follow my journey

I've never tried to hide the fact that I gained 62 lbs during my pregnancy. I was really, really hungry. I ate a lot, of bad AND good things. I didn't exercise but a handful of times (when Dane forced me too, ha ha.) I got a prenatal yoga DVD I didn't even get through the whole thing before I gave up.

I guess you could say I was "naturally thin" before pregnancy. Being a poor college student was probably a huge factor into that too. So I guess I was pretty excited to finally be able to eat a ton, and not feel bad. And I did. :)

the death of (skinny) me

Once pregnancy was over I wanted to immediately jump back into my comfy, expensive, stretchy, sexy denim. Bad idea. All I got was a huge smack in the face. Not only did my face, arms, legs, tummy, etc. gain weight, but I GOT BROADER? If it's humanly possible, I did it. I never knew my shoulders were so wide. I got stuck in an old dress I have this past month, Dane thought it was hilarious, while I freaked out screaming in pain (sunburn+starchy strappy dress=lotsO'pain).
Obviously not all of my old aka: pre pregnancy gear, fits yet. Every few weeks I pull out the long plastic clothes bins under our bed and rummage through it to see what i'm able to wear. Sometimes I get lucky and I fit into some jeans (that still don't button) or a cute summer top my boobs finally fit into again. It's getting kind of old after 5 months...I'm just wondering world, when will I get my body back?

I've been on a strict diet of Special K, or oatmeal, or peanut butter toast, and salads for lunch. or Totinos pizza rolls....or a cookie....or some icecream....or some sorbet (wait that's so much better for you than icecream, I swear!) I spend so much time watching what I eat that all I ever think about is food. I'm also still the excersise enthusiast I was before.

I however, am determined to lose the rest of this baby weight which totals 22lbs total. I honestly don't care about how much I weigh. I just want to look and feel good and I know that depends on how the scale reads. I will be happy getting to 120, a little more than I weighed before, but it seems within reach and i'm pretty sure I can squeeze into a 3/4 then?

15 lbs, melt away!!!

So I'm inviting you to follow me on my journey back to skinnyville. I have a food journal you are welcome to look and grab ideas if you are trying to lose weight too! Sometimes I don't always pick the best stuff so you can also see me fail and pick myself back up! I'll be updating my progress on my blog...my goal is to be at 120 by my 21st birthday, September 26, 2011! Here's to hoping...



January 2009

January 2010

January 2011