bye bye baby weight!

well, good news and bad news. I'm allowed to eat, actually "encouraged strongly" to eat, BUT i'm only allowed soft foods. at least for the next 3-5 days. I'm hoping that around day 3 or 4 I can start adding back some steamed veggies and soft fruits (banana's and peaches and such). so, hopefully I'll be back on track by my weigh in next week. I'm not expecting to see any positive movement but I'm hoping to at least keep it from being worse than it was this week.
Jenna-I got percocet too, but I refuse to take it since it makes me feel kinda wonky. I can't take care of 2 high maintenance kids if I'm not level headed. though thankfully I was also prescribed some major motrin (which doesn't give me the wonky feeling) so I'm taking that. it's helping with the pain, but it still sucks.
rimay-I'm hoping that my appetite will go back down now that I've stopped breastfeeding. I'm not quite as hungry as I was, but I'm still eating more than I need to. and yeah, my waist is the first place I see weight gain now that I've had kids too. I used to gain pretty evenly if I gained anything. now it's right around my middle and the tops of my thighs. it sucks. too bad I can't thin down in those 2 spots but keep the rest the way it is. I actually HAVE a butt for the first time in my life, I'd like to keep it, thanks! :D
Well, I'm off to go have one of my single serving sugar free jell-o's then maybe do some weights. If I don't start pushing myself now I'll never get back into the swing of exercising daily again. Now that my weight loss is slowing down I'm going to start loosing my motivation. it happens everytime. I'm bound and determined to stick with it this time though.
 
Well, I had my weigh in today. I'm finally below my best weigh-in so far. I lost the last pound I gained backa few weeks ago, and another one after that. So, I'm 21 lbs away from being at my goal. I already know I'm not going to be at my goal weight by October, and I'm okay with that. I've lost 1/4 inch off my tummy, and a half inch off my thigh. that's it for inches though. :(
I picked up a yoga ball(one of those huge bouncy balls) the other day. HOLY SHIT. I didn't realize just how much it takes to keep yourself upright on those things. I'm fine just sitting there, but ya lift one foot off the ground and it gets interesting. try laying on it, wow. So, I'm going to start using that on a daily basis and see how it ups my progress.
OH, SHOCK HORROR, I went jogging the other day. nothing big, just up a couple blocks, over one, and back down twice. I think that equals out to like 3/4 mile. not great, but fucking awesome for me since I haven't done ANY kind of running in about 15 months. so yay for me.
and on that note I'm going to go get Elena off the couch and use her for some momma-and-me workout. fun fun fun
 

Hey,

How have you been? Its been awhile. Congrats on losing that pound. That job seems awesome... the first time is the hardest time. I love those balls... they're soo much fun to play with and great exercise:)

Keep up the great work

~Jenna
 
Well, It's been a few months since I was last on here. It almost feels like I'm starting over. Good news is I'm starting over at 13 lbs away from my goal! I'm officially 2.4 lbs lower than I was when I got pregnant this last time. that's only 6.6 lbs away from what I weighed pre-shoulder surgery, and 12.6lbs from my total goal.
I was so scared that I'd gain SOOO much weigh back while we were on leave(and got really worried when I started looking at myself in the pictures we were taking). Turns out I actually lost a couple pounds. And then when we finally got to Italy I really started kicking my @$$ into gear. I've been working out pretty consistantly. Not perfect, but as close as I can get with setting up a house and taking care of 2 kids all day.
Now it's just a matter of keeping with it through these last few pounds and then slowly adjusting my eating so that I can maintain it and not gain back, or keep loosing. it's finding that happy medium I'm going to be fighting with. ugh.
 
So far so good. I had some soup for lunch (and dinner) yesterday. just ONE serving each time. that's been my biggest problem. I only eat one main thing at each meal, but that one main thing has 2 or more servings in and of itself. so, while it seems like I'm not eating much, I really am. So, I busted out the measuring cups and I'm trying my hardest to stick to serving sizes. I draw the line and weighing my food though. that's just too much of a pain in my ass. I know I won't stick to it if I have to do that.
I meant to do some isometrics on my stability ball yesterday, but to be honest I got sucked into the computer. I've got a lot of major cleaning to do today so I doubt i'll be on here much longer than it takes me to write this update down. So, hopefully I'll get my butt in gear enough to get some progress made.
One great point, I tried on a pair of pants I haven't dared to wear in a year and a half, and they fit. I'm wearing them right now actually. That right there is going to keep me motivated for a while longer. Now that I can actually see some positive progress I'm feeling more inclined to keep at it. lets just hope I keep seeing that progress or this is going to turn into one hell of a fight just to keep going.
Well, I need to get my youngest up for the day or she'll never go to be tonight.....
Ciao
 
