I haven’t talked about weight loss for quite a few months. Being pregnant will do that. No matter what I did, I knew the scale would continue to go up. Now, perhaps I could have slowed the movement of the scale going up, but I’m not going to dwell on that, since “what’s done is done.” And here we are on the flip side.
I’m no longer pregnant.
And unless we have a major shift in our thinking, or God has other plans, I don’t expect to be pregnant again. Which is a very good thing for my motivation. Now I have the mindset of, “Well, there’s no more excuses.” It was hard to really get on board with loosing weight before because I knew I would just balloon up again the next time I got pregnant.
So, I’ve started to weigh myself and chart my progress. I had to take it easy for the first couple of weeks, but we’ve been going on more walks, and I’m back to mowing the lawn again. I’m also drinking a lot more water and trying to be more aware of listening to my body telling me if I’m full.
And I’m pleased to report that in July I lost 30 pounds. Now, take that with a grain of salt, because a lot of that was baby and water weight… but it’s still nice to see the scale moving in the other direction. I’m hoping to keep the downward momentum over the next month so that I hopefully have some teaching clothes that fit by the time I start back in September. Right now I’m right in-between my maternity clothes being too big, and my regular clothes being too small. It’s a frustrating place to be.
But I’m going to try and keep my focus on the baby steps and remember that even if I only lose a pound a month, I’ll still be down at least 12 pounds by next year. And that’s something.
*EDIT: I wrote this post earlier this week and today I had my six week follow up visit with the midwife. I’ve been given the OK to start exercising, EXCEPT, I have a separation in my abs. That means I have to wait six more weeks before I do any ab work/Pilates/planks. I’m not surprised that I have a separation since I was SO huge, but I’m still a little bummed that I need to wait longer. However, I can still go on my walks and do arm exercises and practice restraint while eating. So… it’s really just a minor set back. 🙂
You know, I wonder if I had that, too, because I could sure feel a space between the right and left sides of my abs after I’d had babies. But doctors didn’t check things like that way back then. Anyway, be encouraged to know that you will get you ab strength back in time.
I’m so proud of you getting back at the fitness game again. You are motivating me to get more serious about it, too!
We could do a Fritz Family weight loss challenge. 🙂 Luke and I both need to drop pounds and I just have not been motivated to do it.
Hmmmmm… that might be fun. We do have 3.5 months before our get together… 🙂
Luke and I would both be willing to put in some money towards it. We could do it by percentage instead of pounds lost. Winner gets the pot?