bye bye baby weight!

Great job working out. I'm not much of a calorie counter either. I just know that I'm eating healthy low calorie foods. When I'm watching numbers... weight, calories... ect. I become obessessed with them and its definitly not a good thing. That's why I have made it so I only weight in on the 15th and the 30th of the month.

Keep up the great work. Maybe your hubby will see how great your looking and feeling and get motivated.
 
Sounds like your on your way-I always hated the feeling the day after lifting:eek: but in the long run you look great so nothings wrong with a little pain.
I am also breastfeeding and alot of sites have conflicting information on the calories you need- some say in the begining you need 300 then as they get older and drink more you need about 500 I guess it depends on your body and the baby anyways.
I really dont get to involved with calorie counting I just guestimate or else I end up going a little over and use that as an excuse to go even more over my daily requirements.
Do you have an excercise to help shink your breast-LOL I really hate have D's-LOL:jump:
 
if I had an exercise to shrink my boobs, I sure wouldn't be here with DD's!!! OUCH. I started out a C before I had my first daughter, now after #2 I'm huge! none of my shirts fir over my chest unless they're stretchy and then they just look like I painted the shirt on. :rolleyes: I'm hoping that once I'm done breastfeeding they'll go down...if not maybe some of the weight i loose will come from there! I've got my fingers crossed. while my hubby may like em, they just get in the damn way!
and I'm not really counting cals either. just curious as to what I've actually been eating at. figured it out yesterday. I'm eating at about 1800 give or take a few hundred depending on what I drink. so I'm happy with that. so far it's working.
Well, I should go we still haven't picked up the car, I need to take a shower, and damnit, I want a cup of coffee! :D
 
Well, today was my weigh in day. no change. I've lost no weight this week. of course I also weighed myself part way through the day instead of first thing in the morning like I usually do. I think I'm going to re-weigh tomaro, see what it says. if there's still no change I think I'm going to have to take a harder look at what I'm eating. maybe adjust a few things, try and get some extra activity in each day, something. I just refuse to go home in October and still have this baby weight hanging around my middle. it's bad enough I don't see my family for 3 years at a time, I don't want the little time we have to be remembered with the thought of "she gained weight since the last time we saw her." add in some stress in my daily life, above and beyond having 2 kids, and it's a recipe for some horrid eating and lack of motivation to get up and do anything. I've slacked off and I know it. so, starting tonight I'm reigning myself in and getting back to it!!
 
I wish there was an exercise to get rid of boobs too. I've always been well endowed up there ... even before I put on all this weight. All my friends were jealous I just wanted to get rid of them.

Its awesome that your decided to take control and get back into it! Have you thought about measuring yourself... sometimes your losing inches but the scale isn't going down.

I don't see my family for months at a time (I know its not years) but everytime I see them it is really stressful.. I'm always worried about what there going to think of how I look.

You have been doing wonderful... keep it up.
~Jenna
 
well, I weighed myself again this morning, and I've lost 2 lbs! so not quite as good as the 4lbs a week I was doing, but it's still something. and I took my measurments again today (since I forgot to yesterday, thanks for reminding me Jenna!!) and I've lost an extra inch from my waist, 1/2 inch from my thighs, and an inch from my chest (YAY). bringing my total inches lost to a whopping 9!! not bad since I just started doing actual exercise a week and a half ago. until then it had only been walking. so I'm not quite so depressed and unmotivated now. I'm still going to make sure to keep a better watch on what I'm stuffing my face with (mainly my snacks. I doubt a bowl of fruit loops really counts as a good snack food) and keep up with my weights and isometrics. I think I need to make sure to go for walks with the kids more often. that way I'm getting weights, iso, cardio, and watching my food intake. all at once! that should help me see some better results!
 
