Eating Right Update

Today is the middle of week 3 and so far things have been going pretty well.  Week 1 went basically according to plan.  I had to up the calories a little bit because I had noticed a drop in my milk supply, but that was an easy fix.  Eat more?  Don’t mind if I do!  As for exercise, I didn’t end up going for a walk every day like I had hoped.  I did walk some days, but for the most part, I was just sure to be active at home.  Cleaning, cooking, general tidying – I was always on my feet. The first few days I was starving, and had to have many snacks, but I stuck with it.  I had some headaches, and felt like I was about to get sick even though I never ended up getting sick, so I’m assuming there was some detoxing going on.  Did I mention I’m basically addicted to sugar?  Yeah, I guess it was holding on to my body for dear life as I murdered it per se.

I had a cheat day on Halloween which worked out rather well for me, and allowed me to eat candy while it was very much in my face.  I really did not want to set myself up for failure, and this couldn’t have worked out better for me.

Week 2 I still ate veggie omelettes or oatmeal for breakfast, with salads for lunch, but my husband and I decided to switch up our suppers a little bit.  We had turkey meatballs with sweet potato mash, and the same meatballs with spaghetti squash, and always lots of veggies.

I may have over done it with the cinnamon this day

I had some bok choy in the fridge, and decided a lunch change was in order.  I sauteed a bunch of vegetables, and cooked some quinoa to make a veggie stir fry.  For suppers we’ve been having sweet potato and turkey sheppards pie and chicken parm with half pasta, half peppers and onions.

Veggie stir-fry and quinoa

Ground turkey and sweet potato sheppards pie with a little bit of cheese on top

Lightly breaded chicken parm with red peppers and rotini

So far, from day 1, I’ve lost just a little over 7 lbs.  I am definitely one to bloat easily, so I’m sure I was retaining water to begin with, from all of the salt and sugar I had been eating.  I plan to stick with this and see where it takes me.  I have 5 lbs left until I reach my first goal, so there is still plenty more to come.

Baby Weight Update

Well baby girl #2 has finally arrived, Baby S, and she’s pretty awesome.

Right before my baby was due I was 15lbs heavier than my pre pregnancy weight.  Again, I’m not going to count the weight that I lost and gained during my morning sickness bout in the first trimester.  So after baby S was born I lost 10 lbs, and after a week and a half I am now 1lb less than my pre pregnancy weight.  I don’t know how I managed this because I am not one to lose weight easily, especially with the lack of exercise I’ve had.  Must have been some water weight, but anyway, now I’m just playing the waiting game.

October 26th is game day.  That’ll be 6 weeks postpartum and I’ll be good to go for exercise, and will be introducing healthy meal planning.  In the mean time I’m going to eat a bit more sensibly, but I’m not going to deprive myself by any means.  Alcohol for one thing is very caloric, but I’ve been alcohol free for 9 months, so I’m definitely not saying no to that any time soon.  I’m also breast feeding which brings on this insatiable hunger and thirst.  During pregnancy you get weird cravings and love to eat, but the breast feeding hunger is something totally different.  I’m just so hungry, I don’t care if I’m eating chips and dip, a bag of apples or left over steak.  I’ll pretty much eat anything, just as long as it’s in large quantities, so I hope that doesn’t some how catch up with me.

I said I’d keep up with the progress, so stay tuned for more!