Made it through the second day of 12 minute abs. Still mostly kicked my butt... and it probably will for this first week but, the fact that I took today better than yesterday is probably a good thing...
here's hoping I can keep it up.
~Sarah
12 minute Abs kicked my butt...
I'm going to try and do just that for the next week and then add in something else. I don't want to be dead just not fat!
So revised plan:
Week One: cook and eat healthier foods. 12 minute abs daily. stroll with Baby on nice days.
Week Two: same as week one with 12 minute arms and legs. (Yay for onDemand fitness!)
Week Three: same as week two with 10 minutes of Yoga
Week Four: Same as week three but change stroll to walk with hills and baby and add the 8 minute butt...
At the end of week four - I'll post a picture. It's the only way to keep myself honest - If I FORCE myself to post a picture...
~Sarah
It's safe to say, I don't have a very good one. At least, not anymore. There was a time in my life when I was a skinny thing - size 6 and still had curves. Now - I really look like a woman who's had kids. I compare myself to my family and I'm generally disgusted wtih myself. Even my feet are too big - size 10 boats. I'm not going near a scale -I'm upset enough just looking in a mirror...
Here's the deal. I'm going to do better. I'm going to start doing better. Eating less, eating better. Moving. Getting real excersize. I am going to do better!! My problem is motivation. I need to stay motivated.
The Plan:
Daily: 100 situps in any fashion (10 sets of 10, 5 sets of 20... whatever)
15 minutes movement - dance, walking w/baby in backpack up hill, whatever...
and eat less and eat better. Celery is a good snack. So is water. and when I really really really want something something something more! Frozen fruit, gum, or nuts will just have to do. No more candy, overly sugared anything.
So - I'm going to do this... I AM. I mean it!
~Sarah
I do not own a scale and have absolutely no plans to ever own a scale so I can't keep track of my weight. I've owned scales in the past and when they are in the house - I tend to obsess so I'm not going back to that place... Anyway, I've been keeping track and, even though I've not been able to do a whole lot yet with the little one especially now that his brother has decided to have a nasty-keep-him-home-from-school-type-cough...
In order to keep my progress honest - and keep me motivated to keep working, I figure I'll my measurements instead. I know I'll never quite make it back to where I was if only because of the bust - with each child I gain an inch and perhaps someday I'll get them downsized some.
8/16/06 9/17/06 10/3/06
Bust 45 43 42
Waist 45 40 38
Hips 44 42 41
Butt 46 44 44
Overall - not bad for only two months post-partum and post-operation - especially since I couldn't really lift anything more than Wolverine for the first six weeks. I'm happy with it. I'll be a lot happier when those measurements don't start with 4's though...
~S
I know now just what a toll the near bed-rest of pregnancy and the recovery from surgery had on my body. I've never been in great shape but it used to be I could walk at a nice pace for an hour or so with no problem... Now - I seem to have a limit of about fifteen minutes at a brisk pace... that's pathetic!
In some ways - this pregnancy was great for my health overall. I'm probably in better health overall today than I have been since I was thirteen. The last of my bad habits are gone. I have my first pair of running shoes in ten years (basically since gym was a requirement my senior year in highschool...). I have actual goals instead of concept goals - the difference between I want to be a healthy size 8 rather than I want to be skinny. I think- because of those things and the fact that I know how to cook now - I can actually make those goals by next summer... Next summer being the time that (if one is put together) my high school reunion would happen...
~S
One month post baby... I've lost some inches - which is GREAT. I'll continue to lose them as I get more active. I'm wearing a size 16... a first for me really and one I'm not liking so much. But - only thing I can do is get my act in gear and start working on it... tomorrow begins the walking. I finally got decent shoes.
~S
I am also going to use this blog to document my weight progress. Maybe if I keep myself public - honest - and with PICTURES... I'll stand a better chance of actually acheiving my goals. I'll be taking pictures the day before I have KidTwo and the day after I have KidTwo - with weights - no measurements cause right now - they'd be hugely skewed... my bust line is not normally a 44/46... I swear. It's going to take a while to make my goals because I want to do it as healthily as I can which means only diet and excersize. Even with the diet I can only do so much as I will be nursing and that takes precedence.
My ultimate goal has much less to do with wieght than figure, than shape, than form and function. If I find someone who looks like I want to look like - I'll link to the pic but I really doubt I will. I like my curves - I don't believe in stickthin hollywood beauty - I find it a disgusting thing to see someone's ribs... I like my hips - even if they aren't wide enough for my kids. I like my bust - it's one of my best attributes (even if I do cover it up...). I was once a dancer but I never had the form of a dancer - I am not lithe. I am not willowy or anything resembling that... I am a nonplastic, nonsuctioned, nonairbrushed feminine woman (tomboy internally), who just wants to be normal again - all my pretty curves and all ;)
~S