But I am not looking back and letting it depress me anymore! Gracie is 7 weeks old. At my last post (1 week postpartum) I was 202. Guess what I am today?
205 !
Why?
Because I keep messing around. Do great (even PERFECT!) for a few days, cheat for a few days, do great, cheat...........It just disgusts me that I have wasted this time.
BUT I am back now and ready!! I really have eaten sooooo much healthy food in the last weeks and my milk supply is great, Gracie is growing wonderfully and I FEEL great.
But I have not been eating to LOSE. SO here I go! I have not reached the goals that I wanted to by this point so my CURRENT goal is to be under 200 by the time Gracie is 2 months old! (Next Tuesday!) To give my body a jump start, I am going on a mild cleanse for the rest of this week. I did this after my last baby and felt great, he did great and it gave my weight loss a nice jump!
I am having my deep S morning coffee at 5:30 with dh (no sweetener and with coconut oil in it.....only 1/2 cup coffee) and then eating nothing but a green smoothie until lunch. I did juice last time but I am leaving the fiber in this time and just doing it in the blender.
Greens, coconut oil, protein powder, tea, celtic salt and some other goodies. It is actually THM's "Earth milk" but I just don't feel like posting the recipe.
I am back to working out full throttle! It isn't that I haven't made *any* progress during this postpartum period. I have been slowly doing more and more exercise. Today I did a 20 minute kettle bell workout with my 15 LB kettle bell! (And then did almost 3 miles of WATP) It was killer but I did it! (The Kettle Bell workout that is.) I am still sore from the day before yesterdays Billy Blanks "This is Tae Bo" ! :) It feels great! So I *am* happy with myself as far as exercise goes.
A DELICIOUS recipe that I invented yesterday!
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough!
1 C almond flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup chopped pecans
2 tsp brown sugar
2 tsp xylitol
2 TB butter
1 tsp vanilla
2 Tb semi-sweet chocolate chips
Just mix it all together and then make it into 12 balls. You can eat 3 of them and only be at 6 carbs. They are 2 carbs each. Yes, they have a small amount of sugar but that is fine with me. You could replace the sweeteners I used here with all stevia if you wanted to and use skinnny chocolate chunks or something.
But for me? These are just amazing and I so don't mind that tiny amount of sugar! They taste soooo much more *real* and are still so healthy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2E3Qd5r3uM
That is the link to the 20 min kettle bell workout we did. It was not our favorite at all. It has no music so it makes it boring to us. It is HARD THOUGH! One of the moves I could not do with my 15 Lb kettle bell. The one that you hold it straight out to the side.
Well, that's all for now!
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
One week post-partum!!
I have been officially back on plan since Monday. That means that today is only my 3rd day.
I am DOWN 6 more LBS in *just* those few days! Amazing!
Today I am 202. This puts me at the EXACT weight that I was in the first weight loss picture on my side bar! (Actually, one pound less!)
I posted a picture today of me one week post-partum. (Side bar, last picture)
I was pretty happy when I compared the picture of me in NOV 2011 to today's picture! In the NOV picture I was 8 weeks postpartum and weighed 230. Today I am 1 week postpartum and weigh 202!
I could just jump up and down!!!!!
It took me 10 months of SUPER hard work to get to this weight after Titus. Now here I am with NO work!
I am so excited to see how far I can get my weight down before 6 weeks pp.
I am DOWN 6 more LBS in *just* those few days! Amazing!
Today I am 202. This puts me at the EXACT weight that I was in the first weight loss picture on my side bar! (Actually, one pound less!)
I posted a picture today of me one week post-partum. (Side bar, last picture)
I was pretty happy when I compared the picture of me in NOV 2011 to today's picture! In the NOV picture I was 8 weeks postpartum and weighed 230. Today I am 1 week postpartum and weigh 202!
I could just jump up and down!!!!!
It took me 10 months of SUPER hard work to get to this weight after Titus. Now here I am with NO work!
I am so excited to see how far I can get my weight down before 6 weeks pp.
Monday, October 7, 2013
Baby GIRL!!!
That is what we had!!!!
I haven't posted in a while but I am DEFINITELY still here!!! :)
I went almost two weeks past my due date before Gracie Lynne was born but she is *finally* here!(And I am SO in love but I won't get into all that right now!)
I managed to do pretty well right up to the end of my pregnancy. Not 100% on plan but very close. I stopped exercising at almost 39 weeks.
