Cami's 8-Week Challenge

I have definitely been struggling this time (post-baby wise) with my body. I don't know if it's the nursing, or what (I haven't nursed any of my other kids this long, since my milk has always dried up before now) but it's driving me up a wall!!! I hear all these women say they didn't have to do anything but nurse their babies to loose their baby weight! Yeah.  Not me. I'm pretty sure my chest size will NOT be going down to anything near normal until I'm done. I feel exhausted all the time, and I feel hungrier than I have ever been in my life! So...on a positive note, I do love the nursing. And I'm going to keep doing it for as long as I can up to a year or so. But- I'll definitely still have to adjust. I've been curving my appetite lately, and exercising 6 times a week again. I put together an 8-week challenge for myself that I started today. I'm going to stick with it, and see where that gets me in a few months. I'll keep you all posted. And if nothing changes on the scale, I know I'll feel better for at least making an effort and being more healthy. Really- that's all that matters, isn't it?  This is a copy of my challenge, incase you wanted to see it. Please keep posting and help me stay motivated!

Cami’s 8 -Week Challenge…. July 13^th- September 7th

NUTRITION:

*64 ounces of Water (or more) a day

*1 Treat per week if any. (Sunday-Saturday) ONLY ONE!

* More (Smaller) meals, more often. (Breakfast, snack, Lunch, snack, Dinner, snack.)

*HEALTHY snacks. More Protein! Snack on Fruits, veggies, greek yogurt, raw almonds, protein shakes, cottage cheese, hard-boiled eggs, etc.

*Go Brown! Cut out the white stuff. (Sugar, White flour, white rice, pasta, etc.) Eat only Wheat and whole grain carbs.

*Nothing to eat after 8pm.

KEEP A FOOD JOURNAL OF EVERYTHING THAT GOES IN YOUR MOUTH!!!

Exercise:

*AT LEAST 30 minutes 6 times a week.

*Rest on Sundays!

*Swim Laps 2x per week. Hit Elliptical hard 2x per week. Mix Cardio with weights and toning 2x per week. Mix in ab-ripper, wild-card workouts, 30-day shred videos, and running.

IF AT LEAST ONE MUSCLE GROUP IS NOT SORE EVERY DAY, YOU NEED TO WORK HARDER!

MENTAL:

*Read more good books. (Scriptures, Church books, etc.)

*At least 8 hours of sleep per night.

DON’T GET DISCOURAGED OR DOWN ON YOURSELF. YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL. BE HEALTHY AND TRY HARDER TOMORROW.

New Information

WOW!!!  Life has been crazy!! 

I was working out and eating extremely healthy but I ended up gaining 15 pounds in two months and could not figure out why.  I finally made an appointment with my OB/Gyn doctor.  I gave him my two week food journal that I felt I needed to keep and I was brutually honest with what I was eating, drinking and exercise wise.  He was shocked that I was gaining weight, all in the midsection of my body.  He scheduled a insulin test and the results are that I am Hypoglycemic. 

AH!  You thought I was going to say pregnant.  Nope my sugar levels are low and when I eat or drink something to sweet or starchy it causes my blood sugar level to spike and then crash really fast and hard.  So I am back on track and doing really good. I have lost just a few pounds so far, but I am feeling a lot better and not so tired all the time.

I am doing TurboFire.  It is a hard but fun workout and once I master the moves I think I will really start to see some major changes.  I needed a break from P90X, which I still find myself wanting to go back to every morning, but I am pushing play on TurboFire.

Hope everyone is doing great and I hope to be better about posting.  It has been too long!!

Rolyndia

Morgan is here...let the fun begin

Well, my sweet little angel is here. I'm so happy, but now begins the fun of getting "BACK" into shape.

 Morgan Alicia was born February 6, 2012 and weighed 8 lb 2 oz. 

 She is about 5 weeks old now, and I'm trying to start exercising again.  I am nursing and I feel more hungry than I did when I was pregnant, so eating is definitely going to be my struggle (like usual.)

