21 Day Fix Day 1

I don't know if I am going to be updating this every single day but for today I will provide an update on how I am doing, then I think I am going to go with weekly or wait a few days between each post as far as an update goes.

I am doing level 2, I should be doing level 1 but since I am breastfeeding I added more calories since I am burning some from pumping all the time. I have a pretty cool app on my phone to track my containers for the day which I am really excited about. So, here goes my day on the 21 Day Fix!


So Day 1.......I can say that it went well. I only got hungry once but I think that is because I had to wait an eternity to eat because my daughter was a little fussy today with eating. I woke up and had Shakeology with 2 tbs of PB. I like that in the morning because the baby is sleeping and I can get most of what I want done as far as my quiet time with Jesus and getting some chores done and cleaning up all the bottles from the night before that we used.

For my second meal I had 2 eggs with asparagus and strawberries. It was really good and filled me up. After that I did the 21 Day Fix workout to see if I could and I did the modifications on everything, skipped the ab section, and went ahead and did 30 min on the elliptical. It felt refreshing to feel somewhat normal in the exercise department again.

For my third meal I had tuna, sweet potatoes (2 servings), and more asparagus. This meal I had to make quick because Princess Molly was being fussy and I had to leave the house to get the kiddo enrolled in my medical plan and to pick up my husband from work, um yeah, it was pretty hectic! HA HA! WHEW we will NOT be going out much in the next few weeks.

Meal 4 I ate when I got home from running errands, I had grapes and the left over sweet potatoes, I should have eaten a veg but I forgot.

Meal 5 I just had and it was steak, kale, and asparagus with grapes for dessert. I should have added another vegetable serving to my meal but I just don't want it. If I get hungry tonight I will go ahead and grab something from the fridge but I don't really see that happening. Considering that I was in a rush and my child was crazy today I totally think I faired pretty well.

I am totally wondering if I am going to eat the vegetable or not LOL.....darn I hate forgetting things but I guess that can make up for the coconut milk that I had in my shake LOL. WOOOPS I am so used to making it that way that I was just on auto pilot this morning but hey, it was just coconut milk!

I am doing really well as far as sugar and all that goes so we shall see what happens at the end of the week.

My goal for this week is to stay the hell off the scale and to eat all of my food in that I am supposed to.


Until the next 21 Day Fix update ;)

21 Day Fix Paleo Style

3 weeks. That is all that I have left to be able to start working out.

I am excited and sad at the same time because in three weeks I go back to work, my son goes back to his Dad's house and my baby will be 6 weeks old. :( WOMP WOMP.

I have stopped losing weight as drastically as I was so now it is time to get the eating in check. I have lost 27 pounds since giving birth. I tipped the scales at 172 and I am now hovering between 145-147. I am really happy with the weight loss as I thought I was going to be losing 20 or less pounds and I have abut 18 pounds to go and that makes me happy. I like what I see in the mirror and the light at the end of the tunnel seems a lot more attainable than the other 2 pregnancies that I had.

I am not fitting into any of my pre-pregnancy pants and I am into small tops but I have the belly bulge so I am not really comfortable in all my clothes so maternity and yoga pants. I am totally okay with that though I didn't gain all this and get this way in 1 day it took a long time to get here so even though I am anxious to get my body back I know that it will take time to get there.


OK so here it goes my plan!

21 Day Fix until I am able to workout.
21 Day Fix Paleo style!
Minimal 21 Day Fix workouts no yoga, pilates, or ab work.
30-45 minute walks 6 days a week with the kids.

Goal: Lose 5-10 pounds

I have written my meal plan, took my pictures, measurements, and I have went grocery shopping. I am ready to start tomorrow. I am going to eat the same thing every day and change up the meats here and there so that I don't get bored but I want to be strict and eating the same thing every day really just works for me. I find that I stay more on track and while it may be boring for some but this is what works for me. It also makes it cheaper for me on the grocery side to eat healthy things. I think I spent $89 for everything that I needed plus the things for the kids so it was a win win! So here we go!

Before 147 pounds 5'3

Level 2 meal plan for the week

*NEW* Postpartum fitness plan!

So, I have had this little tyke for 2 weeks now and I am seriously antsy to get this body back to my normal again! I have faired REALLY well though in the weight loss department!

In my pregnancy I gained 45 pounds as of this morning I am down 26 pounds which puts me at 19 more pounds to go.

MY DIET:
I have been eating Paleo. Not strict though I still eat candy (DAMN IT) and I still have some grains here and there but overall I am at about 90% a day eating Paleo. It is actually easier to prepare my meals and get them on the table in 30 minutes or less. I really like that about my eating style. In eating this way I had a HUGE weight loss after the baby and now I am slowly losing a pound a day I am hoping that it doesn't stop anytime soon ha ha! I wouldn't mind going back to work with 10-15 pounds of extra baby weight. In my mind that is more attainable that 20 pounds. I know I know I am vain!

