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Look at those thighs, so cute!!!
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If you are easily offended about talking about weight and losing weight please do not read on, just enjoy the pictures and not the text. I actually thought I was quite funny but I don't want to lose any family or friends over this post!
Now for the second part of my blog, what happened to me? I found this picture from 2 years ago, man I would give anything to get back to that size. I hope I have the opposite problem then Addison has, I want to keep getting smaller while she keeps getting bigger :) I had to post this to motivate myself! Don't mind the glowing on my face, I wasn't pregnant we were just at a Graduation in a gym in the dead of summer with NO AIR CONDITIONING, I think it was like 102 degrees that day! Ok so I picked out worst possible pictures but I mean look what a huge difference it makes in my face and my arms. I don't feel the need to be skinny, really I just want to be healthy, I remember when I lost 30 pounds doing weight watchers I told myself I'd never let me get big again, because you feel different, I don't feel well all the time, I'm tired, groggy and grouchy. Please tell me someone else feels the same way? I hope no one gets offended by this I'm not saying I'm fat, I just need to lose this extra weight, it has almost been 6 months!!! Just to end it why can people call my baby fat and say how cute she is because she is fat with all the rolls on her legs and her big gut? Why can't it be the same for us, why can't I get so excited when someone says Jillian you look so good with that spare tire around your waist oh my gosh you are getting so big and so cute and look at those thighs you have so many rolls on them oh that is darling. Why should I be offended by that, I don't get offended when people say that to Addison. Please share with me how you all lost your baby weight.
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8 comments:
JIllian your not fat. And I wouldn't be a good one tell how I lost my baby weight. 3 kids and I still look the same if not worse. I think you look fine. Just get healthy and hopefully the rest will follow. Genes are a curse at least your not built like your dad!
Here's my weight loss advice for what it's worth! I go to the gym every morning at 5:30 and work out. I run an average of 15-20 miles a week and do weight training 2 days a week. I try not to eat a lot of junk and I haven't had a pop in about 3 years (with the exception of Christmas I had a couple). I don't obsess over being a certain weight or size. I exercise because it makes me feel good and it has great results! Don't be so hard on yourself. Everything comes in time. And believe me I know that genes are a curse!
First of all you are entirely too hard on yourself. Who came up with the idea that you should look pre pregnancy within months of having a baby? Many women do not lose any of their "baby" weight until their baby is a year old!
When you have a newborn premmie baby you are lots more tired. Unless you have been through it you can not understand. It is perfectly normal to be too tired to exercise. Make sure you eat right and drink lots of water and start out real small with the exercising. Five minutes three times a day to start and then work up from there.
Eventually you will be able to exercise more, and then if you eat right it will all go back to normal. I am not saying it is easy, but if you keep working at it you will feel better and then it will get a little easier.
Enjoy your time with Addison, she won't be a baby forever. You cannot believe how fast they grow up!
Honey I so feel your pain. It took me a year to get back to my pre-baby weight. It is harder then I ever thought it would be and honestly I am really reluctant to have another one because of it. I used weight watchers to help me get back down too. But on the bright side you do have a beautiful baby and you will get back to a comfortable weight it just takes time. I think you are beautiful in all 3 of those pictures!
I loved this post, I've had this conversation so many times. "Why do babies look cute when they're rolly poly but I don't?"
I call it the battle of the buldge. With Hailee I really started losing the weight at about the year mark and that was mostly due to exercise (vigorous exercise)and no dieting.
With Lexie it has been quite different, she will be two next week and I am still trying to lose those last 10 lbs and I just don't think they'll ever budge. I feel like I've done it all from diet to starve to run my butt off (at least try). It's just a rough ordeal....so I say, "Welcome to Motherhood"! LOL...
I feel your pain. I remember right after Eli was born that I was surprised at how "small" my stomach was compared to the bulge it was when he was there. Well, since we moved from Rexburg right after that, you aren't aware that my stomach stayed that "small" for the next 8 months! Oh yeah, there were tears of frustration. Finally, I literally shoved my preprego swimsuit on and had Jeff take a picture. NOT A PRETTY SIGHT, but it was motivational for me and then I could eventually see my progress! (And no one will ever see that picture but JEFF AND MYSELF!) Anyway, the point of my rambling is this: The weight you gain to have the little miracle in your arms doesn't melt off like a little miracle. It takes work and TIME, which is the hard part. Eli is 1 1/2 and I am just getting used to the idea that we will have another one sometime that will cause my body to change again... SCARY! In the end, we all know it's worth it. But it sucks to look at the old pictures. Honestly, I think you look beautiful. You are gorgeous, fun, motivated and full of spunk. You can do whatever you put your mind to. What helped me is a group of friends that were in the same situation as me. We started playing church basketball, church floor hockey, and "weighing in" each week like at weight watchers. A couple of them joined weight watchers and a few even bought the P90X workout DVDs. (THEY ARE TENSE workouts, not that I would know from personal experience though!)
Take the time for you that you need. As a mom, it's hard to realize that it's okay for you to take time for yourself without feeling guilty. You deserve to feel good about yourself. Good Luck!
LONG POST, I know. :)
Stacy
As if my comment wasn't long enough...
I just reread your post, and I wanted to let you know that I too was frustrated with being tired and grouchy so much. Honestly, I had to be FORCED to leave Eli with Jeff at night once a week to work out with the girls. That helped a lot, and he had one night a week that he went out to work out with friends too. We worked out together other nights with a LOT of pushing from Jeff. I would get so frustrated with him when he told me I needed to work out, thinking he was telling me I was fat (true, even if that's not what he was saying). By the end of the workout, I felt a lot better though. Also, a girls night once a month was so helpful. It gave me the chance to talk to other girls about exactly what you are going through now. Our girls nights were simple. We rotated whose house it was to be at each month, brought healthy snacks and just talked until about midnight. Fun and very motivating. I set up a lot of work outs on those nights!
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