When I had Jesse, I lost all my weight and then some within 2 weeks of being home. I didn't have to do a thing! But, with Janna, even thought I put on less weight, I have this pesky 10 pounds that needs some help leaving. I don't have time or money to hit the gym, so doing some power walking with the kids a few times a week, and a few days of Gillian Michaels DVD was the plan. However, this has not happened. I just have NO desire to exercise. So, I changed my plan.
First, I pulled out Dance Dance revolution last week, and set it up. It is so much fun, and doesn't feel like work, even though you are sweating after 10 minutes and your legs are going numb. And...I figure the time has come in my life where I should watch what I eat. Just a tiny little bit. I love food too much to obsess over it.
Growing up, I was pretty thin, and could eat whatever the heck I wanted. I never counted a calorie or went on a diet in my entire life! So....feeling totally clueless, I checked out a whole bunch of things on the good old WWW. I found this neat program that takes into account a million things and then gives you a NUMBER of how many calories your body needs to sustain your lifestyle...and how many to eat if you wanna lose one pound per week. So, I tried for a few days keeping a food journal and calorie counting just to see if I generally overeat or whatnot...
Man! I have never looked into how many calories things have. EVER. Like, I had to research if Water has calories I was that pathetic and clueless. Apparently it does not. Anyways, it was kind of fun checking everything out, but I was so sad to discover a few things. Peanut Butter has 100 calories per TBSP!!! Cheese has 100 calories for a fairly small cube!!! and my beloved chocolate and milk....I don't even wanna talk about it.....sigh... The moral of the story is that I eat too much chocolate everyday. If I just cut out a few fudgeos, and cut back on the cup of PB I put on my sandwhich I should be able to shake this no problemo with a few nights of DDR per week.
So, my goal is to be flub free by August. Do you think I can do it? For those of you who know how much I love chocolate, do you think I can do it? I think I really need to keep chocolate out of the house... cause I don't think 2 fudgeos a day will cut it when I'm used to 6, ya know? he he he... we'll see. Well, my darling boy needs some attention, and my angel Janna who is still sleeping at 8:30 AM, should get up for the day. So, I must be off. Thanks for reading :)
You can absolutely do it! Just find some lower calorie yumminess, like berries! So good for you, and healthy too. That is what I do for a treat!
ReplyDeleteDon't sweat it Chrissy... you'll be dropping those pounds before you know it... and you'll be getting some super nice sculpted guns too! haha... chasing 2 kiddos will do that. I wouldn't put too much pressure on yourself about the calorie thing... just eat more veggies, fruit, natural pb, skim milk, less sugary stuff and stick to some dark chocolate (the 70% stuff is great) and you'll be good to go. Getting the kids out for walks is great and the perfect burn your body needs. You will totally be back to yourself come August... and fitting back into your fav jeans too! ;)
ReplyDeleteI never count calories... I just watch what I eat and make sure it's low in sugar and chemicals. I'm with you though... I've got about 30lbs I'd like to take off now that the baby is out! It's kind of frustrating having to wait the 6 weeks before I can start exercising again, but until then I'm going to break out MY double stroller and start going for walks with the boys. I'm not a chocolate fanatic, but my mom buys those really good quality 70 or 85% dark chocolate bars and eats one square a day. Keeps her going, and she's really skinny and fit!
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