Pregnancy Weight

Pregnancy weight is an interesting thing. You gain weight for 9+ months (mine was a few days shy of 10) eating almost anything (no beer or sushi but all the butter you could want). Then you work really hard to get the baby out and your body is tired, not only from pushing but from giving all the good nutrients in your body to the baby. So you lose the initial baby weight and some of the liquid weight right away but then you are stuck with what is left. Let me begin by saying it is 100% worth it… but who wants to be left with 20 extra pounds?
I wouldn’t mind so much if I fit into a single pair of shorts, with it being 100 degrees outside it seems like a necessity. So when you have a baby you are left with a stretched out body and zero muscles, starting to exercise is easier said then done. Add that to the fact that 99% of your time is spent taking care of the baby so you have to exercise you can do with him.
All that said… I am now motivated to lose the weight. Besides the shorts issue, I am going to the beach in August and while it seems like a while away, there are bathing suits involved in beach trips… I will need all the time I can get. Also, one of my friends has posted her weight on her blog in order to motivate herself to lose some weight. While I am not even close to as brave, I figured if she could do that I could give the whole weight loss thing a try.
Ryan and I now start our day by going on a long walk. We try and go for an hour. (I have also limited the number of cookies I eat). So far so good, Ryan likes to get out of the house and while he is sitting in the stroller so not getting much physical exercise, it does give him new sights and sounds which helps his mental development. I have lost 3 pounds so far which leaves about 12 to go to get to my pre-pregnancy weight and about 20 until my goal weight. If you don’t hear me talk about weight loss again it is because it isn’t going well, so hope for more posts like this for my sake!