Get my "Before Mommyhood" body back!

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Welcome to my online journal!:D

My goal is to post each morning the results of the previous day. This way I can't just say "Oh and I'll have lean chicken and a salad for dinner and run for 20 minutes tonight" and then pig out and sit on the couch and watch TV!

I am pretty active. I enjoy running (treadmill or outside) and have reached many running goals in the past. I was in a really good eat/exercise pattern until last October. I had surgery and could not exercise for 6-8 weeks. This crippled my habit forming routine. Then the holidays came and I vowed after each one that I was going to get back to my routine. Well, here it is almost a year later and I'm now making this commitment! (Better late than never) ;)


I'm a mom of 2 children (6 and 2) and I also work full time. I want to get back into the pre-mommy body I had 6 years ago..

I eat pretty well and have been using Fitday.com to understand exactly what I eat and what to change and make better eating choices. I have been trying to get my intake to 40% carbs; 30% Protein; 30% Fat but I am still working on that. I'm also not eating enough calories a day and know I need to work on that too.

My guilty pleasure is ice cream! and snacking at night! I have controlled these for the most part, but have had nights where I over indulge!

My days are pretty full so my exercise plan includes most of my workouts to happen at night (when the kids go to bed). I will be incorporating Cardio (running), Strength Training and HIIT into my week.

I will need some help getting my stats posted. Not sure what to measure or how to calculate BF%. For now I can say that I'm 5'5 and weigh 135 and looking to get to 123. My hubby is getting a huge promotion in December and I want to reach this goal by then! :eek:

Julie
 
Good luck and welcome to the forum.
 
Welcome to the forum. The people on this forum are very helpful. I am also new and have found these people to be very helpful and inspiring. Good luck.
 
Welcome! I'm also a mommy - I have 3 kids (8, 5.5, almost 3) and it's so hard to get that body back isn't it? I wish you all the best!
 
Thank you all for welcoming me!

Yesterday was pretty good day.

B- Oatmeal + 1 cup of Skim milk
S-12 Almonds
L-Chicken Caesar wrap
S- 12 Almonds
D- 1 cup Pasta and 1 cup Broccoli
S- Cheese stick

I drink only water between meals, noting else! I have never been a soda drinker. I do like a nice cup of ice coffee once in a while tho!
Fitday.com has me only at 983 calories! I know I need more, and I need more protein. I will focus on that today!

I ran on the treadmill last night for 25 minutes. I would have done longer but I really wanted to watch a new show that started @ 9:00 and the kids didn't go to bed till after 8:00.

Feel free to offer your own experience/advice to help me reach my goal!

Julie
 
The chicken caesar wrap looks good. I might have to try one. Did you make it or did you get it from a restaurant? When I go out, I always try to eat salads when I can. If I can't, I order the kids menu.
 
She,
My job has a great cafeteria with a great salad bar and many healthy choices. I sort of created this wrap on my own. I get the lettuce and add some Caesar dressing from the salad bar. Sometimes I add crutons too! The grill chef grills me a chicken breast and puts is all in a wrap sandwich for me! YUM!

I'm not sure what I'll get for lunch today??? I don't know what I’m in the mood for, but I know it's got to have a lot of protein...I've been lacking that!
 
welcome...

I would like to get to 40-30-30 myself... the only time I get there is when I eat a good protein source at each meal.

good luck and BTW... you may want to look at

It discusses something called fullness factor... it may help you with managing cravings... or helping you eat more... I found the website to be a very usefull tool...
 
Yippee, I did not give in! :D A person at work walking around with cake come up to my office…
Her- would you like some of Jane’s birthday cake?
Me - No thanks!

Normally I’d accept! Yup I can do this!:)
 
Yippee, I did not give in! A person at work walking around with cake come up to my office…
Her- would you like some of Jane’s birthday cake?
Me - No thanks!

Normally I’d accept! Yup I can do this!
Click to expand...

That's the first step.
 
I completed another great day! :)

B- Oatmeal + 1 cup of Skim milk and 2 egg whites
S-12 Almonds
L- Small turkey burger with cheese on whole wheat bun and some tomatoes/mozzarella salad with fresh basil and olive oil
S- Dannon light n fit smoothie
D- 1 cup macaroni w/ sauce and 1 small meatball
S- cottage cheese and celery
Fitday shows I hit Carb 42%; Fat 29%; Protein 29% and 1279 calories! Much better than the day before!

Workout:
I completed 5 intervals of slow 4 mph pace jog for 1 minute and then running at 8mph for 1 minute. I think I should be sprinting at a faster pace because I felt like I could. Since it was only my 2nd time doing these I decided to keep it they way I was going.
I did strength training and focused on the abs and lower body. I also did sets of 30 jumping jacks between each new exercise. Feew..I was tired! ;)
 
I really tried to push the protein today!!

B- 2 slices of wheat bread toasted with Peanut Butter and 2 egg whites
S- Dannon light n fit smoothie
L- Chicken, cheese and tomatoes in a wrap
S- Small wheat pita and some hummus
D- Roast beef, potato and veggies
S- 100 cal snack pack

No workout today.
 
I was off on Friday and the weekend flew by. I did pretty well in eating, but not too much exercise. We went to a wedding on Saturday and I danced a lot tho.

I'm trying to get myself to eat cottage cheese. From other posts I read, it's an acquired taste! :) Last night I had it with some triscuts...I know, should have been plain but I'm slooowly working my way to liking it that way!

I also went grocery shopping last night and got all kinds of good stuff including wheat pasta and ground chicken.
I'll have to check out the recepie board to look for some good recipies for ground chicken!
 
If you want a quick supper, I would cook some pasta, mix the chicken up in the sauce and put it on the pasta. That sounds good.
 
Yesterday was a great day! :)

B- 2 slices of wheat bread toasted with Peanut Butter
S- Dannon light n fit smoothie
L- Turkey, Provolone and tomatoes in a wheat wrap
S- Was too busy at work to even thing about a snack!
D- I made mini pizzas with spinach, cheese and tomatoes
S- Hummus and wheat pita

I ran 3.5 miles yesterday. I hate to admit that my motivation was the 2 over weight people on the treadmills next to me. :eek: All I could think was, if they can do it, I can do it! :D


She, thanks for the ground chicken idea. I’ve also been to some websites that allow you to search by ingredients and have found lots of different ways to prepare it!

-Julie
 
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