EXERCISE:
I recently started walking this week. I take my boys out on a nightly walk, we do about 30-45 minutes. Right now I am not worried about the mileage just the amount of time that I am walking outside. I do our walks when my husband comes home so that he can have some bonding time with the baby but also so that I can get away and get a little bit of sanity and feel like myself while also enjoying hanging out with my boys. Today, I did my Barre workout that I did while I was pregnant and I think I pushed a bit too hard but now I know so I will tone it down.

EMOTIONALLY:
I feel really good. I had a few days where I was really bluesy and thought that I was going to go bonkers because I was just overwhelmed with my parents being in town, trying to get a routine with my children, and adjusting to Molly being out of my belly and in my arms. It was pretty hectic to say the least but hey, I got through it with lots of prayer and a great husband by my side.

POSTPARTUM PLAN:

I know that I said that I was going to do P90X but I feel that that is too big of a feat for me right now as I just did 3 sets of 10 push ups and I was a bag of buttholes when I was done. I also don't feel like I will be able to give 1 hour and 15 minutes 6 days a week to a workout as soon as I start going back to work and what not SO PIYO came out and I ordered it. PIYO is 6 days a week with workouts ranging from 25-45 minutes and it is low impact. I thought that this would be the best fit for me since I want to build my strength back up and I will also be half marathon training so that is going to be pretty intense for me SO the stretching and strength that I am going to get from PIYO makes absolute sense to me and what I am currently going through in the postpartum department. P90X will come after I have done the 60 days of PIYO. I completely plan on following the eating plan with the exception of grains and doing the complete 60 days. I am so excited. I feel like this will ease me back into my workout length and will also help me to get stronger.


I don't know if I am going to run a challenge group with this one but I am thinking about it to keep me accountable to what it is that I am doing and I don't fall off the wagon ha ha. If you are interested in purchasing PIYO just follow this link. I can't wait to be able to share my journey back to me!!!!!

She's here! My little princess is born!

Molly Madelyn is here! I can't believe that she is here and that she is mine. I have been so pensive lately thinking about the whole journey that we have taken with little Ms. Molly. I can't believe it started with my husband telling me that he was ready to have the baby and how excited I was that after 3 years of asking for another little I was having my chance and we wasted NO time. I wasn't going to let him change his mind LOL.

I remember taking the pregnancy test and just putting it on the counter because it didn't turn fast enough for me. My husband went to the bathroom to brush his teeth and he was like did you see this?? I tuned around and there was the positive test result on the window! I was having a baby!!! I was so excited, thankful, and prayed to God to have my baby be safe.

I remember so vividly how I cried and was in absolute SHOCK that we were having a girl. I remember asking the ultrasound tech what the sex of our baby was and she told us that it was a GIRL! I was in shock and teared up SO much. It's crazy when you have 2 boys, you just automatically think that you are going to be a boy mom. I was totally okay with that but, as a girl you know we all want one  little princess in our arms! I was in such disbelief that I didn't accept it until seriously the day she was born. I had it in my head that if it was a boy it was ok and we had his name all picked out.

Now, she is here. My perfect little 8 pound girl is here and just lovely. I love every single minute with her. She is laying next to me sleepy very peacefully as I am typing out all of my thoughts for anyone to read. I adore her, I want the best for her, I want to bond with her laugh with her and do all the great things that Mothers and Daughters do.

My boys are wonderful, they are doting on her and then going off and doing their own thing. My 11 year old is like whatever about her, as he only wants to play video games and my 5 year old takes a few minutes every day to say hello and give her some kisses and tell us how beautiful his sister is. I have fallen in love with my whole family all over again. I wouldn't change it for the world. They make me strong and they all bring the most happiness into my life.

These last 5 days with her have been rather trying in the sleep department. I just keep praying that God will give me the strength to get me through this tough period that is a test of our patience so that we can come through. Last night was the first night that we got some decent sleep and I feel almost human ha ha. My parents are here and have been a big help to us. My Mom has been cleaning and cooking and my Dad has just been hanging around taking the little here and there :) He's totally in love with her! 

I can't believe that she is here and I can't believe that she really is a girl! I am excited for all the adventures to come even the bad ones. I am ready to love her, adore her, and dress her up! I am so excited to be a new Momma again and I can't wait to watch her grow (not really) can she just stay tiny forever LOL.

Come on baby!

39 and a half weeks pregnant. Time seems like an absolute eternity right now. It's amazing how fast my pregnancy went by up until this point. Time literally just STOPPED, PAUSE, JOKES ON YOU!