My FINAL weight was 219. That was on the very day she was born. Immediately after her birth I was 208. I lost a couple more pounds over the next couple of days and gained them back when my milk came in. Right now I am still at 208. Gracie will be a week old tomorrow!
The birth was AMAZING. My best birth EVER. I have no idea if eating THM style and working out had anything to do with it or not but it was wonderful. I thank the Lord first and foremost because I prayed to have no fear and just relax and I DID. But I am sure that my working out and eating right helped!
My labor was 2 hours and 30 minutes. I was walking,talking and everything was pretty much painless until the contraction RIGHT before I decided to get into the birth pool. I had Gracie 2 contractions and 8 minutes later. I pushed twice. Once for her head and once for the rest of her body. Recovery has been amazing. I have felt better than ever. I am getting lots of rest and enjoying my baby SO much! She is nursing like a champ and breastfeeding is going great.
I wanted to officially write down the differences that I noticed in this pregnancy.
1. I never got achy inner thighs until the VERY end and then it was just now and then.
2. I never threw up once during morning sickness. I *did* have morning sickness but I never threw up. I think the higher protein diet really helped me.
3. I gained WAY less than I normally do in pregnancy. Usually I gain 50-60 Lbs. I ended my very first pregnancy (15 years ago) at 198 and I ended the pregnancy BEFORE this one (my 7th live birth) at 245. I ended each pregnancy at a higher weight. Until this one! I ended this one 25 Lbs lighter than the last. Even though I did gain more than I wanted to gain, I AM very happy with where I am at and how I did. I am NOT starting from scratch this time! (Or WORSE than scratch!) After my last baby (you can see by looking at my weight chart on my side bar), it took me 8 months to get to the weight I am RIGHT now. So I am REALLY happy about that! I hope that it won't take me a super long time to get to my pre- pregnancy weight and after that, melting right on down to my goal weight!!!
4. Swelling was SOOOOO little compared to what I normally have. I did have SOME on the really hot days or when I sat for long periods of time............OR when I ate lots of junk food. BUT.........It was still *nothing* compared to what I normally have! My ankles were perfect on delivery day :).
5. After birth, I didn't have NEARLY the "falling out" feeling that I have had with my last couple babies. At my last birth (well, AFTER), my midwife wrapped my belly with some stretchy fabric to hold everything in better. I just felt so breathless and like everything was hanging out..... A yucky feeling.
I didn't have it this time though! That was REALLY great, and I am really convinced that all of the working out is what did that! My belly also seemed to be smaller immediately after baby was born AND appears to be continuing to shrink at a faster speed.
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Those are the biggest differences that I noticed. I felt absolutely great but I have felt that way in ALL of my pregnancies. I DO think I felt EXTRA great this time though!! :)
I am going to stop for today. I will post tomorrow with my weight loss goals!!!! :)
I haven't posted in a while but I am DEFINITELY still here!!! :)
I went almost two weeks past my due date before Gracie Lynne was born but she is *finally* here!(And I am SO in love but I won't get into all that right now!)
I managed to do pretty well right up to the end of my pregnancy. Not 100% on plan but very close. I stopped exercising at almost 39 weeks.
My FINAL weight was 219. That was on the very day she was born. Immediately after her birth I was 208. I lost a couple more pounds over the next couple of days and gained them back when my milk came in. Right now I am still at 208. Gracie will be a week old tomorrow!
The birth was AMAZING. My best birth EVER. I have no idea if eating THM style and working out had anything to do with it or not but it was wonderful. I thank the Lord first and foremost because I prayed to have no fear and just relax and I DID. But I am sure that my working out and eating right helped!
My labor was 2 hours and 30 minutes. I was walking,talking and everything was pretty much painless until the contraction RIGHT before I decided to get into the birth pool. I had Gracie 2 contractions and 8 minutes later. I pushed twice. Once for her head and once for the rest of her body. Recovery has been amazing. I have felt better than ever. I am getting lots of rest and enjoying my baby SO much! She is nursing like a champ and breastfeeding is going great.
I wanted to officially write down the differences that I noticed in this pregnancy.
1. I never got achy inner thighs until the VERY end and then it was just now and then.
2. I never threw up once during morning sickness. I *did* have morning sickness but I never threw up. I think the higher protein diet really helped me.
