Losing the weight - Part 1

This is a hot topic regarding pregnancy, very hot.  Moms to be stress over the pounds that are adding up over the nine months... and there is no stopping this cravings! 

I have seen those women who have managed to keep the weight from going anywhere but their bellies.  These people are the exception, not the rule and cause the rest of us 'normal' people to fret and fuss for nine long months about how fat our arms, legs, butt, backs, ankles, faces, boobs, armpits ....

The first time, with Reed I gained a solid 40 lbs, above the recommended total gain (30-35 lbs) and I stressed everyday.  It took me a good 8 months to shed it all completely.  Most of it came off within 3-4 months, but those pesky 5 extra pounds were very tough.  An aside comment - your body is never the same, even if the scale says you're back, things are different.  For me it was my tummy, the muscles were so stretched out that they always sat further out than before, and then there is the skin of the tummy, not so smooth and tight as before...

And I was doing a lot of exercise!  Swim, bike, run everyday, I averaged 1-1.5 hours a day of exercise and it still took 8mos!  Mind, I wasn't watching what I ate...

This time I am making a shorter deadline for weight loss.  I have gained pretty much the same with this pregnancy as with the first.  So I intend on watching what I eat this time! Not a diet!

As like the first time, I will start with a dvd workout program.  I heard a athlete-mom (Olympic athlete) talk about the right way to get back into shape, and she said the most important is to regain the strength first, then the fitness.  This made a lot of sense to me.  I need to get an overall strength back into my core, my legs, my arms etc, it is amazing how much muscle you lose over the nine months.

So with that end, I got suckered into trying the next program put out after Insanity (which I never fully completed... only ever to complete the first month on two attempts...).  It's called T25, and you only have to do 25mintues per sessions, five days a week!  This I thought is totally manageable, being wary of how I will handle a brand new baby and a toddler, this seems like something I can commit to. 

So Part 1 of Operation Weight Loss =  May and June will consist of dvd workouts and getting back into easy running.

Part 2 - and Part 3 coming soon...