July 21, 2007
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Post Baby Days
The first couple of weeks after Noelle was born were great. I dropped weight like crazy. This led me to the oh so false belief that it was only a matter of time before my pre baby body magically re appeared. My body seemed to be obliging nicely even though I wasn’t being very careful with my diet. I LOVE Breyers ice cream and I certainly haven’t been depriving myself any since her birth.
Particularly since I found it on sale and stocked up. The past four weeks though have been depressing to say the least. My weight loss has stalled and the realization that it is going to take being conscious and careful of what I eat (No formal dieting, I know that’s a no no while nursing!) but just cutting out sugars/excess empty calories would be acceptable and probably help nudge the scales down out of their current state of immobility. Another thing that would be enormously helpful would be to start exercising on a new and more intense level. Apparently gone are the days where I do Ab workouts for a few days and almost immediately notice a difference. New management has taken over my body and is implementing all sorts of new policies that I really, REALLY don’t like.
I simply cannot tell you how loathsome it is to this lazy individual to actually start doing all the work I’m going to have to do to whip myself back into good enough shape to comfortably (i.e. NOT squeezed in so tight they look spray painted on) ALL of my pre pregnancy clothes. That is the goal and not an unreasonable one. I don’t expect them to ever fit exactly the “same” since some things have unchangeably changed but to get back down to my pre pregnancy weight should be doable, especially since it wasn’t so great to start out with.
This posting is to motivate my lazy bum into gear. Thinking about doing a three month workout plan/schedule and posting the results on here. Something about making public statements makes me so much more liable to follow through.
Comments (1)
Well, I wish we lived near eachother so we could maybe work out together or something. I too had great success with losing weight right off the bat with this one. I was so excited. And then it STOPPED! Then I ramped up and lost another 13 pounds. But it’s been over a month since I’ve seen the scale move even a half a pound. It’s so discouraging. I run and eat right and all that I’m supposed to be doing, but nadda.
Hang in there friend. Give yourself the full first year. I found that for me, no matter how I struggle and work at it, it’s not till the first birthday that my body is even similar to what it was before. Even if I can tighten up, there are still changes in things like the size of my rib cage or my hips (mostly bones that have moved during the pregnancy) that just take TIME to move back into place. But if you stay consistent and can try not to focus on the fact that progress is slllloooww, one day you’ll wake up and feel and look like the old “you” again. It’s a totally achievable goal. And when it happens, you’ll feel like a million bucks and appreciate your small body more than you ever did pre-kids!
Thanks for all the prayers and kind words re: Delaney. I know you’ve gone through the horror of losing babies and so I feel, in a way, shy to talk to you about pain. You’ve been though so very much. Thank you for sympathizing with me and for praying for her. I know I won’t know till heaven, but I think the outcome would have been different if not for people like you who stopped their worlds with me to pray and pray and pray. God hears His people when they cry out – so it meant a LOT that you did that on my behalf. Thanks friend.