I understand I need to eat more calories, but I've not been doing a great job of eating healthy calories. I'm cutting sugar out almost entirely (starting right now...) and hopefully that will help.

As for the exercising goes... I'm healing a little slower this time, and haven't wanted to overdo it too much, so I've mostly been keeping it pretty basic. We did buy a new Eliptical though, (A schwinn 420...which I've loved so far) so that will be nice. We got it put together last Saturday, and I am so glad to be able to do it from my own house.  (4 kids is rough with scheduling extra things like exercise!)  I haven't really weighed myself and don't really want to. I'm just going to focus on eating better and exercising and we'll see how it goes.  I know I did end up gaining about 25 lbs this pregnancy, which I was happy with. Let's just hope that it doesn't take me the same amount of time (9months) to get it back off!  Wish me luck girls.  Hope to hear from you all soon!

Pretty much immobile.

So, I'm pretty much immobile right now.  I had to stop exercising a few weeks ago (which I've never had to do with my other pregnancies) because I would get really bad contractions the whole day when I did.  And now, I'm about 35 weeks, and feeling crappy.  About a week ago I started to contract each and everytime I stood up. To get a drink, to go to the bathroom, to walk to the kids' room.....if I was up, I was having contractions. Good thing is, they would stop when I sat down, but how often does a mother of 3 little kids get to sit down?!  Anyway- when we got home from visiting Utah after the holidays, my doctor sent me up to Labor and Delivery to be monitored and checked, and luckily I'm not dialating yet, but still having contractions when I'm up. Basically, this means I can be up as much as I can handle since the baby is safe and good, but I'm pretty miserable when I am.  This sucks girls. I HATE not moving!!!  I'm a busy mama with lots of things to do, but I guess I'll have to wait a few more weeks to get going on some of my projects, and just take it easy for now.  So for now, I'm at 35 weeks, and I've gained a total of 23 pounds.  I was hoping to gain around 25 this time total, so if the baby comes early, I may be okay......but if not, I may be over my goal. Oh well. Christmas is NOT the time to lose weight!  I love the sugar!  Anyway- I hope all you girls are doing well, and hitting it hard now that the New Year is here. I can't wait to get back into my exercise/eating routine once I meet this sweet little girl in a few weeks.  I'll keep you all posted!

My belated check in!

Well, I have good news. With my weight loss, I had lost 14 pounds!! Woohoo! It took awhile but things were paying off. I felt great and then...I got pregnant. :D Cami, I don't know how you do it because I'm too uncomfortable to work out at this point, so I haven't. I have some SI issues going on that I'm starting to work on and hopefully soon I'd like to get back on my treadmill and at least walk. I've lost an additional 9 lbs so far this pregnancy but that will change I'm sure. :) I'm 10 weeks along and happy to be expecting again. Anyway, that's why I haven't been around. Rolyndia, want to join in with Cami and I on the pregnancy merry-go-round? ;) Keep up the great work girls!

27 Weeks...

I'm at 27 weeks now, and feeling pretty good. I hate that just because my belly HAS to get bigger when I'm pregnant, my face, arms, butt and legs do too! What's that all about?! Anyway- I'm feeling good. At my appointment last week I had gained 12 pounds. I'm happy with that. And I've still been exercising as much as I can handle. Somedays the contractions are strong and I just try to take it easy. I need to lay off the junk food still, and I'm working on that. Wish me luck as I enter my last trimester girls!!!

Still Alive

HI!!! Yes, I am still alive. It has been so crazy lately. I started a class this Semester, hubby is gone every week, boys have gymnastics twice a week and scouts, Paeton has ballet and Achievement days. There is not a night we are home with nothing to do. I am up at 5am every morning getting my workout done and in bed by 9:30pm every night. Somewhere in all that I find time for homework, to eat, kids home with homework, to eat, laundry, to eat, dishes, to eat, cleaning, to eat and oh, did I mention to eat.

That is my biggest thing right now is my eating. I am not gaining weight, but I am not trimming down either. Maybe to stressed, I don't know.

Hope you guys are doing great!!!!