Bouncing

Ugh. I assumed once I was finished breast feeding my body would bounce back to it's pre-baby form. My body is bouncing, just not in the way I expected it to. When I sit down, my stomach flops over the top of my pants. It reminds me of Levi squeezing playdo through his fingers. Not a pretty sight.

The Last-10-Pounds Syndrome. I exercise daily, I eat healthy, but those pounds cling to my body. After eating a whole bag of Kettle chips the other day (C'mon they're baked. Delicious and nutritious.) I decided it was time to re-evaluate my healthy lifestyle.

  I exercise daily but sometimes don't work up a sweat. I am not always challenging my fitness level. I've been doing mostly cardio and not weights. I snack a lot. A Cheddar Bunny here, a whole bag of chips there, nom, nom, all day long.

I've made up some new goals for myself. I'm going to exercise for one hour, everyday, and make sure I work up a sweat. I've also force my butt back to the gym to weight train. I avoided the gym all summer but winter has finally settled in.

Everyone I know who has successfully lost weight has done it through Weight Watchers. Hold the phone, I'm not signing up, but I am using the power of Google to calculate points. Calculating points is a very useful tool. It's amazing how points add up if I am not eating healthy foods. For example, I made banana chocolate chip, whole wheat pancakes this morning. A nice treat after porridge EVERY SINGLE DAY. That ate up a lot of my daily points. Oops (but sooooo good!). I'm going to incorporate even more fruits and vegetables into my diet and drink a lot of water.

Only time will tell if these are the changes that need to happen but dang it, I want my clothes to fit me again!