Diet and Exercise

Yep, that's it. That's the answer to every person that is trying to lose weight. Diet and exercise. Now, if only I could just get my squishy bum off the couch-no just kidding. I don't know why but I'm way paranoid about losing my milk supply. Why? Who knows, maybe I feel like if I don't nurse Hannah she's not getting all she needs, failure, money, who knows! But just to be safe I don't think I'll be running just yet. I am still going to do my 30 day shred (which isn't exactly on a 30 day schedule) a few days a week because it's hard, gets my heart rate up and fun at the same time.

Also, sad news. I got on the scale and I've GAINED 4 pounds. Oh dear. The holidays are catching up to me already. So, now I'm on the "maintain, don't gain" motto for the holidays.

And since I wont be doing as intense cardio as I used to I am really going to try hard to focus on my food and what I'm putting in my body and how much I'm putting in there. Maybe I'll lose weight, just a little? Please?

ugh...

How many times have I done this post? Bla! I am having a hard time. I don't want to workout too hard because I'm afraid my milk supply will go down. I go a few days and do well and then eat bad foods (sweets) and then I lose motivation and just eat bad and not exercise. Sometimes I feel like the only way I can lose weight is if someone is watching over my shoulder all the time. I've thought about running a marathon with my friend Erin, but that's too long to run for me. Maybe a half.

Ok, so I just went online and I am going to do the Salt Lake City Half-Marathon on April 17, 2010. For Sure, no excuses.

Training starts today.

I weighed myself this morning and I was 147.5! Yay. I have been stuck at 149 for a couple weeks and I'm glad I'm losing still. I know I need to make my diet healthier and this whole exercise thing is about to get harder when we store our elliptical. Oh well. I guess I'll have to make due. And with winter coming in and me going back to work I don't know when I'll have time to work out. Anyone have any good ideas??

Sunday Free Day

I've done this before and so I know I can do it again. Every day I wont eat sweets except for Sundays and Holidays. Just the Major ones-Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentines Day. None of the martin luther king day stuff. And I'm not going to eat treats on any "eves" of Holidays either, no Christmas Eve candies. I think this will be good. Then I know I can have the candy/sweets on Sunday and holidays. I wont be restricting myself to the max but I will have some restriction. Last time I did this I ate more carbs at first but then got used to no sweets and I didn't even really crave sweets on Sundays after a while. It was wonderful and I'm going to do it again, at least until the end of the year...

It's been almost a week since my last post. I did exercise on Thursday like I said I would. 25 minutes of (it's way too late because I can't remember and it's way easy and I know what it is!) going fast and then going slow and repeating a bunch of times. Anyway, it was a good workout and I felt so good afterward. But Friday I didn't have time and Saturday either and Sunday was the blessing and then Monday was a recuperating day (recuperating from the blessing day). Today, I was just being lazy. Tomorrow I will begin again with the aerobics.

Tomorrows Plan:
5 min warm up
20 minutes hard work out
5 min cool down
Stretch

Also, sweets have gotten the better of me and I think I'm going to have to lay off all sweets for a while. I don't know about this because it doesn't seem to work out very well unless I have an incentive. So, I'm going to think about some stuff I want and then get back to the details of no sweets...

Food Goal huh...?

Well I guess you can say I had good intentions. My food menu didn't go quite as planned and I am reconsidering how I can make my goals realities... I think it's just SO hard to cook for one. I have no desire to cook when I'm by myself taking care of Hannah. I just want to grab a snack and play with her, or clean my house, or whatever. And I don't like to cook big meals because after eating the same thing for 3 meals it's pretty much done. Tonight at YW one of the leaders taught an exercise class. She's a personal trainer and she's way buff, not bulky, and is very smart about nutrition and exercise. She told me I could exercise but just make sure I have enough calories and drink LOTS of water. I went to the doctor today for my 6 Week Check-up. Things are healing well and I didn't ask but I'm pretty sure I'm good to go for exercising. Also, of course they weighed me, in the afternoon mind you, and I was 150 lbs! So, LONG term goal is to weigh 125 lbs. Weight doesn't matter but when I weighed that much I felt good and I think I looked good!
I'll have to post a pic of me in my thinner days and then one today.
SHORT term goal-get back to pre-pregnancy weight=140 lbs (it's a little embarrassing to admit but I think if I just let it out it will be easier for me to be motivated)
-Do exercise routine
-Eat better and drink more water
-Goal by: November 16th-12 weeks post partum. That's 6 weeks, well 5 1/2, that's good?

