here we go one more time…everybodys feelin fine

yes yes yes here we go! (just a little nod to my fellow nsync fans out there)

Let me tell you a little story…about how this weight conscious lady lost her damn mind and gained a TON of weight during her pregnancy.  Let me tell you about how that lady…is me.  GASP!

You guys…I’m gonna get real with you.  I started my pregnancy at 140 and I ended it at a whopping (are you ready for this?) 210.  I know…its incredibly shocking.  I gained 70lbs.  To be fair…most of this was water weight.  I know people blame weight gain on water a lot (“ugh…im totally retaining water!”) …but its true.  The week after I had Penny I lost 40 pounds.  FORTY…IN A WEEK.  I started swelling the second I got pregnant and by the end I was just a puffy shell of the woman I once was.

So…here I am…post pregnancy with some pretty high goals.  I may have lost 40 pounds but I am still a good solid 30 overweight.  I would love to get down to my pre prego weight…but I think I may shoot even higher and try and get down to a weight I haven’t seen since I was maybe a senior in high school.  I’m determined to look better than I did before my dear husband knocked me up.  Brett and I have been talking about running and training our way up to a marathon…maybe in the next year or two…but that’s a long term goal for sure.

My six week check up is on Thursday and i’m praying to get the green light to start running again.  In the mean time I’m going to kick this week off with getting my foods under control.  That means…no more bleu cheese burgers from the dog haus (im sorry dog haus…I love you, but we just cant do this anymore).  I thought it might be fun to document this brutal journey that is ahead of me.  And bonus…its sort of my way of keeping myself on track.  So hence forth Mondays will be a day of fitness recapping.  I’ll try and think of some sort of catchy title like “Monday Milestones” or something of that nature.

Lets get this going shall we…I’ll start with sharing the stats.  Starting with a weigh in, the short term goal and the long term goal 🙂 Im excited…I have my food journal all prepped and ready to go!  Heres the numbers!

Monday Weight in:  167.7

Pounds to go till pre-baby weight:  27

Pounds to ultimate goal:  47

If any mamas wanna join me that would be SO fun!  Lets encourage each other in our fitness goals…big…and small!  We got this ladies!