well, I was a complete bum yesterday. didn't do a damn thing as far as exercise. But, so far I've made up for it today. full body work-out! I've been able to increase my reps for almost all of my weights and isometrics, so YAY. I've got the full body ache that I love. well, everywhere but my abs. I'm not really working those until I get the okay from my dr. I'm already breaking the rules, don't want to push my luck too far. not to mention my abs were the main muscle group that got brutalized by being pregnant. I'm giving them the full 6 weeks before I start working them too hard. mainly the only workout they're getting is from my bellydancing. I forgot how much of a workout that is, especially since I haven't done seriously danced in almost a year. Boy is it kicking my ass. my calves feel like they've been run over! :D it's great!!! pretty soon I'll have my leg definition back.
I haven't done that great with my eating today though. I had chicken and rice leftovers for breakfast :eek: but I'm doing better for lunch. yummy home made fajitas, heavy on the bell peppers, no cheese, and wheat tortillas instead of flour. all-in-all a healthy lunch. Mandarin oranges are up for an afternoon snack. no clue what I'm doing for dinner tonight though.
I've been feeling a little "off" mood-wise lately. for a little while I thought it might be PPD, but it's not. I'm apparently just trying to be superwoman. So, I'm under strict orders to take an hour a day and tell everyone to leave me alone. I think I'm going to use that hour for my workout. that way I have no excuses to wimp out on my exercise. I'll have a full hour to work out, stretch, and not have to drop everything whenever one of the kids starts whinning. Matt's going to have his hands full, but hey, he helped create them, he can spend an hour a day one-on-one with them. maybe help give him a bit more appreciation for everything I get done durring the day. :D
But anyways, I'm done with lunch, and I still need to do my stretches. I'm trying to get some of my flexibility back now that I don't have a beachball hiding under my bellybutton.
So, on that note, I'll update either later tonight, or tomaro.
 
Great job on your lost inches! That's gotta feel great.

Keep up the exercising... one missed day won't hurt.. it gives your body a rest. Especially since your supposed to still be resting. The one hour a day sounds like a wonderful break... ME time is so great and necessary in life.

Thanks for stopping by my journal:)

Have a good evening
~Jenna
 
Good job on the inches!!!Losing 2 pounds is better than gaining 4 like I did from overindulging but they are gone now that I am back on track.I hear you on the hour to yourself though.I kinda cheat myself of of ME time alot.
Be sure to chill out though-I thought I was becoming depressed after my son my was born because I had to do everything plus breasfeed and tend to a newborn it was not a easy thing----luckily my sister was visiting from the states and stayed for 3 months but even that became too much for me-its nothing worse than being use to being home alone then one day waking up and someone is sleeping on your couch a 11am-LOL
I totally see you losing your weight in no time-Luckily your getting an early start. I was way to lazy and chocolate obsessed to think about losing the weight in the begining but now he is 6 months I know my 9 months to lose it is almost up-LOL
 
well, I did great for lunch yesterday, even did some major stretching.....then came dinner. Matt had to pick up some food for one of his troops' girlfriends on the way home, so he went ahead and grabbed food for us too.........burger king. I did my best with what I was given though. it was a grilled chicken sandwich combo meal. I didn't touch the soda, or the fries. I scraped off that horribly sweet honey mustard sauce that was on the sandwich and grabbed some more mandarin oranges for my side dish. much healthier than it started out as, but still pretty bad.
had a horrid night last night as far as sleeping goes, so I didn't really start my day till about an hour ago(it's 11am right now). so I already feel like a bum. But I'm determined to get up and get some kind of exercise in today. the weather is too crappy to take the kids to the park, but I can go hook up our VCR upstairs and do my mile tapes instead. Ashleigh likes getting away with playing in my room while i'm in there, so hopefully she'll be entertained. and I can wear elena while I'm doing the tapes so she'll be happy and I'll get even more of a workout. :D
thanks for the encouragement, I've been needing it. My husband, while he appreciates my efforts to stay in shape, is absolutely horrible at keeping me motivated. I tell him how much weight and inches I lost each week and all I get is a "good job honey" without ANY kind of enthusiasm. he might as well be complimenting me on tying my shoes. :rolleyes: so, I really appreciate the support on here
 
well it's been a few days...I've done alright with my eating. I could do better, but I honestly ran out of healthier foods. we just went shopping yesterday, so the house is fully stocked again and we're doing good so far. my husband even did pretty good while we were shopping. we only got 3 pizzas this time :rolleyes: but hey, we switched to wheat tortillas, brown rice, low fat sour cream and cheese (I married a mexican, there's no avoiding those foods, so at least we did as good as we could)I'm kind of dreading my weigh-in tomaro. I have a feeling that IF I lost anything, it won't be much. I've also slacked off on my exercise these past few days. I've made up for it in walking though! lots of walkingg on friday, a fair ammount yesterday too. it's been raining like crazy today, so I haven't done anything really. but, my husband goes back to work tomaro, so I have every intention of getting in as much exercise as I can and hopefully doing some walking too. we'll see how that goes.
wish me luck on my weigh in and measuring tomaro. I think I''m going to need it!
 
