Realistic Goals

Before we got our daughter (within 48 hours) I made excuses to not go to the gym. When I realistically had time. It's amazing after you have a child how much of that time just gets sucked away in the best possible way and you realize the way it was before was not better... just not nearly as busy as you thought.  Well it might be, just a different kind of busy.

So I'm setting realistic goals.  We cannot afford a weight loss program but I have a major sports nutrition back ground, and doing everything but take the personal trainer certification, I KNOW what to do... it's just doing it.  Remembering that now I CAN do it, just cut out all artifical everything and eat everything in moderation and exercise more.  The exercise shouldn't be a problem, just shutting this thing down and not turning on the TV for little bit and I will get my 10,000 steps in and then some.

By thanksgiving I want to be down 20 pounds. By winter break, I want to be down another 5. And I'm gonna have to do this Mommy style.  No gym. No diet plans. Eating homemade real food, minimizing how much processed we use, upping our vegetable and decreasing meat and bad fats.  Eating fruit for dessert but not denying the occasional frozen yogurt or small piece of cake.

I'm going to post weekly weight loss every Saturday and what I've done.  I have the following work out tools:
-16 1/2 month old daughter
-5lb hand weights
-Yoga mat (which will probably only come out during nap time, when I've tried to use the yoga mat while my toddler is awake... yeah... it doesn't go well)
-5lb medicine ball
-Resistance bands (2 varying degrees of resistance)
-Chair
-Jogging stroller

I will rest on Sunday, but every day I will do a moderate amount of cardio, meaning I will do what I do with my daughter and then add at least another 20-30 minutes if at all possible of walking or jogging.  Arms on Monday, Torso (abs, back) on Tuesday, Legs on Wednesday, flexibility on Thursday (yoga, pilates), Friday is weights free full body, and Saturday will be some from each body section.

I'm offering a challenge to all you Mommas or ladies who want to do this with me.  We can keep ourselves accountable like a Weight Watchers meeting.  I have a MyFitnessPal account. Or we can message each other our weight loss.

I have a lot of weight to lose overall. But even losing 5-10% I will feel better and hopefully keep up with it.  Doing this through the holidays will be part of the challenge because Thanksgiving could be my downfall but I don't want it to be, but I want to enjoy it too.  Just remembering that Thanksgiving is only one or two meals :) Just go back to it when you can kinda thing.

I wont end in December, I need to be healthy, which means I need to get this weight off of me.  I am 230 pounds. There. I put it out there. I keep making excuses to not do this and I need to. For my husband, for myself, and overall for my daughter so that she is raised healthy with a healthy body image.  Not raised to be skinny, raised to be HEALTHY. There is a difference.

Do this with me. Join me.