So far so good...

**Ok, so it's Thursday, and for the past 2 days, I've been on the treadmill for 30 minutes, and I've done 20 min of stretching.

And today, I officially checked out my Rock 'n Roll stepper.

Still have to get used to it, I'm still awkward on it, but dang, once I get the hang of that bitch, it'll be loads of fun!

Been gettin' loads of raw veggies in, drinkin' lots of water, and severely limiting my sugar intake.

PHEW!

Tomorrow, my g/f from YYC is flying in to visit me and meet Maddy, chillaxin' with us for the weekend, going out for dinners, etc. I hope it won't be too hard to stick to my plans here, I really wanna see a loss on the scale on Tuesday!

Well, time for bed!

G'night, and GO AWAY, -44 WINDCHILL!!!

** this post has been unofficially endorsed by Bryan Adams, and the producers of his So Far So Good album. !!!

View from my treadmill

It works!!!

For today, anyways!

I put my li'l girl in her new cradle swing, downstairs by my treadmill, to see if she can sleep soundly for a long time to allow me to get some exercise and earn some APs.... AND IT WORKED!

Here's the view from my treadmill:

30 minutes walking at a good clip, and she's STILL sleeping! I can even get in some weights and stretching in, too!

I LOVE THIS CRADLE SWING!!!

Hopefully this becomes a trend, so that I can keep up my activity levels! Now I know this is do-able!

I forgot how much I enjoy sweating (and not just from being a busy mom) - I'm looking forward to getting back on track! This is super exciting for me!!!

:)

Well, I had it comin'...

2 weeks of not really keeping track of what I'm putting in my mouth, 2 baby showers, and tremedous lack of sleep = 5lb weight gain.

Yup, I'm up a whoppin' 5lbs.

But now with the baby shower outta the way (I've loaded Donovan's briefcase up with leftover dainties 'n stuff to get them out of the house!), and now with Madds getting into some semblance of a routine.... 'ish.....I should be able to focus better.

I'm going to start posting everything I eat again, like I used to before, so hopefully this helps me out a bit!

Brekkie
3 egg whites
1 cup yogurt
1 All Bran bar

= 5

Lunch
handfuls of raw veggies
assortment of fruit (say, fruit salad?) for maybe 1.5pts?
PC Mushroom Barley soup
8 melba toasts

= 6

I'll add to it as I go to keep mein arse on track here. How many APs can I get for the after-party clean-up?!?!?

Sabotage!!!

Good lord, what have I done?!

I know what I've done - I've sabotaged everything I've mentally prepared myself to do, to become, all for the instant gratification a few puff pastries (ok, QUITE a few) could provide. And they weren't even THAT good!

Here's the dilly - LAST week, I completely forgot to do my WI, so I thought, "Ok, I've just bought myself an extra week here, I'm gonna work EXTRA hard and see results NEXT week!"

Well, tomorrow IS "next week" - and I'm not even going to bother stepping on the scale.

Yesterday, we threw a come-and-go baby shower-style party for our new li'l one, and although I was too busy playing hostess to some 40ppl and their babies, I didn't get a chance to eat all the savoury sweets and yummy finger foods I helped to prepare.

That is, not until the party was over, and I realized how HUNGRY I was, and how the only accessible items to devour were those calorie-packed devils spread out before me, in all their greasy goodness!

So I indulged. Correction - I OVER indulged - and all day today, have been continuing to do so. It's much easier to pop a nanaimo bar square (or 14!) in my mouth instead of boiling eggs and making whole grain toast for breakfast.

Tomorrow's WI. It's also the day my daughter is 8 wks old. WOW. 2 months already. That breaks my heart how quickly time flies.

Ok, back to me and my weight loss journey.... Tony Little's little glories arrived in the mail (the Rock 'n Roll Stepper and the Ab Lounge Xtreme - why does it always sound more aggressive when the "e" is dropped in "extreme"? Something about starting with an "x" just HAS to be good, right?!). So now with these little gems, along with my treadmill and elliptical and set of weights, and the new cradle swing Maddy received as a shower gift (it's supposed to knock babies out cold so mommies can focus on other things!), I really have no excuse.

