Fitness Cure

Right now my entire calf area is sore – including my feet! We went on a 10 mile hike on Saturday and boy did it kick my butt! Not only was it hot and steep, but I was carrying 30 extra pounds on me! Half the time I carried the little baby and a heavy back pack – the second half, I carried the big baby (who loved to move and steal my sunglasses!) Litte Christian had NO idea what was going on because if he did, he would see both mommy and daddy in a lot of pain, trekking up a hill trying to get back to the car where we can sit down, drink water and enjoy air conditioning! So, right now, I am sore.

I had a massage yesterday (my 2nd in two weeks!) and it was good – but I really should’ve told them to just spend half an hour on my feet…because they feel so painful right now! I can’t imagine doing any cardio exercise with my feet in this condition.

I haven’t been blogging lately  because the kids have been driving me crazy. I hardly get to go on my computer as much – mainly because Christian in particular, enjoys interrupting me when he sees me at my desk. So, right now, they are both napping and instead of napping with them, I decided to update this site! I’ve been really good about working out. I have been consistently putting in around 5 days/week for almost a month now. My progress has been slow though…I think it’s because my body needs to really re-calibrate after giving birth to two babies in such a short period of time. My diet has been around a 8/10. It could be better – I guess.

I’ve been drinking  a lot of home-made smoothies! My only critique about my diet right now is that I could be pre-cooking more meals so that I don’t eat frozen foods that I just heat up. I know what I need to do, I should just do it, right? This is why I’ve been making  a lot of smoothies lately…I’d rather drink my meals than eat them. That’s where I am right now. I have a protein shake, a smoothie, maybe another smoothie after my workout. When I eat something solid it is usually a Fish Tilapia that I buy at Costco and just re-heat or something chicken (usually bought somewhere) and YES, I am in a not-cooking phase.

This week I plan on continuing my good workout schedule…probably focusing more on intensity. I also want to eat better…which means 5 consistent meals per day. I’d also like to find some more awesome recipes to make different kinds of smoothies. Right now, my smoothie consist of frozen strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, non fat yogurt, light soymilk, protein powder and a small packet of splenda. Pretty tasty and low calorie!

I will start incorporating running in the next month or so….I had my first run with my girlfriend on Friday, so I think that will be my beginnings..running with her every Friday.

At the beach with my babies 9 weeks after giving birth.

I’ve been training for almost three weeks now! It’s been a long road back though. I definitely feel weaker. I can’t perform as many push-ups or lift as much weight. The levels on my cardio machines are much lower and I feel soreness daily. I’ve been training an average of 4-5 times per week and been watching what I’m eating. I’ve dropped arond 3 pounds, which is slow, but great! I definitely see a huge difference in my abs. That specific area is more loose.

Today I woke up at 4:30am since I went to sleep at an awesome 9:30pm the night before. I have a lot of stuff to do today so it was great to get up and going bright and early in the mornng. I trained my back and performed lat pulldowns, pullovers, deadlifts and more. I even performed 45 minutes on the stairclimber! That was definitely a feat. Right now it’s noon time and I am getting ready to leave to perform more errands and deal what some paperwork in my outside office. If I have time I would love to go back to the gym and take a dance class but we’ll see…

Here are my top 5 ways I have found to be the most effective techniques to help you lose weight:

1. Write down what you eat – EVERYTHING you eat.

2. Stop eating 2-3 hours before bedtime.

3. Drink a protein shake every day.

4. Think FITNESS all day long…whether that’s taking the stairs, wearing trim treads or sucking in your gut while you’re sitting in a chair.

5. Avoid sugar at all costs!

At a wedding this past weekend. Here I am 8 weeks post-preggers.

It’s Monday and I just had a long night. My nights go like this:

Hopefully I sleep by 11pm…since David sleeps later, he can tend to the baby until 3am for his first night feeding when I awake…then 5:30am…then he awakes again around 7:30ish, which at that point, I ask David to feed him because I end up sleeping from 6:30am – 9:30am. So as you can imagine, my sleep schedule is pretty erratic. I don’t know how I function throughout the day sometimes. Right now I’m trying to get a ton of stuff done as I am used to finishing a lot of emails and updates (including this site) by noon.

This past weekend it was HOT in Sacramento. I used to love the heat, but I find myself getting an instant headache now whenever I’m in the sun. At first I thought it was because of my hat, then I realize it’s all because of the heat! Even though I went out to eat a few times and attended a Fiesta this weekend, I didn’t eat unhalthy at all this weekend. I am very ON right now with my diet.

