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Body After Baby Challenge – Week 4

By BrassyDel
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

MamaNotes

Oh my goodness, it’s Week 4 already!  We’re almost halfway done here!  First, I’m going to start with the good news:
As of this morning, I have lost all of my baby weight.
I’m completely stoked!  My next goal is another 7 pounds.  After those 7 pounds, I will weigh less than I have in years.  I will have another mini goal after that, but right now I’m focussing on baby steps and I’m really happy with my progress so far.
Week 3 Recap
Week 3 was eating healthy meals, and I did okay.  Growing up, we ate a lot of healthier options.  We didn’t own a fryer and we ate a lot of vegetables.  I didn’t have a lot of friends who ate the same though, so when I turned 18 and moved out I ate a lot of things I enjoyed and psychologically felt deprived of.  I went nuts.  I started cooking with butter, and eating junk food, and I didn’t change my lackadaisical exercise “routine” to keep up with my new, higher caloric (and fat) intake.  So I put on weight.
A lot of weight.
When the scale suddenly passed 200 pounds I freaked out and had an awakening.  I’m only 5’5″, so that’s pretty high for me.  My BMI was in the “obese” range.  I saw photos of myself and it was frightening – that was not the me I “saw” in the mirror.  But that was me.
So I made a lot of changes food-wise and started exercising more.  I discovered that I love yoga, and when we adopted a shelter dog I learned a lot about the joy of exercise and just taking life each moment at a time.  I still love cheese, but I’m learning to temper that relationship better.
Let’s fast forward to the present before I wax all nostalgic about cheeseburgers, breakfast burritos, and chocolate frappaccinos (with whipped cream and sprinkles).
At last week’s weigh in, I hadn’t lost anything.  The very next day my scale registered 2 pounds lost (as I said, my scale is fickle.  I think it may be possessed).  This morning, it registered another pound and a half, which leaves me at exactly how much I weighed in before getting pregnant with Baby H.  Cue much rejoicing!  I also did fairly well on the mini challenge for three healthy meals a day, and I focussed on smart snacking and not giving in to emotional consumption impulses.  I didn’t do as well Friday and Saturday, so 2 pts on those days, but 3 pts for every other day.  That leaves me with 19 pts for last week, bringing me up to 85 pts total for the 8 week BAB challenge so far.
Week 4 Preview
This week’s mini challenge is sit-ups.  1 pt per sit-up, with a max of 50 pts per day.  That’s a lot of sit-ups and crunches, but really – it’s not exorbitant.  You can even break them up throughout the day.  Currently, I get in a little bit exercise across the day, usually using Baby H as the cutest hand-weight ever.  I already know that I won’t max the points for this week, since the “week” started yesterday and I did 20 before bed and that was it.  My personal goal is to get in at least 10 a day every day this week, though.
I think this mini challenge is coming at a really great time for me, since I’ve been thinking about how I really need to add some toning type exercises in to my routine (I’m back into walking fairly regularly again), but I haven’t been very motivated about it.  A little yoga here and there, and my routine of ab exercises once in a blue moon.  I need this mini challenge.
With that, I’ll stop today’s rambling.  I’ll be checking in again next week! Good vibes and mojo to everyone participating in this week’s mini challenge!

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