Feedback!
Thanks all for your words of encouragement and wisdom. I should really cool my jets - I lost all the baby weight I gained during pregnancy right after I had him and got right back to pre-pregnancy weight (definitely a whiner…).
What I am really talking about now is pushing beyond that, which from your comments and some time to think is a little overzealous. I need to remember that my little guy is still really young, in reality I am still a new mama, and I am working with factors such as EBF, exhaustion, and everything else.
We are in a routine at the moment, but I think I need to remember to take it easy on myself. I have been trying hard to count calories, but just can’t seem to find a stride with self-control - I will say that I eat healthy about 80-90% of the time.
I think I just have felt a little down about not pushing past the 160s, but I realize that my body will lose it in time and I just need to keep chipping away. It is just hard because I want so badly to just snap back and to be running all the miles or doing all the Jillian workouts. The truth is, I can fit these things in - but really sparingly at this point. E takes up a lot of my focus and on top of him I am in my final couple of weeks in school. A lot of projects, papers, and final studying being done. I want so badly to only have to focus on E and not have to split my focus as much.
I am glad I stayed in school and am coming out with stellar grades, but it has been a challenge to do all of the things and try to deal with being a new mom.
As a person I am a workhorse when it comes to my home, being a mom, and myself - I rarely just do nothing as many of you, I am sure, can relate to. I think I just need to prioritize and right now its E, school, and then fitness/whatever. This isn’t a free pass, but a realization that my plate is full and I am trying to juggle everything.
I would like to create some goals, but am not exactly sure where to start. I walk pretty much everyday and generally eat well. I would like my running times to be better, to get more runs in, and to get more lean.
We shall see, but I think the bottom line is that I need to take it easy on myself and not let the “despair” of not having all of my goals immediately bring me down. I also think that my main issue is that I want to get back to “me” but am not really sure about how to go about this at the very moment. I want that sense of accomplishment and routine, but that’s just not really where I am at at the very moment.
This has been a ramble so I will wrap it up, but y’all know how this goes. Slow and steady.
Begin Again
I have no idea what to do.
I want to get more fit, eat right, see results…
Im starving all the time. Yo-yoing between 160-163 for life.
You wouldn’t know it, but prior to e I dropped 20lbs. I know how to lose weight, run, etc. But now I feel lost, I dont feel like I remember how to do any of it and I’m seriously struggling with the willpower to carry it out.
How did you get back into postpartum shape?