Good luck on your weigh in tomorrow. Although, you may just be surprised at what it says. You have been putting in a lot of work:)

Have a good day
~Jenna
 
well, I've gained .2 lbs, so I'm not complaining. especially since I had a lo of crap food this past week. good news is I've lost another inch off my waist!! and half an inch off my hips. so that brings my total to 10 inches lost since I gained half an inch on my chest. so, I'm still pretty happy with my progress. just need to kick it up a notch or two this week to get that scale to budge!!! :D
 
Well, so far I've done pretty damn good today. haven't done a whole lot of snacking, been drinking mostly water (had a SOBE green tea though). and I got a BUNCH of walking in today. went for an hour long walk at around noon, then another walk (almost 2 hours) at about 3. so YAY. and bonus, Matt went with me for the second walk. I haven't done any weights or iso's today, but I did a bunch yesterday so I'm not worried. Depending on if my 6 week old will ever let me put her down for a minute I might do some later tonight. but I'm not holding my breath. she's been in constant whine mode for a while today.
But anyways....I should get going. if I sit at the computer much longer I'll get in the mood to munch, and that's a bad thing!!
 
well, I weighed in yesterday, one pound down. no change as far as inches, but that's not surprising. I didn't really do a whole lot of anything as far as exercising beyond the walking I already mentioned. But this week is off to a great start so far. I've done spectacular for watching what I eat, and I did a full body workout yesterday, then went bowling. my arms are killing me today! and it's GREAT! Hopefully, now that I have the okay from my doc, I can start pushing harder with my workouts and see some more results. Matt commented yesterday that I might actually have to start working at it instead of just breastfeeding. he's right. I didn't really appreciate him saying anything since he hasn't really been doing anything either, but still. I think I'm going to take it easy for today since I did so much yesterday. maybe some light work, but not a whole lot.
So, on that note, I'm off to go grab the kids and take a walk. keep your fingers crossed that the sun stays out!!
 
Well, I had my weekly weigh in today. I've gained 3 lbs. of course I've slacked off on drinking my water, and it's my icky week this week, so it's no surprise I've gained weight. not to mention I've been really horrible with my eating. Matt and I had to go into Tesco's to pick up baby formula (I've stopped breastfeeding now. too much damage done to my nips to keep doing it. OUCHIE) and we ended up walking out with formula, trashbags for the diaper can, apple turnovers, maple pecan pastries, raspberry cheesecake, and cheesy bread twists. all of which are already gone. oh yeah, and chocolate. all gone. in less than a week. Matt helped, but I ate WAY more than I should have. WAY more. So, I've got to reign myself in again. I gained half an inch back on my waist from last week too. but I don't know how much of that is actual GAIN and how much of that is due to TOM. we'll see next week I guess.
but for now I'm back to chugging the water, ignoring the juice and such. we're running low on food stuff (going shopping either tomaro or wednesday) so it's harder to find healthy snack stuff around the house. But I'm trying.
Oh, and who knows what my weight gain might actually be by next week since I'm getting 2 teeth pulled tomaro afternoon. I'll either gain a bunch since I'll be on an all "mush" diet(mashed potato's, yogurt, pasta, applesauce), or I'll loose a bunch since I won't be in the mood to do a bunch of snacking with my face hurting.
Well, I need to go, I've been doing pretty good with my weights and isometrics, and I'd like to get some in today. already went for my walk. 30-45 minutes(didn't look at the clock when I left).
 
AWWW dont fret about the weight gain! It can be alot of things-since you stopped breastfeeding your not burning those extra calories anymore but the appetite is still there-that happened to me when i stopped at 8 months with my 1st son.
I dont know but it seems like after you have a baby the weight always goes back to the waist-its crazy thats how I know automatically if I put on any weight.
I hope you cant eat when you get your teeth pulled-LOL its like a fast-LOL unless your like me i got a back tooth Pulled and on my way home I ordered chinese:rotflmao: I ate it too all on one side of my mouth but that was when I was younger and thinner.
Good job with the wieghts and walking!
 
Your three pounds of weight gain most certain can be due to TOM. TOM is coming for a wicked visit to me too:mad:

Hopfully your tooth doesn't hurt too much when it comes out... my brother had all four of his wisdom teeth cut out Saturday... he's fine now... he also has a script for percoset. Maybe you can find some healthier mush food... or you'll just fast.

Great job on your walk today.. you'll get back into it:)
 
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