you might recall this post from mid january earlier this year....
welcome to day three of my healthier lifestyle.
feeling good.
what makes my lifestyle healthier? glad you asked....
- working to be active for at least 30 minutes a day (e.g., walking, exercise video)
- smoothies with kale and a variety of other healthy fresh ingredients
- writing down exactly what i am eating and when
- and PRE-NATAL vitamins!!
starting the pre-natal vitamins feels like the first real step towards my countdown. i am really doing this. this is going to be an amazing adventure!
i am a super good starter of things related to health but not the best finisher which is why i am starting small and trying to really have it just meld into my world. while i am not so good as nurturing and taking care of myself, i am optimistic that this little angel will be all the inspiration i need.
in the spirit of full disclosure i must share that last night i finally put in my jillian michael's ab workout video. in the warm up she had me doing squats, lunges, and burpees (only my most hated exercises outside of the frog jump). i only made it 6.5 minutes into the video but am very optimistic that tonight i will make it to 7.5. net: it can only get better!
so i wanted to take this opportunity to update you on how my healthy living is coming along.
one key difference from then and now... before i was trying to get healthy for the baby and now i really want to get healthy for me. wow. this is beyond huge for me and feels amazing.
this july i joined a gym and got a trainer. it was a struggle but i felt good doing it and saw a glimmer of my potential which was really exciting for me. with all of my travel the exercise was really hard to accomplish and even though i would work out 5 times a week i kept watching my weight increase. argh!
this is when i finally bit the bullet and joined weight watchers. i think this program was built for me. i am starting week #4 today and lost 3.4 pounds the first week, gained 2 the second, and lost 2.4 last week. so i am down 3.8 pounds! i would like to point out that i was also on the road at a conference last week...this really shows that i can rock it no matter where i am when i put my mind to it!
what is most exciting is that all of my working out and everything i had been doing with regard to my eating are coming together well and ww is really helping me balance things out. did i mention loving it? (unless i am angry at point or activity calculations....sorry abby!)
other accomplishments of note...
- i have finished the jillian michael's ab video multiple times with my fabulous neighbors
- last week i ran 5 miles in 60 minutes
- today i ran a 5k in 33 minutes - - including a couple of lights! personal record!
- really careful about imputing everything i eat in ww (every ounce of wine is accounted for...)
so the plan is that i stay on this healthy eating and drinking track, go to this amazing wedding in india, and come home to make a baby!
for this next round i am going to balance work and baby making all together. think i have it planned out as well as i can and now we just have to see how it all pans out. fingers and toes crossed!
