Day 2...not 1?

Day 2…not 1?

Yes, that’s right.  I’m starting a new blog on day 2 of my weight loss adventure.  Why, you say?  Because I need some accountability!  I am trying to get myself healthy and lose some of this weight I’ve been carrying around since Miss Ellis [my sweet baby girl] made her appearance on December 17, 2011.  Yes, that’s not a typo…2011!  I’ve been carrying around this baby weight for more than A YEAR!!!!

Baby Ellis, 2 Days old and 1 Year old!

Let’s start at day 2, post baby.  December 19, 2011 – still in the hospital, but finally starting to feel closer to normal after delivering my precious [but large] 9 pound 2 ounce bundle of joy.  I start thinking to myself, “Hey!  I don’t have that huge belly anymore!”  Then, “Oh, but I do have this semi large smooshy belly now…”  I figured that since I kept exercising up until about 2 weeks before Ellis was due [gotta love swollen feet], I would get rid of the semi large smooshy thing pretty fast.  Well, I was wrong.  I dropped about 30 lbs in the first 6 weeks by breast feeding [that’s a whole other blog!] and walking around the neighborhood with Matt, Chobee [our 7 year old child/dog] while pushing Ellis in the stroller or the baby carrier.

She is Out!!

THEN, after my ok from the doc [after my 3^rd degree tear…did I mention Ellis was a big girl?], I started my DVD exercising.  I started slow, and worked up to a pretty good stamina.  I lost about 10 more pounds.  Then the wall came.  I started working again, and then the guilt started too.  Who knew that a working mom would feel too tired and too guilty to work out.  [DUH!]  Apparently this is pretty common.  You wake up a few times a night to feed your precious baby, then leave her for work in the morning, and [crazy enough] I felt too guilty to go to the gym! I felt like I should be at home with Ellis [and sometimes Matt J] rather than spending time at the gym without her.  [Gotta love mommy guilt!] I would get a few work outs in a week [maybe], and I just stopped losing weight. 

No matter how many calories I DIDN’T eat, the scale wouldn’t budge.  I figured the reason was because I was still nursing, and I had heard that nursing can either help you lose weight, or help you keep it on when you are trying to lose it.  So then, I gave myself a little pass to wait until I was done nursing Ellis [lucky me, I have an excuse.  As you see, this is an easy pattern to get into!]

In October, Ellis was done nursing, and I had gained back about 5 more pounds.  I still had the semi large belly, but it wasn’t as smooshy…just a little hangy.  [Sorry if you got a mental image of that…]  I was still carrying around about 17 pounds of baby weight…who knew that pizza and donuts [my main cravings…shocker!] could weigh that much!! 

I did the Advocare 10 Day Herbal Cleanse, which was awesome, and lost about 6 pounds in those 10 days.  Then Thanksgiving came…Then Christmas came…Then New Year’s came.  And NOW it’s January 8^th, and now I have 27 pounds to go till I get to my pre-baby weight.  I also want to lose an additional 13 pounds on top of that!

27 + 13 = 40 lbs

I want to do this before July 1.  I don’t know if it is possible, but I’m gonna try. 

And if anyone out there is interested, I will be writing this blog to keep myself accountable!  Join me if you want!  I can always use encouragement, and I know everyone else needs it too!  We are in the same I Wanna Be a Loser…Today boat!

I want to be this same woman…just 40 lbs lighter and healthier!