So, how much weight do I want to lose? Good question. Let me start from the beginning.
Almost 6 years ago I got pregnant with my first son. At the time my weight had crept up higher than normal, but was not too bad. From that starting weight I gained 60+ pounds during that pregnancy. You can pick your jaw off the floor now. I gained that much with all 3 of my kids. No matter what I did, my body just gained. My doctor was never concerned about it since I was really healthy otherwise. That being said, by the time of Carter's first birthday I weighed 15 pounds less than I did when I got pregnant with him. It seemed so easy to lose the weight. I worked out at the gym and watched a little bit of what I ate, but nothing too strict.
When Carter was 20 months old I got pregnant again. This pregnancy was stressful and ended in a miscarriage. I gained about 8-10 pounds during that pregnancy.
Two months after the miscarriage I got pregnant again with Maddox. I gained the 60+ pounds again (I don't know the exact amount of weight since I stop looking at the scale somewhere in the third trimester with my pregnancies.) When Maddox was a year old I had only lost about 40 pounds of the weight. By the time I got pregnant for the last time (when Maddox was 15 months old) I weighed 25 pounds more than I did when Carter was a year old.
So, the last pregnancy I gained the usual 60+ pounds. The weight this time is not coming off as fast as it did in the beginning like it did with the other two. I retained a lot of water after the surgery and it just did not go down for almost 2 months after she was born. As it stands now, I've lost 31 pounds from the week before Emmy was born. Some would say this is decent, however, I am really overweight. And if you do the math, I need to lose at least 50 more pounds to get to where I was after Carter.
So, this is the countdown to lose 50 pounds! I can do it! If the lady on that "Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Addition" can lose 100 pounds in 90 days, I can lose 50 pounds in 9 months.
Today is Weigh-In Wednesday. My weight today is what I will base my 50 pound weight-loss on. I will also be posting my food blog and exercise/activity blogs each day. I can do this, and so can you, whatever your destination weight loss is!
Over and out,
Stef
1 comment:
Don't forget to account for your boobs! Some of that 50 pounds is in your cajungas, so as long as Emmy is nursing, you're going to have a few extra pounds...in each of those big ol melons of yours. :-) A pound a week. Here's to you!
I can't decide how many weeks I want to do. Maybe another six weeks? I wish that we could go for walks at the same time on certain days. Then we could workout together. What time do you usually go for walks?
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