HELLO PRE-PREGNANCY WEIGHT--IT'S BEEN A WHILE

Not sure what my last post said, or when it was. However, something amazing occurred today that MUST be blogged about. I stepped on the scale today and read the numbers...153. It has been....almost 4 years since I was below 155. I was 155, the day that I found out that I was pregnant with Ava. She will be 3 next week. After she was born I went between 165-158...but could never find that pre-pregnancy weight again. well folks, I DID IT!!! Not only that, but 2 weeks ago, Annette--my trainer, redid my measurements. We measured like 10 points on my body when I started bootcamp. She ususally waits until the end of teh 6 weeks to remeasure, but I was stuck at 157, and discouraged, so she did my measurements so I could see what kind of progress I was making. I was FOURTEEN inches smaller. 1-4. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! I don't know size wise what I am, because I'm not really mentally ready to go shopping yet, but my sisters size 10 pants are lose on me. I was a 14 when I started. progress is HAPPENING!!! Hardbody fitness bootcamp was my Christmas present from Chris...and Christmas is in 3 days. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ME...I HAVE ACTUALLY SURPASSED MY GOAL. i was to continue into another 6 week round, but it's $300. Not sure if I have those funds, but we'll see in a week or so if we can swing it.

victory!

So, I fit into Pamilove's size SIX pants. HOLLA!

hard body fitness

So last night was my 2nd night at Hard Body Fitness. It was so much fun. I did my evaluation with my trainer-Annette-about 4pm. She took all my measurements, calculated body fat %, broke down my protein and carb allowances for dietary consumption and then timed me running a mile. I wasn't so great on the first 1/2 of the mile...and probably walked 1/4 of it. The way back however I was able to run almost the whole thing. I would let myself walk out from one telephone pole to the other and then run 3 of them. It was nice to have something like that to help me set and acheive little goals. My time was 12 minutes. Not bad considering I was 19 the last time I ran for any real period of time. My goal is to shave off 4 minutes--or to be able to run the entire mile without needing to walk any of it.
Last night was not nearly as painful as saturday. I was able to do 98% of what she was having us do. The buddy sit ups were entirely rediculous, but we're confident that I'll be able to knock those out by then end of the boot camp. gotta run. more later

So we're fast approaching Simon's 8 month mark. Time. has. Flown!!! I've lot some weight--noticable only when I put on my dress pants and they refuse to stay on when I climb the stairs. I just haven't really made the progress I wanted. My lovely Lissa is returning to work tomorrow--and yes, this is relavent. She told me that she's already back below pre-pregnancy weight. She is doing a boot camp with her trainer friend-Annette. Well, she invited me to join her and in a moment of inspiration, I agreed. Our first class is Saturday. We'll then go to Tues and Thurs for 10 weeks. Push ups, sit ups, running, lunges, etc. I know I'll go every week too, because A. I'm paying big bucks and B. Lissa will be there! So, this year for Christmas, Im getting my body back...and Chris is gettin a really HOT wifey.

so far...no big progress

I have made a decision. Since I can't seem to keep my hand from my shoving food into my mouth, I'm going to start working out. Painfully early in the morning. My choice of facility--clearfield aquatic center. $30 a month for myself and Chris. Ava is free until she's 3. I'll do a month by month so that incase I lame out...I'm not out like $500.
First Goal:
Tara & Brian's wedding. August 7th. I want my beer belly to be diminished--not dumb enough to think it'll be gone, just want it smaller as well as the hip hangover.there's no reason for me to have this figure seeing as how I don't drink. *yes I know I just had a baby 4 months ago, but it's time to stop crutching on that. I want rockin awesome calves. YEAY!!! We'll see how I do.

Also--all plastic is being frozen to avoid drivethru visits. this will not only help my weight loss, but my bank balance as well. ;)

girth-1 deb-0

Ok so today I'm going to chalk up to utter failure. I woke to an 80 degree house. It used to be...that I was a lover of hot temps. I fell in love with Utah for the hot dry summer. Growing up with 100% humidity and no air conditioning--I welcomed and relished the Utah summer. This morning, however, I discovered that my love affair with the heat is not only over...but I'm pretty sure it is going to be a messy break up. I grabbed a Baskin Robbins Snickers milk shake on the way home from Simon's dr. appt (which, by the way he did AWESOME!!! stats on family blog.) Later in the day, I indulged in Rocky Road icecream in an attempt to cool my brain down. I also drank about a gallon of lemonaid. I also was able to pump 2 extra feedings today and froze them--which is a first in about a month. I did finally start to move about 10:30pm. The house finally cooled to below 80 degrees and both kids were in bed. I cleaned for about 60 minutes, which I guess could be exercise...meh. probably not. All in all it's 12:30am and I'm going to end it with a vow to do better tomorrow. Hopefully with the AC now working, the icecream binges will decrease.

goal setting

Current status-
height-5'3 (sometimes 5'4 hahaha)
weight- 171
jean size-12 (barely)

desired status
height--well ok no amount of exercise can help me here. although an awesome pair of shoes can! 5'6 ;)
weight--135
jean size-i'd be decently happy getting back into my favorite gap jeans--size 8. but i could live with a size 6 booty! ahhh to dream!

goal date: 1 year post pregnancy march 10, 2010(hey-nursing makes dieting not really possible)

I purchased an exercise bike on sale with birthday money and will set out to use it 3 days a week minimum. I also may contact a doc to get an inhaler. I have "exercise induced" asthma, and haven't used an inhaler since I was 17. Mine was stolen during one of the performing nights of Bye Bye Birdie, and my mom refused to get me another. For years I've allowed the "i can't run i have big boobs and asthma" to keep me at bay, however, my sister has much worse asthma and runs half marathons...and my other sister has MUCH bigger boobs then me and walks 3-4 miles a day. so really my excuses are crap. sooooooooooo here's to getting fit so that I don't explode into a biggest loser contestant. cheers!