Give Mommy Some Sugar....But Only in a Few Months

While I am officially at my 11 week post-baby mark, my body looks like it is locked at 11 weeks into my pregnancy.  Now I understand why it is so hard to lose that baby weight - for some like me, it literally feels attached with crazy glue.

Now don't get me wrong - I would not trade the 50lbs I gained for a bitch skinny body because I know those pounds were critical to little V's success.  In my mind, every pound was important.  And because I am 5'10, I carried it well.

So fast forward to today, and I still have 25 lbs to lose and I have been stuck in this plateau for the last three weeks. Now to be honest, it is not that I have been committed to the weight loss.  In fact, I have thrown caution to the wind and have been "pleasantly" eating.  Translation?  Haagen Dazs cookie dough ice cream is my best friend. Well sort of.  It prob takes me two days to finish a pint.  But you get the picture.

So this week I made a commitment to myself that I will drop the excess pounds and hope to rock a bikini by August when we head to Nantucket for our annual two weeks.  In order to help the process, I have posted a chart on our fridge for all to see to not only publicly out myself to all who come into our kitchen but to visually motivate me to stick to the plan.  J is also supposed to come along for the ride.  His high blood pressure, which was recently identified, is supposed to be his motivator.  As you can see below, he just got comfortable outing his weight......took him a week to post it.......he had not stepped on a scale for more than a year!

I think this exercise will also serve as a good role model for little V.  As a breast fed and formula fed baby (heavy on the latter), she is off the charts for her height and her weight.  However, I know this is temporary, since all babies do at the age is sit around, play toys with mom, spend a few minutes on their tummies and get carried around.  Plus, I love my buddha baby belly and know that once she hits that active stage, she will get to a healthy weight. And having a pair of good role models, who exercise and eat healthy should help that process!

Vanessa - 9 weeks old

 

 Vanessa - 10 weeks old

Vanessa - 11 weeks old