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.