husband.  I am a stay at home mom, with a ton of college credits under my belt in music and nothing to show for it.
Now - for the nitty gritty details.  I'm gonna post some sickening stuff (to me anyway).  I hope y'all aren't offended.  I am 5' 11" tall.  When I graduated HS, I weighed 195 lbs.  By the end of my 2nd year at USU, I was down to 155 lbs.  And now?  After 3 kids?  I weighed in at 264.2 lbs.  It disgusts me.  I have stayed really good while having kids as far as amount of weight gained - but then I never can lose while nursing.  So, this is a cumulative 4 pregnancies weight gain (I miscarried twins between my youngest 2), plus some right out of the gate after marriage.

I was super excited to join this as I really don't have the money to pay every week so I have some good motivation.  But then, my weight loss became even more important.  I went to the dr. and found out that I am barely below the mark of being a diabetic - by .1 point.  And I have high cholesterol.  Which sucks.
Let me tell you, it's a lot easier to pass on the sweets and the snacks when you have the risk of not being around for your babies.

As for my plans - I have already given up most sweets.  Now I need to drop the carbonation and add in the exercise.  My son's school is putting on a kids' marathon - over the course of a month you walk/run/ride 25.2 miles.  The last mile is done all together at the high school.  So we are starting that as a family.

It's gonna be a long and tough road - but one of my biggest heroes is my friend Evelyn who has lost 78 lbs since last May.  If she can do it, so can I!!!

I look forward to this contest!  Happy losing all y'all!!!