let's talk weight.

I know I've mentioned it time and time again on the Twitter, but I'm not sure I've said much of anything about my weight on here. Let's change that shall we?

I'll be honest, I have never been a "skinny" girl. Back in high school, I was the thinnest I've ever been in my life thanks to hours and hours of soccer playing as well as typical high school girl metabolism. At my skinniest, I weighed around one hundred fifty pounds and wore a size ten.

For real.

I was just about the heaviest I have ever been when the hubs and I got married. I honestly don't know numbers, but it wasn't pretty. It's why I don't share a lot of wedding pictures on le blog. They are scary.

My weight tends to fluctuate about ten pounds or so. At the top of that ten pounds, I look swollen, puffy, and feel horrible. At the bottom of that ten pounds, I usually feel pretty good. I stay in the same size clothes but obviously they fit at the lower end of the spectrum and don't at the top.

When I got pregnant, I was at the lower end of that spectrum. I felt great. I was running and playing soccer and was battling the extra weight that my current round of meds had me on. In the first part of my pregnancy, I lost another five pounds and reached a number on the scale that I hadn't seen in years.

Then pregnancy took it's toll. I gained forty four pounds with the little miss and most of it at the very end. You can guess what that left my belly with. :(

*ignore the bruises. Those are from the heparin shots. Odd fact, they're still there. I didn't think bruises scarred?!*
I left the hospital about fifteen to twenty pounds down. Between an almost eight pound baby and a lot of fluid, it was gone in a quickness. Best diet ever. However, I still looked about six months pregnant when I was freed released.

I will admit; I was one of those annoying people that the weight literally fell off of. By six weeks postpartum, I was in my regular clothes. I was back down to the low end of that spectrum (a flabby end, but low none the less). Nursing the child who never stopped eating wore me down. I could not keep up, but that's a different story, point is; weight was gone.

Then it happened; it all came back. When I stopped nursing, I put back on ten pounds with a quickness. Ten pounds led to thirteen pounds. Maternity clothes were the most comfortable clothes again. I was a hot mess.


As I have said time and time again, I am NOT a dieter. I suck at it. I am in love with food. We're super tight. I don't give it up well. However, the working out was lacking at best as I tried to figure out Mommyhood.

So I did it. I joined Weight Watchers.

If you're anything like me, you think WW is for a bunch of "older" women and certainly not for you. But after seeing the results a few of my Twitter friends were having and talking with Katie and MM about their success, I bit the bullet and signed up.

I am so glad I did.

In the first week, I lost five pounds. Now that was mostly water weight and the loss has slowed big time since then. I started on March 20th and so far I'm down about eleven pounds.

Eleven pounds doesn't sound huge (and I was super close to lying a bit on that number to make it more dramatic) but it kind of is. I'm now on the low end of the spectrum and I weigh the number I weighed when I lost weight the first trimester. My clothes fit better and I've gone down a size in shirts. Haven't changed sizes in pants yet, but can wear the jeans I haven't seen in years. Yay!

Obviously I have a lot more work to do, but at least I'm doing something.

I'll admit, I am pretty lax on the whole WW thing. I could definitely be much more strict on myself than I have so far and in the last couple of weeks my loss has slowed down a lot so I need to do that. I'll try to tune in every now and then and give you a WW update. My goal weight is another nineteen pounds down and I'd love to lose another twenty nine. Fingers crossed.

I'm also getting back out there and running with the little. Between that and chasing her around all day, that's my exercise. I could definitely up that some...

I'm back on the fit train y'all. I'm not getting off this ride until all this oh so lovely baby weight (and then some) is gone for good!

*I am in no way affiliated with Weight Watchers nor have I received any compensation for this post. It's just what is working for me. I also barely understand my program (all honesty) and am still figuring it out day by day. Katie has posted a few WW vlogs that have given me a few tips that you should check out if you're at all interested.

fit train friday.

Okay. So I didn't do as well this week as last week.

Shoot me. I'm tired!

But..

Over last weekend, I did nada. But I ate (semi) well. That counts right?

Monday: nada (eek. I really didn't do well)

Tuesday: Couch to 5k Week 2 Day 1 at ten am. Not fun. I was dripping with sweat.

Wednesday: Shred at 5.30 am. I totally tune out Jillian that early in the morning and turn on Pandora. I may have to look at her, but I cannot deal with listening to her at that hour. I am not a saint.

Thursday: nothing. GAH! But in my defense, BG got up at four and decided it was playtime. By the time I got her back to bed at 5, I was dead on my feet. So I made nice with my pillow til 6.30. I have priorities. They just may keep me flabby.

