BFL W7, D1

Food
10:00 a.m. FF Cottage Cheese & FF Yogurt
12:00 p.m. South Beach Chicken Wrap and FF Jello
3:00 p.m. Protein Shake & Apple
5:30 p.m. Chicken Breast, Pasta, Green Beans

Water - 4 bottles

Exercise
8:00 p.m. Upper Body - Mixed Feelings. Really felt good to work out. Made me remember a little of how I used to feel. However, I lifted in shorts and a sports bra and the sight of my belly about made me sick. I need to think of that as motivation. If I stay strong, it will go away and I'll look as sexy as I feel.

Comments
Weighed in at 159.5 today and feel like it. Yuck. I'm seriously going to try really hard this week.

9 Up, 9 Down

When you read all the pregnancy books about losing weight after the baby, one of the common themes is that it took 9 months to gain all the weight, give your self 9 months to lose it.

Of course you try sooner, but I am starting to think they might have been right. Tomorrow will be 7 months since I have not been pregnant. Lately, I've started to notice changes that make me think that my body may be starting to realize it. Even though I haven't been doing great at eating and exercising, I'm not putting weight back on. I feel a little less jiggly too and I haven't really been doing anything to firm up.

Technically, I have 7 1/2 pounds to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight. I'd still like to lose about 15 pounds. Except for my vacation next week, I don't have much scheduled the rest of the summer. My new goal is to get the 7 1/2 pounds off by 9/12/05 (9 months post baby). The rest other 7 1/2 I'd like to get off before I try to get pregnant again (March?).

I actually started out today. I've been very good at eating, but skipped the exercise. I've got my meals planned for tomorrow and plan to get up early to use the treadmill. Wish me luck!

Bad Dieter

I just read my friends dieting blogs and we all seem to be on a downhill slope. I didn't plan on being good over the weekend and with GWO coming up on Thursday I didn't bother trying this week.

I think starting up again next week sounds good. I've seen results when I'm "on", so imagine what a good 6 to 8 weeks of being very "good" would do? I don't feel that bad right now (just when I see pictures), but I know I could do so much better. Why is this so hard?

I did get some motivation this weekend though. My Mom is doing a low-carb diet and actually stuck to hers all weekend long! Trust me, that is quite an accomplishment. If she can do it, so can I!

So the plan is starting up again full time on Monday! I'll have to figure out what to do when we are on vacation and visit Danialle. However, if she's being good, I may be able to pull it off!