3. I gained WAY less than I normally do in pregnancy. Usually I gain 50-60 Lbs. I ended my very first pregnancy (15 years ago) at 198 and I ended the pregnancy BEFORE this one (my 7th live birth) at 245. I ended each pregnancy at a higher weight. Until this one! I ended this one 25 Lbs lighter than the last. Even though I did gain more than I wanted to gain, I AM very happy with where I am at and how I did. I am NOT starting from scratch this time! (Or WORSE than scratch!) After my last baby (you can see by looking at my weight chart on my side bar), it took me 8 months to get to the weight I am RIGHT now. So I am REALLY happy about that! I hope that it won't take me a super long time to get to my pre- pregnancy weight and after that, melting right on down to my goal weight!!!
4. Swelling was SOOOOO little compared to what I normally have. I did have SOME on the really hot days or when I sat for long periods of time............OR when I ate lots of junk food. BUT.........It was still *nothing* compared to what I normally have! My ankles were perfect on delivery day :).
5. After birth, I didn't have NEARLY the "falling out" feeling that I have had with my last couple babies. At my last birth (well, AFTER), my midwife wrapped my belly with some stretchy fabric to hold everything in better. I just felt so breathless and like everything was hanging out..... A yucky feeling.
I didn't have it this time though! That was REALLY great, and I am really convinced that all of the working out is what did that! My belly also seemed to be smaller immediately after baby was born AND appears to be continuing to shrink at a faster speed.
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Those are the biggest differences that I noticed. I felt absolutely great but I have felt that way in ALL of my pregnancies. I DO think I felt EXTRA great this time though!! :)
I am going to stop for today. I will post tomorrow with my weight loss goals!!!! :)
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
38 week picture
38 weeks (tomorrow) !
I had a bad weekend! Cheated ALL weekend for the most part. AND yesterday!
Oh well! I am not going to give up. Back at it today and I am determined to not eat junk food at all until date night. I can do this. I have done it lots and lots of times! Today I have had coffee and I am getting ready to eat sauteed veggies and eggs with cheese.
This is my LAST week of exercise!! I want to plan out EXACTLY what I am going to do and STICK WITH IT!
TODAY- Long and Lean sitting work and walk to the mail box and back. (1 mile but lots of hills)
Wed- Baby Bells
Thur- Long and Lean standing work and walk to the mailbox and back.
Fri- Baby Bells
I will be SO happy to be doing these ^ workouts for the last time this week. I can't really stand either one of them and will be so happy to kiss them good bye until my next pregnancy! They are good workouts but boring as ever. The music stinks and they are not motivating to me at all LOL.
I am giddy just THINKING about being done with exercise and especially these workouts.
I have NOT been drinking my pregnancy tea. I bought fresh herbs to make my own mix that I LIKE and am going to make that up today and just guzzle that stuff in these last couple of weeks. That is my PLAN anyhow. I didn't drink it like I wanted to but I am not going to give up! Even getting a couple of weeks in will do me good!
I am making a mix out of:
Nettle
Red Raspberry Leaf
Chai
Oolong
I hope I like the taste of it!
I am not going to weigh in until tomorrow. I did not weigh myself today. It is RARE that I don't weigh but I don't want to be discouraged.
Well, I am off to get busy on this beautiful COOL day!
Oh well! I am not going to give up. Back at it today and I am determined to not eat junk food at all until date night. I can do this. I have done it lots and lots of times! Today I have had coffee and I am getting ready to eat sauteed veggies and eggs with cheese.
This is my LAST week of exercise!! I want to plan out EXACTLY what I am going to do and STICK WITH IT!
TODAY- Long and Lean sitting work and walk to the mail box and back. (1 mile but lots of hills)
Wed- Baby Bells
Thur- Long and Lean standing work and walk to the mailbox and back.
Fri- Baby Bells
I will be SO happy to be doing these ^ workouts for the last time this week. I can't really stand either one of them and will be so happy to kiss them good bye until my next pregnancy! They are good workouts but boring as ever. The music stinks and they are not motivating to me at all LOL.
I am giddy just THINKING about being done with exercise and especially these workouts.
I have NOT been drinking my pregnancy tea. I bought fresh herbs to make my own mix that I LIKE and am going to make that up today and just guzzle that stuff in these last couple of weeks. That is my PLAN anyhow. I didn't drink it like I wanted to but I am not going to give up! Even getting a couple of weeks in will do me good!
I am making a mix out of:
Nettle
Red Raspberry Leaf
Chai
Oolong
I hope I like the taste of it!
I am not going to weigh in until tomorrow. I did not weigh myself today. It is RARE that I don't weigh but I don't want to be discouraged.
Well, I am off to get busy on this beautiful COOL day!
