Tara's Journey-You have to start somewhere, right?

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Tayr

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Hello, just to start off I wanted to talk a little bit about myself. My name is Tara and I am 23 years old, just became a mommy to a beautiful baby girl 2 months ago and now want to be healthier for me and her. I have been over weight my whole life but this is my heaviest at 220 lbs and I am only 5'2. I was up to 258 lbs on my last check up before I had Madison and I was 221 lbs when I went in for my first appointment so I have lost all the baby weight but have a long way to go! I am so disappointed with myself with letting it get so out of hand and now that I have Mady it makes me want to it that much more because I don't want to be the kind of mom that is to embarressed to take her to the swimming pool, park and beach and I am afraid that I will be if I don't make this change now. I went to the gym for the first time today since Mady was born and boy am I out of shape... how depressing! I wanted to start slow because I had a C-section so I decided to start in the pool, thinking that I used to be a fishy in the water so it would be a piece of cake... boy was I wrong! I never thought it would be possible to get hot in cold water... lol.... after 6 minutes I was pooped but I pushed and was in there for 20 minutes. Before I left I told my hubby I was going to the gym and go swimming for a hour...needless to say he was shocked to see that I returned home 30 minutes later completely drained. Silly me. Anyways you only have limited sleep with a new babe so better catch some zzz while I can! Good night.. thanks for reading and supporting. I wish you all a healthy day.

xox

Tara
 
Well another day

What a sluggish day!
Well today I cannot keep my eyes open. For the first time in my life I got so desprate to lose weight that I started taking a dietary supplement and it's one where you take it for a week and then stop for a week, well I just ended my week which I spent feeling a little on the high side and full of energy and now I started my week off and I am exhausted! And boy oh boy am I sore from my swimming laps yesterday.... I am so out of shape, it's ridiculous... but the only way to get better is to keep truckin' along and I am lucky to have my daughter who I look at everyday to remind me of my goals.

Hope everyone has a healthy day today and keep up the great work.
 
good day-bad day

Well it's time for bed and thought I would just write a quick note because I am feeling a little guilty and want to get it off my chest before I start my next day fresh... I ATE A BIG BAG OF CHOCOLATE RAISINS TODAY!!! I ain't talking no dinky little bag either, I totally binged out and I knew what I was doing was not good because when my man starting coming down the hall, I hid the bag in the couch!!!!! hahahahahahaha... but then I went to aqua class which was my first time but it was fantastic!!! Loved it and I went for a walk so starting fresh tomorrow with no chocolate raisins anywhere in site.

Thanks for reading and continuing to support.
Hope you all have more success with controlling your cravings than I did today!

xox

Tara
 
Hey Tara,
congrats on the baby, Madison is such a cute name. Since she is only 2 months old, I would say take your time, don't get depressed if the weight doesn't fall off you, you need a lot of energy just to take care of a little new one, so take it easy, ok?
I am a nanny and my little one is 9 months old (I have 6 little ones in total, but she is my special one because I have had her since birth), the first 2 months of her life I lived at theirs and was her day and night nurse/nanny, and man was I drained... day after day after day. I cannot imagine trying to go to the gym on the side of that!

Are you nursing Mady? Because weight loss is more difficult when you are! If you aren't, there are amazing groups (at least over here, but ask around maybe there is one in your area) that have new mommies go on mommy and baby sports. It is stroller-jogging, yoga etc... I know the mom of my little one did and she loved it. You go to parks and jog and walk with the stroller, you do exercises when the baby is awake like weights but instead of using dumbbells you use the baby! And because being a new mom can be a bit lonely at times, it is great to make new friends, who are also new moms!

Have a great day and remember, it doesn't matter that you binged yesterday, what is important is what you can control, which is today!
I will pop in every now and then to see how you are doing! Camy
 
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