Standby, here's hoping the cradle swing does what it's supposed to, and I can have a bit of time in my busy day to focus on me and get myself back into shape.

Cuz I tells ya, after the crap I've been putting in my body lately, I feel like a sack, and I'm eager to get healthy and fit again so I can not only keep up with my baby girl, but look hot naked, too!

Phew!!!

I'm down 3.5lbs this week!


Slight amount of sabotaging today - I figured I could celebrate on WI day, and spend the rest of the week getting mein arse back in gear!

Well, I'm officially a sucker, a chump, a desperate, pathetic woman....I have an online shopping addiction, and have succumbed to the evil that is The Shopping Channel and it's promotion of Tony Little products.

I have just purchased Tony Little's Rock 'n Roll stepper AND the Ab Lounger Xtreme.

They LOOK pretty cool. The online reviews say they're magic machines.

Now I wonder how magical they really are .... you can bet I'll be submitting my own product reviews here, and tracking my progress, if any!

Time to tend to the babe now!

3.5lbs lost, in one week.... such a great loss, such a long road ahead....

Yikes...

It's Monday night, and tomorrow - in fact, ALL Tuesdays - are, and forever will be, bittersweet.

It's Maddy's weekly birth-anniversary (she'll be 6wks old tomorrow!), and it's also my WI day.

Why I chose TUESDAYS of all days to be my WI, who knows?

Oh, maybe it has something to do with the fact that that was the day, 6 wks ago, that I lost a ton of weight in a short amount of time! (kinda like my 35lb cyst surgery!)

It's been a crummy week of attempts to collect APs, but I've tried to manage my eating, so we'll see what happens...... yikes.....!

New Year, New Baby, New Me!!!

HELLOOOO!!!

To anyone out there who may still be on board with this here ol' blog of mine, WOW, you deserve a medal! And you're officially on my Christmas card list!

It's no wonder why I haven't posted in ages - I've been a tad pre-occupied, and will continue to be for the rest of my life, it seems - but I did it!

I went and had a baby!

And a BEAUTIFUL baby at that!

Her name is Madelyn Reese, and I'm not biased or anything, she really is the world's cutest baby! And loudest, I might add! (The nurses at the hospital told us that we had the loudest baby in the nursery. NO KIDDING!)

Born on January 8th (Elvis' birthday, I've been told!), our little angel weighed in at 8lbs 7oz, despite my hopes of having a 100lb baby to justify my atrocious weight gain through my pregnancy!

At any rate, our little girl is perfect, life has definitely changed, and I'm ready to reclaim my old body. Not for me, but for my new family. I need the stamina and energy to keep up with my daughter! MY DAUGHTER! Still sounds so surreal to say!

So here I am, having rejoined WW online, it's been 6 weeks since my c-section and I've already begun getting back into the routine of healthy eating and points-counting.

The exercise part, well, that's a bit hard. I mean, how many APs can I claim for doing 82 laps around the house trying to shush a fussy baby?!!! Although Maddy lets us sleep for a stretch of 5-6hrs most nights, I'm still pretty exhausted by the end of the day with her. Man, all she does is eat, sleep and poop, and I'm still so wiped!!!

I will try to hit up my treadmill and elliptical again, and my Turbo Jam video, but we're still trying to find our groove, get into some semblance of a routine.

(Right now she's napping, so I'm taking advantage of this time to update my blog and re-commit myself to my weight loss journey.)

Wow, she doesn't usually nap this long...I'm gonna go poke her to make sure she's still breathing!

(new mom paranoia.....!)

PHEW! We're good!

Ok, well now that I've officially re-committed myself online here to any and all who cross my blog path, I have to stick to it and hold myself accountable.

Here I go!!!

Ok, one more pic....!

Thanks for tuning in, everyone! I totally appreciate your support!!!