The D word

The time has come to get back on the Diet Train. 

At what age do your babies have to be before "baby weight" just becomes "weight"? Asking for a friend.

Oh wow guys. Pregnancy did me dirty. I mean, from what I understand, I did pretty good. I didn't get any stretch marks and I had a minimal weight gain, both times. But for whatever reason, I have been the lucky winner of NOT being able to lose weight while breastfeeding. In fact, I actually GAIN weight. It's like my body plays catch cup, and the extra 15 pounds I was allotted to gain in my pregnancy and didn't gain, I make up for and gain AFTER pregnancy. 

Super cool. No, not really. The only thing super are my jeans, super tight. 

Ten years ago I had gone to my grandmother's 90th birthday party, after dinner she pointed to my tummy and asked "is that a baby in there?". Nope. Sorry Grams. Not pregnant. I didn't think anything of it at first because my Grandma would always say coo coo bird things. I usually could laugh those things off with a big "Oh Grandma" but that time it really bothered me. A few weeks later my so called "fat pants" were too small. It was then that I knew it was time to change things. So on a Tuesday evening in February I joined weight watchers. 

I remember stepping on the scale and being so upset by the number I saw. I swore to myself I would never be there again. I was hugely successful and ended up loosing close to 25 pounds. I was just a few pounds shy of hitting my lifetime goal when I got insanely busy at work and stopped going. I was able to keep all of it off until I became pregnant with my daughter. 

And now, I am there again, at the weight I swore I would never be again. I am trying to not be too hard on myself. I grew two babies, and made food for them from my body. Yes, I gained all of the weight back but it was for a very good cause. 

But I had my babies, I made them their milk, They are no longer babies but now a kid and a toddler. So it is time. It is no longer baby weight, it's just weight and I am ready to be rid of it. 

I joined WW again two weeks ago. It hasn't been so bad. Turns out it's just like riding a bike. And I am already down 4 pounds. 

I'm pretty proud of myself but I'll save my victory lap for when my favorite jeans are not cutting off my circulation.