Halfway There!!!

When I was at my heaviest pregnant weight, I was appalled to realize that to get back down to the weight I was after doing WW, I would have to lose 70lbs. 70 lbs!!! How did I get so heavy? I gained 27 lbs during my pregnancy, but I started off too heavy to begin with. I decided to blame all the weight on pregnancy and look at it as losing the baby weight. Breastfeeding has also helped me.

Well, six months after H's birth, I am halfway there. I have lost 35 lbs and I have 35 more to go. (Ok, I've really only lost 34.5 lbs and have 35.5 to go, but let's not split hairs.)
I was at my heaviest weight ever when I got pregnant. I tried to do WW, but I was so depressed after the miscarriage and so angry that I wasn't still pregnant and just wanted to be pg again that it wasn't working for me. Actually, I think I gained a huge amount of weight right after the m/c from depression.

I hope to have the second 35 lbs gone by H's first birthday. 7.5 more pounds and I will be at my WW starting weight from six years ago. Not bad being 7.5 over my WW starting weight from so many years ago and a baby to boot.

I have been getting up and going to the gym at our apt. complex every morning and doing 20 min on the elliptical trainer. I really like it, but some idiot broke the A/C controls and it's been in the 90s here. There's also an indoor pool in the gym, so the air gets really hot. I look at it as more weight to burn from the heat.

I'm trying to not focus on the weight loss, but how good I feel. I feel like a teen again. My body doesn't ache, I'm developing more muscle, and J notices I've been teasing and flirting with him. All around, it's a good thing. Plus, it gets me some "me" time without baby.