Last week was the first time I officially began working out. I worked out 4 times: Mon, Wed, Thurs and Sat. I was sore! There were some days when I really didn’t want to work out too! On Wednesday I felt so lazy – but I decided to NOT THINK ABOUT IT and just start taking action. So I grabbed a jump rope, a dumb bell, a medicine ball and my stop watch and began working out for forty minutes.  I performed everything from burpees, jumping jacks, mountain climbers, lunge walks, squat jumps, etc. I was so SORE the next day, BUT I was happy because I completed my goal.

I’ve been very good at eating – mainly focusing on NOT eating too much at night. Preferrably I stop eating around 6/7pm. That’s what helped me lose the majority of my weight when I was dropping fat after Christian. I still have my protein shake every morning and may begin incorporating a protein shake for a snack sometime in the afternoon. I still need to get my daily routine settled first.

Ideally I would train from 6-730am after my second night feeding. Then eat at 8am – 11am – 2pm – 5pm and 7pm. Ideally I’d like to sleep around 9/10am too! But God knows that won’t happen unless I really start changing my schedule to get enough done while they are napping throughout the day.

My goal this week is simple:

1) Workout 4-5 times

2) Eat healthy every day

3) Drink more water

4) Ideal schedule
Mon: chest/butt – cardio

Tues: lower body – cardio

Wed: back – cardio

Th: shoulders – dance class

Fri: rest

Sat: arms – kickboxing

I just wrote a long post and it just ERASED! So I think I’m going to just bullet point what I wrote because I have things to do and can’t rewrite everything. Here it is:

- I can’t wait to start working out next week as it has almost been 6 weeks now since I gave birth.

- Right now I’m not doing much for exercise. Just being stressed and running around

- My eating is a 7/10. It could be better…I don’t have much of an appetite (as I didn’t also when I was preggers)

- Babies are doing well. Nicholas is turning into a little man and Christian is the best big brother

- I can’t believe I have two boys!!!!!

Taken from my Adroid phone. Pretty clear shot! This is my 5 week photo.
I’ve always had a proportionate body and never really carried a lot of weight on my midsection.

We celebrated my nonprofit’s program finale at an Awards dinner on Sunday night.

Emceeing with my baby  in tow! This is SO my life right now.

End of the night with David (and my flip flops, I was wearing heels earlier!)
He’s so supportive, and wonderful, and amazing…I hope he’s reading this?!! LOL

It’s been one month now since I delivered Nicholas. I can’t believe it’s been that long! While I would like to say ‘it feels like yesterday’ when I had him…that’s not true. I feel like it’s been a month or more as I have been busy with life since then!

I have dropped a considerable amount of weight. I’m not dieting very much…I’m actually in the same mindset as I was when I was pregnant. If I want it, I’ll eat it. If it’s not that healthy, I won’t eat a lot of it ! It’s Wednesday morning here in Sacramento and I just finished my standard breakfast now. I’ve been eating oatmeal and drinking a protein shake every day! I used to have waffles and a protein shake, but I ran out of waffles and read that eating oatmeal helps your milk supply. (as I am nursing) For lunch I usually have a chicken breast sandwich with veggie chips and for dinner (which I try to eat early) is usually some type of protein with carb…I try to get some vegetables in at that time too.

Even though I don’t do any ‘real’ exercises, I do feel sore every day when I wake up! Carrying Christian, lugging around groceries, cleaning the house, nursing, etc. definitely takes its toll. I plan to make June 1st to be my first real workout day! That will be almost exactly 6 weeks since I gave birth. For right now I’m going to start lifting Christian all different ways to get my  body somewhat ready for heading back to the gym. That boy is a workout! I know that my shoulders and biceps get a good workout just lifting him!  He’s around 28lbs. Everyone calls him tank – and he is one! He’s always been a solid baby ever since he was little. (solid meaning not fat)

I can’t wait to get down to a size I am comfortable with though…to be completely honest, I get depressed whenever I have to get ready because there is only so much clothes I can fit (as I am in the inbetween stage). I don’t fit maternity clothes and I don’t fit my pre-pregnancy clothes…and I do not want to go out and buy any new clothes at this size! I think I will wear workout clothes until I lose all the baby weight (which should be in a couple months) I plan on going shopping today for a nice outfit for this weekend (as I am hosting a large awards dinner for my nonprofit) and will also get workout clothes while I’m out also.

My goals for this week:

1) Continue eating a little better

2) Eat dinner around 5/6pm

3) Drink more water

Playing with my sons in the backyard!