Not being pregnant.
Getting my body in shape.
You know those were the two biggies. I had a plan of doing P90X everyday for 6 months. Then that plan changed. I did pretty well for a few weeks. Then I realized I was putting P90X before caring for my house and my family. So I tried the C25K phone app. Instead of working out everyday for at least an hour I would only have to run for a half hour 3 times a week. That sounded pretty good to me.
Being a new mom and figuring a lot of this stuff out was tough. I didn't have a 8-6 schedule anymore. It was all day every day and I was in charge of the cooking, cleaning, laundry and baby boys feeding, cleaning and caring. Fitting fitness into that is still hard for me but I try not to stress about it.
The important thing for me is that I am continually making healthy choices here and there as a lifestyle. Not some 'Get ripped in 30 days and only eat 500 calories' bull crap that I know I would get tired of. I am LOSING weight but its a few pounds over the course of a couple months. I know that I can keep this up. I still try to fit a few workouts in a week but as long as I feel good about it.
So I started the year off at 225 lbs (ouch) but now I am down to 200! I lost 25 pounds in six months by making SMALL choices and doing what I can to stay active. I have a feeling when little man starts to crawl that will give me some more opportunities for cardio.
This journey has been a long one for me. I started out life with my husband being 120 lbs and I'm 5'7". That is not a healthy weight and I long for the days when I didn't have a pouch but being beautiful isn't about your waistline or your BMI. True beauty shines from the inside of a person and blossoms outward. I gained a lot of weight through out the years and that affected me. Social anxiety and feeling terrible about myself were constant struggles.
Ethan is the best gift I have ever gotten. Going through pregnancy and our awful delivery has proven that I am so much stronger then I ever thought. Austin has loved me everyday no matter how I feel about myself. My blessings are my little family. I couldn't imagine a better life with out them.
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