Hey mamas! I wanted to update you all on what I’ve been doing and where I’m at now that I’ve hit the six month postpartum mark. First off I have to say that these last six months have flown by!! I honestly had so many huge fitness goals that I was hoping to hit by this time but operation “get my body back” is happening a little bit slower than I had planned.
Getting used to being a mommy of two has been a lot harder for me than I had anticipated! Most days I really want to eat healthy but the only thing I have time to eat are my toddlers leftovers and most days I really want to workout but by the end of the day I’m too exhausted and overstimulated to even think about working out. When I lost the weight with my first baby I had SO much time on my hands to do it. For three months I worked out six days a week (sometimes twice in one day) to get fit. There is no way that I have that much free time to spare this time around!
If you follow me on Instagram you know that I now fit into my pre-pregnancy jeans…your girl is movin’ on up! I am still far from my pre-pregnancy body though…and if I’m being totally true to you, I will say that my body will never fully look the way it did before my pregnancies. Am I okay with that?? Completely! I am loving the bigger hips and learning to love all of the other parts. But I will get back down to my normal weight and I will have a rocking mom bod and it will happen soon. (Okay now say that to yourself in the mirror every morning!)
So here is the technical part: I weighed 187 pounds when I delivered my son. At two months postpartum, I was weighing 154 pounds and I had already lost about 33 pounds. Now at six months postpartum I have lost another 14 pounds and I’m weighing 140. My body is slowly toning and parts are starting to feel tight again but I still have a little gut around my midsection. I have 15 pounds of baby weight left to lose.
How have I lost 14 pounds in the past four months? Well although my current eating and workout regimens aren’t flawless, I still have not stopped striving to live the healthiest lifestyle that I can! Every week I push myself to workout AT LEAST two times a week (on my good weeks I’ll do four times). For my workouts I’ve been doing a lot of dance fitness! I also make sure to add weight lifting in there so that it balances out all of the booty shaking cardio. I eat when I’m hungry and try not to overeat. I make healthy choices for my meals but I don’t deprive myself. It’s all about finding a healthy medium that works for you!