About Us

We're two best friends on a mission to regain our "fabulous". The years, babies, divorce, and cake obsession have not been kind to our bodies. We're reclaiming control and getting fit!

July 1, 2012 was the day we decided to hold each other accountable and lose these pounds once and for all. We decided to create a blog to track our progress, be publicly accountable about our goals and how we're doing, and to share what's working (and what's not) with everyone else out there striving to lose the unwanted weight as well.

Our stories

Liss - I was always a heavy kid. I threw shot put in high school and a little in college. While I wasn't obese, I was always strong, kinda like an ox. In college, I dropped a lot of weight and had a lovely little body. I lost the weight through diet pills (before everyone knew all the heart risks) but kept it off when I discovered running. I ran and ran and ran. 14 miles at once was my farthest distance, 5-10 miles my ideal. I was never fast but I had endurance. I went through a divorce in my mid twenties and it hit me hard. I was angry. Very angry. I took up TaeKwonDo to release some tension and it worked. I was hooked. I loved it. I earned a black belt in TKD and in HapKiDo. These arts took a toll on my hips and made it painful to run. So I stopped. And while they helped my anger, I was still an emotional wreck. Enter baking. Something about baking things made me feel better. Not even the eating part, just the creation of the baked goods. I baked every single day. And got fatter every single day. I gave away a lot of my work but there was always something at home to nibble on. I also experimented with vegetarianism and it did not agree with me. I packed on pounds faster than I could imagine. I never got it back under control. I then met Hubs, the love of my life, and while I'm emotionally healed, food is still a problem. We love to go out to eat. We love to cook up food at home. Food is good. But its not helping me get thinner. Hubs is healthy and has lovely muscles, but he's much more faithful about hitting the gym. I am exhausted working 2 jobs and I can be lazy. Not anymore. Exercise will become a priority. So will healthy meals. I have about 100 lbs to lose and its going to be a journey. Eventually I will post some pics, preferably after I have some "after" shots to show progress. I'll post pounds lost too. Right now, posting my starting weight seems scary. So I'll work on my bravery!

Jules - I use to be fit. I was a swimmer and a runner. I did marching band and color guard. And then I had kids. I had my first at 19 and gained nearly 80 pounds in the process. Some of it came off and then I got pregnant again at 21 and gained almost the same amount. For the next decade I yo-yoed between 170 and 145, which happens to be a lot more pronounced when you're only 5'4". Being a young mom and a navy wife and moving yearly (sometimes across the country) for 6 years was stressful and I usually turned to food and/or alcohol to cope. I LOOOVE wine. I drink lots of wine. Mostly red but I'm not picky. I also love food. I enjoy cooking for my family and love a good burger with all the fixin's. But being in my 20's allowed me to have a mentality that I had plenty of time to get rid of it. I recently had my 3rd child right before my 30th birthday and am officially at my heaviest weight ever. I'm tired of the excuse "Oh, well, you have kids". Having kids doesn't make you fat. Eating crap and not working out makes you fat. It's time to lose this flub for GOOD with the help of my best friend. 50 pounds is my goal. Anything more then that would be awesome. I may never have a bikini body again but it would be nice to not poke out of all my clothes in embarrassing places. Muffin top be gone! Touching thighs no more! I WILL regain control of my body and be the Foxy Lady my husband deserves.