Thursday, June 21, 2012

Body after Baby: Just Do It!

Wow.  These past four months have just flown by and I feel like I have only now gotten a handle on being a mom, working part-time, and balancing our life.

I hate being overweight.  All of my life I have been active - working out during college along with swim team and teaching swimming lessons helped me keep off the beer weight.  But I also leveraged that to keep up bad eating habits.  After graduate school, I still logged in regular hours at the gym - weight training and teaching swim lessons. 

At our wedding, I looked great - and I wasn't even exercising.  It was 100% stress that keep me thin.
 For the next 2 years, I packed on 15 pounds.  We ate out, enjoyed our life.  I lost that motivation I had for so long.  Work was stressful, life as a newlywed was stressful.
Then we got pregnant with our little Maku, and I went from 165 to 205.  Yikes!  My doctor said it was alright for my height but after she arrived, we had a bit of a stressful homecoming.
I lost about 20 pounds immediately, not from breastfeeding (which we were unable to do), rather from stress.
Now it's Month 4 and I am still not in a routine.  It's killing me. 
I need to get up in the AM, have some dedicated alone time and get on it!
Here's my current picture..
I am not happy! 



 Goals:
* Up at 4am, make coffee, eat breakfast!
* Gym @ 5am, cardio and weights - M/W/F
* Eat healthy foods - know what's in it and where it came from!
* Be a healthy, energetic mom!

Inspirations:

Kate Hudson -  post baby body = AMAZING!
Sheridan French - designer & super mom - paleo addict = How do I do this??
Stacy Keibler - athletic & tall just like me! (also, George loves her & that's a PLUS!)
 AMAZING athletes...


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