Moving

Is going to count as my exercise until I am finished putting everything away. '

I mean, it's a lot of work, Heavy lifting and such.

:P I hate moving!!

Slackin

Monday and Tuesday were cRaZy days, so I didn't ever get around to working out. I feel so grumpy those days too. Just, well, drained.

Today I did a double workout. I did a carido/sculpt and abs workouts. It was great feeling. Even though my son woke up before I was finished trying to get hot abs!

I've been doing really well with my portions. I only have one normal size serving. And, of course, I still have a little something for desert :P You can't expect me to give up the sweets. Ha! Yeah right!

It's already paying off!

Today I am having a hard time finding the motivation to work out. It seems to be a trend around these parts. I start out strong, then completely give up. That is going to have to change.

Although I am struggling with self motivation, I just weighed myself. I told myself I would only weigh myself once a week. I now see why people become obsessed with the numbers on the scale...It's great to see when you have actually LOST weight!

Just in the last week, of hardcore, everyday for an hour-an hour and a half, I have LOST 2 POUNDS! It feels great. I have felt great this past week. I find myself "glowing". I am starting to become happy with WHO I am. I am also starting to be exhilarated with the fact that if I can keep this up and be a healthy person, I will be setting a great example to my children. I want them to be active always.

To reach my goal of losing 25 pounds, if I keep up with the "trend" of losing 2 pounds a week, I will reach my goal in 12 1/2 weeks! That is right on target with the goal I have set of being back to my pre-pregnancy weight by the time by January 1st!

Today's weight: 148!

Step Two

Buy a scale. I have never liked scales. I always thought they were just for people who wanted to loose weight.

Then, I became one of those people. The one who needs to loose weight. I got one. When I got home, my husband said "Let's see how much we weigh!" Yeah, cause the first thing I want to do is see in numbers just how much I weigh in front of the hubby. So, we stood on it. My husband is a skinny guy. He can eat for four, but he's still just skinny. I weigh ten pounds more then he does! That's just great! Awesome right?

I did my workout today. It was great! I could really feel the burn in my arms and legs. I was really, really sore the first time I ever did it. As I have kept up with it, I have already started noticing some definition in my arms, legs and stomach. I really feel that since I had my baby, my stomach is just so stretched out. Although, when I did my ab workout, I was pleasantly surprised at how strong my abs were. I guess pushing a baby out really is a good workout :P

So, I'll be checking the numbers each week. Hopefully they go down instead of stay the same. I'll post periodic pictures and see if I can tell the difference. I'll also post my weight each week. See if the numbers go down.

I am feeling so great everyday when I work out. I have been eating better, too!

Remember, we can all do this! Being healthy is so important! It's hard, but everyday I work out, I feel great. It's my time to do something for me. If I can keep it up, imagine how my kids will grow up thinking. Being healthy is fun and great! I don't want my daughters to go through having bad body image, I want to teach them to just be happy and healthy.


TODAY'S WEIGHT: 150

Getting Started

On this blog, I'll be documenting my journey to getting healthy and having a positive body image.

Since having my baby, and not being one of those very fortunate ladies who just drops the baby weight immediately, I have very much struggled with my eating habits and body image. I have always tried to stay fit. I'm not the self motivating type though. In high school, I stayed fit by taking the weight training class. That's right, I stayed fit and got graded on it. While I was in collage, I stayed fit by walking to my classes on campus and working at a daycare chasing little people around all day.

When I got pregnant, I was still fairly active with my jobs...then I had to go on bed rest. And sit there with nothing but the TV and food in front of my face. I am definitely one of those people who eats out of being board.

I'll go ahead and say it, I gained 50 pounds while being pregnant. I went from 125 before my pregnancy to 175 in EIGHT short months. That's right. During the first few weeks I did drop about 25 pounds. I suppose that was mostly water weight.

Soon after Will was born, and the weather started getting nice again, I started walking around the block. It was three miles to walk from my door, around the block and back to my door. It was great. I was feeling awesome. Then, I started losing my milk supply. I was nursing my sweet little baby and the last thing I wanted was to loose my precious milk. So, I stopped working out. Started taking an herb called Fenugreek and worked on building up my supply again. I had lost about 10 pounds.

Now that Will is eight months old. Now that I am tired of being "frumpy." I am going to lose the weight! I am going to find fun, creative and TASTY ways in losing the weight. I'll post updates about my workouts and (hopefully) yummy recipes.

Before the baby weight:I know it's not the best shot, but it's the only full body shot I have on the computer where I'm not wearing a long white dress.


This is me now:This picture makes me CRINGE.


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This week was my first full week on the Mitch Gaylord Melt It Off program. His work outs are GREAT. Andy can already notice a difference in my "Aura". I am loving how working out is making me feel AMAZING! I really get those endorphins going and you can see it.

So, let's help each other in that goal to become healthy and fit from a mommy's point of view!