MY STATS
I always weigh myself in the morning. My goal is 127. I am 5'5".
I weighed 135 when I got prego with baby 2 and was 188 at delivery.
Today, 10 months postpartum I am sadly at:
Weight: 148.6
An awful lot has changed since my first- and last- post back in 2009 and at least 5 different "eating plans"!
For starters, the day after my first blog post, I discovered that I was prego again! My pregnancy was much like the first one. Very sick, constant puking, eating like crap, too sick to exercise and too ill to care how fat I was getting. I gained 53 lbs. from conception to delivery and as a breastfeeding Mom, the loss of the weight has been GLACIAL. I get so pissed off some times and other times, accept it and know that it will come off immediately (HA LOOK AT THAT SLIP!) I meant eventually.
Okay, so since E. was born, I've run a half marathon with my BFF in NY (I'm in LA.) I completed 3 weeks of P90X followed by slacking on and off. Just did the Insanity fit test yesterday, Circuit Works, which is an insane bootcamp here in LA created by Badass Rafael Vergara. You feel like you will f-ing die.
The Standard Process cleanse that I did 10 months PP with my first daughter A. helped me lose the baby weight to get to 135. The South Beach diet was the start on that road after A. Weight Watchers didn't do a hell of a lot for me, but who the heck knows since I started it when she was 6 weeks old so I was going to lose no matter what, right?
After E., I joined WW briefly but it just wasn't working. For me anyway; saw another Mom friend yesterday who has practically disappeared. She's lost 33 lbs. since starting WW in December and is soooo skinny.
I ordered that stupid Diet Solutions thing we all saw the ads for around New Years and actually gained 2 lbs that week. Nuts do not work for me and I'm sorry, but an apple and a handful of nuts just leaves me FAMISHED. Through it all, using MyFitnessPal.com is a great tool when I'm motivated enough to keep up with it.
Right now, I am looking at Timothy Ferris's 4-hour Body next to my bed and procrastinating reading that baby by writing this blog.
Did I also mention that I was a veggie once, recently bought "The Kind Diet" and love Skinny Bitch? But I also love animal protein. A lot. Organic always, kosher as much as possible. Hey, I'm doing my best.
Okay, baby waking up. Still cosleeping. Night nursing. Fun times.
Till tomorrow.....
Monday, January 17, 2011
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I love the way you can be committed to your weight loss! That is a big plus for you right there. Look how far you have come in the past 10 months! You WILL lose those 21 pounds in no time!
ReplyDeleteI hear Insanity is over the top and you really feel the burn while doing it. Not recommended for people my age so I will stick with the light arobics(about all my knees can handle) and the stretching. I am happy to report that for the past 3 months I have cut out eating the daily bowl of popcorn and icecream! Can fit into my size six again! Still a long way from the size 2 and 4's I use to wear but still better than the 10's I was sporting over the summer! Oh Dear!!!
Julie,
ReplyDeleteWhat a great thing you are doing on here by posting your own issues. It helps to know that other people are struggling so maybe we can all figure it out. I also am post partum as you know ( 2 mos) also had a difficult pregnancy and gained too much (45 pounds). I have always had a problem with weight and struggle to keep it off. I am now at a wopping 178 and need to lose 40 pounds. Right now I am doing weight watchers (2 weeks now) but if I don't see results will probably go back to Atkins which works well for me if I can stick to it. I am also exercising on my bowflex and tread climber 4x/wk, waiting for P90x to get here. I think you are doing great and still think that breast feeding is a huge issue (I just got done with that one). Good Luck and stick with it!!!! Did you go to the doctor yet? That is a valid concern.
Thanks Christy and great job NY Lady! I can't wait to get back in the 6's! I'm hopeful for my 4's as well.
ReplyDeleteI did have my yearly physical last week and had everything checked. I was convinced I had a thyroid issue but the Dr. put it into perspective. I did, in fact, lose 40 lbs in 10 months and he did the math that I was burning an extra 400 cals a day to do that. All my tests came back normal with my kidney function and potassium levels on the high end, so I will keep an eye on that. He did tell me that I only need 200-300 extra cals a day with breastfeeding; not the 500 I always thought. So glad we're all in this together.
Love this! Thanks Julie :)
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