Back in October of 2015, my husband (B) and I welcomed our amazing little guy, P, into our lives. It has been such an incredible journey thus far. It has also been quite the learning curve. I swear I learn something new every day.
Prior to having our LO, I had quite a rough pregnancy. I battled hyperemesis gravidarum along with a nasty GI bug that left me in the hospital for a week with 104 degree temperatures. By the grace of God, both P and I made it through. However, my whole life felt like it had been turned over. I hardly had any strength afterwards. Getting up off the couch was hard enough, let alone going back to my hour or so long workouts. Ya, it wasn't happening. It's crazy what one week of severe illness and hospitalization can do to your strength. I made it my mission to try and eat healthy and walk every day. Little baby steps.
After P came along in October, I was fortunate to have lost my 28 pounds of pregnancy weight within the first 4-5 weeks. I didn't really "do" anything special other than breastfeed, eat healthier choices and walk occasionally. I gave myself 2 months of being a new mom, lots of baby snuggles, and all that jazz before really committing myself back to a workout plan. Ironically, January 1st and resolutions came about, and I decided that it was time to get back on the band wagon.
I made my goals small. I would chart my weight every Monday and Friday. I would also keep a calendar and give myself a star for the days I hit 10k steps on my fitbit. (Okay, so stars aren't just for first graders! LOL) My first weight goal was just 5 pounds. Nothing too drastic. Soon that came and went and with each small goal met I would make another goal. My goals consisted of things such as 3 days per week having greater than 15k steps, or weekly weight goals. If I met my weekly goal, I allowed myself to have a cheat day on Saturday!
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| weight log/tracker |
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| hung it on the bathroom door to keep me reminded! |
Today I am down 20 pounds from my pre-pregnant weight. Feeling so great! But as you momma's know (or maybe it's just me... hopefully not!), post-baby bod, even with weight loss, is still not the same as pre-baby bod. It's so weird! Things just SHIFT. I don't even know how to describe it! Ha! I decided with my husband it was time for a new "goal!" Enough with the treadmill running and getting my steps in. I need to up the ante.
I decided that I was going to run a half marathon... WITH BABY AND JOGGER! I know I know. Crazy talk. My husband, B, and I decided to take P out for a walk/jog with the jogger. I don't know what I was getting myself into with that half marathon talk. Jogging with baby is HARD work. Even on flat surfaces! Ha! Who am I kidding. I couldn't train for a half nearly yet, and surely not with a baby.
I decided it would be more reasonable to start from scratch, so I don't get burnt out, and train for a 5k with the baby/jogger. (long term I would still like to do a half with jogger in tow.) I think this will be much more manageable, and I'll stick with it longer. I have a few new "gadgets" (thank you tax refund) and a new phone app that I'm super excited to talk about on here!
However, my boobs are done pumping (the only time I really get to myself) and I have to be up at 430am when MOMBIE mode begins.... aka work.
Xoxo! Amanda
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