 I am at home with my son and it is rainy outside so he is stuck in the house bored and I am in deep thought and getting rather frustrated wondering when this baby is coming. I am also waiting on my doctors appointment tomorrow so it seems that all I am doing lately is waiting. I am home from work because I am supposed to be resting because I thought I had signs of preeclampsia and the midwife that I had said I looked really super tired and needed to sleep. It turns out that my swelling and headaches were just the heat. Here in Mass it literally went from 57 degrees to 80 in the matter of a day. Oh the joys of living in New England right? 

I have found myself going on baby boards, reading birth stories, and googling all kinds of things to induce labor ha ha. I try not to but my mind is consumed with when it will happen and how other women went into labor etc.  I am starting to get rather stir crazy but there is nothing really that I feel that I can do to take my mind off of this labor thing other than go shopping and at that I can't buy anything because I don't fit into anything and honestly don't need anything ha ha. I have opted to exercise so this morning I did T25 Cardio, Turbofire Upper 20, and I plan on getting on the elliptical for 40 minutes to see if we can naturally get this thing started.

I am starting to hate due dates and every single email that I get that says the baby can come at any time now. It gives you this false sense that the baby will be here early when most times babies come "late" not really late but after their due date. I am not trying to be bitter but as someone who is near the end of this LONG 200 + day journey in pregnancy knowing that you are so close but still in some sense so far away really makes you cuckoo! I am happy that she is still baking and growing and gaining weight I just wish she would come and see hello to her family too! LOL

I am trying to live by God's rule of everything in his time but when you have such a life changing thing happening to you it is really hard not to obsess about it. I mean my belly is right there staring at me and contracting and it is getting painful and every time I THINK something is going to happen it doesn't ha ha. OH MAN this is torture and I am purely doing it to myself. I know when the time comes to go into labor there will be a time where I want to rewind and wonder what the heck I was thinking about WANTING to be in that much pain but I am ready to embark on the new journey God has put us on but am so ANXIOUS I don't want to wait. I am sure that as maybe a mother reading this you can relate.

Well I am off to go ahead and get that 40 minute elliptical workout in so that I can shower and get on with the rest of my day whatever that may entail. Pray for me please!!! LOL

39 week bump date!

39 weeks huh? Whew it has been a long ride LOL. Time has literally just STOPPED and I feel like every minute is an hour and every hour is a day ha ha. I am ready to meet my baby but not ready to get her out! You would think that after having 2 kids previously I would be ready for this well no. I would love to be a first time mother because then......well, you don't know what to expect now that I have done this two times I know what to expect, what is the worst and how frankly I don't want to do it again LOL. Such is life right?

How Far Along: 39 and 1 day.

Total Weight Gain/Loss: 42 pounds womp womp :( 2 lbs over my max weight gain that I wanted :(

Food Aversions (and "no nos"): Paleo is still going well for me but I find that I have to keep a packed pantry because when I run out of food is when I reach for the grains and lunch has been a pain and the ONLY meal I have grains with so after going through this for 2-3 weeks now I can see where the pitfalls are and how/where I can change things. I don't have any aversions though.

Cravings: COLD things!

How I Feel: I have officially turned into a bag of buttholes! I can't walk for longer than 20 minutes. I went on the elliptical yesterday and I got lighting crotch for about an hour and had really sharp pains above my  pubic bones there were NOT contractions. Swelling has begun! UGH I have cankles the size of TEXAS seriously I am glad that I only have 1-2 more weeks of being pregnant LOL. It has been a blessing, with my other two I swelled at like 20 weeks so we will call this a win LOL. 

Maternity Clothes: Yup. I am pretty much wearing the same three outfits so laundry has increased to twice a week now so I can have something clean. My son told me that my shirts weren't fitting me anymore and started laughing at me LOL so I guess it's time to hibernate until after the baby gets here right?

Movement: She is everywhere and everywhere all the time. She is more into rolling now and that is how I feel her movements now. Mostly though she moves when I am super relaxed.

Sleep: I am sleeping but the doc put me on sleep rest. She said that I had to rest more so I got a doctors note for a few days of sleep :)

What I Miss: Running. I am seriously missing running this week. Runners are EVERYWHERE and I "hate" them all LOL. I just want to be me again :) 

What I'm Looking Forward To: Seeing what this baby looks like. In the short term though we have a special trip planned for our little to go on a 2 hour train ride! I am SO excited it has taken EVERYTHING to keep my mouth shut about it! 

Favorite Moment of the Week: Hmmmm lets see.........getting through my sons graduation! No baby came and I was praying really hard for her not to come. She is now free to come whenever but I have the strangest feeling that I am going to be over due and I hate that for myself LOL.