Jul. 31, 2008 - The Weight Loss Reveal
I know, I know who talks about their weight, much less shares pictures. Well, I don't care, I am too excited and I want to share.
May 2007, I had a beautiful baby girl,Rachel, and she weighed a whopping 5 pounds 7 ounces. Considering my largest baby was 9 lbs 3 oz she was so tiny to us. The problem with her weight was that my weight gain of 45 lbs looked terrible. If she had been at least 10 pounds I could have said that at least 25% of my weight had been her. Not so for me this time!
So any way, I have lost all 45 pounds! It took me 13 months and now at almost 15 months it is still off. I hope to lose 5-10 more pounds after she is done nursing. I share all this to give someone else hope if they have gained an absurd amount of baby weight.
My tips are these:
- drink lots of water
- eat as many fresh fruits and veggies as you can
- stay out of fast food
restaurantsbuildings (can you really call them a restaurant?) - Always eat breakfast, I eat either steel cut oats or shredded wheat cereal
- don't deny yourself the sweets you want, just eat a much smaller portion
- park further out in the parking lots as you go shopping ( for those of you who know me in real life it really is because of weight loss not because I can't park my huge van
) - and don't forget to drink more water!
