You guys. You guys.
I am starting to get addicted to working out. As in I'm loving it.
I love Jillian and her shred time. I just completed day 8--yeah!
Isabella asks me where Jillian is every day when we wake up.
The best part since the beginning of my workout regime?
I have officially lost 7 lbs as of this mornin.
That's with a few diet slip ups. That's with enjoying some Skinnygirl here and there.
I'm happy to see the numbers going down--and I even managed to wear a pair of jeans I wore pre-Brynlie!
Granted they were my fat day(s) jeans, but I can wear them. Just a few weeks ago I couldn't even zip them.
That's my workout update with my weight loss. I am happy to see that working out 6 days a week is starting to pay off. I have to admit that it's a little disheartening on mornings where my weight hasn't budged, but it's super encouraging to see those numbers drop like they do!
If you need a workout/diet motivator let me know--I would love to start a link up where we can blog our progress, our setbacks or if you just need some encouragement!
Showing posts with label getting my body back. Show all posts
Showing posts with label getting my body back. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
Getting My Body Back After Baby
When I got pregnant with Isabella I weighed 135 lbs ( I'm 5'6"). With Madelyn I was 167 lbs when I found out that I was pregnant and when I got pregnant with Brynlie I was finally down to 155 lbs and had planned on shedding the last 20 lbs while Leo was in Afghanistan. Ha! Instead of losing weight during his deployment I gained it--39 whole pounds of it.
For some of you that may still sound like a lot of weight when I got pregnant with Brynlie, but when I saw the scales tip at over 200 during a couple of other pregnancies? Holy cow, 155 was a dream weight.
Now that I've had Miss Brynlie I am determined more than ever to get my body back one week at a time. There are a few things that I want to point out before I lay out my plan and invite you, my readers, to join this journey with me.
*I'm currently breastfeeding Brynlie. She will get the rare bottle of formula maybe one time a week, but that's it. Otherwise it's 99% of my body's milk that goes into her body and I LOVE it. Breastfeeding is great, but I'm not seeing the pounds simply melt away like so many people hyped it up to be like.
*I realize that to get down to my pre Isabella weight I need to lose 40 pounds. Exactly. I'm looking at my weight loss goals in 5 lb increments. To me telling myself "5 lbs, Chelle, that's your goal right now" is a lot easier than saying 40 pounds. Ya know?
*I love sweets, but am determined to NOT buy them. If they're not in my home they won't be finished. Easy.
So that is a little background on what I'm up against. I'm breastfeeding, love sweets and have 40 lbs to lose to get to my happy weight. How am I planning on doing this? Here's my battle plan--today was day one and I succeeded in my goals with the exception of me not increasing my water amount and cutting out most of the Diet Coke that I consume.
*For 8 weeks I'll be doing Lindsay Brin's Post Natal Bootcamp 2. It is broken up into 2 week increments which is awesome because Day 1? Kicked my ass.
*Do NOT buy the sweets! I have allowed myself one pack of 100 calorie snacks if I must have something to snack on, but that is one pack at the most a day. I'm trying to increase my water intake and snack on nutrient/vitamin rich fruits and veggies.
*Eating healthier foods/eat out even less than we do now.
Those are my week one goals. I'm planning on working out Mondays-Fridays with weekends off. Wish me luck and if you think that you'll be interested in getting your body back let me know! I would LOVE to do a weekly blog hop so I can have people to cheer on and people to cheer me on. Let me know what you think...
For some of you that may still sound like a lot of weight when I got pregnant with Brynlie, but when I saw the scales tip at over 200 during a couple of other pregnancies? Holy cow, 155 was a dream weight.
Now that I've had Miss Brynlie I am determined more than ever to get my body back one week at a time. There are a few things that I want to point out before I lay out my plan and invite you, my readers, to join this journey with me.
*I'm currently breastfeeding Brynlie. She will get the rare bottle of formula maybe one time a week, but that's it. Otherwise it's 99% of my body's milk that goes into her body and I LOVE it. Breastfeeding is great, but I'm not seeing the pounds simply melt away like so many people hyped it up to be like.
*I realize that to get down to my pre Isabella weight I need to lose 40 pounds. Exactly. I'm looking at my weight loss goals in 5 lb increments. To me telling myself "5 lbs, Chelle, that's your goal right now" is a lot easier than saying 40 pounds. Ya know?
*I love sweets, but am determined to NOT buy them. If they're not in my home they won't be finished. Easy.
So that is a little background on what I'm up against. I'm breastfeeding, love sweets and have 40 lbs to lose to get to my happy weight. How am I planning on doing this? Here's my battle plan--today was day one and I succeeded in my goals with the exception of me not increasing my water amount and cutting out most of the Diet Coke that I consume.
*For 8 weeks I'll be doing Lindsay Brin's Post Natal Bootcamp 2. It is broken up into 2 week increments which is awesome because Day 1? Kicked my ass.
*Do NOT buy the sweets! I have allowed myself one pack of 100 calorie snacks if I must have something to snack on, but that is one pack at the most a day. I'm trying to increase my water intake and snack on nutrient/vitamin rich fruits and veggies.
*Eating healthier foods/eat out even less than we do now.
Those are my week one goals. I'm planning on working out Mondays-Fridays with weekends off. Wish me luck and if you think that you'll be interested in getting your body back let me know! I would LOVE to do a weekly blog hop so I can have people to cheer on and people to cheer me on. Let me know what you think...
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