Ready to lose the baby weight!
Hi everyone,
Well, it appears that the weight did not just drop off after having baby #3 last summer! I am 50-60 lbs heavier than I was before my first pregnancy 8 years ago, and back then i thought i was overweight. I have always struggled with my weight and have never been slim, but I would be delighted to reach my pre-baby weight again.
My kids are aged 7, 5, and 11 months, and I work full time. I love to garden, but have done so less lately because I seem to be so busy all the time since having baby #3. I hope to incorporate more gardening as part of getting more exercise.
Overall I eat pretty well but my main weaknesses are snacking when i get home before dinner and drinking more wine than i should with dinner (which greatly reduces my ability to limit portions!). I don't think i will do well following a specific plan, but the Mediterranean Diet fits my lifestyle pretty well. So this is my "plan":
- snack on fruit/yogurt/salad/small soup instead of whatever bad things I can find in the kitchen
- limit portion size at dinner (which includes the wine portion!), and increase veggies to compensate
- pack lunch as much as possible to avoid the work cafeteria
- increase exercise so that i do at least 20-30 mins of something reasonably aerobic each day: home exercise DVDs (i just bought 30-day Shred, Pilates for Weight Loss, and Yoga for Weight Loss), more fast-walking (walk around campus at lunchtime), swim at least weekly, more gardening
I've been lurking a few days and looking at the amazing before/after photos on here. I hope I can do as well and am glad to have found such a great forum.
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