Running

Twice in the past I've found running to be the most effective thing for me to lose weight. Both times I also followed a 'walk-to-jog' plan to avoid doing too much too fast and getting injured. My favourite part of the link above is when it talks about 'slimmer hips' - that's what grabbed me the first time as my lower half has always been my trouble zone. I would also much rather exercise than restrict my diet too much.

Since it's worked before and since I tend to gain lots of weight when I'm pregnant (and breastfeeding doesn't seem to make it fall off me as I was assured it would!) I knew that once I had the ok from the doctor I would be starting all over again. As of last weekend I had 12 pounds to lose to get back to my pre-Nathan pregnancy weight, 17 to get back to my pre-Hannah pregnancy weight, and 22 to get to my 'ideal' weight. Fun, fun!

I stepped on the treadmill last Saturday for the first time and decided to start on week 2 of the program. Wow - that was tougher than I thought it would be! However, I stuck with it and this morning I started 'week 3.' I'm just going to run every second day and go through the weeks that way. All of my running will be done on the treadmill for the foreseeable future, as it's much easier to be able to go during the day while I'm home with the kids.

The best part of the week came this morning when I stepped on the scale and had already lost 2 pounds! So, that means I have 10/15/20 left to lose. Yay! I'm still in maternity pants almost exclusively but I have one pair of non-maternity dress pants I can start wearing now. Things are looking up :)