well things are going pretty good. I've been keeping an eye on what I'm eating and trying REALLY hard to stay with just one serving and if that's just not enough to keep me from snacking all the time I try not to go above 2 servings MAX. and so far it seems to be working. I made Matt go out and get me some rice cakes(I love em, I'm weird) so I stop chowing through all of his chips when I get the urge to snack. 70 cals vs the 200+ I used to eat. I'd say that's a good trade off.
Did one hell of a workout day before yesterday. I'm still kinda sore in some places. I think I'm going to try and do most of the same today and just cut back a little on the spots that still hurt. But all in all, I even impressed my husband(he was home when I was working out for once). so YAY. I'm keeping track of my measurements so I can see the progress I'm making as I go along. Hopefully I'll see something since the numbers on the scale have pretty much stopped moving.
 
well, I worked out yesterday. did most of what I had done the other day(minus the weights). I dont' feel sore at all today, so I think I need to push myself harder next time. I think, no matter how sore Iam, I need to keep with the weights and do the full workout everyother day. I don't want to stall my progress just because I'm too lazy. I joined one of the clubs on here. it's the workout everyother day one. Hopefully this way I'll be more inclined to remember to work out reguardless of whether Matt's got the day off or not. it helps that Matt didn't laugh at me last time I did my workout in front of him. at least now I know he doesn't think I look like a jackass on my stability ball.
Hopefully me doing this so routinely he'll start working out more too. He has mandatory PT 3 days out of his work cycle. but with a 9 day work cycle that's kinda slacking with him wanting to get back into the shape he was when he'd go to the gym everyday.
I've got a little more motivation for getting into shape..Matt's promised me that we would get photos done once we're back in shape. The full sha-bang, not just the one hour photoshop crap you can get done at the mall. So, the sooner I can get back to "shandy-size" the sooner I get to play with pictures!! :D
Well, I need to get going, it's almost dinner time and I haven't figured out what I'm making.
 
Well, I slacked off yesterday. I didn't do my workout. of course I had 2 dislocated toes and wasn't allowed to move much farther than the bathroom without upsetting my husband. But, my toes are fine now, and Matt's at work. so I did my workout again today, even used the weights. and I really don't feel the difference at all. the first time, and even slightly the second time I did this routine I FELT the difference at the end of the workout, right now I don't. Normally I'd feel kinda jell-o like with a little soreness. and I don't feel any different than I would if I hadn't worked out at all.
I even increased my reps on most of the exercises I did. no luck. I don't know if my muscles are just snapping back faster than i thought they would or what. I can't really increase my weights with what I'm doing since I don't have anything heavier than a 10 lbs weight unless I go straight to 35lbs. and that's not gonna happen any time soon. I think I'm going to have to have Matt go pick me up some 15lbs weights and some wrist or ankle weights too.
But yeah, other than that I've been alright. screwed up on my eating yesterday too. just sorta ate everything that was put infront of me. and since it was matt that was putting it there, I ate mostly junk. it's his way of "comforting" me. I was in pain so I got pudding. doesn't make sense to me, but hey, what can ya do? :piggy:
 
well, I broke down and weighed myself today. I'm down to 12lbs away from my goal. not too shabby.I still don't really feel much of a difference today from yesterdays workout. I'm a little tight through the chest, but that's it. and I did a FULL body workout yesterday. Matt went ahead and grabbed me a few one pound wrist weights so I'm going to try using those when I do my weight lifting part. No clue what to do for my abs though. I'm working them like crazy, going until I just can't lift myself up again. and within about 20 minutes it feels like I never did any of it. Should I do a second round of ab work later in the day maybe? I don't know what else i could do.
I'm keeping track of my 3 main measurements (bust waist hips) to see if I notice any improvement there. so far I've gained an inch on my chest, but that's it. I'm hoping to get back to the traditional hourglass figure I used to have. to do that I need to loose an inch off my hips and 3 off my waist. I just don't see that happening though. I guess I'll just have to be happy with fitting back into my regular pants. The jeans I mentioned in my early posts are now really baggy, so that's nice. I'm just not quite small enough to fit into my "tween" pants and I'm deffinately not in my regular pants yet.
I think I'm going to go ahead and go do another workout today, shorter than the one I did yesterday so I don't hurt myself. but I need to do SOMETHING to get this layer of flab to go away.
I'll update more later
Ciao
 
