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Okay...I"m going to tiptoe in here finally.
I learned with my last baby that trying to do anything but an easy walk before 3 weeks is just going to take me longer to recover, but this was also a way easier birth and recovery than my first two. After 3 months of "I just cant even" of being pregnant, I'm ready to think about what I want to do to get back into shape...which unfortunately means 20-25 lbs to get back to pre-baby weight (at least some will come off easy because I still have edema like crazy) and then another 20-30 I've been trying to lose for 4 years to get to a "happy" weight.
So here's my plan:
Eating: Actually start tracking what I eat and cut out the crap. I'm not trying to cut calories until breastfeeding is established, but making sure I'm consuming 1800-2000 calories vs say 3-4K is probably a good start
Exercise:
Start Couch to 5K again at the beginning of Dec.
Start a half marathon class at the local running store--I've done it before and the walk/run group is very doable for me now. It lasts til March. I don't plan to actually do the March half though (too hard with a 4 month old), but I have a goal to do the fall 1/2 class in the slowest all-running pace group and do the Dallas Half next December
Start going back to OrangeTheory in Dec 2 days a week until the weight loss challenge--then it goes to 3 days a week. I love OrangeTheory, but realize we probably cannot afford it if I quit, so I'm at least going to do their 6 week weight loss challenge that starts mid January. It was a huge motivator for me last year--I was in the top 5 women "losers." Haha and then I got pregnant and started over
It will be a TON of exercise in Jan/Feb but I know myself and if I don't have something externally motivating me, I'll dilly dally for 6 months losing nothing and wasting time.
Hopefully by the end of March, I'll have lost most of the pregnancy weight and have established some good habits going forward. My goal is for it to be "safe" for me to start buying some new summer clothes for my birthday at the end of April
I learned with my last baby that trying to do anything but an easy walk before 3 weeks is just going to take me longer to recover, but this was also a way easier birth and recovery than my first two. After 3 months of "I just cant even" of being pregnant, I'm ready to think about what I want to do to get back into shape...which unfortunately means 20-25 lbs to get back to pre-baby weight (at least some will come off easy because I still have edema like crazy) and then another 20-30 I've been trying to lose for 4 years to get to a "happy" weight.
So here's my plan:
Eating: Actually start tracking what I eat and cut out the crap. I'm not trying to cut calories until breastfeeding is established, but making sure I'm consuming 1800-2000 calories vs say 3-4K is probably a good start
Exercise:
Start Couch to 5K again at the beginning of Dec.
Start a half marathon class at the local running store--I've done it before and the walk/run group is very doable for me now. It lasts til March. I don't plan to actually do the March half though (too hard with a 4 month old), but I have a goal to do the fall 1/2 class in the slowest all-running pace group and do the Dallas Half next December
Start going back to OrangeTheory in Dec 2 days a week until the weight loss challenge--then it goes to 3 days a week. I love OrangeTheory, but realize we probably cannot afford it if I quit, so I'm at least going to do their 6 week weight loss challenge that starts mid January. It was a huge motivator for me last year--I was in the top 5 women "losers." Haha and then I got pregnant and started over
It will be a TON of exercise in Jan/Feb but I know myself and if I don't have something externally motivating me, I'll dilly dally for 6 months losing nothing and wasting time.
Hopefully by the end of March, I'll have lost most of the pregnancy weight and have established some good habits going forward. My goal is for it to be "safe" for me to start buying some new summer clothes for my birthday at the end of April
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