momof3

1) Get my butt to the gym at least 3X a week.

2) Watch my carbs (especially sweets and salties)

3) Drink at least 100 oz of water a day.

4) No bedtime snacking

Its been 8 months since leaving this site, and I now have a 6 week old son, born 7 weeks early.  I am exclusively pumping breastmilk for him and looking to get healthy, and maybe shed a few pounds.  Im only up about 15 lbs from prepregnancy weight, so Im not totally discouraged.  I look forward to getting back to running when the weather warms up, so that will help. 

Advice???????????????

Yep!!! Im pregnant! 

 Im down to 150 which makes my total weight loss 35 lbs since this time last year and 25 since joining Buddyslim.

 I will be back as soon as I stop breastfeeding, so probably a year from now or so.

Thanks everyone that helped me so much- especially Jen, Michelle and Billy.

So, here comes May….

I’ve been at it now for 4 straight months, give or take a few “off days”, but here I sit, 15 lbs lighter and I’ve hit a “snag” in my loss.  Ive been sitting right here at 160ish for like 3 weeks!!!

I get compliments almost daily.  I realized the other day that I have actually lost more than 20 lbs since the school year began!   On the other hand, I still have 20+ to lose!!!

So, here’s my plan for May-

Im upping my cardio to 40-45 minutes 5 days.   Im going to stick with weights about 3 times a week, BUT Im going to add a 30 minute sweat class once a week (which kicks my a@@ every time) and Im cutting out a few more foods that I find I have a weakness for. 

1) coffee!!!!  I know its weird, but I crave sweets when I drink coffee.  2) cheese (unless its in something already like lean cuisines or whatever) I am just adding calories when I put it on a sandwich or something-its just as good without it!  3) chips- even the baked/low fat kind- I eat too many!!!

I have an event in June, on my 5th anniversary, that I get to dress up for and I WILL LOSE ANOTHER 10 LBS before I buy a dress!!!

So here I sit, one day before my birthday, still 14 lbs from the goal I had for tomorrow.  I have dropped 11 lbs since January, so I am definitely not discouraged, but I feel the need to re-evaluate my goals. 

By April 1st, my first goal will be another 5 lbs. 

That’s as far ahead as I’m thinking right now.

FEBRUARY GYM SCHEDULEWEEK 6

MONDAY 2/2- 30 MINUTES CARDIO, 15 MINUTES STRENGTH

TUESDAY 2/3- 30 MINUTES CARDIO

THURSDAY 2/5- 30 MINUTES CARDIO, 15 MINUTES STRENGTH

FRIDAY 2/6- 30 MINUTES CARDIO

SATURDAY 2/7- 30 MINUTES CARDIO

WEEK 7

MONDAY 2/9- 30 MINUTES CARDIO, 15 MINUTES STRENGTH

TUESDAY 2/10- 30 MINUTES CARDIO

WEDNESDAY 2/11- 30 MINUTES CARDIO, 15 MINUTES STRENGTH

FRIDAY 2/13- 30 MINUTES CARDIO, 15 MINUTES STRENGTH

SATURDAY 2/14- 30 MINUTES CARDIO

WEEK 8

MONDAY 2/16- 30 MINUTES CARDIO

TUESDAY 2/17- 30 MINUTES CARDIO, 15 MINUTES STRENGTH

WEDNESDAY 2/18- 30 MINUTES CARDIO

THURSDAY 2/19- 30 MINUTES CARDIO, 15 MINUTES STRENGTH

SATURDAY 2/21- 30 MINUTES CARDIO

WEEK 9

MONDAY 2/23- 30 MINUTES CARDIO, 15 MINUTES STRENGTH

WEDNESDAY 2/25- 30 MINUTES CARDIO

THURSDAY 2/26- 30 MINUTES CARDIO, 15 MINUTES STRENGTH

FRIDAY 2/27- 30 MINUTES CARDIO, 15 MINUTES STRENGTH

SATURDAY 2/28- 30 MINUTES CARDIO

At 12 I was fat… 130 lbs at barely 5 feet tall. 

