I have some serious weight loss to make happen before the summer months arrive if I plan to fit into any of my existing summer outfits. I'm still breastfeeding so the college diet is out--crash dieting, cigarettes and caffeine. My only choice is to loose weight the old fashion way-healthy diet and exercise. This of course will include making wise nutrition choices, not over eating, try not to cheat... too much, and exercise. I'm human I never hold myself to ridiculous goals, cheating has to happen to stay on course. Crap false goals are the fastest way to sabotage the master plan and end up throwing a huge fatty fatty boom boom pity party.
I'll admit since delivery I have not made "nutritious choices" so to speak, I have just eaten what ever was available and sounded good. Sometimes that meant pizza, Mexican and Chinese take out for consecutive meals. I certainly wish I had made better choices, but with a new born and wicked sleep deprivation the fact that I even remembered to eat is a miracle.
I made a huge mistake today trying on clothes I really knew wouldn't fit, but secretly hoped magically would. Please learn from my mistakes, if you find yourself in the store in need of clothes please don't lie to yourself, get the size that will fit and don't worry about the number. I was so wrapped in the numbers that I ended up leaving defeated without clothes. Now that my pity party is over and I have a master plan to lose the baby weight, I'm going back to the store to buy a pair of work pants and weekend jeans that fit nicely regardless of size. Had I not been a chump I would have done that in the first place.
I learned an important lesson today... I am not a twenty something anymore trying to squeeze into a size too small. I am a mother now and a proud one at that. My body was a casualty of pregnancy war and I will have it back one day, providing I stick to the plan of healthy diet and exercise. So what if I'm a pudge right now? I have a beautiful healthy baby boy to show for it!
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I'm right there with you! I've lost 17kgs post baby already but still have another 8 (*ahem, okay 12*) to lose - I made the mistake of trying on my prepreggy jeans and only got them as far as my knees!
I ventured into the shops on the weekend and bought the size that fits now, not the size I want to be wearing. And I was feeling so good about it till hubby sang 'woah, back fat' (to the tune of Akon's Smack That) when I modeled the new lingerie for him.
Ah well, fortunately I have a gorgeous son who makes my new layers of insulation all worthwhile :-)
Yeah I hear ya! I'm in that odd in-between size too! Luckily I bought a lot of non-preggo stretchy clothes during my pregnancy so that's what I am wearing until I shrink back down (and hopefully smaller than) my pre preg state! I am not brave enough to venture into stores yet :/
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