Kick some butt!!

If you want a few tips let me know — I don’t have the EA sports active {totally want it though} but I’ve found some good general tidbits over the course of my challenge.
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I suppose I’ve been the smaller one of the group since college, but I remember being envious of Jen’s small frame when I first met her. I’ve always had an athletic build, but I packed on the pounds after my first child. I didn’t even notice, and my husband was nice enough to not mention it. When I saw the pictures from Christmas of 2007, I knew something had to change.

I got pregnant right before that Christmas, so I totally could have been bloated, but I looked terrible and weighed close to 180lbs. Luckily, I didn’t gain ANYTHING during that pregnancy, and dropped 20lbs after I gave birth. I quickly put 10 back on, making me an unhappy 170lbs.

Over the past year, I started roller derby, which provides a great 2 hour cardio workout 3 days a week. Unfortunately, the pounds were not coming off. Jen told me about how calorie counting was working for her, and I started to count, but wasn’t too committed to it.

My family hosted a woman from Finland for a weekend in June, and she changed my life completely. She did a body fat (pinch test) analysis and told me that my insulin production is way out of whack. She said that I’m close to diabetes and I need to cut out most of my carb intake. This means eating more meat, which I don’t like the thought of, but I’m sucking it up and doing it. She also recommended I take good quality multivitamin and fish oil supplements three times a day.

After changing my diet, I felt so much better and had more energy, but I was still having trouble with eating too much of the wrong stuff. I bought an iphone last week and downloaded the “lose it” app. I just click a few buttons to add my food and excercise. Ta Da! 10 lbs lost in one week.

I’m so happy, and I can’t wait to lose another 20. My goal is to be closer to 140 lbs and to do more ab workouts.

I know you know my story – but the readers probably don’t so I’ll hash it out here quickly – my family is always really, really skinny until like mid-twenties or so – so I never had weight problems as a child or teenager. I was SKINNY but and this is a big but, I had terrible eating habits and never worked out. So when the other shoe dropped (college followed quickly by my first child at 23) the weight came on fast. I gained 20 pounds in college and another , um, 80 I think, with my first pregnancy. After my son was born I was around 220 lb. and didn’t have a clue what to do about it. I tried a lot of exercise ideas but I don’t like exercise so I didn’t stick with anything – likewise with dieting.

It wasn’t until a few months before getting pregnant with baby #2 last fall that all of a sudden I figured myself out – because my husband figured HIMSELF out and I couldn’t bear to be the only fat one in the relationship. We started counting calories which sounds so ughhhhhh but – it works. The math makes it easy. It takes a bit of dedication but with all the online websites out there to help get you started and help you look up how many calories are in this unmarked thing – it’s easier than you’d think. I don’t even use an online log since I’m home all day, I write it all out by hand – which means my math is getting better, too.

As for working out – walking actually seems to work the best for me but I also started using the Wii Fit which I love. The problem is – I got pregnant – so the amount of workouts I can do has steadily decreased. Right now a couple walks a week is probably all I get in (unless you count the fact that we live on the 3rd floor of our apartment building). BUT I am fairly confident that after I’ve had this baby I’ll be able to kick this fat to the curb. As for weight gain in this pregnancy? I’m due July 21 and I’ve gained about 4 pounds so far. Quite the difference, no?
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