today is the day i start counting calories- 1,400 a day.
today is the day i start exercising- just finished day 1 of the 30 day shred.
today is the day i have decided to share how much weight i gained during my pregnancy- alot.
i have been embarrassed to share how much i gained because like i said in an earlier post... it is WAY more than the average pregnant woman is supposed to gain... (25-35 pounds) i have only shared my weight gain with one other person and her blog... it felt good to get it out there and know it was in a "safe" place. but now it is time to bring it out. my mom will be shocked. she swears i gained maybe 30. she thought i looked good throughout most of pregnancy... but she is my mom. and she is supposed to say that.
here it is. on the day i delivered landon... i tipped the scales at 215. you read it right. 215 pounds. i weighed ten more pounds than tim at that point. see what mint chocolate chip ice cream every night before bed does to a pregnant body?
that means i gained between 55-60 pounds during my pregnancy. throughout my whole pregnancy my mom would constantly say "i only gained 12 pounds during my first pregnancy." it always got on my nerves because i remember when i gained twelve pounds in one month during my pregnancy. my doctor never seemed to be concerned about my weight gain. i guess i carried it well being 5 feet 7 inches tall. although she did think i was having a "BIG" baby.
i lost thirty pounds pretty quickly... dropped to 182 by the July 19th... however, with the stress of all our problems with landon.... and the idea of me having cancer... i just stopped caring. i remember thinking on july 24th... "if i have cancer, i better beef up... treatments and the disease could make me lose a ton of weight and be even sicker." yes. this was my thought process... and this thought made me gain 12 pounds back in six weeks.
so my number is 194. i weigh 194 pounds. i am petrified to hit that 200 mark again and need to start getting far away from it. i took some "before" pictures of myself but i am going to wait to post them until i am done the 30 day shred... hoping to see some kind of progress because those pictures are horrendous.
Don't you worry girl, I gained like 90 pounds! It'll fall off you fast!
ReplyDeletei hope so!! :)
Deletei'm at 192 :(
ReplyDeletewe are almost the same!! i told you our numbers were very similar!
Deletewith my first pregnancy i stopped looking at the scale at 205 lbs (and at that point i still had 3 weeks to go)! i gained over 65 lbs. when you're ready to lose the weight, you will. someone told me then, it took 9 months for you to gain that much so give yourself 9 months without being critical on yourself to take it off.
ReplyDeletei cried when i saw 200! i started to turn my back during weigh-ins at the doctors because it was so depressing! i don't really have a goal weight yet... just trying to see if can drop slow and steady... i am expecting it to take a year! :)
DeleteDon't be embarrassed. You grew a human being while dealing with your own health issues! And, you've had a lot on your plate the last few months. Give yourself some credit, love!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the 30DS, I've yet to make it through the whole thing!