Man, Oh man! Have been been waiting for this day. I finally have SOME progress on my post baby body. After months of trying to do it alone, with no success thanks to birth control, I finally saw a doctor. And thank goodness I did. My doctor put me on Phentremine, which I had heard many good things about. I started on Oct. 3rd weighing 183 lbs (after 2 months of dieting, I started at 187), now I am 174.5! that is a huge success in so little time. Now, it doesn't do all the work for me, like some people would hope a diet pill would... but it actually helps my hard work pay off. I still count calories, avoid sweets, and work out regularly. I am so excited! If I continue at this rate I will be at my goal weight (145lbs) in under 6 months!

 

Post-Pregnancy wardrobe

I have been doing research on post pregnancy attire... and it is exhausting to say the least. As I mentioned in the last post, I have been dieting, so I am not exactly looking to spend tons of money on a new wardrobe. ESPECIALLY because stores in the mall to not have ANY clothes that can be flattering that post baby belly, the shirts are too short and pinch in ALL the places I'd like to hide from the world for at least a year. How do you balance not wanted to spend tons of money on clothes that will hopefully one day be to big, and not wanting to feel like crap wearing sweats and your partners t-shirts... comfy... not cute.

The following links were amazingly helpful... anddd they made me feel a little better to know I am not the only women out their pulling my hair over these little things. If only you could see some of the other women I know who have recently had children, they look like SUPERSTARS.

http://www.whattoexpect.com/first-year/week-3/what-to-wear.aspx

http://babyfit.sparkpeople.com/articles.asp?id=1008

Enjoy mommas, expecting ladies, or anyone really!

Bringing Sexy Back

Man, if anything makes you have post-partum depression it is your own self image. I cannot even describe how hard it is to be soooo excited to get to wear your clothes again... and a bikini... only to find out they still don't fit. And as soon as you hit the six week mark to be able to hit the gym and calorie counting... they pop a birth control in your mouth and BAM. Hello to ten more pounds. And those beautiful lucious locks you got from pregnancy? All the prenatals in the world won't keep the post pregnancy hormones from turning that into a dry disaster. Forgive my ranting. 

Stretch marks, Cellulite, sagging, you name it. Every womans nightmare.. and I got it in one clean swoop. But I am not going to let that drag me down! I have started a work-out. I have taken before pictures, and I plan on taking after pictures. I just hope it doesn't take me as long as some other women. All I have to say is I am super jealous of all those women out there who have multiple children and might aswell model for Victoria's Secret. But I think it will feel AWESOME to have really worked for it.