At 17 I was sick…  Anorexia.  It could have been worse.  106 at 5′5.  I was lucky actually. 

My husband of 4 years now took me on when I was 15 and he was 16.  We grew up together really…  He hasn’t missed much of my life.  When I was sick at a teenager, he would make me eat, take vitamins, iron.  He watched me shrink from 16-17 by about 30 lbs very quickly and had to be worried.  After high school it was easier to eat without feeling fat.  Slowly I became healthy again.

At 19 I joined a gym and made fitness my priority rather than food.  I stuck with it for about 3 years.

At 23 I was healthy, I put on a few in college.  I was around 130 at 5′5 and feeling good. 

I got married right after my college graduation.  I got pregnant within a week of being married with my first son.   He died at 12 weeks 3 days and was delivered at 14 weeks.  I had only gained 11 lbs. 

I got pregnant with my daughter 3 months later, having not lost any of the weight.  I gained 37 lbs and carried her to 38 weeks 6 days.  She is 3 now. I was 24 when she was born.

Between my daughter and my second son, lost about 30 lbs and weighed in at 154 at my first prenatal visit 18 months later.  I gained 41 lbs with Kenny, clocking in at 195 at delivery.  I was 26 when he was born.  He is 14 months old now, and I have lost about 20 lbs since delivery, 10 of it being just from delivery.  So really I have only lost like 10 lbs in the past 14 months. 

IIn February, I tried the 6 day body makeover with moderate success, 9 lbs in 6 days.  It came back on within another 2 weeks, even without eating poorly. 

I have found it difficult to eat well, and plan meals effectively.  I find myself consumed with mothering, teaching, trying to be a wife, and make it to the gym.  I feel like if I have15 minutes to fix mac and cheese and green beans for the kids, that’s what I eat.  I teach English, I eat school lunch too often.  I don’t eat breakfast except on the weekends.  Who has time to sit down for a bowl of cereal when there are 2 kids to get ready and get to 2 different places every morning.  Oh yeah, I need 20 minutes to shower and dress myself before heading into the masses of 300 teenagers as well. 

So I guess what I’m saying is that there is no one reason I am in this situation.  I know there are people that can have babies and look great before their maternity leave is over.  I guess having 3 babies in 4 years can take it’s toll, but is that really my excuse?  Or is it more the fact that I haven’t made my health a priority?  Have I put my own needs aside for so long that now I feel sooooo helpless? 

It is hard to imagine myself as the person I was 5 years ago.  So much has changed other than my weight.  How will a thin me fit in to this new life that came along with the 45 lbs I put on?

Weight-

January 31: 165 (-10 lbs)

March 16 (my 28th birthday!): 150 (-25lbs)

April 30: 140 (-35 lbs)

June 19 (my 5 year anniversary): 130 (-45 lbs) MY GOAL!!

Fitness- January 2009

Monday 1/5- 30 minutes Cardio

Tuesday 1/6- 30 minutes Cardio, 15 minutes Strength

Thursday 1/8- 30 minutes Cardio

Friday 1/9- 30 minutes Cardio

Saturday 1/10- 30 minutes Cardio, 15 minutes Strength

Monday 1/12- 30 minutes Cardio

Wednesday 1/14- 30 minutes Cardio, 15 minutes Strength

Thursday 1/15- 30 minutes Cardio

Saturday 1/17- 30 minutes Cardio, 15 minutes Strength

Monday 1/19- 30 minutes Cardio

Tuesday 1/21- 30 minutes Cardio, 15 minutes Strength

Thursday 1/22- 30 minutes Cardio

Friday 1/23- 30 minutes Cardio

Saturday 1/24- 30 minutes Cardio, 15 minutes Strength

Monday 1/26- 30 minutes Cardio

Tuesday 1/27- 30 minutes Cardio

Thursday 1/29- 30 minutes Cardio, 15 minutes Strength

Saturday 1/31- 30 minutes Cardio, 15 minutes Strength