2nd SHORT term goal-lose another 10 lbs
-More details later
So, I think if I can get off my butt things will be better. I am going to do a strength work out 2 x a week AND I am going to exercise on the elliptical 2 x a week (to start) and do interval training on it. I would like to go on walks in addition to this with Hannah and Sasha because we all love going on walks and it's good exercise for Sasha (and me...) Tomorrow will be cardio (elliptical) since I did a strength work out today.

Food goal today

Here is the food goal for today
Breakfast- 2 eggs, tortilla, 1/2 c red and green peppers, 1/2 c cheese
snack: 1 yogurt, banana
lunch: 2 oz deli meat sandwich with lettuce, 1 carrot, chips 1 c milk
snack: protein shake, apple
dinner: 3 oz salmon, 1 1/2 c broccoli, 1 c rice, 1 c milk
snack: muffin

Bread: 7
Veg: 3
Fruit: 2
Dairy: 3 1/4 (the yogurt is 6 oz and only counts as 3/4 c)
Meat/beans: 7

Well we'll see how this goes...I haven't calculated calories and nutrition info yet and we'll see how full I feel...

6 weeks

Well, it's been 6 weeks since I had my baby. I gained 28 pounds during my pregnancy and I've lost 19. I only have 9 to go but they are just sticking onto me! I started walking on my elliptical at 4 weeks post par tum and then stopped after a week and now I think I'm ready to get back on it. I will take it easy for the next couple days until my dr appt but I really want to get this weight off. My pre-pregnancy clothes aren't fitting that great and I fee like I should be back into my normal clothes by now. I know everyone is different but geez, I just don't want to have my lame-o muffin top...

Weight Loss

Alright, since my last post I have had my baby! So cute, also I have lost 18 lbs, whoohoo! I still have 10 to get to my pre-pregnancy weight but I want to be like 10 lbs under that eventually. So, since I'm only 3 weeks post partum I'm not doing anything too crazy, well, I'm not doing anything much really. I've been getting stir crazy so I think tomorrow I will take a walk. I didn't really want to do too much walking the first couple weeks after so here's to a fresh start. I hope I can gradually lose my weight and still have a good milk supply. My goals right now are:

1. Drink lots of water... 8-10 glasses
2. Get my fruits and veggies daily 2 fruits 3 veggies, at least.
3. Food journal-My eating has kind of gone down the drain unfortunately so I will impliment this again in my daily routine.
4. Do something active every day. Like take a walk, walk on the eliptical if it's rainy. I'm not doing anything strenous, just walking and taking it easy but still doing something.

I'll let you know how it goes but I'm pretty sure no one reads this anymore. LOL Oh well! It was more for me anyway.

At the doctor today I have gained a total of 25 lbs! Wow! I feel very good about the weight gain and I'm 40 weeks so what can you say? Hopefully I won't gain too much more this week and then for sure the baby will come Monday and the transformation will begin (although very slow the first 6 weeks :-)) Just keeping tabs on myself I guess since my workout buddys are on hiatus :)

Update

Well it's been over a month since I posted so I thought I'd do a little update. My goals haven't been going too awesome except for the drinking water part. I have been so tired these last few weeks that I just don't feel like doing anything! So sad...Hopefully in the next few months I'll get my energy back, well, probably not, but hopefully I'll go on more walks. :) To update on weight, I think I've gained about 22 lbs so far. When I went to the dr. I saw the weight but didn't ask my total weight gain. I think I remember what I started at though so the number is pretty accurate. ;) Anyway, I hope everyone else is still doing well with their goals although I haven't seen anything posted for quite some time...

