FOREVER FIT AMY

I'm a 30-something year old mother of four and wife of one. I've been married since 2002, and I first became a mother in 2005 to the cutie on the left there. Just 8 months after his birth, my life changed forever.

On November 3, 2005, I received a phone call from my very pregnant sister saying I needed to get to the hospital because something had happened to our mother. When I arrived, I was told she was dead. She was only 47. She had died of a massive heart attack. She was over 300 pounds and smoked 3 packs of cigarettes per day. She died 3 days before my sister had her first child. We were devastated to say the least!

It was shortly after my mom's death that I decided I needed to do something about my weight. I went from 260 pounds down to 150 pounds (with two added pregnancies in there). 

In 2012, just after losing our dad to a heart attack (he was 55), I was contacted by SHAPE Magazine to have my weight loss story featured in their August 2012 issue (see below). 

I had one more child, gained a lot of weight, and am getting close to my goal weight again. I will share my tips, reviews, and stories here.