well, I did everything but my chest again yesterday, and I don't feel it at all today. I think(since it's my day off today) I'm going to try finding some more things to do to try and get me some results. I really need to just break down and get the full set of freeweights my husband and I have been eyeballing for months now. maybe after taxes.
I'm trying really hard to stick to weighing myself once a week, but good god is that hard. everytime I go into the bathroom the scale starts screaming at me to weigh myself. But I must resist. no sense in depressing myself if there isn't a change.
well I need to go get the kids up and start looking for more things to add to my workout to try and punch it up a bit. :waving:
 
well, I've been keeping on track with my workouts. done it every other day and haven't skipped once. so YAY me. According to my husband I've started making noticable changes too. everything just looks perkier I guess. Big kudo's on my squats apparently. he says that's the biggest difference. makes me wonder what my ass used to look like.
I've been doing really horrible with my eating though. Matt bought me not 1 but 2 heart shaped chocolate boxes for an early V-day present. while I appreciate the effort, he could have gotten me flowers. at least those won't make my scale scream at me. add on top of that some major ammounts of pasta and snacks.....yeah, bad shandy. I don't know what else I can do to keep myself from eating like this. it seems like I can only do one thing right at a time with this. I either eat great, or I work out regularly. I can't seem to do both. And seeing as eating great isn't getting me the kind of results I'm getting with the workouts. I guess I'm just going to have to push harder and try to burn off more of what I'm stuffing in my face.:piggy::piggy::piggy:
I haven't even bothered to weigh myself in a few days. I honestly don't want to see the number. I know I've probably gone up seeing as I've been working on increasing my muscle mass. But once I see that number I'm going to get really discouraged. and I don't want that. I'm finally making some great progress. the last thing I need is to screw that all up.
Good news, we got our tax return in today and have officially dropped over half of our debt in one fell swoop. So, hopefully either next paycheck or the one after that we'll be able to pick up the weights I've been eyeballing. and if not, I'll at least be able to order the supplements I've got on hold. one way or another I'm bound and determined to get something for ME. matt got his x-box 360 and PS3. now I want something. sounds petty, but since I can't even remember the last time we bought something specifically for me, i think it's about time.
Well, it's about time for me to go switch the laundry and get started on matt's uniform for tomaro. So I"m gonna get off of the computer now....
Ciao
 
a little chocolate never killed anyone :) moderation moderation moderation :)

and well done on the ass-provements :) that's great...
 
that would be my problem, moderation just doesn't happen. I plan on having just one and next thing I know half the box is gone and my stomach hurts....
Thanks for the congrats too....I'm just happy those damn squats are doing any good. otherwise I'd have stopped by now. good god do they suck
 
well I finally added an avatar to my profile. that's what I looked like when I met my husband. that's what I want to look like again. I'm 15 +/- lbs and a few inches away. That picture right there ^ is my motivation right now. I still have that outfit and would love to have the confidence to bellydance in front of people in that.
 
well, I suck. I was doing such a great job at staying on track with my workouts, then superbowl sunday rolled around and I've been off the wagon ever since. I was going to workout yesterday but never really got the chance with my kids acting up like they were. Today isn't looking much better either. If one of my kids isn't hollering or getting into trouble, the other one is. Makes it next to impossible to get anything done. But I'm going to workout tonight after the kids go to bed I promise! Matt's just going to have to entertain himself and make his own dinner.
So, here's to getting back on track and busting ass towards fitting into my old clothes.
 
