My personal goal

I love being a mom. There is this feeling of accomplishment and joy I get that I never before experienced. Pregnancy and labor was so easy for me, but if you ask Sterling he might tell you differently. I had VERY little morning sickness (I never had to hug a toilet but there were times I came close), I didn’t seem to gain too much weight until the last two and half months and labor was a piece of cake (especially compared to what I had seen on You Tube, HUGE mistake watching some of those clips!!). The only thing I wish I had done differently was keep some kind of workout routine going while I was pregnant.
Before I got pregnant I was an avid runner/jogger, running 3-4 miles every day. It’s how I release stress and feel good about myself. It seems like I have always struggled with my weight. From High school till I graduated college I never felt like I had reached a weight that I was happy with. After college I hit a major road block in my life and made some dramatic life changes. I set goals for myself that almost seemed unrealistic but I wanted to push myself to become a better person in every aspect. One of those goals was my weight, I wanted to lose the 40 pounds I gained after college and an additional 20. I reached that goal and lost an additional 15 pounds when I moved to Utah. I was so proud of myself! For the first time in my life I knew I could walk into a store and pick up what ever I wanted and know it would fit. I had the confidence I always wanted.
When I found out I was pregnant I worried about running and especially in the heat. I kept running till I hit 10 weeks. I was so exhausted the first trimester; it was all I could do muster up the energy to go for walks every night. I kept up on my nightly walks until the weather started to get to cold, then I tried workout dvds for the pregnant. That didn’t last long and I blame having hard wood floors (too hard to do some workouts on). So I had stopped working out and my food cravings got the best of me. I would have Sterling drop by Burger King on his way home from work (which is about 1am) and pick me up a milkshake and French fries. So I was averaging about 4-5 milkshake/French fry combos a week!! I knew eating all those calories at those hours would do nothing but widen my waist line, but it’s hard to fight the cravings when I already felt like a whale.
When I went into labor I was a whopping 185 pounds!! That is 55 pounds heavier then I was at my 10 wk checkup! After I had Lucy I weighed 165!! I was so devastated but I knew at the same time that I had a lot of weight to lose. My new goal: Fit into my closet full of size 4 oh so cute clothing! I haven’t weighed myself since and wont until July 4 (my goal date). I know what you are thinking, 35 pounds in 2 months!! Yeah right! But so far I have lost a total of 8 inches in 4 weeks! I have been keeping myself with in a 1200 calorie diet and working out 4-5 days a week. Which any new mother can tell you is super hard to do! There are times that a simple 45 min. workout can take me 2 hours to complete. But I am determined to get down to my pre-pregnancy weight! I will post pictures and final results July 4th. Hopefully I will have made my goal if not be with in 10 pounds.

The picture that inspires me to keep going: (Ignore the facial expression)