She believed she could so she did!

Going strong on this side, but hectic time restraints so blogging is a huge luxury at this moment. Will update soon on all the happenings since September!

A setback is a setup for a comeback!

Okay, so with birthdays, party planning, sleep deprivation and taking care of hubby, house, 1 baby, 1 very active boy, cat and dog I lost focus during July and forgot to take care of ME, the one that needs to keep everything together.

So August is get-your-shit-together month for me. I restarted my tally as you can see on the right hand side. I restarted on 89.9.... Yeah I know...big gain in one short month of not focussing...not fair but what is done is done.  After two weeks of hard work I'm down 1.9 kg again and I'm on my way again, this time with a much stronger sense of determination and I have asked for some extra support from people I know I can count on. This helps me a lot.

Before pictures and measurements taken, so watch this space!  September is a brand new challenge, I will blog about it later when I know more, but I signed up for a 30-day summer challenge.

So yes ---} A setback is a setup for a comeback!{---

On my way again!

So I had my weigh-in this morning...I'm happy with the result and I think it proofs that I carried some water weight at my previous weigh-in. At least I'm getting somewhere and I'm on my way to breaking the 80's!

Pre-Preggy weight: 85.3 kg.
End of pregnancy weight: approx 94 kg.
Last weigh-in: 88.3 kg.
Weight this morning: 85.8 kg.
Loss for this weigh-in: 2.5 kg.

I still haven't done any other exercise besides walking. My little one is giving me all my days with crying bouts because of reflux and cramping, so not a lot of free time at this stage, but I'll get there.

500 Grams to go to reach my pre-preggy weight at the beginning of September!

Operation "Break the 80's" starts today!

On the 27th of May I gave birth to the most beautiful baby girl. I'm so blessed and I am so chuffed that my dream of having a VBAC came true... Good thing because I worked very hard at it! My goal for my pregnancy was to limit my weight gain and thanks to my fear of having another c-section I managed to succeed and picked up about 9 kg in total. Last week I came within a kilogram from my pre-preggy weight, but thanks to constipation (tmi, sorry), bloatedness and almost a week of binge-eating (especially over the long weekend) when I weighed in this morning I am now 3 kg away from it... I can kick my bum!

So now my first goal is to get back to 85.3 kg ASAP... Am now 88.3 kg. Then my next goal is to break the 80's and get as far away from it as I can.  This next leg of my weightloss journey starts today and not a day later!

How? I am going to gradually go back to the Paleo way of eating. For convenience-sake with a newborn I say gradually... For the next few weeks I'll eat mainly Paleo, but will include: oats, full cream milk, full cream yogurt, potatoes, peas and a tiny bit of peanut butter.  

I am not sure about exercising yet as I have not had my check up yet, only on six weeks post partum. But I think I will continue to do some walks and maybe start playing around with my kettlebell. I am dying to start with Kettleworx, but think I should get the all clear from my gynae first. That and the fact that I spend most of my days in pajamas still... Life with a newborn and breastfeeding is hectic! No excuses though!

I am ready for it, bring it on!

Proud!

Right at the end of my pregnancy, so I thought it's about time for a bit of an update on this blog wrt my weight and health while I wait for my girly to be born.

Pre-pregnancy weight was 85.3 kg.  And did a Reboot at the beginning of my pregnancy, and that together with the nausea from my morning sickness helped me to get down to 83 odd kilograms, can't remember the exact figure.  Yesterday weighed in at 93.8 kg.  So I'm up about 8.5 kilograms from my pre-pregnancy weight.

I can't help but feel proud of that!

I did get worried at a certain point when I gained more with this baby than what I've gained at the same point with my little boy, but some or other way I got the strength since beginning April to be really strict with myself - and I have not gained any weight since then.  I only gained a bit while sick, but managed to lose it again quickly, so I think it was just my weight fluctuating due to medications and not feeling well, and also not drinking enough water.

Must admit, it was hard... have not had any chocolate for a very long time... but I focus on the fact that I want to desperately have a Vbac and have to keep my weight and baby's weight in check.  So I tried my hardest to keep my eye on that goal.

I am sure with the help of Paleo, maybe lacto-Paleo, breastfeeding and a strong will I'll lose my pregnancy weight quickly.  I just hope I find the energy while taking care of my newborn and juggle the rest of my family...

Next goal after losing pre-pregnancy weight is to try to get as close to breaking the 80's possible - hopefully in time for my sister's wedding in October!

Fingers crossed, really need to bounce back from this pregnancy quickly so that I can continue my weightloss journey.  It's really important for me to reach a healthy weight range, I have been working on it for so long. I need it for me, I need it for hubby, and I need it for my children.  I'm way past it being for the sake of looking good - it's for the way I want to feel from the inside. I want health, yes!  I want fitness, yes! I want to feel energized!

Update :-)

Okey dokes, it's been 4 months since I wrote anything on my weight-loss blog.  Perhaps because there was no weight-loss, just preggy weight-gain.  I'm not handling the weight-gain very well, at all, even though it's baby-weight.  But I don't think it's all baby-weight as it literally feels like my bum is growing by the minute.

I really felt bad this morning when I stepped on the scale and I'm 7kg+ up and still have 11 weeks of pregnancy to go, and now it's the time that I'm really going to gain fast as baby is putting on weight.  I do remind myself that it's normal, and not to be too hard on myself, but it's not always easy.

So this morning I decided to take a bump pic and put it next to a bump pic from my first pregnancy and I felt so much better.  The progress I made is not gone.  All hope is not lost.  My fighting spirit is back!













Forward we shall go!  My plan of action is to take every day as it comes, but try my best to make the healthiest choices possible and go for more walks.  Then once baby is born, we'll take it from there... still unsure if it's going to be a c-sec or VBAC - which will determine how fast I can start exercising.  Thinking I will stick to Paleo as far possible, but include full cream dairy, but we'll see.