Kelly's Corner: Ok-it's time...

..to start working off this pudge! I've never really had a negative image about my body. I have always been pretty active and fairly happy with it-I was healthy and not too skinny. I would work out more so that I could eat and not to loose. That is changing. Having a baby does weird things to your body and I barely recognize mine anymore. I loved being pregnant and how I looked being pregnant. Honestly I ate whatever I pleased during my pregnancy and I need to change my ways if I want to see anything that closely resembles my pre-baby bod. Before I was married I weighed in at 135/138 and I gained some weight after the wedding and hovered around 145. A little high for me since I am pretty short and packing on 5-7 lbs is a lot to me. Before becoming pregnant I was 145 exactly. I gained a wopping 40 lbs while pregnant and before my c-section I was 185 (yikes!). About 2 weeks after Lillian was born I was down 20lbs and boy was that motivating! Ok ok so most of that was baby and fluid loss but hey 20 lbs is 20lbs.

Here we are 4+ weeks later and I am still hovering around 165. Now I shouldn't feel too bad-I mean had a c-section a little over 4 weeks ago-I haven't exactly been training for a marathon. But according to my discharge papers I can begin light exercise around 3-4 weeks so it's time to get started people. The weather hasn't exactly been great but my starting date was Monday (yesterday) after Easter (hmmm it sucks I still have TONS of Easter candy in the house). It's been beautiful the past 2 days and I have walked both days about 2.5 miles. It's a start! I've also been trying to move around the house more doing laundry, going up and down the stairs at a quicker pace, and carrying Lilly around rather than just snuggling with her on the couch. I am also starting to monitor what I eat slightly more (I say this as I shove a Cadbury Caramel egg in my mouth). Well I DID have a salad for lunch. So sue me-I have a HUGE sweet tooth and won't stop having a small treat now and then but I am switching my ice cream for frozen yogurt and my next grocery list has fruit and veggies on it and NO candy/sweets/processed foods. You gotta start small or you will set yourself up for failure. PLUS I am breast feeding still so I do need some extra calories right now. Now I am trying to eat a few smaller meals throughout the day to keep up my metabolism since I always find myself starving!

OK you say, why are you divulging all of this information (GASP I was honest about my weight!). One word: ACCOUNTABILITY! I figured if I am honest about how much I weigh and put it all out there it will hold me accountable. If I plan to weigh in every 2 weeks I am obviously not going to want to say I am 165 every 2 weeks...I want that number to shrink as much as my waistline! So here I am laying it all out there. Here are my goals:

Loose 5-10 lbs by May 22nd (Lillian's Baptism)
Loose 10-15 by June 20th
Be up to running 3 miles by Memorial Day or more!
Sign up for a 10 K in the Fall
Goal weight: 135-by end of summer

I am sure I will develop more goals over time but I didn't want to be unrealistic. Another reason I want to loose weight is so I don't have to buy a whole new wardrobe when it's time to go back to work. I am still wearing maternity pants and I have about 3 shirts that fit-two of which are tee shirts-which may or may not be my husbands. I am ready to look cute again!

Me at 135: