It's hard to believe that my 6 week post-baby check up will be this Friday. I will be able to start exercising again and have the green light to go back to normal! I am pumped! I guess there are a lot of wonderful things about having my two girls so close, but one thing that isn't so wonderful is the extra skin I've developed on my belly. Charles hates when I grab at it and jiggle it. I have to laugh though, because it makes me think of the movie Click when Adam Sandler's character has lost weight and has a "flap" of skin hanging on his mid-section, and he starts flapping it all around! His ex-wife in the movie screams, "Would you stop flapping that thing?!" Haha, Charles keeps telling me that! It's not terrible, but it is there.
We talked about it last night and decided that we are cutting out the junk food all together. No more buying it at all. He is going to cut back on his pop consumption and start drinking water more. I don't drink pop, so that's totally his thing! We are going to start buying wholesome snacks by sticking to fresh fruit and veggies, almonds, etc. We are going to start portion control during meals and incorporating salads with lots of veggies and using dressing sparingly.
I guess it hit us the other night that we've let ourselves go. We are married, in love, and comfortable. But that is no excuse for not taking care of ourselves. Sure, we've gained weight. But there comes a time when enough is enough. Now that we have two daughters, the time has come to start thinking about being healthy to be able to live longer and be here for our girls.
As of July 1st, we are going to start walking every night (if the weather permits) and working out. I am going to start up doing TurboJam again! I did it after Caity was born and I lost 15 lbs in one month. So I am pretty excited to start that up again! I'm not for sure if Charles will be joining me for Turbo, but I know that he wants to start lifting weights and working out again. Wish us luck! We are praying that we will stay motivated and be happy with ourselves again.
That's what it's about, really.
Being happy with ourselves, again.
It can happen!
But we're going to need your support!
Pray for us!
We talked about it last night and decided that we are cutting out the junk food all together. No more buying it at all. He is going to cut back on his pop consumption and start drinking water more. I don't drink pop, so that's totally his thing! We are going to start buying wholesome snacks by sticking to fresh fruit and veggies, almonds, etc. We are going to start portion control during meals and incorporating salads with lots of veggies and using dressing sparingly.
I guess it hit us the other night that we've let ourselves go. We are married, in love, and comfortable. But that is no excuse for not taking care of ourselves. Sure, we've gained weight. But there comes a time when enough is enough. Now that we have two daughters, the time has come to start thinking about being healthy to be able to live longer and be here for our girls.
As of July 1st, we are going to start walking every night (if the weather permits) and working out. I am going to start up doing TurboJam again! I did it after Caity was born and I lost 15 lbs in one month. So I am pretty excited to start that up again! I'm not for sure if Charles will be joining me for Turbo, but I know that he wants to start lifting weights and working out again. Wish us luck! We are praying that we will stay motivated and be happy with ourselves again.
That's what it's about, really.
Being happy with ourselves, again.
It can happen!
But we're going to need your support!
Pray for us!
Good Luck!! We have the same plan after this baby too. We have been walking at night now,but with moderate bed rest, it kind of limits what you can do. I am excited to get started too!!
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