I'm back!

HELLO AGAIN!!!

It has been a while since I have posted anything -- 9 months to be exact! I have been a bad fitness blogger! But I was having trouble being fit, so I couldn't really keep up with a fitness blog. In case you missed the big event, I was pregnant, and had my sweet little man on March 10th. I was pretty sick for the first half of my pregnancy with nausea so I was barely able to eat, much less exercise. Then after I finally got better, I ended up with Gestational Diabetes. I had to eat more healthy, but it was such a pain trying to keep up with my food and blood sugar that I didn't feel like also keeping up with the blog. I still didn't feel like exercising because there were a lot of days that I was super tired or that my hips hurt from the baby's position. Those days I was lucky just to make it home to the couch, lol! So, now that my little man is here and I have recovered from labor & delivery, I am ready to get back to it!! It has been 6 weeks now, and I have been cleared by my doctor to exercise again. I am committed to being healthy, not only for my sake, but now also for the sake of my son. I want him to grow up with good values when it come to being fit and healthy. I also want to be around for a while, so I need to live a healthy lifestyle.

So, how am I doing right now in the healthy department? Well, I have started walking some days (when it's nice and I'm not too sleep deprived), and I would like to start back to running soon. I am not eating super healthy, and I am eating a TON. But I know that's normal since I'm nursing...well the eating a ton part is anyway. I need to eat better but it's hard to resist temptations when I'm so tired. Not that I'm making excuses, but I'm just laying it out there. As far as my weight goes, I only gained 23 lbs during the pregnancy, and I have already lost 20. I wish that I looked like I only had 3 more lbs to lose though. My stomach is still flabby, but with exercise I know that will firm up.

What is my plan? I don't have a great plan yet, other than to just try in general to eat better and get in more exercise when I can. I want to do a 5k sometime fairly soon, but I have to work back up to that. I plan on both exercising outside in my neighborhood, and also using my elliptical machine when I can't be outside. I want to lose the last little bit of my pregnancy weight, and also lose about 5-10 lbs after that. So I would like to get rid of up to 13 lbs to get to my "happy weight".

I hope that you all will enjoy following my journey again and that you will gain insight from what I post. Also, feel free to leave me comments with topics you would like to read about or what you think of my posts!! Yay for getting back in the game! :-)