Week 2

Well the past 2 weeks haven't gone nearly as well as I had intended. I had started the 6 week mini challenge from bikinibodymommy and I got day 1 done. I was so sore I couldn't believe how out of shape I'd gotten. I had a huge test I had to take a few days later and working out got put on the back burner (I passed my test though!!!). Last week my husband agreed to start running with me 3 days a week. We started a 10 week to a 10K program I'd started when I was serving a mission. My companion and I made it half way through before I went home and I LOVED it. I didn't stick with it though. Well we made it through days 1 and 2 fine. I was really sore after day one and I have a LONG way to go-I don't know if you could consider some of it even jogging by the end ha. We couldn't get anyone to watch the girls for us to do day 3, but we did end up going on a walk with the girls. We don't have a double jogging stroller yet or else we could have just taken the girls. The stroller we have wouldn't work for even around the track like we were doing. Hopefully one day soon we'll be able to get a good jogging stroller. We're supposed to go running tonight, Wednesday and Saturday so that should be good. It's hard having to rely on someone else to watch the girls-it'll get even harder the longer the runs get.
As for my nutrition, it's been decent. Breakfast has been pretty easy for me. My new favorite breakfast has been a banana breakfast bowl (whole30 approved!). It's one banana cut up, mixed with pecans, cinnamon, shredded coconut and coconut milk, then heated in the microwave. It's super quick and delicious. I think it really should go as a side to scrambled eggs or sausage or some kind of protein, but at least it's been healthy. Lunches have been left overs and I've been trying to make sure we're cooking at home every night. Some of the meals have been flops recently but some have been pretty good. I've also been trying to go to fruit instead of sugar if I'm wanting a snack. I've had a lot of peaches with coconut milk in an effort to cut down my processed sugar. My downfall has been all the treats that show up at work. We've had candy, cookies, chocolate, mints, more cookies! I have no self control when it's here-I just keep going to it!! As for my water intake-I've done pretty good most days. I have a 32 oz water bottle on my desk that I try to fill at least twice while I'm at work. I also have at least 20 oz in the morning before work and at least 20 oz at night. I don't do as well on the weekends. I get distracted and just don't think about it until I'm already thirsty. That's one area I need to work on
I've had a lot more fails than successes but that's okay. I'm going to do better. I can't remember if I wrote this in my last post or not but I'd had some issues with my milk supply after I started taking a birth control pill a month ago-my supply dropped drastically (I had been pumping at least 12 oz at work, then it dropped to 6 oz-that just wasn't going to work with a baby in daycare that ate at least 12 oz while I was gone). I tried taking Fenugreek and it wasn't helping. I realized it was because I was put on a birth control pill that had estrogen instead of just progesterone in it. I immediately called my doctor and they switched it and gave my a prescription to increase my supply-now I'm pumping 12-15 oz a day at work. It's not as much as I was producing with R, but it's enough for now. I think being put on the first prescription also has made me hold onto a bit more of the weight than I did with R. With her, I got an IUD but it caused too many issues with irregular (and LONG periods-think a month and a half at a time!) so this time around I needed to make a change. Hopefully this prescription I got changed to doesn't make me hold onto the weight though! Anyway-where I was going with that-my milk finally seems to be up high enough that I'm not too terribly worried about it and I'm not concerned about starting an exercise routine affecting how much I produce. I know I just need to be diligent in eating good foods and drinking lots of water

My beginning

As an introduction I wanted to say a little about myself(on the off chance that someone may read this-highly unlikely) and why I'm starting this blog.

I am a 26 year old wife to Tony and mother to two little girls-R is 2 years old and H is 2 months old. They are my whole world! I am LDS and that is a huge part of who I am and who I am striving to become. I work full time at a mortgage office in Southern Utah and am almost finished getting my mortgage license, at which point I will have the opportunity to work from home and spend my days with my girls. 

About 6 months after having R, I came across a free 90 day workout program that got me really excited to get in shape. It was from bikinibodymommy.com. Over the course of those 90 days I lost only a few lbs but I lost a total of 16 inches overall. More importantly I learned to love exercising and doing something for myself. I liked the structure and how it made me feel. After the 90 days were up I wasn't as consistent working out. I did start running a few days of the week with a friend and really loved that(although me running is like a turtle running through peanut butter, I'm so slow!) Then I got pregnant with H and was pretty sick for the first couple months. I got out of the habit but once I started feeling better I started exercising and running again. I stayed running until about halfway through my pregnancy when i would start having contractions every time I would do cardio. The dr told me no cardio from that point on. That was a motivation killer because I had a goal to be running til I delivered. I tried to exercise at least a few days a week and I think for the most part I did pretty good. I did yoga and squats  and exercises on the spinning babies website. I had a great friend motivating me throughout my pregnancy. The last few days before I had H, I walked a couple miles at the track with my mother in law, ran the bleachers and did some curb walking a couple hours before going into labor. 

I had my daughter 10 weeks ago today and I have only lost about 15 lbs or so from my pre pregnancy weight. I really haven't done much to facilitate it, a couple Zumba classes is all. 

My nutrition hasn't been great. If there are snacks or treats accessible, I eat them. We've barely eaten out since having H, but our meals aren't always the healthiest(toast is a common breakfast staple for me, and I LOVE me some Oreo shakes!) I have a goal to do a whole30 in January. I've done a whole5 🙈. I need to get my eating habits under control-I know that's going to make the biggest difference. Why wait till January, you  ask? Well, I have a friend who is wanting to do one then, and I need an accountability partner. And if I'm perfectly honest, it'll take me until then to come up with the meals that tony will eat. 

I want a place where I can track my progress-see where I started and keep myself accountable. I have a few goals I would like to achieve and for that to happen, in some areas I will have to start small.

Goals: 

-lose at least 20 lbs(preferably 25-30)

-be able to run 10k

-exercise 4-6 times a week

-get my sweet tooth under control

-drink at least half my body weight in ounces a day

-most importantly-feel comfortable and happy with my body, both inside and out

Plans to achieve those goals:

-I started a 6 week mini challenge from bikinibodymommy. Consistently do those  workouts

-at work, our house and my in laws house-don't eat candy, sweets or snacks. If I need something to snack on, eat fruit, veggies or nuts. Drink a glass of water before that

-complete a 10 week to a 10k running program I started on my mission in Calgary Canada(run 3 times a week)

I have a long way to go and I know il have moments when life gets in the way or I fall short, but I need to get in gear and shoe my girls that having an active lifestyle is fun and important.

I'm planning to take pictures and measurements, but that is going to have to wait until tomorrow