before and after ! always beautiful but definitely more healthy

Santina • Mother of 4 and soon to be 5 due February 2020 and super excited. Married to the love of my life! Life is pure bliss💕
I was inspired by a post I saw earlier. These are my before and after pics. The top pictures were me at my heaviest. I was 208 lbs and I'm 5'4. I was really insecure with my body, but there were moments when I definitely felt beautiful. I was happy. I was used to ring 110 lbs all my life but after I had my daughter I just kept gaining weight. I finally had enough, my Sex. Life was suffering because of my insecurities.. My husband always told me I was beautiful no matter what weight I was but I didn't believe him. I was sweating all the time and never felt clean. Then I went to the gym and they told me I was pretty much 65% body fat or something like that ! It was heart breaking, but I still didn't do anything to change. Then my husband and I decided we wanted to have another baby. But no way did I want to gain even more weight so I did it ! I made the lifestyle change and changed my eating habits and started walking everyday. That's it ! No gym time. In 8 months I went from 208 lbs to 144 which is me now and I'm currently 13 weeks pregnant. I'm so proud of myself and my confidence is back! And my sex life is thriving 😜. It was a really hard journey but now it's just a lifestyle and it's just natural for me. I take my kids and my dogs for a 45 minutes- sometimes an hour and half walk every day after supper. I was unhealthy. An even though at 208 lbs there were days I felt gorgeous!! I couldn't breathe, my asthma was pretty much unbearable. I'm so happy now and I get compliments all the time on how great I look. 
Baby number 4 on the way and my life is pure bliss!  I just want all the women on here who are about to start their weight loss journey to please don't give up! The rewards in the end are amazing and so health benficial! You can do it ladies ! I did and I never thought I would because I don't have the willpower. But as women we are strong an beautiful no matter what size we are. I did this strictly because of my own opinions of myself not anyone else's ! Oh and have fun on this journey eventually it will become a lifestyle!!! If you ladies have any before and after pictures I would love for you to post them so other women can have inspiration as well !! Thanks so much for taking the time to read !