Wrong Way!

My belly is going the wrong way! ;p

Current weight: 184lbs

EDD: July 18, 2012

So, I'm 50lbs lighter than when I started with Big Sister... Looking forward to a healthier, happier, easier pregnancy. My husband says we can't call it a "surprise" pregnancy when we know what causes it. But as close to a surprise as it could be! We had planned to start fertility treatments 6 months down the road, as we needed them the first time. This was the best unexpected thing to ever happen to us :) I definitely attribute the surprise easy conception to my improved health and weight loss, and, dare I say it, veganism?

So I don't know what I'm doing with this blog. Prenatal yoga-addicted tandem nursing vegan momma blog? We'll see.

Progress

When I started getting serious about getting healthy (July 8):

Me tonight (October 29):

I have taken a break from c25k due to a knee injury that I can't seem to heal from. I also quit power90 a pathetic 3 weeks in. Instead, though, I am still running 3 days a week without a plan and doing p90x instead of power90. We also went vegan. LOVING that so far. Woo! I had been feeling discouraged that I wasn't getting anywhere (I STILL weigh 189lbs!), but then I remembered it was a photo progress day and I feel a lot better seeing that I AM getting somewhere! :)

3 month progress pics

July 29

Aug 29

Sept 29

July 29

Aug 29

Sept 29

Power90

Day 1

Weight: 190

I started Power90 today, I'm pretty jazzed :) And as you can see, I finally moved a bit (more) on the scale. Finally.

I guess I need to do my check in photo as it's the 29th, I'm just sooooo tired. :p

The Difference a Week Can Make

So, after much deliberation as to the possible causes of me hanging on to extra weight, my husband and I decided that I would stop hormonal birth control. I researched and researched and got pretty inconsistent results regarding the effects of birth control on weight. I read anecdotes on both sides of the equation, read package inserts, even talked to someone who was in a birth control/weight related study. But, at the end of the day, my gut was what was telling me it was time to give it a try.

We had previously decided, after a 4 year long battle of infertility, that I would never be on hormone birth control again. However, his military schedule got turned on its head this year and our little plan of "let's see what happens" seemed reckless when we found out he was coming home from deployment months early to take nine month orders to California. Nine month orders. No birth control. Moving with a newborn - AGAIN. I couldn't do it and without a second thought, I took the prescription to the nearest pharmacy and started taking the pills.

Well, until that point I HAD been losing weight, effortlessly. I have had a huge year emotionally and I'm sure a lot of the weight loss was the unhealthy kind of weight loss. So it really wasn't that surprising that I started putting the weight back on when he got home. But after three months of pretty consistent progress in cleaning up our lifestyle (and at least thrice weekly work outs and changing our diet a LOT) I hadn't lost anything and I was discouraged. So we looked at everything and decided to try taking me off the hormones, just to see...

Well, all the Internet research aside, I feel confident I made the right choice. This was after 5 days without hormonal birth control. Without making any significant changes to my diet or exercise. And the scale has finally moved. 2lbs. In a week. The recommended amount to lose with healthy diet and exercise.

I'm not announcing some brand new breakthrough, recommending anyone do what I did, or anything like that. I'm just SO GLAD we figured out WHY **I**'ve been retaining water (or fat or whatever it was making the scale stay stuck at 193).

So I'm happy.

PS -- For the record, this is not a "trying to conceive" announcement.

Mama Called the Doctor, and the Doctor Said...

No more pre-diabetes jumping on the bed!

:)

I'm so happy! We're still a bit baffled as to why I'm still tired and not losing weight, but, my blood tests results were in the normal range for EVERYTHING. Thyroid, cholesterol, a bunch of other stuff I can't remember, and glucose! The glucose one is super exciting because I was pre-diabetic before I got pregnant (with really high sugars), then I had gestational diabetes. My results came back for the a1c and regular fasting test and I was holding my breath as he pulled the report out. 80! EIGHTY! Woohooo!!!!! I am so happy. In other words, even though I haven't lost any weight, I have reversed my pre-diabetes. This is so exciting!

We talked about my weight and he said that I only need to lose 10 more lbs and he doesn't want to see me lose any more than that. I was floored. I thought for sure I needed to lose another 40 or so. So, it just goes to show, quick Internet searches for your ideal weight are no substitute for your doctor's advice :p He said I look very healthy already, so yay!

What an encouraging appointment!

It was followed by a terrible run :p But I had a great run last night! 2.30 mi in 3/5/3/5 min run intervals with 90 sec and 2.5 min walks in between. (w4d3 for any c25k'ers). This coming Friday is my first 20 min run without walk breaks. Eeeee!

Oh and I'm at a little over 15 miles for my 30 in 30 goal, so I'm more than halfway a little early!

c25k w4d1

So tomorrow is my week 4 day 1 and I'm totally intimidated. I better wear a CUTE running outfit so that after I kick this workout's ass I can take an awesome picture of myself smiling :D

And just remember, my friends: