Hello everyone! (if there’s anyone out there who is even reading this) Today is 16 weeks after having my new baby boy and life is wonderful. I now have a gorgeous healthy son and my husband and I are completely thrilled and blessed. It has definitely been life changing and has taken some adjusting and figuring out but we couldn’t be happier or more proud parents. We’re living in our newly improved home now too and just thrilled at how it came out. I’m thrilled to have my cardio machine back (and a new one my hubby bought me) and the only thing I am missing terribly is my BODY!!!
So pregnancy did a number on my body. I gained a ton of weight. A whole lot more then I should have but the end of my pregnancy was really rough. I had edema and become extremely swollen. I was gaining loads of fluid and water weight everyday. My legs, ankles and feet became HUGE and I couldn’t even fit anything on my feet except one pair of flip flops. My weight hit 210lbs!! Thats right! I was massive! Luckily 40 lbs of that weight (I gained a total of 70 lbs!!!) came right off after I delivered. It took a few weeks but the fluid was finally draining. I then continued to lose another 10lbs without any diet or exercising. However now I have started to do my cardio again (yeahhh!!) and I’ve started to really watch my diet and more weight is slowly coming off. HOWEVER, my body is not the same and its very depressing to even look in the mirror at times. With a new baby I have found it so hard to find time for everything. Cardio and lifting weights at the gym take a lot of time and energy and in the beginning with a new baby, it was so hard for me to find the time. So now that cardio is in place almost everyday, lifting needs to happen as well. Its a MUST. I feel like a mush. I feel like I have lost so much muscle and shape to my body. So this will be my biggest challenge EVER!
My short term goal is to continue to shed all the baby weight and my long term goal is to compete again in May 2010!! I will do a local show here in Jersey. I’m still waiting for the date of the show to be announced but in the mean time I had my work cut out for me!
So here starts a new journey. A new challenge and its my biggest one yet. My baby belly is still sticking out and all blobby and I hate it! I’m not used to having belly fat. Ugh! So getting this belly down should be fun. I haven’t started a strict diet plan yet. I’m making healthy choices and watching my portions. I do feel a bit of pressure though because its winter time now and my freakin winter pants don’t fit yet!! That’s an issue because I don’t want to buy new bigger clothes.
Well, my baby should be waking up from a nap soon and then we’ll head to the cardio room together. He’ll work on rolling over and I’ll work on my rolls! haha!
Thanks for coming back to my journal. I hope you stick around!
DL
