BUT, I am a little bit discouraged right now. Davis gave me an ipod for Christmas and he put the Lose It app on it. He's determined to use it and since I want to be super supportive and lose weight too, I decided we would do it together. Let's just say that today was the first day and it's super frustrating. I know I am a poor eater, I love love love sugar and other unhealthy foods. I tried super hard not to snack today and to eat a fairly good breakfast and lunch (I'm too bummed to go make dinner.) and I was seriously out of calories after the peanut butter cookies we made for a snack. I only ate 5 (seriously this is amazing for me.) But I didn't eat/snack all day, I tried to be super good, but I realized that this SUCKS! I guess I could totally throw in the towel and rationalize the fact that I am nursing a baby...had a baby 4 weeks ago and I can technically fit into my pre-baby pants all ready. I am down to my pre pregnancy weight (give or take 5-7 lbs, but I blame that on the "twins" I use to feed him, they are never this heavy. :) LOL) But I also came to the conclusion that I am 15 lbs heavier than I should've been when I got pregnant and I'm super not healthy. So, I am going to use this challenge in 2011 to be more aware of what I eat (doesn't mean I won't eat it) but I am going to be more aware. I am going to try to eat better and eat less sugar. I am going to feed my husband better. Yes I make my kids eat things for dinner that Davis and I don't eat...mainly vegetables. I have some I hate and some I love. For some reason the ones I hate are the only ones Davis likes. That and I can be totally lazy by the time dinner rolls around that I hurry and scarf the main dish, go feed Warren and then graze on sugar the rest of the night. This I am determined to STOP! I also need to excercise, I hate to excercise.....We'll see how it goes. I'm sure no one will notice a change but me, but that's okay, I want to be healthier, not neccessarily skinnier. But if I can fit into smaller pants, I won't complain.
So here's to a healthier Year 2011. I'm sure that I have other things I need to work on, but those will come too. Maybe consuming less sugar will give me more energy to play with my kids and excercising will help me from getting so frustrated!!!!
On a side note: Warren was born at 6 lbs 10 oz; left the hospital at 6 lbs 7 oz. Weighed in at his 2 week checkup at 7 lbs 1 oz. then turned around 2 days later for his circumcision (merry christmas buddy) and weighed 7 lbs 5 oz. I weighed him on the home scale (I know not too accurate) and he's over 8 lbs now. Can I say this boy LOVES to eat. I spend all day nursing and I have a love hate relationship with it. When he's not eating he wants to be held so unless Ady is willing, he cries while I switch laundry. I wait until Davis is home to make dinner and fold it. Oh well, this time will go FAST!
4 comments:
Sounds like we have similar food weaknesses ... change can be hard. Good luck.
And congrats on shedding that baby weight so fast!
I read an article yesterday about body image and dieting that I really enjoyed:
http://blog.cjanerun.com/2011/01/janna-dean-healing-body-image.html
The good news is, I am a sugar junkie too and have found that if you just cut the candy/cookies/junk out of your diet for a little while (I've gone a month here and there without), the cravings become much fewer and farther between. Good luck!
I have a small tip for you. You're going to hate this, but it did wonders for me (let's remember the 30 lbs that I lost and have remained without - mostly - since I had Lo). Remove ALL sugar/crappy snacks from your house. I know, it sucks. But when you have little to no self control (ahem, myself) it's the only thing that will keep you from eating them.
Just a tip. And I have a bunch of very healthy recipes for dinners that Bryan and I love - if you want any of them, let me know!
Maelie was the same way. I had a sling that I used for Maelie so that I could actually get stuff done. I can go look and see if I can find it if you want to try it. Good Luck. As far as excerising goes I am going to try and take a zumba class once a week, you can come with me if you want.
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