I became particularly interested in fitness and nutrition after having my first son in 2004. I was quickly wooed by the "when you're pregnant, you eat what you want" philosophy and didn't really think past the pregnancy part. I ate enough food for two or three hungry, grown men and really enjoyed it. Ha. Fast forward to February. I delivered a 6 pound, 11 ounce baby and came home weighing about five pounds less than when I went in. Really? How does that even compute? At any rate, I had about 50 pounds to lose. People told me that it would melt off because I was breastfeeding. Um... yeah. Not so much. When baby turned one and I started nursing him less, I knew the time had come to get serious about my body. I refused to be a woman who became a mom and let myself go. I started controlling my portions, making healthier food choices, and exercising at Curves for Women three times a week. In turn, I began to see how the body responds when you give it what it needs. I steadily lost about 10 pounds per month and, by June 2005, was back to my pre-pregnancy weight and size, but with more muscle tone than I started with.
Since then, my journey has just evolved. At first my objective was just to lose weight and look good in my clothes. Now my goal is health. I have learned that when you nourish and respect your body the way it was intended to be, not only will you settle in at the weight you are intended to be, but you feel awesome!
In other news, on this week's agenda:
- Try out a bread machine recipe for spelt bread
- Figure out something I can do with the almond pulp I saved after making almond milk (it just seemed wrong to throw all that protein-y goodness down the drain, so it's sitting in refrigerator limbo at the moment)
- Start growing sprouts - I have broccoli and alfalfa seeds just waiting for me to get my hands on them... I don't know why I haven't forayed into this before!
- Hit up Whole Foods for some brown rice protein powder... I'm trying to gravitate away from so much soy and I've been mainly dairy-free for several weeks now, so whey protein is out too
- Get back on my regular gym schedule - I have a kid who just started first grade and I've been feeling under the weather, so things are all kinds of screwed up in that department
Peace out for now!
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