So after reading the Skinny Bitch,I became a vegan. Literally,after reading the first chapter.
However,after I became pregnant,everything with the name tofu was making me crazy,so I had to give up tofu sour cream and cheese. And thus,a vegetarian was born.
I thought,if I am vegetarian,that will automatically make me thinner. Alas,something did happen,but not the change in my weight. All my health issues disapeared. Like GERD,stomach pains,etc.
And now,that I am battling the worst weight gain ever (all the fat left over from the twins),I decided that drastic measures are in order.
I am going out all public in my journey of loosing weight and getting my pre-preggo body back.
The Beginning
I begin with a whopping weight of 154 lbs. My height is 5’2″,which makes my BMI at 28.2 in an OVERWEIGHT category. This is 9 months after Twin’s birth.
I wasn’t all that skinny before preggo –at 135 (BMI 24.7 –just at the end of normal range). And before I quite my corporate job,I was a nice 125 lbs.
Where I want to be
I will take back 135 lbs in a heart beat. But,as we are all told,weight is only a number. What I want is to get into the jeans at a department store that zip up! Preferably size 4. I want my arms to stop flopping around like a Thanksgiving turkey. I want my belly to look more like a nicely polished Miami beach than a mountain of glob.
How Am I going to get there?
First of all,I am going back to the Pre-Pregnancy portions. It took me 7 months to realize,that I kept eating as I was still pregnant with twins. Mind you,breast feeding burns calories too,but it should not be an excuse to keep piling up those plates fully. Beyond the portion sizes,it was time to say good buy to ice cream,sour cream,cheeses and all other other goodies that us (vegetarians) pig out on.
Second,time to exercise. And not those little misery 15 minute walks they tell you in all “after-pregnancy”magazines to do. It’s something,but most definately not enough. You got to blast it,and blast it good.
Third,is a habit to be friendly with alcohol. Not an alcoholic. But for someone with so little exercise and so many reasons to slip up in the food department,every extra 150 calories will add another 150. Then the next morning,I feel like I haven’t slept more than 2 hours. Translation? Alcohol makes you tired. Tired bodies bring tired minds. And tired minds breed laziness and resistance to exercise and nutritious healing.
How long will it take?
No idea. The reason I am here,is because 9 months of trying took me nowhere. Still fat and ugly,still in pregnancy cloathes and still avoiding department store fitting rooms.
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