Writing a journal has always been a helpful way for me to keep focussed, so I thought I'd start one up here!
I'm so SICK AND TIRED of disliking my body, and now, post pregnancy again, it's worse than ever. So now that I'm a couple months post partum, time to try and get the weight off. A couple years ago I had worked at losing weight, and lost 30lbs, getting down to 180. But a stressful adoption, and a pregnancy later, I'm right back to where I started! Nasty!
This time around, it'll be harder to lose. With 3 little kids to chase after I just don't have much time to myself. I know I absolutely need to exercise to lose weight, so I'm going to try to squeeze that in when I can. But realistically, this is going to be slow as time for myself is really hard to find. Especially as the new baby is a having health issues. But time will help.
Other than body image, I'm quite anxious about my health. My father died at 48 of a heart attack, and I definatly have his build and follow his general health. I asked my doc if I could have a cholestorol check, and I go in on Wednesday for the results. I'm really nervous.
Also, I'm breastfeeding, so I'm not sure how that will affect weight loss, plus I'm suspecting that my little one may have allergy problems, so amidst it all, I'll be mucking with my diet to try and make his little belly happier.
Goals.
I've got to be realistic here, so I'm going to say I'd like to lost about 5lbs a month. So by the end of the year, I'd like to be at around 160.
My very short term goal - go through my kitchen, empty out a cupboard, and fill it with healthy snacks. Snacks is where I fail myself. I don't have much junk food around here, but I tend to head to the bread when I'm snackish, and that's a killer for me!
For exercise, I will walk whenever I can. My hips are a mess from childbirth, so exercise is really hard at the moment. Ideally, I'd love to do swimming, but I think I'll have to wait till hubby is able to handle the 3 kids alone without losing his mind! Today I walked for 45mins.
Must get to bed while baby sleeps!!! I hope I can stick to this!!
I'm so SICK AND TIRED of disliking my body, and now, post pregnancy again, it's worse than ever. So now that I'm a couple months post partum, time to try and get the weight off. A couple years ago I had worked at losing weight, and lost 30lbs, getting down to 180. But a stressful adoption, and a pregnancy later, I'm right back to where I started! Nasty!
This time around, it'll be harder to lose. With 3 little kids to chase after I just don't have much time to myself. I know I absolutely need to exercise to lose weight, so I'm going to try to squeeze that in when I can. But realistically, this is going to be slow as time for myself is really hard to find. Especially as the new baby is a having health issues. But time will help.
Other than body image, I'm quite anxious about my health. My father died at 48 of a heart attack, and I definatly have his build and follow his general health. I asked my doc if I could have a cholestorol check, and I go in on Wednesday for the results. I'm really nervous.
Also, I'm breastfeeding, so I'm not sure how that will affect weight loss, plus I'm suspecting that my little one may have allergy problems, so amidst it all, I'll be mucking with my diet to try and make his little belly happier.
Goals.
I've got to be realistic here, so I'm going to say I'd like to lost about 5lbs a month. So by the end of the year, I'd like to be at around 160.
My very short term goal - go through my kitchen, empty out a cupboard, and fill it with healthy snacks. Snacks is where I fail myself. I don't have much junk food around here, but I tend to head to the bread when I'm snackish, and that's a killer for me!
For exercise, I will walk whenever I can. My hips are a mess from childbirth, so exercise is really hard at the moment. Ideally, I'd love to do swimming, but I think I'll have to wait till hubby is able to handle the 3 kids alone without losing his mind! Today I walked for 45mins.
Must get to bed while baby sleeps!!! I hope I can stick to this!!
