"It's Going Down...I'm Yelling Timber!"

Oh my goodness.

So I didn't work out Christmas Eve...or Christmas Day...in fact I "took this week off" as in I decided not to weigh myself since it's the holiday and all. Plus I have Christmas Eve traditions I just can't ignore...see Nana's cut out cookies, gumbo, and Meet Me in St. Louis. But I learned something in this mini break.

I hate working out.

BUT!

I totally love it.

I'm for serious. Hello contradiction!

Today was a cardio heavy workout and for some reason, I've kind of skipped them this month....cause I sort of prefer pounding away on the elliptical. I don't know why...I feel more accomplished for some reason. Maybe it's because I can see the super high estimated calories I burn on the screen or something. But I did almost all of it tonight (hello, I'm still way out of a shape I've never been in!). But then Ke$ha and Pitbull's new song came on..."Timber"...and I'm all like it's on!

Shit is totally happening this time! I can feel it!

I will make people jealous of me. Oh you better believe it.

Gosh! I feel so good after a workout!

When Life Hands You Lemons, Make A Baby!

So this happened:

Yep. I'm serious.

I went back and looked and my last post was February 5th. Almost exactly 8 months later, this little button arrived. Her name is Rinoa and she's pretty much the most awesome thing ever. And looking back at the totally emoness of that post...my mood totally makes sense to me now!

I had thought about posting some in the midst of pregnancy, but it obviously never happened. And that's ok. Because really I think it would have messed with my head some. And pregnancy messed with my whole get fit mentality enough...I didn't need any extra help.

My pregnancy itself was pretty easy, I guess. But the first trimester totally killed me. All I did was sleep and think. For the first month I got super depressed. I had these grand fitness plans that were deliciously outlined in my very first post. And then I got pregnant and I couldn't push myself anymore. I got terrified of everything. And then my morning sickness, while it wasn't bad, I had zero appetite up until halfway through my second trimester.

But this pregnancy taught me a lot about my body. My body is seriously capable of being fit. I'm not sure what the final total was...I haven't weighed myself yet...but I'm pretty sure I never went over the 30 lb mark of preggo weight gain. I didn't blow up like I was always afraid I would.
 

 Above was probably about 10 weeks

 This was 37 weeks

This was about 4 weeks Post Partum

At 8 weeks, I still have some of the original baby bloat. My appetite was still on par with my pregnancy metabolism, and since things have slowed down, my body hasn't finished adjusting yet. And I'm ok with that as long as I finish adjusting here soon.

I'm still debating on whether or not I'm going to weigh myself. I may just do this all based off inches and appearance. But then I need to figure out a new reward system...which for some reason seems daunting. And while I might not have this all completely gone 

3 weeks later, I changed my mind! I am weighing myself...While inches are nice to go by, I couldn't figure out how many inches to lose...so I stuck with weight. Cause I know how much I need to lose and it's just waaaaay simpler.

I'm rushing right back into losing 50 pounds by Phoenix Comicon again. And I know I can totally do it.

Luckily I was able to get in with the #fullbodymakeover over at blogilates.I'm following her workout calander to the best of my ability and I'm following her 12 week meal plan, which is daunting, but is forcing me to try new things. I've already made homemade banana pancakes, crepes, and tortillas!

I'm feeling fancy up in here.

I'm 3 weeks in right now with 2 weeks on the meal plan. I have already lost a few pounds and inches and I'm getting way stronger a lot faster than I thought I would, which is so awesome. I psyche myself out a lot, thinking that the end is so far away and I'll never see progress. But I'm sure I'll start seeing it soon! It takes 4 weeks for me to notice, right? And my stretch marks are already looking more pink that red/purple!

My first hurdle is 10 pounds...I always seem to lose steam super fast after 10 pounds...that hurdle is fast approaching.

I promise to update this way more often!