Friday: Couch to 5k Week 2 Day 2. 5:00 am. I actually ran a little more than I was supposed to this morning because I did something I wasn't supposed to while running. *tee hee. I may be twenty eight, but I can pull off a stunt like a fifteen year old.

Overall; I've been eating healthier and getting in some exercise. Better than I was before. Although, and this could be gross so sorry, my tummy is out of control. Homegirl hurts 96% of the day. I'm blaming the healthy food and vitamins. I think my belly just wants McDonald's. Do you blame it??

After all that, I gained a pound.

Are. You. Kidding. Me.

It's okay. I told myself my fat was becoming heavy muscle.

I also tell myself that my roots are hot. I am a master of only believing what I want to hear.

But in all honesty, I feel better. I feel more toned so.. we shall keep this up.

Week 2 done of Operation Fattypants.

fit train friday.

Ok so... I said on Monday that this week began my time to get serious about no longer being a fatty. And surprisingly? I have not done too bad.

Working out at night just wasn't happening. I was way too tired to hit the pavement or do the Shred or pretty much even use the bathroom. Basically; I = tired. So if I was going to be successful at "Operation Fattypants", I was simply going to have to work out in the morning.

And lo and behold I have done just that.

Now granted, it's been one week. But who cares? Now I know I can do this. Here is this week's workouts:

Monday: Couch to 5k - Day one. Five minutes brisk walk to warm-up, then twenty minutes alternating between 60 seconds of jogging and 90 seconds of walking.

Tuesday: the Shred. Jillian is even more of a monster at 5.30 in the morning.

Wednesday: Couch to 5k- Day dos. Same as day one.

Thursday: I slept in. Oops. Forgot to admit that one. And then I got no workout in because it was a long, long, long day.

Friday: Couch to 5k- Day three. Same as day one.

So Friday is my weigh in day. I am down one pound. Wahoo!!!! I'll take it!

I already feel better. I feel better about myself, I feel better in clothes. I just feel better. And that's after one week. The good thing is, I have a highly addictive personality (good in this case that is), and I am already addicted to this little exercise high I have going on right now. So maybe I'll keep it up.

I better. Because I just bought some jeans a size smaller than I should have for motivation. And Mama will be peeved if I can't wear them.

Also, the eating has been a lot better. I have been stalking reading more recipes on blogs lately so that I can cook more. And it's actually working. I am by no means a "Kitchen Queen", but I'm holding my own. Eating better is definitely helping with the jiggle factor too.

So week one done son. On to week two....

fit train friday.

As a way of keeping myself accountable, I've decided that each Friday I'm going to have to log in to this 'ol blog here and type out what I've managed to accomplish that week on Operations Lard Loss.

Yes. That sounds disgusting. But muffin top sounds cute and what I've got going on is not cute, so let's call a spade a spade here folks.

I pulled out me old running shoes and hit the pavement on Monday.

Apparently something happened to my feet while pregnant because my shoes no longer fit comfortably at all. Add to the fact that they're old and rundown and I felt like I was running barefoot on concrete the entire time. Not fun at all.

I managed to eek out about 30 minutes of off and on running in the 100 degree heat. Not too bad. Not where I was at all, but I can work with it.

However, the next morning I woke up and was pretty sure my shins felt out my legs when I stood up. No bueno.

So I'm going to have to curb the running until I can get some new shoes. And that will have to be when I find a little free time to go and actually find some good running shoes.

I managed to squeeze in the Shred about four times this week. Once I get BG down to bed, I pop in my dvd and do the workout about 9:30. Yes, ridiculously late to workout, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

The Shred is really hard y'all. I swear it's gotten harder while sitting on my shelf for a year!!

I can't quite make it through without stopping yet, but I'll get there. And I didn't do it last night because I was exhausted and BG was exhausted so we curled up together for most of the night.

I've been trying to watch what I eat and just eat smaller portions. I'm also trying to stay away from my newly acquired Mountain Dew habit. Of course I'm back on my two pots of coffee a day habit but at least that's low calorie!!

So after a week of watching what I eat and trying to work out again, I stepped on the scale expecting to see some progress.

I gained 2 pounds. I hate that thing.

Must not give up.... (she says pounding her fist on her head).

I'm not quite comfortable yet with putting my weight out there but I will say this; I'm about 13 pounds above where I was pre-pregnancy. Ideally I'd like to lose about 25 pounds.

Are there any other good workout/workout dvd's y'all recommend? Gym time is just not an option yet. Maybe when they add some hours into the days, but not now. Any suggestions are much appreciated!!

It's time to kick Operation Lard Loss into high gear!!