Fitness With 2.0

Before I got pregnant, I lost 43 pounds in 4 months.  I did Zumba twice a week, watched my diet like a hawk, and took Advocare supplements.  I loved the results I was seeing and thought it was only a matter of time before I got the body I wanted and hit my goal weight...

...then I got pregnant.  I also admit that I was rather naive when 2.0 was born.  I thought I'd take 6 weeks to recover and after that, go right back into my weight loss regimen of exercise and diet restriction and I'd love the weight so easily.  Now I look back and think of how stupid I was.

My supplements were not safe to be taken while nursing a baby.  Those were out.  If you don't eat enough calories while breastfeeding, you don't make enough milk.  So dietary restrictions were out.  And when I did Zumba, I burned so many calories that I had trouble making enough milk for my baby.  So Zumba was out for awhile too.  Add to that the exhaustion from dealing with a kid who won't sleep through the night and you get a recipe for weight gain.

I gained all 43 of those pounds right back.  And I think a little more (but that might just be from the weight accumulating in a different place on my body than before).

Since I'm no longer breastfeeding (but still eating a lot of calories I shouldn't be), the weight is just going to keep piling on, making it harder and harder to lose.

But I have a plan to get my body back.  Now that 2.0's first birthday is approaching, it's time to get my (rather large) butt in gear.  Here's the plan:

Monday-Friday: Walk one mile.
Saturday: Walk one mile plus Zumba class from 930-1030.
Sunday: Day of Recovery

Now should I be sore the next day after any of these days of exercise, the next day will be a recovery day since dealing with injury makes exercising harder.  I'm also adding sit ups to each day because they amuse my child (not full sit ups as I'm too heavy to do actual full sit ups.  Instead I crunch what I can).  I'm also trying to watch what I eat (no more sugar!) and only take in the calories I took in before I got pregnant.  That's proving a little harder to do with the need for my food to be easy to prepare (hard to cook when an 11 month old is getting into everything).  I'm making it work though.

I'm drinking a lot of water, no more pop, no more fast food, and working more veggies and fruit into my diet.

Now to stick to it...