Well hello there...welcome to my little corner of the world wide web! I'm a new mom, stuck at home on maternity leave, so I thought I would start writing in my free time to give myself something to do...there is only so much house cleaning I can do at this point before wanting to shoot myself in the foot.
Like any, strike that, like every new mom I am ready to lose the baby weight and become a bonafide MILF! Luckily I only gained about 30-35 lbs during pregnancy and I only have about 15 lbs to lose to be my pre-preggo size. But...I started out this pregnancy being the largest I have even been weight wise. So my goal is to lose more weight than what I started at and finally get into the shape I've always wanted/needed to get into. I feel like it is more crucial than ever to lose weight and get healthy because I have a new life that is dependent on me and in order to be the best for her I need to do the best for me.
A little back story: I have always been a bit on the overweight side. Now, I've never been so large that I got bullied or anything like that and I had friends throughout school, but I was always the sidekick to my friends. I was never the one that had her own boyfriend and I always felt like I was the tag along friend that just went along with what everyone else was doing. I never stood up for myself and I was just too shy to really put myself out there. I'm not an introvert by any means, it's just that I don't necessarily like being the center of attention. My weight did affect my self esteem quite a bit, but I never let it show. It was a silent struggle for me. Once I graduated high school and moved to Austin I started feeling more and more confident about myself. It's pretty cliche, but I did "find myself" by moving away from home. Now...I did some stupid things back then in order to find myself...but who hasn't, right? Anyways, I met my husband in 2006 and he loved me for me, despite my size, so I never felt pressure to be super skinny or anything. We were in love and enjoying life, which included eating lots of good food! I didn't put a ton of weight on, but over time it started adding up. Two years ago, I was at my largest weight, can't believe I'm putting it out there, but I was at 230 lbs. We had moved to Amarillo, I was depressed and on anxiety medicine, and I knew I needed to do something to shed the weight. I started weight watchers and lost 30 lbs! I was feeling good! We were only in Amarillo for 2 years and moved back to Austin because we knew that it was our home and where we were meant to be living. Once we moved back I put on about 10-15 lbs somewhat quickly because we were going out with friends, drinking more and enjoying being back in the city we love.
When I found out I was pregnant I was 215 lbs. Like I said earlier, I put on about 30 lbs throughout the pregnancy, not horrible. Well, I also developed gestational diabetes. I was able to control it with diet, but this really struck a cord with me. I know that gestational diabetes doesn't mean I will for sure get Type 2 Diabetes, but it does mean I'm at an increased risk of developing it later in life. How I can decrease my chance is to get healthy! That's where I am now. I had my 6 week postpartum check up this past Wednesday so I am officially clear to workout...among other things ;)
So my plan:
- Eating - My gestational diabetes diet was a low carb/low sugar diet. That's what I'm going to keep doing. I also want to eat cleaner and try to eliminate as much processed crap that I can.
- Exercise - I want to be a runner. I never thought I would say that but it's true. I'm right now walking every day and next week I'm starting the Couch to 5k program. I'm going to add in some basic strength training and things like that in. For the time being I don't have access to a gym, so this will be all done at home, on my own.
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