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Isabel2

Isabel2

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Hi,
I had a lovely baby boy three weeks ago and feel ready to start easing myself into a diet routine.

Height: 5ft3
Start weight: 157
Goal weight: 119 -112 by July 1st 2010

Diet plan: 1200 - 1800 cals a day, aiming for at least 5 portions of fruit and veg.

I am planning to eat healthily, although I will have the occasional treat. Once I have had my 6 week check, I will also start exercising again too. At the moment I am only doing gentle post-natal exercise and a little walking (the weather is really bad at the moment so not always suitable for getting out and about with the baby.)

I do not want to count calories as I have done this in the past and found that I dwelled on it too much and it became a bit obsessive. Instead, I am just going to eat healthily. For the first week I am jotting down what I eat on a notepad just to remind myself to pay attention. After the first week I will allow myself not to write it all down as long as I lose weight. If I do not lose weight, then I will continue to record my intake until I do.


I will be weighing in on the first day of each month
Wish me luck!

Edited on 31st Jan to show updated goals etc...
 
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Welcome to the forum and congratulations on the new baby.

I must admit that I didnt count calories for a lot of the time on the way down but I found (and still find) tracking occasionally on fitday a very useful exercise to ensure that you get the nutrition set at the right level. So many people guess that they are getting enough protein, calcium etc when really they do not know whether they are close to hitting the RDA.

You may want to consider something along those lines every now and then. I often ignore the calorie total - because the problems so often lie in the other nutrients...

You are not far from me. I am a little to the west of London. The weather has indeed been poor recently.

Anyway - good luck with your project.
 
Hello from Texas and good luck on your plan...This site helped me a lot a few months ago and I got away from it and started to gain so I am back. Congrats on the new addition to your life. I have 3. (actually my wife had them but I helped). One thing to remember about the breastfeeding is that if you do it it burn away like 800 extra calories per day. Goood luck!
 
Omega - yeah, I don't mind monitoring my intake for the occasional day - I just don't want to be doing it all the time.

Brawny77 - Unfortunately I am only partially breastfeeding as I've had a lot of trouble with it in the beginning and the baby wont accept breastmilk alone now, so I wont be burning as much as I could be that way, but I hope it will still help...
 
Eating healthy is a great start but its only half of the winning plan...You gotta get a little activity into your plan...dont overdo it at first...a walk...an easy exercise disc...even some easy exercises will boost the ol metabolism....do something you like not something you loath...best wishes
 
Week one - down a pound!

Brawny - I'm just waiting to get the all clear from the docs, then I plan to exercise 3-5 times a week doing a variety of things- gym, swimming, jogging, exercise dvds - whatever I can fit in. In the mean time, I'm doing a little walking and post natal exercises...
 
Sounds like you are ready to roll!

I look forward to seeing you blog your progress.

Nothing like pushing a baby stroller to burn those calories!
 
Well I fell off the wagon the last week or so, what with an unexpected visit from relatives (not that that's any excuse.) Anyway, this week's going better, I'm feeling motivated and am doing a week's special k diet to kickstart things. Basically, I have healthy cereal for breakfast and lunch with a normal, preferably healthy dinner and snack on fruit/yoghurt.

I have more relatives coming for Christmas in a week, but I hope to get down to 154 (11 stone) and stay there by Jan 1st. I have then revisited my weight goals for the new year. I would like to get down to 119 (8 stone 7) by June 1st. That should be 35lbs in 6 months, which I think sounds doable. Ultimately, I would still like to get down to my old weight of 112, but I haven't weighed that in a long time so I'd be pretty happy with 119. I will edit my first post to reflect my new goal...
 
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Feeling motivated this week. Been eating healthily. Have been really busy with the housework and baby, but am committed to fitting in some form of exercise each day, even if it's just jogging up and down the stairs 5 times. Yesterday I did a proper post-natal workout DVD but found it a bit lame as I wanted to do something to do something more high energy. I miss that adrenaline rush but I'm a little afraid of injuring myself if I go for it too quickly after having the baby...
 
Ride that positve wave girl!

I am about ready to get on a roll myself. I have 2 weeks off and I am gonna dedicate them to exercise!

There is a skinny dude in me somewhere and he wants out!
 
