Heading in the right direction!

I'm super excited! The scale moved down this week!  WOO HOO!  I attribute it to two things:

Got the WAVE!

I love the WAVE!
It's a great low impact workout.  I can't wait to do the next DVD today!!!

New Stuff!

I'm going to try and get some pictures of my bedroom.  It's a mini home gym!  I'm so excited!  Yesterday at bought a kettlebell kit.  WOW!  It is SUCH a great workout!

I also purchased a Polar F6 Heart Rate Monitor.  It's AMAZING!  It tell me my heart rate at all times, calories burned, and when I'm in the "zone."  It can beep when I need to work harder and beep when I've gone overboard.  I enter my weight, height, gender, and age and it uses those guidelines to determine my best heart rate zone.  BUt, there is also a way to go in and do it manually.

The biggest surprise after doing a Leslie Sansone DVD was the my heart rate never even ENTERED that zone, which for me was 128 BPM.  I guess I'm in pretty good shape.  I did enter the zone during the kettlebell workout, but only for two minutes.  So, I am now aware that I need to be working a little harder.

I think the new WAVE I have coming will help with that.  Hopefully the Powerfit will too!

I just finished my oat bran with honey, cinammon, and blueberries.  Yummy and healthy!

Stepping it Up - Getting Heart Healthy and Working Out at Home!

The Dr. did some wellness blood work.  Overall, the results were very good!  I need to work on my cholesterol (208), LDL (127) triglycerides (159) and raising my good fat number as well.  Her recommendations were all vegan diet, using the American Heart Association's site for suggested grocery lists, their cookbook, and of course, lose twenty pounds.  In a way, it was nice to hear some feedback on my health because it has given me renewed vigor to take care of myself.

Since time is short as a new Mom I've been beefing up my home workout DVD's.  Currently, I have the following in rotation:
Denise Austin - Shrink Your Female Fat Zones
Denise Austin - Power Zone
Denise Austin - Body, Mind, and Soul

I seem to gravitate to the sculpting/stretchy videos since I workout at night after the baby goes to sleep.  I also like short workouts!  I try to get my cardio in during the day walking Ephram.

For variety and inspiration, I ordered the WAVE by the Firm and Power Fit by Stephanie Huckabee.

On the nutrition front, I've been eating oat bran in the morning with fresh berries.  YUMMO!  I add cinammin and a little brown sugar too.  Turns out oat bran is a super hero in terms of dragging the cholesterol out.  I've also been trying to new bean dishes:

• Zatarain's red beans & rice and black beans and rice mixes
• This Chili mix is FANTASTIC and only 180 calories in a cup!
• Bear Creek Navy Bean Soup
• Bush's Vegetarian Baked Beans (yummo)
• hummus and I squeeze fresh lemon on mine.  I love Sabra Hummus!

push ups and sit ups

OK, so one of the bloggers here is doing this 200 sit up challenge.  The same site also made a 100 push ups challenge.  Is this cool or what?  This is definably something I can do.  Last night I did the initial test and did almost 40 sit ups and 25 push ups.  I've been doing push ups often because they really do help my upper body, don't take long, and I can do it while baby is playing.

I usually try to save all my errands for when baby is at Mothers Day Out from 9 -2 on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  However, I end up with no "break" time.  So, today I need to run an errand and I am bringing the baby!  We are going after his first morning meal and poop (to much info?)  He's at the stage now where he is enthralled with stores so it should be ok.

I was really proud of myself yesterday.  My calories were definitely in the cool zone.  I think having the time off teaching and having more time to blog here is really helping!

Lest you think I'm not enjoying the baby! :-)

We have some videos up of little baby.  He is a blast!   .


I bought this book called The Winners Circle.  It's all about maintaining your weight once you have lost it.  Well, I still have more to lose, but I don't want to negate all the work I have done.  I swear, I think these two guys were checking me out at church today!  There are those little reminders that make me smile even though I have a 19 pound baby in tow.

I decided not to teach this summer and I am so glad I did.  It is so hard to get anything done.  My diet consists of Lean Cuisine, Healthy Choice, and Smart Ones dinners.  It's just easier that way and I attribute those calorie and portion controlled dinners to my weight not sky-rocketing.  I have so little time to cook and frankly, when I do have time, I want to sleep or watch TIVO. 

It's funny how this is the only place (other than my therapists office) that I can talk about PPD.  She keeps telling me not to be that way, Brooke Shields and G. Paltrow all came out about it.  Yeah, well they probably got a book deal! HA! Thank all of you for the support!

I found this website, I forgot the name of it, that showed womens bodies after having a baby.  Some were C-sections and some were not.  Anyway, there were these skinny minis whose bodies were totally wacked out in the hips and thighs after their C-section.  I finally didn't feel like the only one.  If the skinny, bikini, minis have to deal with it maybe there is some justice.  Oh I am being so bad today. 

Just popping in.

I so glad ashleyb is back!  WOO HOO.  Check my friends list...

As I mentioned before, I am struggling from PPD.  Currently they are working on my medication.  My therapist says my hormones can take up to an entire year to get "regular."  Yeah.  I agree.

This summer I'm not teaching which is a nice break so I can just be with the baby.

I lost one pound this week, but I thought I'd gained ten. 

I'll try to come back and write more later.

Losing Tone

So frustrated

I'd say I'm doing pretty well overall, but this week has been a complete disaster.  I feel so tired all the time and work just takes it out of me.  How long until being a 24/7 Mom and working feels normal?  I'm so used to having time to recharge from work.  How do I find time to recharge from work and being Mommy (without sacrificing my Mommyness).

I need to get a grip because I've been feeling the urge to binge like crazy.  I haven't had that in a long time. I hope I figure things out soon.

Some Crazy Stuff