well, I did a mini workout a little bit ago. not bad. my arms are killing me though. tomaro is going to be uncomfortable. but I did my squats and abs and pushups galore. hopefully I'll stay on track again. I'm still planning on doing more once the kids go down for the night. but at least now if I don't get to it it's okay. I did more today than I have in the past week. sad, but it's something.
The chocolates are gone so that's good.....well, kinda. it's good that they aren't here to tempt me, bad because that means I've eaten them. I had help though. Matt ate some. not a lot, but some. Hopefully I won't be getting any more sugary presents for a while now. the next big present giving event is my birthday, but that's not until July. so that gives me 5 months to get a good head start on the ass expanding goodies I'll be getting then. :piggy:
 
so far so good today. I had a breakfast burrito this morning that I probably shouldn't have. but it was yummy so I'll deal with the guilt. been trying to keep up with all the water I'm supposed to be drinking. it's just hard for me to remember to grab a glass before snacking. i usually get part way through my snack and then remember. at which point I'm too full to just chug the glass of water and be done with it. I think I need to start putting post-it notes on all the boxes and such reminding me to get a drink first. might work. of course it'll just give matt one more thing to give me shit about. that man sure does love to pick on me and my neurotic tendencies with getting back in shape. He thinks it's hilarious when I actually sit on my hands to keep them from grabbing just one more cookie/chip/chocolate. No, honey, it's not easier to just close the box/bag and put it away. cuz once I do that I have to walk into the kitchen, and sure enough I have to have just one more before I put them away(WHY? I don't know, it's just the way things work). but hey, if I just sit on my hands and make HIM put it away I won't have that problem. Makes sense to me. oh well.
Wow, I've rambled on enough. time to go switch the laundry and make sure my youngest isn't eating the head off her glow worm again. ugh.
 
good morning! I feel much better today than I did yesterday. oh my god was I sore!!! but most of the soreness is gone now so I should be able to do my workout again today with minimal pain. yay!
Not really anything else to update on. I've done really crappy with my eating since last night. Matt wanted cookies. so I baked cookies.....then ate 6. :piggy: so yeah, I'm hiding in fear of my scale. so the strike continues. no weigh ins until Im sure the numbers are going to be decent.
 
well, it's been about a week since I posted on here. didn't see much point to it since I'm not getting much in the way of responces. then I realized, I don't need people to respond and tell me what I'm already doing. it's great having someone to pat me on the back, but (no offense meant I promise) ya'll aren't going to be here for the rest of my life, and that's how long I plan on keeping my better health. So, rock on if people start(or keep) writting in here, but I'm not going to just stop posting because I'm not getting attention.
:rant:
now that that's done on to my updates.
Been doing better on keeping with my workouts. started doing overhead squats(I think that's what they're called) with my punny little 10 lbs weights. OUCH. big difference. Didn't really do a "routine" on the 12th, but I sure got my workout. Matt and I are working on fixing up the yard and the bits of land behind it. that meant lots of brush clearing and tree trimming and LOTS of raking. I didn't think I'd get much of a workout from "playing in the yard" boy was I wrong! I was sore almost from head to toe the next day. and then we did some more work outside. though that time I stuck to the actual yard and just pulled up the old linning in the flower beds and de-rocked them too. still enough work that I was kinda sore and really tired afterwards.
V-day was alright. I made Matt heart shaped pancakes(I really wanted to try out the pancake molds his mom bought me). other than that it was just another day. I put in the effort to recognize the day, then moved on. didn't workout, but after the 2 days before that I had no problem what so ever passing over my weights for a day.
Did my usual routine yesterday, complete with overhead squats. Then came the most horribly painful part. I've started doing planks. :willy_nilly: I hate those damn things. they work, but good god are they a pain!! litterally. I got about 15 seconds each and was shaking by the time I caved. today I'm so damn sore laughing hurts. Matt got a real charge out of it this morning when I got out of bed. He said I had a pregnant lady walk. cuz I was doing everything in my power to keep from using my abs at all. so I kinda rolled out of bed instead of just getting up. all-in-all it was hilarious to him.
So, there's my update for the past week (rant included, sorry). I'm hoping to stay on track more. I'm aiming for a 1 1/2 inch total loss by Paddy's day. since I'm so close to my goal I figured anything higher than that just wouldn't happen.
And now I'm off to see what my youngest is chewing on now......as long as it's not her sister I should be okay. :waving:
 
Hey there, I agree that yard work is a major workout. All that bending and pulling and pushing etc. Looks like you are pretty darn close to your goal and are doing a pretty good job of working towards it. I too am doing some strength training stuff so, keep up the good work, it'll definitely pay off! Right now, are you where you were when you became preggo with your child? Did I read that right?
 
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