Setbacks...I am used to these

I have had a few setbacks recently.  I was doing good with my workouts and then I bent over to pick up my baby and feel a bad tweak.  My back was whacked out for the next 3 days.  Then my cycle started and that came with some debilitating headaches.  I feel like these are horrible excuses but I know they are not.  It is hard to work through certain types of physical pain.  The only thing I can do, is get back to it and not get discouraged.  Not working out has led to some psychological side effects.  I am having a hard time feeling motivated, positive and have been feeling very depressed at everything.  I have a horrible body image right now and I want that quick fix but that is not gonna happen.  It took 8 years and 4 kids to get to where I am at and it's not going to change overnight.  I want to feel sexy, I want to feel desirable to my husband.  Don't get me wrong, he loves me no matter what and has told me that more than once.  I am the one who feels undesirable and disgusting.  These are things that I know I can combat, it just takes time and effort.  It's time to stop being a lazy ass...quite frankly!!! I am starting again on Monday and just going to make it through the week, one day at a time, each one is a victory.  I just gotta keep trying because each time I have to start over, is better than doing nothing at all!

EA Active 30-day Cahllenge: Day 2

Day 2: Feeling great!  I was pleasantly surprised by how less taxing it was during the running parts.  I feel like I am building my energy back up and getting my endurance up as well.  Keep going, it gets easier.

30 Day Challenge: Day 1

After feeling great yesterday, I decided to do the EA Active 30 day challenge.  Don't get me wrong, my thighs are killing me but I feel awesome!!! I slept so amazing last night.  It helps that my 4 month old is starting to sleep better at night as well.  I am excited to do tomorrow's workout. I only had one soda yesterday the rest of the day it was water.  I am also trying to get my body back to not eating after 6pm if it can be helped.  I may take a nap today, I should have yesterday but wanted to get more laundry done.  Feeling motivated and worn out in a great way!

Back to it, I promise this time.

After a very odd and stressful couple of months, I am back to my resolution to lose this baby weight once and for all.  Today, I could only manage the EA Active for about 15 minutes.  I do have a 4 month old.  But that was also after walking the kids to school, so I consider that a victory.  My daughter has become predictable enough that after dropping the kids off at school, she has started taking at least a half hour nap.  Just enough time for me to get a work out in.  Luckily Bruiser likes doing it with me, so we both got in some good activity today.  Now that I have had my slimfast and apple/peanut butter snack/breakfast and my breathing has returned to normal, I am feeling good.  I still have lots of housework to do that I might add to my exercise log for the day.  I don't care what anybody says, that stuff can really get your heart pumping.  My husband and I have a deal...he is going to give his new job everything he can to make it successful for the next year, so I figured I could work on my fitness for the next year.  Either way, in a year, we are hoping to be in a much better place financially, healthily and with our happy kids.  Everyone gets discouraged sometimes, the key is to pick yourself back up and try again!

Getting back to it!

Had a small window of time today where the baby was content enough to try to workout.  I started on yoga and did some other games on the Wii fit disk. It felt good even though it was only 13 minutes.  The kids even did it with me.  I ended with a short distance run. It was good to get us all moving.  I am hoping it won't take too long to get back to the level of exercise that I was doing before.  It was so nice to sweat a little and exert my body.  Maybe I will get a chance to do another 15 minutes later today, we'll see.

In Shock...

You read my weight loss ticker right, I am down 30 lbs.  20 was from before the pregnancy and that was all I gained during my pregnancy.  It has simply melted off since I had my daughter.  That means I have lost an additional 10lbs.  I am sure it has to do with a lot of things like, 4 children to look after, an abdominal binder that is helping support where I had my c-section, which I wear most of the time while I am up and about during the day...I live in AZ, it's super hot so I am sweating almost effortlessly, yuck.  Nursing seems to be going better than it has with my other children.  However, she is only 3 weeks old, I made it at least 2 months with my other kids before they got too big and needed a bottle exclusively to squelch their hunger.  I have been resting but I haven't been as down as I was with my past c-sections.  I am so motivated by all this weight loss and ecstatic!!!  Once I am off weight restrictions I can begin to slowly build up my endurance again.  I have a lot of hope that I might be able to be close if not reaching my goal weight by my 30th birthday.  If I am already starting off with so much lost, all I need to do is keep it off.  I have continued with small meals, lots of water and all I need to add back is vigorous exercise.  Some of which shouldn't be too hard while carrying around my daughter in her sling.  Seriously love it and so does she.  Super happy and motivated :)

New Year, New Adventures and New Hope

It is a couple of months short of a year ago since I posted on this blog last.  I was pregnant and have had a wonderful baby girl since then.  I was happy to find out that I had only gained the weight I had lost when I was pregnant and since having my daughter, I have lost it again!  This means, I am not starting all over, I can pick up where I left off.  Although by the time I am off weight restrictions, my weight may have altered a bit.  I look forward to starting again.  In going through some boxes trying to get rid of things and prepare for the baby, I found my original Wii Fit disc.  This allows me to utilize the Yoga stretches to ease my way back up to my EA Active disc.  It will take some time and I will have to move slowly so that I don't cause any damage where my c-section is.  My goal is to take it one day at a time, enjoying my children and my husband and working on my health.  I would like to say that I would like to be close to my goal weight a year from now, but that might be setting myself up for failure.  It's better to look at getting my strength and endurance back up to where it was and watching the pounds melt away.  Celebrating each small victory is more important than focusing on something too far in advance to see.