My weight loss journey: End of week 1

     Since I gave birth to my daughter 4 weeks ago, I've completely avoided doing any exercise but at the beginning of last week, I felt strong enough to start some light exercise. I weighed 176 pounds when I started and I worked out for 30 minutes for 4 days during the week using Leisa Hart's Fit mama postnatal workout DVD.  I also did some bicep curls using a 5 pound dumbbell. Today, I weigh 183 pounds (83.2kg), my waist measures 37 inches and my hips 42 inches!

     Is it muscle gain or I'm adding more weight? I must confess that I haven't really controlled my food intake but that's one thing that I find really difficult: restricting the amount of food I eat. I can't help going for seconds and 'thirds' when the food is really tasty!
     Although I'm not breastfeeding, I'm pumping and expressing milk daily. (My daughter has refused to breastfeed but I want her to get the benefits of breast milk!) I thought that would also accelerate my weight loss but I guess it's not. I wish I could use some weight loss pills but I can't because it would be in the breast milk and I don't know what sort of effect it'll have on my daughter. I don't think I'm ready to find out what!

9th January 2010

9th January 2010

      This week, I'm going to really work on my eating habits and I hope to work out for 5 days this week. It took 9 months to put this weight on and so I don't beat myself down too much, I'll give myself at least that amount of time to take it off!!