Monday, August 26, 2013
ALMOST 37 weeks! (WED)
I can hardly BELIEVE IT!
I am doing excellent with eating and exercising this week! I am determined to end this pregnancy with a bang and just do AWESOME these last few weeks.
Now, dreaming out loud........
If I deliver at 208 I will be at the same weight that I was when I delivered my 3rd child. That isn't as low as I WANTED to end this pregnancy :) but it will do!! :) It will mean that I gained a total of 21 LBS. OH how I would LOVE to deliver at 207! LOL Or even better yet......206...That would out me at only 19 lbs gained! That sounds SOOOOOOOO good! I am never happy am I? LOL
But let's just say I end this pregnancy at 208.
RIGHT after birth I should easily be down to 195.
2 weeks postpartum should EASILY find me at 190.
That is only 3 LBS away from my pre-pregnancy weight!!!!!!!
So......2 weeks postpartum will be approx Oct 1. (Probaby later than that but I want to make it even.)
If I lose an average of 1.5 LBS a week in October that will put me at 6 weeks postpartum and the start of November at 184.
That is LOWER than my pre-pregnancy weight by 6 weeks postpartum.
And THEN I will be ready to GET AFTER IT!!! :):)
I just don't think that I will lose 2 LB a week consistently so just to be safe I am going to just say that I lose 5 LBS a month. (I would rather lose slower than faster because I am going to REALLY be working on toning and keeping my skin tight. PLUS I will be nursing a baby.)
Dec 1- 179
New Years day ? 174
Feb 1- 169 !!!!!!!!!!
March 1- 164
April 1- 159
May 1 (My birthday is the 3rd) 154 !!!!!!!
June 1 - 149
July 1 - 144
August 1 (Our 18th anniversary will be on the 20th) 130's????????????!!!!!
I say it is VERY POSSIBLE to be at or NEAR my goal by our anniversary next year!!!!!! That just makes me GIDDY ! And that is losing at a nice and slow rate.
I just had to dream a little tonight!! I can't wait to see how it all turns out!
Good night!
I am doing excellent with eating and exercising this week! I am determined to end this pregnancy with a bang and just do AWESOME these last few weeks.
Now, dreaming out loud........
If I deliver at 208 I will be at the same weight that I was when I delivered my 3rd child. That isn't as low as I WANTED to end this pregnancy :) but it will do!! :) It will mean that I gained a total of 21 LBS. OH how I would LOVE to deliver at 207! LOL Or even better yet......206...That would out me at only 19 lbs gained! That sounds SOOOOOOOO good! I am never happy am I? LOL
But let's just say I end this pregnancy at 208.
RIGHT after birth I should easily be down to 195.
2 weeks postpartum should EASILY find me at 190.
That is only 3 LBS away from my pre-pregnancy weight!!!!!!!
So......2 weeks postpartum will be approx Oct 1. (Probaby later than that but I want to make it even.)
If I lose an average of 1.5 LBS a week in October that will put me at 6 weeks postpartum and the start of November at 184.
That is LOWER than my pre-pregnancy weight by 6 weeks postpartum.
And THEN I will be ready to GET AFTER IT!!! :):)
I just don't think that I will lose 2 LB a week consistently so just to be safe I am going to just say that I lose 5 LBS a month. (I would rather lose slower than faster because I am going to REALLY be working on toning and keeping my skin tight. PLUS I will be nursing a baby.)
Dec 1- 179
New Years day ? 174
Feb 1- 169 !!!!!!!!!!
March 1- 164
April 1- 159
May 1 (My birthday is the 3rd) 154 !!!!!!!
June 1 - 149
July 1 - 144
August 1 (Our 18th anniversary will be on the 20th) 130's????????????!!!!!
I say it is VERY POSSIBLE to be at or NEAR my goal by our anniversary next year!!!!!! That just makes me GIDDY ! And that is losing at a nice and slow rate.
I just had to dream a little tonight!! I can't wait to see how it all turns out!
Good night!
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
34 weeks!
Only 6 weeks left until my due date!!! Amazing!!
I am still at 20 lbs gained!!!
I was not exercising there for a few weeks due to being so busy.......Well,I exercised now and then but not very much. Well,I am back at it again and so happy with myself! I did have to tone it down some. Really fast exercises make me get round ligament pain and other pains. So I have decided to finish out this pregnancy with Baby Bells,Long and Lean and just plain old Walk Away The Pounds.