Did lots of exercise this weekend. I tried Cindy Crawford's post pregnancy DVD and it was really good - much more challenging than the other DVD I had, and it has options of a 40 min, 16 min or 10 min workout, so quite easy to fit into my day. I also did lots of walking and a swim yesterday. I tried to go for a jog first thing, but it was too icy so I had to turn back. I am still feeling really motivated and hoping that the Christmas season won't derail my progress.

Brawny - yeah, I think it's really important to step it up over Christmas to prevent slippage!
 
Down another pound! Hooray!

Just hope the Christmas season doesn't screw this up. Mind you, the weather is so bad, I'm getting a bit worried about whether my family are going to make it for Christmas. My parents are a day's drive away and my brother is flying in from Ohio. I really hope he can get here okay - it's been a couple of years and I'm dying to see him and for him to meet my new baby...
 
Yesterday was another good day but my parents arrive tonight and the house is full of festive food to get us through to the new year, so I really need to be careful not to fall off the wagon. Realistically, I'll be content if I can keep off the 2 pounds I lost so far and then start losing again from Jan 1st.
 
Well I managed to be good for the first couple of days, but then I gave in and totally over ate. I did manage to get to the gym at least though, for my first big workout since I had the baby. I really enjoyed it. I took my brother along - he's never been to a gym before and now he's hooked. I think he'll be joining his local gym once he gets back to Ohio.

Weightwise, christmas was not good. On Jan Ist, I weighed in at 157 - that's a pound more than when I started out :( I've now pretty much lost that and got back to where I was before Christmas, but I'm not going to update my weight until the 1st of Feb, as I want to do monthly weigh ins rather than weekly. I think weighing in monthly will help me to combat my yo-yo tendencies and help me to look at the bigger picture.

Since new year, I have been counting calories again. I have between 1200 and 1800 each day. I try to vary it to keep my metabolism ticking over. I am struggling to exercise daily but had a kick-ass session at the gym this week and should be able to manage that at least once a week in addition to whatever else I can fit in at home whilst looking after the baby.
 
Have been on-track for a week now, and had a really great session at the gym last night - really pushed myself on the treadmill. A couple of years ago when I was going through a much fitter phase, I was able to walk at least 5 mins on a ten incline, once I even managed 15 minutes doing that - burned cals like no one's business. I also took part in a 5k run and did it in under 30 mins. I would really like to get back to where I was and improve on these goals.

This week I think I need to focus more on getting little workouts at home when I don't have the time to do a proper workout. I've been stuck indoors quite a lot lately because of the cold snap - it's unusually icy out and I daren't take baby out when the streets are like an ice-rink - especially as I have to make it down a flight of very icy stairs just to get out.
 
Still doing well. Another really good session at the gym on saturday. Also managed to do a couple of light workouts that were on Fitness TV whilst I was watching the baby. Last night we ordered takeaway. I had my usual thai green curry and boiled rice, but not the big crabmeat and sweetcorn soup that I would normally have with it. Normally I would eat all the curry and a lot of the rice, but last night I managed to eat sensibly, so I was able to enjoy a treat and not let it get out of hand. Am definitely losing, but not going to update my weight until the 1st Feb weigh in.
 
Well I'm more than two weeks in now and still very happy with how it's going. I haven't once had to go over my 1800 limit, and still managing to fit in regular exercise sessions. Really looking forward to my end of the month weigh in...
 
Yesterday I fit into a pair of (UK) size 12 jeans for the first time since I had the baby. Wahoo!

Note: I have updated my ticker to show my weight as of Jan 1st. I will only be updating it monthly from now on as I find it more motivating to see my weight loss for the whole month, rather than on a weekly basis.
 
I've been recording my approx cals since the 1st jan, so I thought I might just stick them up here for reference:

Week 1:
1440
1275
1285
1380
1595
1735
1425

Week 2:
1425
1510
1410
1593
1534
1585
1655

Week 3:
1645
1470
1760
2070
1615
1881
1675

Week 4:
1400
 
Less than a week to go till my first monthly weigh-in! I do look at the scale in between so I know it's moving in the right direction. Today is also the first weigh in for the Biggest Loser Challenge. Go Brown Team!
 
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