I come to you this Sunday morning with some news that makes me very happy. I’m down to my pre-pregnancy weight! Let me start from the (somewhat) beginning. I had Asher on the last day of 2008. I had to wait 6 weeks to do any kind of exercise; that brings us to the beginning of February. I did not go on any kind of diet until mid-March. At my last OB appointment I was 21 pounds away from my pre-pregnancy weight. From mid-March until mid-May I only managed to lose 5 pounds. I realized that although I was eating mostly healthy food, I was eating way too much of it. I decided to put myself on a more structured diet (which I will tell you about later in the post). Anyway, so mid-May I start up the new diet with 16 pounds till pre-pregnancy weight and in less time than it took me to lose those first 5 pounds, I’ve lost the other 16 pounds. Hooray! I’m nowhere near my goal weight, but I know that if I have short-term goal weights it will make the road to my ultimate goal weight seem that much easier. Next goal weight is my weight from my senior year of high school. Only 12 pounds to go!
This diet seems to be working for me (I pretty much just looked at the food pyramid, figured out how much of each food group I should be eating and went from there), so I’ll share with the rest of the world what I’ve been doing:
Breakfast - Bowl of Multigrain Cheerios, oatmeal or cream of wheat (those last 2 I haven’t actually had, I just leave them there in case I get sick of my Cheerios)
Mid-morning snack - 1 fruit or veggie (if I’m particularly hungry I take one of both), multigrain crackers (I like the TLC 7 grains) and a glass of water
Lunch - egg white omelet (I usually add either onions, hot sauce or salsa), a veggie (I usually go with a baked sweet potato — they taste great and they’re usually pretty big so it helps to fill me up), a glass of non-fat/skim milk (if you were brought up on a higher percentage of milk this will take some getting used to) and if I’m still thirsty I drink water
Mid-Afternoon Snack - 1 fruit with non-fat (not low-fat) yogurt or non-fat cottage cheese and a glass of water
Dinner - 1 piece of fish (I either broil it with whatever seasoning I’m in the mood for or I pan fry it using canola oil), 1 veggie and 1 whole grain (I usually make a little veggie stir fry with my grain, which is usually brown rice or quinoa)
Snack - almonds, 1 fruit and glass of water (I only eat this when I still feel hungry. I always stop eating no later than 8:30)
Exercise - I haven’t been as good with exercising as with dieting, but here is what I plan on doing. 1. Taking a 45 min-1 hour walk 5 days a week (Corey and I do this maybe 2 times a week right now) 2. Tennis once a week (hey Sara!) 3. Bike riding 2-3 times a week. (I always ride my bike to and from tennis, but that’s only about 15 minutes all together. I’m going to try to ride at least 2 more times a week for about 30 minutes at a time)
I just want to add that I don’t plan on stopping this diet when I reach my goal weight. God wants us all to be healthy and take care of the body He gave us. I consider it a mitzva to live a healthy lifestyle and that is definitely helping me to not fall off the wagon.
When I was a teenager I had a blog on teenopendiary.com. [It no longer exists, though it’s mother-site OpenDiary still exists.] Anyway, I don’t remember what I used to write in said blog, but what I do remember are a couple of the screen names I used on it. [I also remember that I met one of my real-life friends on there and we’re still friends to this day.] Anyway, the screen name that I am particularly proud of and which is the inspiration for this post is bad movie script.. [No, I did not just make a typo or grammar mistake, the first period was included in my screen name.] I even had a little saying to go along with my screen name. Something along the lines of, “My life is just a bad movie script.” I think that’s quite clever for a 14/15 year old. I also kept an actual real-life diary at the same time as that blog. It was filled with mostly poetry and was also quite clever. I was a lot more creative back in the day.
Have I ever mentioned how much I truly enjoy getting new friends on Facebook? Well, I do. Some may say I’m a Facebook friend whore. Even if you think I may not know who you are just request my friendship and be sure to leave a note explaining how you found me. I look forward to your request!
I did something that I’m very proud of today. I was making a cake (from a box) and frosting (from scratch) and I didn’t eat the excess batter or frosting. This may not seem like a big deal to any of you — especially you skinny people — but it is a huge deal for me. My down-fall is sweets. I can eat sweets all day, every day (and there have been times that I did just that), but now that I’ve had Asher I want to get the baby weight off… not to mention all of the other excess weight that I’ve accumulated over the years. So today I was tested. I could just lick the spatula and lick the batter off. No one would have known. But I stopped myself. I threw the dirty dishes in the sink and covered them with warm water, thereby making the excess batter inedible. I had to do the same thing when I made the frosting…. all the more so with the frosting, actually. I remember one of the last few weeks that was pregnant I had such a huge craving for orange juice and chocolate frosting that after my OB appointment I stopped off at whatever store was around and picked up that and ate it for dinner.. It was delicious. I’m salivating just thinking about it. As hungry as I am now — besides for really wanting cake batter and frosting right now, I’ve been craving s’mores all week! [no, I’m not pregnant.] — I’m really proud of myself and I refuse to give into temptation. I could very easily go downstairs and whip up some more frosting, but I won’t do it. I’m committed to this diet and to an on-going healthy lifestyle. I will not fall off the wagon!
