Thanks.
That's good that you are feeling that way, I didn't start feeling that way for quite a few months. Measurement wise and size wise you could tell, but it was still me being fat, just not quite as fat. Now I am starting to feel more of a normal size now that I'm not forced to shop at Lane Bryant. Nothing special, just lots of hard work and self-control when necessary. I try very hard to limit the visits to Olive Garden (my favorite restaurant), and when we do go somewhere else I usually just order salad and a plain chicken breast. The diet has been the biggest part, for me going to the gym is pretty easy, it's my time off from being mom for a couple hours. Well, partially, they have cameras in the daycare area so you can watch them in the women's workout area. Pretty cool at times.
I am starting to get off of the whole scale mentality as they put it... starting to be able to not focus on what it says as much as my clothes are fitting. Exercise wise, I do weight training 3 days a week and cardio the other 3 days, with 1 day off. I wasn't taking a day off for a long time, until my doctor told me to. There were a couple times where I gained 5 pounds, like vacation and the holiday, but went right back at it the next week. Most important realization I'm finally coming to is that I'm not going to gain all the weight back in one day, and that as long as I go right back to the diet the next day, it'll be okay. Before, I'd start wallowing in self pity for one day of slip-ups, and then it would turn into 2 or 3 days, then a week. Like last night for instance, I had a ton of cake since it was my daughter's birthday... didn't feel like going to the gym today, cause what's the point, I had a ton of calories last night, 300 isn't going to make a difference. Well I went anyway, and I feel better for it. Keep at it!
