so sometimes before is better than after.
on the left, last summer, before baby. on the right, today.
things are not. good.
i’m starting over today. for fucking real this time. here i go.
i need a new ‘after.’
Posts tagged weight loss
i officially have lost 8 pounds since buckling down and doing this thing. :D
by the time my birthday hits (january 30) i should be back to where i was pre-baby, which is my current goal. after that i’d like to maybe lose another 15 or so pounds, but right now i just want to get back to my previous low of 163. which sounds high since i’m only 5’5”, but i’m a curvy girl and i can’t really imagine being below, like, maybe a size 10. i felt pretty good at 163. we’ll see.
199 today. yeah, i was (am) up that high. i didn’t really want to post the numbers, but whatever, i’m back on the right side of 200, thank god. yeah, it’s only barely, but i’m trending down so i’m celebrating.
i still have 36 pounds to lose to get my back to my previous low weight — for right now, that’s my goal. and 36 pounds is totally manageable, i lost way more than that last year. another good thing is that i remember pretty vividly how much better i felt about myself at even 185, 175, etc, so i know it won’t be THAT long before i start seeing some changes, which i think is SUCH good encouragement!
definitely going to the gym today and tomorrow. i’ve been going on tues/thurs in the evenings but now that tv is coming back, including the x factor which i’m recapping for work, i think my gym days will be sunday, monday, friday and saturday, and i’ll do some exercise videos (i want to restart the shred!) on tuesday-thursday.
so. progress! plans! yay.
i forgot how when you eat right and exercise, you actually do lose weight! i’m down three pounds since thursday. and yeah, water weight, whatever. i don’t care; i’ll take it.
i also re-did my blog header bio thingie since it still said i was 29 and pregnant.
185!
down 2.5 pounds since the other day. i don’t know if it’s still water weight coming off from the pregnancy or if it’s from all the breastfeeding, but either way, i’ll take it. :D
oh! oh! it’s wednesday! it’s a weigh-in wednesday! heyyyyy! time to start doing these again!
so, um, okay. let’s start this over.
starting weight: 219.5
last week: unknown
current weight: 185
change: unknown
total lost: 34.5
meet billy! born 3.25.11 (he’s 12 days old in this pic)
‘sup fitblrs? remember me? :D?
so, i had my baby. he is awesome and rules all. i gained approximately one billion pounds while pregnant, unfortunately. i never reached my initial highest-evar starting weight of 219, but i came within a couple pounds of it. gross.
however! almost two weeks post-partum, i’ve dropped a decent amount of weight. i mean, i knew a fair bit would have to come off, but still, i’m relieved to see it go. i was secretly afraid that i’d give birth and only be about 10 pounds lighter, but instead i’ve dropped about 30 lbs!
i can’t really exercise yet, or even really diet for that matter, but we’re breastfeeding and that burns lots of calories, so it’s something. i’m also going to try and make healthy eating choices, but it’s hard right now — not a lot of time to prepare food, as y’all can probably imagine.
i probably won’t be updating here super-often for now, but i want to start checking in and staying accountable. i worked SO hard to lose 55+ pounds last year and i won’t be satisfied until i hit my goal weight of 150 (maybe 140 eventually, we’ll see).
so, first post-baby weight: 187.5.
here we go again.
hi fitblrs! just checking in. i’m 33 weeks and a few days pregnant. i’ve put on ~35 pounds from my absolute lowest weight, but ~23 from what i weighed when he was conceived (i was still working really hard on the weight loss until i realized i was pregnant which was at around 12 weeks) so i’m just counting that. :P whatevs, i still weigh less than i did a year ago. i’m going to try like hell not to gain more than another 5 pounds or so. which would require i stop eating so damn much!! i’ll try. maybe i should resume blogging here a little more, at least it’d keep me accountable.
weirdly, my due date is almost exactly a year from the day i arrived at “fat camp” and finally got my shit together. what a year it’s been!
and on that note, the main reason i’m updating is because i turned 30 on january 30. those of you who followed me from the beginning might remember that the original name of this blog was “operation thin by thirty.” well, i was not thin while turning 30, because, hello, baby! but i was thinner than i was when i turned 29, and fuck it, i DID lose ~55 pounds in 2010, so while i’m currently up a bit, i’m still satisfied. “operation thin by 31” will be next, heh.
[ironically, my husband bought me a garmin for my birthday. which was very sweet and would’ve been a PERFECT gift over the summer, but currently is slightly useless since i’m, y’know, a little over 8 months pregnant and won’t be doing any hardcore workouts any time soon. he was so proud of himself, tho, it was pretty cute. he’s a good kid. ♥]
last week: 167
this week: 163
change: -4
woot!! :D
total lost: 56.5
still to go: 23
the scale budged, fucking finally! 165.5! praise bb jesus! unicorns for everyone!
still 167, barf. it’s been almost two weeks. >:(
whateverrrrrr, something corporate tonight, fuck and yes.
