I am creating this blog with the intention to share my weight Loss Challenge after giving birth to a 9.2 lb baby. Previously being somewhat into fitness by going to the gym regularly and having healthy habits.
I always thought of myself as becoming a pregnant woman that would watch what she ate and only gained the minimum amount of "Baby weight", well that wasn't me! I got pregnant at the age of 31 and had already gained a few lbs while trying to conceive. I was making an effort to lose weight during the month that I got pregnant and from there I started gaining a lot of weight monthly. I became a little nauseous the first 3 months and decided to stop consuming any "Diet" products because I was afraid of the sugar substitutes and it's side effects. So I decide to eat and drink everything in it's "Natural State"...when I say natural, I refer to fruits mainly. I ate and drank so much juice it was insane, and juices have a lot of sugar that regardless of how natural it is, all sugar turns into FAT. yes, I gained a total of 70 lbs of Fat during my pregnancy.
I felt tired, ZERO energy, and not to mention unattractive. I know that most women do not feel pretty during the last months of their pregnancy, but I specifically did not feel pretty at all. I was dying to give birth and have my child so that I could get back in shape in no time.
To my surprise, losing weight did not occur from one day to the other. I mean I only left the hospital with 14 lbs less then when I was pregnant, and our baby was 9.2 lbs..so It was all FAT! yes, as you heard!
Besides feeling unattractive, so much weight gain took a toll on my body. After birth, I found myself with difficulty kneeling down to pickup anything from the floor for months, and I was desperate to lose weight.
It did not happen over night, it took me exactly 12 months to lose all my pregnancy weight, it has already been 13 months and I am still working on my body. Because for some reason even though I am 3 lbs under my pre-pregnancy weight, I find that my body is not the same. I have lost a lot of muscle tone, and my skin is still not looking the way it was especially on the abdomen area.
I wanted to share my weight loss experience with the intention to motivate others to do it, and also for others to motivate me to continue my challenge of looking better then I did before I got pregnant.
I will be posting pictures of "before and afters" from previous years, my diets, habits, and will continue updating this blog as I get a chance to do so...
September 2008
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