May. 26, 2009 - Baby Fat
There is baby fat:
And then there is baby fat. The former is absolutely adorable.....sweet and squishy. The latter...well, is squishy. Being 5 mos postpartum from #7, I was reflecting today, while facing a scale that laughs at me every morning and tells me that I have, once again, 30 pounds to lose. I have, more or less, lost these same squishy 30 pounds SIX times, for a total of approximately 180 pounds. Now, I'm thankful that I have lost those 180 pounds, so my scale doesn't say 300+, but, to be totally honest, shhhhhhh (I don't like to lose weight!)
I really enjoy eating whatever I want to, and not wishing I wasn't so "jiggly" and that I could fit into THOSE jeans....the ones that are always my goal. It's pretty easy to be honest cause I know all my mom friends out there can relate. It just seems a little unfair.....I mean, make us gain 40lbs in pregnancy and feel like a blimp, have that adorable baby and feel really skinny for a few weeks cause we can bend again and see our toes...then realize that THIN is more than bending and seeing our shoes. THEN make us absolutely ravenous from nursing....am I the only one who when I'm nursing thinks of FOOD all the time? And then, realizing we need to lose the baby fat in the midst of starving all the time, being sleep deprived and having no time for the treadmill.
Okay, that is reality...I can make excuses all day for what IS....but that won't make the scale begin the countdown from 30 to 29 any faster. A month or so ago, I started a weekly weigh in with 2 friends. It helps a bit cause I think of having to admit to them that I gained or stayed the same every Wednesday. I only have 4 pounds lost to show for that though, so today, I started what is the only way that I've ever been able to lose the baby fat....the 1,700 calorie lifestyle. I don't love the word DIET cause just hearing that word makes me feel hungry. (oh dear...my tummy growled just typing the word.) The thing that I like about the 1,700 calorie lifestyle is that there is nothing I CAN'T eat. It has worked 6 times before and it fairly painless.
I thought I'd share it here...if you have 10, or 30 or 100 lbs to lose, it may work for you too.
I saw a nutritionist back when Aslan was 4 months old. Just to weigh in with every week. It took me 11 weeks to lose 29 pounds and it worked! That was back when I was 24 years old.
I did it also, when Praise was a baby and I was 35 years old and it worked again! So I'm trusting that my 37 yr old body will once again succeed on this 1,700 calorie diet. If I wasn't nursing, then I would probably have to do a lower calorie, like 1,200....but thankfully, nursing lets me eat more calories! Yeah. So, once again, I started the 1,700 game today. And it's 4pm and not too bad!
So far, I've only eaten 600 calories too!
1 banana (100) 1 whole wheat pancake (40cal) 1 cup of coffee (140) 1 whole wheat tortilla with refried beans (250) 1 c strawberries (45) 5 huge leaves of red leaf lettuce (20)
So I still have 1,100 calories to go!
I typically approach the day with 200 calories for bfast, 500 for lunch and 1,000 for dinner cause I don't like going to bed feeling hungry.
I have a nutrition book from College that lists all the calories for me, but I have also used a great website that would work for you.
http://www.nutritiondata.com/tools/nutrient-search
It allows you to type in any food and it tells you how many calories and how many of any nutriet it contains.
So, If you have been putting off losing those pounds, just DO IT! You will be so glad you did!!!
Remember: Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels!
Comments
May. 26, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Anonymous
That's good Misti! Since Matt has been out of the hospital, we all have packed on the pounds. I need to try your calorie count, for you are right, nothing tastes as good as skinny feels!
May. 26, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Christine @ Live to Learn
I am right there with you! I have 4 weeks until delivery and am hoping and praying that my body will not gain any more weight. I am at 40 pounds now and it is driving me crazy. I too have gained and lost the same 40 pounds 6 times now. It always takes me a year to lose it all minus 5-10 pounds and then that weight comes off after I finish nursing. I am blessed that it does come off but it does drive me crazy. Good luck with your plan, success is much more at hand if you have a plan.
www.livetolearneveryday.blogspot.com
May. 26, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Anonymous
Misti,
I guess that means captian crunch french toast is a big no in this <del>diet</del> lifestyle change....
Maria
May. 26, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Anonymous
I was gonna be smart and cross out the word diet...guess that's a big no when you post a comment..oh well..
Maria
May. 27, 2009 - 1700 calories?
Posted by Anonymous
I thought a nursing mom had to eat 1800 - 2200 calories a day. If not, then I can cut back to 1700. Especially since the baby's starting to eat solids. Is that right?
Jen
jent-manyblessings.blogspot.com
May. 28, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Anonymous
I am right there with you! Thanks for the encouragement!
Letisha
ourlifeforhim blogspot
May. 29, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Eunice
So, I'm back in town...check in....and I read about d-eting! After I've been loved on by my entire southern family (all that yummy food spells L.O.V.E ya know, lol).
BTW, that little fella is SO cute!
