Dr's vist and update!

Sorry I haven't been on here... Ive been trying to de-clutter my house and sell off some things that we didn't need!

Anyway in a nutshell here's whats been going on:

I haven't gone on the elliptical or bike YET... but I have gone on at least a mile walk each day, sometimes twice a day when Drew gets home. So I'm at least doing that.

Ive been eating healthier meals but I find that I am STILL midnight snacking. Tonight if I wake up I am just going to drink a huge glass of water and see if that helps.

As for weight loss... my scale still says 156 :( However, I went to eh Dr's today and my weight was at 155. 1 pound makes all the difference! PLUS--I was wearing heavy jeans and a heavier shirt... so that MUST weigh at least a pound right? My goal by next Tuesday is to be down to 150 even. I WILL do it.

Ive been reading Adaminas blog and she inspires me to eat more salads and fruit... so that's my plan for tomorrow also. Go to the store and buy a bunch of fruit. I also have to go to the bakery outlet (its my FAV place)... but they just sell discounted bread! I'm a sucker for a deal! They have 100 calorie bagels there... I will get those :)

Breastfeeding

For those of you that don't know, I am also breastfeeding which is why I cant go on a super diet. I need to at LEAST take in 1200 calories a day, but it's recommended that I eat at least 500-700 extra calories to up my milk supply. I haven't been actually counting calories, but I have been trying to watch what I eat with a little cheat here and there :)

Day 9: Meals, Workout, and Photos!

Meals:
Breakfast: a cup of tea with some sugar and creamer and an English muffin with some peanut butter.
Snack: None
Lunch: 2 slices of ham between 2 pieces of wheat toast (with some light mayo on it) and a banana. I had 2 more slices of ham then :)
Dinner: Salmon with white rice and 1 1/2 pieces of corn on the Cobb! a diet crush too :)
Snack: chocolate chips cookies...2 :)

Workout: 25 reps on the ab slide and push ups in the morning
25 reps on the ab slide at lunch
took a nap (it keeps you refreshed!)
a mile and a half walk with the family!


PICTURES! I cleaned the mirrors! Sorry they are different colors... I used the flash in some and then not in others!

Belly after a week of crunches and minus 4 pounds

Side ViewWith a shirt on

Me

I don't see too much of a change... maybe my abs UNDER the flab are tighter, but that's it. I do notice my shorts are fitting better in general though and my legs are toning up a bit... so for 8 days I'm pretty happy!

Day 8: Meals and Workout

Workout: 30 minutes on the elliptical machine (finally!)
around 75 crunches on my ab slide so far
50 pushups
a mile walk with the family

Meals:
Breakfast: I skipped! I fell asleep with the baby!
Lunch: Turkey sandwich with a few sun chips
Snack: Banana
Dinner: Taco salad with more tacos than salad ;)
Snack: Ramen Noodles (OOPS!) The sodium itself is gonna kill me!

Pictures Tomorrow

I will update with weekly pictures tomorrow... keep a look out for them!

Weekly Weigh In

Delivery Weight: 189
Week 1 Start Weight: 160
Week 2 Start Weight: 156

Total Loss: 4 pounds! I'd say that's a good loss for my 1st week!

Goal Weight: 130
26 pounds to go!

Now if I can only get back on the elliptical machince Im sure more weight would fall off!

I'm sorry I haven't posted!

I didn't post about day day 6 or 7! Its not like it has been hectic or anything... I think I'm just being lazy! Well, I'll kind of give you whats been going on in a nutshell:

We've done at least a 2 mile walk everyday. I have not found a single second to get on the elliptical machine... once one child is sleeping/calm/busy, the other finds a way to get my attention! So... i find that I have been mostly working out by doing sit ups and push ups the past 3 days. Tomorrow is my weigh in day, so lets hope for good numbers!

Meals... well yesterday I remember I had salmon and rice for dinner, but I don't remember much else! Oh, I did have a 45 calorie fudgecicle to quench my chocolate need! Today I had an apple for breakfast, some left over London broil for lunch, a few crackers and hummus, and dinner I had a cheeseburger that drew made.

On a side note, I did find an old ab machine that i used back in high school that I LOVED. Its called the "ab slide". Very weird tool but you can feel the burn! So I have been doing sets of 25 on that instead of sit ups. Check in tomorrow for my weight...... YIKES!

The infamous AB SLIDE!