Getting there....

I reached my goal for August!!! I am excited, and it is such a relief.

I loved the Jamie Eason diet, but it wasn't realistic for my lifestyle. As long as I am still losing, I will continue to just count calories. I didn't count calories on vacation and came home weighing the same, and the next day dropped two pounds! Yay!

I did learn some very healthy recipes while eating clean! I will continue to eat egg white omelets, and pancakes made from egg whites and oatmeal!! Yum! I also really loved using Almond milk instead of regular milk. I now use it in my coffee, protein shakes, and cereal. The best part, its only 40 calories for 8 oz!!!!

I stopped lifting and I am just running for now. It was just to much on my body! My little man deserves a mommy who isn't exhausted all the time! If I have to chose, I will chose running every time!!!

I have 15 lbs to reach my goal for Christmas. I want to be the same weight at Christmas as I was at my wedding in 2010.

Just to give you an idea of what I am doing, here is a typical day for me for food.

Breakfast:

A Banana
Bowl of cereal
Egg white omelet
or protein shake

Lunch:
A sandwich
or left overs

Supper:
A little bit of anything and everything, tonight I am making a chicken dish I found on pinterest, last night I made roast. I have also made taco soup, grilled pork chops, and had Rosa's fijitas recently.

Snack:
Protein shake or
Banana

As you can see I am not eating the healthiest, but I am working on portion control. Did you know you are full after just one serving if you wait awhile! Crazy, I know! (Dripping in sarcasm!)

Here are my pictures for today. I was shocked when I compared the ones I took at 6 weeks PP compared to these at 9 weeks PP. I feel so chunky, but I look so much better than I did!


If you want to see an update on my Claytie Bug here is the link to my other blog!
http://calebandholleyclifton.blogspot.com/

A New Plan...

So I was counting calories.... and I was STARVING!!! Miserable! Hungry! I needed food!!! It just wasn't working for me. This weekend I really hit rock bottom and had NO energy. Now part of that could have been because my Claytie Bug was sick this last week and nursing every hour or so during the day because of a soar throat (poor guy).

Well, yesterday being Sunday I didn't have a list of chores, I just enjoyed. Clayton took a long afternoon nap, so I finally read some of the blogs I had pinned on pinterest.  Coincidentally (or not so...), every single one that was a mom losing the baby weight had ate the same diet. Now, sometimes the good Lord has to paint a neon sign for me to get it, but not then, I took the hint.

They all fallowed the 'eating clean' plan of Jamie Eason's. I read it over and it seemed doable! Eat every 3 hours that you are awake, and eat all natural foods. No processed, full of preservatives junk. To me it made a whole lot of since! This is food like the good Lord intended it to be. I never would have considered myself a sugar addict, but guess what, I am. This plan only contains the sugar that comes naturally in fruit, and by 2:00 today I was craving some sugar! I made some cookies from a recipe on pinterest that contained bananas, applesauce, rolled oats, and almond milk. They are really good and totally curbed my craving. I also made some Kale chips for lunch tomorrow! MMmmm!!! I get to even eat bread (well Ezekiel bread, but it still can be made into toast and a sandwich!). I'm going to try it out for one full month and see how it goes. Today has gone really well!!! I haven't been hungry all day!!!!! Woo Hoo!!! I hope the next month goes well and the weight falls off.

So I will give this a chance to actually work I will not weigh myself for the next 2 weeks. I weighed myself this morning and I am at 150lbs. Yikes! That makes my BMI in the 'overweight' range! Not cool! The good news is I am 40lbs down and only 25 to go. I will get there, 9 months on, 9 months off. We will see how much I lose on this.

My workouts are going to be the same. Jamie doesn't recommend much cardio, but its either my morning run/walk, or a therapist, and running is cheaper. For instance, after getting up 4 times last night with Clayton, him screaming from 6:00 until 7:30, not only was he in tears, but I was too. Out the door we went. He fell asleep, and was a happy baby when we returned. By the time we got back, I had figured out what had caused the waking up, what had caused the crying, planned my day, figured out what I was cooking for supper, and had time for prayer. Now tell me where else so much can be accomplished in a mere 30 minutes. I am keeping my run! I am at week 3 of the couch to 5K. It seems to easy, but I know its important to take it slow. I am going to start the weight lifting program with my hubby tomorrow. On Tuesday last week we lifted, but I didn't do anything but hold a sick baby the rest of the week.

There it is folks, my update on losing the baby weight. Here are my pictures from this week. I am looking better, but I still have that 'fat girl' look. Oh well, its only been 6 weeks!

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