I gave myself eight weeks after Kinley was born to continue to eat like I was when I was pregnant meaning not thinking about what I was eating and pretty much eating what ever I wanted. I knew once I went back to work I would be in more of a routine and could control my food better when I was at work. After all, I only gained a total of six pounds while I was pregnant, I lost almsot 20 in the first trimester then gained that back plus 6 more over 24 weeks.
With that being said I have gone back to what worked before, Weight Watchers. I did Weight Watchers the two years I was in grad school and lost almost 30 pounds. I was very faithful to the lifestyle Monday thought Thursday but Friday-Sunday was my time. At that point in my life I figured I still needed to be a free 20 something and enjoy my weekends. Overall the process worked well for me, yes it took me almost two years to loose 30 pounds but at the time I was loosing weight and still finding ways to enjoy life. After Jason proposed in September Weight Watchers kind of fell to the waist side, not because I was engaged but I found I had a lot more stress in my life with planning a wedding, graduation, looking for a job, preparing to move and numerous other things so I just put my weight loss and Weight Watchers on the back burner.
Last June I decided it was time to make a change in my life again and that is when I hired a personal trainer, Katie. My friend Mel had been working out with Katie for a while at this point and really like her style. Mel and I are a lot alike so I thought I would give it a shot also, which I ended up falling in love with working out with Katie. We met twice a week for an hour and I dedicated myself to running or lifting weights two other days so I was getting four good workouts in a week which was amazing! The problem I had when I was with Katie was the same problem I had when I was in high school, I worked out and burned a ton of calories but I didn't watch what I was eating. I thought as long as I worked out then I could eat whatever I wanted. This worked because I wasn't gaining weight but I was also not loosing any weight either. Well, along comes September and I find out I am pregnant. Actually, Katie was the first person besides Jason to find out I was pregnant. Katie and I had formed a great realtionship and it just so happened that right after I took 3 at home tests I had an appointment to work out with Katie and I couldn't keep the secret for more than 10 minutes! Anyway, I continued to work out with Katie even though I felt like crap until November when I found out she would be leaving Cedar Falls because her husband got a job in the Twin Cities and they would be moving in November. I was sad that Katie was leaving but kind of glad to have time to relax during my pregnancy.
This leads us to president day. I am beginning a very long journey to my goal weight though Weight Watchers. I have started a separate blog about my journey so that I can keep this blog about our family. For those of you that want to follow my journey this is the address to the new blog: http://journeytofitandfabulous.blogspot.com/
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