Post Partum Fitness Journey – dieting, workout plan, before pictures

I am officially three weeks and one day post baby. I feel crazy saying that but I also am so excited to say that because I have been dreaming of this day!!! I’m not officially working out but I have been cleared by my doctor to take things easy as long as I listen to what my body needs. Which translates into me probably doing a good 15-30 minutes light physical activity and then resting for a good 4 days. BALANCE my friends haha….and a good way to ease into it all!

numbers

A year ago I would never share what my weight is but it’s just a number and that number isn’t permanent and that number doesn’t mean I’m any less. It’s crazy to see that number change over the last few years after having two babies and seeing the way my body has changed with it. I mainly share these number to show how much a body can change in a short period of time. I would love to say that I’m 126 again but my body physically can’t do that and I’m okay with it. I just want to be at a point where I’m happy, I feel good, and I feel confident in my own skin.

Starting weight pre babies: 126
Pregnant with Laken: 180
Post Laken: 150
Pregnant with Chloe: 188
Current weight: 164

type of workouts

I am a major morning person and love starting my day after a good workout. Kyler leaves for work at 4am so whatever I do I have to be able to do at home. Like I said above, I’m easing into everything so for now I’m doing small things like going on walks, leg raises and stretching when I think about it.

Running – I love running and we’re looking into getting a treadmill because I don’t feel safe running with both girls and I don’t want to have to wait until 4pm when Kyler gets home to get my workout in. Running is my form of therapy and one of my favorite me-time activities.

Pilates – I got a pilates machine! I have never done pilates in my life. I was also gifted the machine from a friend who bought it and never used it, so I didn’t go all extra on this one haha. I have been wanting to do pilates for years but there wasn’t a place until recently that started offering it near us and I’m very excited to get into it. I have been told by a few people that Pilates is very hard to stick to because you use muscles that typically don’t get used in a regular workout and that’s what I’m most excited for. Also, Pilates helps to lean you out and I’ve never been lean in my life so we’ll see what happens there…ha.

BBG – Between Pilates and running I will also be doing BBG! BBG is the Kayla Itsines Bikini Body Guide available on the Sweat app shown below. The app is $100 per year and has five workout programs and I have set my workouts to the PWR POST-PREGNANCY. I did this after Laken and wasn’t super consistent with it but loved that I could get a full workout done in under 30 minutes, three times a week.

what I’m eating

I honesty don’t know how I’m not 600lbs if we’re being real honest. I can’t control myself when it comes to food. If there’s a pack of Oreo’s I can guarantee I’ll eat two of those three rows in one sitting. I can also promise you that I will eat a whole package of cheese in 5 minutes. Don’t even get me started on how good pizza, queso, and french fries are. I also suck at cooking….like you really don’t want me cooking anything for you. I’m not dieting by any means but I am going to be making some major healthier choices.

Breakfast – I suck at this meal the most and normally am so busy with babies in the morning I forgot to eat so I will be making myself have a shake each morning. I love Arbonne’s meal shakes and will be having one each morning with their probiotics.

Lunch – Again, I suck at this meal so I will probably do another shake if I’ve already missed this meal by a few hours or I’ll make myself something real quick. Quick for me is def some avocado toast and a giant side of fruit but I have found a new love for turkey bacon and can only image how many times a week I’ll be having breakfast for lunch

Dinner – I plan on getting really creative because this is the only mean I ever think about all day. Pinterest and the crockpot will be my best friend. I love veggies and only know how to cook salmon and chicken breasts and will probably just have a lot of that haha.

Snacks – fruit, protein bars, and an insane water.

before photos

I am beyond amazed at the female body. It’s insane that our body goes through so much during such a short period of time. After this pregnancy I have noticed way more extra skin than after Laken. I’m curious to see what will happen once I do start building muscle and losing weight. The ultimate before and after photos I’m wearing a Calvin Klein set and once I feel comfortable with where I’m at I’ll share those. For now, I can only find two. I know I took more but I can’t find any of them.

I also want to say that I spend an insane amount of time when I do take mirror photos for my instagram in front of the mirror checking angles that I feel good sharing. I still have a long way to go. I went from having pure muscle in my legs to nothing but cellulite. I went from being able to see the muscles in my arm to seeing absolutely nothing. I am self conscious in this body but I’m doing my best to not let it destroy me. We each battle our own issues and this isn’t my norm and I’m loving being able to share this transformatin with you all.