Mon- Long and Lean floor work + 3 miles WATP
Tue-Baby Bells + 3 miles WATP
Wed-Long and Leab standing + 3 miles WATP
Thur- Babby Bellse + 3 miles WATP
Fri- 3 miles WATP
That is 15 miles a week. That is 90 miles in 6 weeks. I want to try to get 100 mile in before baby comes. I fully expect to go past my due date so I am planning to try and get 100 miles in before baby comes! When I DO reach it I am giving myself permission to stop exercising and start my REST period.That will last until whenever I feel comfortable to start exercising again, AFTER baby comes! :) It all just sounds SO exciting! A NEW baby and it APPEARS that I am going to be able to NOT gain too much more!! If I can keep it at this weight (or hopefully even get it down a few more lbs because it IS going down now that I started exercising again and I am being REALLY EXTRA careful to stay on plan),I will not have lost any ground in my weight loss journey!!!!! 10-15 lbs of that 20 lb gain will be gone right at birth!!!! The next 5-10 will easily come off in the few weeks following birth! I am just GIDDY at that thought! I won't have 40 extra lbs to lose all over again! WOW! I just can't believe it!
I am going to FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.........Drink RRL/Nettle tea *consistently* for these last 6 weeks. I always say that I will do this in EVERY pregnancy and I NEVER do. (Not consistently) It is my goal to drink 1 quart every day of a strong RRL/Nettle infusion for the next 6 weeks (or until baby comes).
I have noticed an amazing difference in how I feel when I CHEAT. Every.single.time I have went off plan for a few days it is followed by a couple days of fighting heart burn. Can you believe that? I feel absolutely fantastic when I am on plan........Even with a few cheats now and then. Eating sugar in moderation does not make me feel bad. It is when I am just totally off plan for a couple days in a row or even ALL DAY for one day that I can REALLY notice a difference on. PROOF that eating this way makes such a huge difference!
Sometime next week I am going to start sewing newborn diapers......Maybe even this weekend :). I am also going to order baby a few new diaper covers. I am so excited!!
Well,I guess that's all for now!
I am still at 20 lbs gained!!!
I was not exercising there for a few weeks due to being so busy.......Well,I exercised now and then but not very much. Well,I am back at it again and so happy with myself! I did have to tone it down some. Really fast exercises make me get round ligament pain and other pains. So I have decided to finish out this pregnancy with Baby Bells,Long and Lean and just plain old Walk Away The Pounds.
Mon- Long and Lean floor work + 3 miles WATP
Tue-Baby Bells + 3 miles WATP
Wed-Long and Leab standing + 3 miles WATP
Thur- Babby Bellse + 3 miles WATP
Fri- 3 miles WATP
That is 15 miles a week. That is 90 miles in 6 weeks. I want to try to get 100 mile in before baby comes. I fully expect to go past my due date so I am planning to try and get 100 miles in before baby comes! When I DO reach it I am giving myself permission to stop exercising and start my REST period.That will last until whenever I feel comfortable to start exercising again, AFTER baby comes! :) It all just sounds SO exciting! A NEW baby and it APPEARS that I am going to be able to NOT gain too much more!! If I can keep it at this weight (or hopefully even get it down a few more lbs because it IS going down now that I started exercising again and I am being REALLY EXTRA careful to stay on plan),I will not have lost any ground in my weight loss journey!!!!! 10-15 lbs of that 20 lb gain will be gone right at birth!!!! The next 5-10 will easily come off in the few weeks following birth! I am just GIDDY at that thought! I won't have 40 extra lbs to lose all over again! WOW! I just can't believe it!
I am going to FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.........Drink RRL/Nettle tea *consistently* for these last 6 weeks. I always say that I will do this in EVERY pregnancy and I NEVER do. (Not consistently) It is my goal to drink 1 quart every day of a strong RRL/Nettle infusion for the next 6 weeks (or until baby comes).
I have noticed an amazing difference in how I feel when I CHEAT. Every.single.time I have went off plan for a few days it is followed by a couple days of fighting heart burn. Can you believe that? I feel absolutely fantastic when I am on plan........Even with a few cheats now and then. Eating sugar in moderation does not make me feel bad. It is when I am just totally off plan for a couple days in a row or even ALL DAY for one day that I can REALLY notice a difference on. PROOF that eating this way makes such a huge difference!
Sometime next week I am going to start sewing newborn diapers......Maybe even this weekend :). I am also going to order baby a few new diaper covers. I am so excited!!
Well,I guess that's all for now!
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