Weight gain so far

Oh and I've gained 14 lbs so far at 28 weeks or 7 months, well, since my last appt which was on 5-26-09 just FYI and for me to remember what's going on :)

Pregnancy Cravings

Okay, I know it's normal to have cravings but I think I've been taking them a little too far lately. I need to remember to keep eating healthy for my little babe. I think I'm going to start a food journal again just to make sure I'm getting enough calcium, fruits, and veggies. Too many donuts are at my work, and other bad foods! I don't think the baby really needs them. I'm not going to stop treats all together, but just have less. I've sort of forgotten about how important it is to eat healthy while being pregnant...

As far as I can tell at least one of my workout buddies is doing well. I think you know who you are and great job! I have been so tired that I haven't been taking Sasha on walks. I also haven't had the motivation to go to the gym. I better though. I paid good money for that membership and I don't want it to go to waste! So far total wt gain is 2 lbs according to the dr. He says that's good so cool. I have never been one to want to gain weight or to even be okay when I do gain weight so this is going to take a little getting used to. I guess I could be honest and say I'm afraid to gain weight in fear that it wont come off or that only some will and I will be overweight. I just don't know when I'm going to find time to workout when I'm working full time. Maybe I'll have to check out those baby and mommy workouts...

Weight Gain...

Today I did "The Buff Moms-to-be workout". It was a dvd and a pretty good workout but there was this lady that kept coming on after each segment and would say "Great Job! You should be proud of yourself!" That was a little annoying but I think I might continue to do it through out the week.

I have gained 1.5 lbs thus far which I don't think is too bad. I guess we'll see what the Dr.'s scale says when I go again next week. Good luck to everyone working out!

The cruise!

So I didn't know if I was going to gain or lose or neither on the cruise. So I weighed myself this morning and I was down 2 lbs from the last time I weighed myself. It must've been all those stairs we walked! By the end of the week I could hardly stand them! Now, I think there's probably only 2 readers of this blog so I'm going to be open about me having a baby! We're really excited! Dan and I haven't told all our friends/works yet but we will soon.
With "the news" out in the open it's pretty obviously that my "gettin' in shape" blog will take a change of face for the next several months. So here's the new plan:

1. Do cardio 3 times a week for at least 30 min
2. Eat healthy foods, less sweets/preservatives
3. Drink lots of water-aim for 60 ounces or more

That's it. Any more ideas? Let me know! I hope you all are doing good with your body plans and that the cruise didn't result in any setbacks!

Exercise?

Okay, so today I went for a 30 minute walk with Sasha and we even did a little jog down a couple streets. It felt good to get out and get around. The past few days I haven't felt very good and so I've just been taking it easy. I'm just getting over another cold that I've had all week, well, since Monday and it hasn't been fun. I want to be over this soon so that I feel great for the cruise! So, I guess the point of this post is that I haven't been exercising but I want to start again. Maybe I'll exercise again tomorrow!

Ok, so I said I lost 1 1/2 lbs but I'm back up it again. So I guess technically I haven't lost any weight for the past few weeks. That's okay. I'm changing my food and work-outs from now on and will not be concentrating so much on how much I weigh but on food choices, and workouts. Hopefully I'll keep fit and still look great for the cruise in 1 1/2 weeks!!! You guys are awesome!!

Meal Timing

So, I want sort of time my meals so that I'm eating throughout the day. I want to keep my blood sugar at a regular level so that I don't get too hungry at times. So here's the plan:

7:00-Breakfast
10:00-Snack
1:00-lunch
4:00-Snack
7:00-Dinner
10:00-Snack (if needed)

So, I think this is a good plan.

Here's a meal plan I was thinking:
B-oatmeal with fresh fruit(or thawed frozen fruit), 1 c milk
S- string cheese with 10 triscuit crackers
L-Turkey sandwich with lettuce, tomato, mayo (just a little), apple, 1 carrot (sliced)
S-Yogurt, 1 c veggies
D- 1 c rice, 1 c veggies, 3 oz lean meat

What do you guys think?