random bloggyness

first off, my weight loss and getting healthy journey is going AWESOME! i've gotten to the point where I look forward to working out each day. it's my me time and i feel so much better and have way more energy when i work out! so, as of yesterday i will have been working out and eating healthy for one month and i have lost 11 pounds! plus, add that with what i lost before my foot injury and that brings me to 17 pounds in all! to reach my short term goal of being at my pre-pregnancy weight by seeley's birthday i only have 5 pounds left! so woot! i have a little over a month so if i can lose what i did this month that means i'll definitely make it and maybe i can be skinnier than i was to start with.

this brings me to my next thought! seeley's birthday is in a little over a month! seriously though, where did time go? i LOVE watching seeley grow and learn new things and everyday he makes me smile and laugh with the new and funny things he does, but part of me is a little sad to say goodbye to this stage. recently he's gotten pretty snuggly and i absolutely love it and it makes me sad to think that some day he wont want to snuggle and give me hugs and kisses. i probably don't mean it, but i wish he could stay where he is at now! he's gotten a little more independent and will walk around and keep himself busy, but every 15-20 minutes he comes back to me, snuggles, gives me some love, and then off he goes to play again. then again, i seem to say this about every stage! it really is fun to see him do new things and see him develop a personality.

so let's see, what else? everything for me and rey seems to the be the same.. rey working and school, me taking care of my cute lil man.. all i can say is i'm so excited for summer! rey has decided to take the summer off from school and is planning on working a ton, but since he'll have no school he wont have homework which will mean when he's home we'll have good quality time. i can't wait to play outside, go swimming, go on hikes, maybe go camping! seriously, i'm just so excited for this summer and to have some good ole family bonding time.

lastly, i know this is bad since i'm trying to eat healthy, but rey and i saw a new cupcake shop open down by our walmart and then saw that they won cupcake wars so we went there and OMG! best cupcakes ever!!!! we tried two of the flavors that they used on cupcake wars to win and even though they wouldn't be flavors that i'd normally go for they were so yummy and i can see why they won! we even got a few other flavors and yum!! i think this will be my new guilty pleasure! the one good thing is, instead of doing a weird fad diet i'm just doing some good ole calorie counting and somedays i have tons of extra calories so those will be the days that i may splurge and get me a yummy cupcake!

Getting Healthy!

So as I mentioned back in January I really wanted to lose some weight! I got to a weight that I just was not comfortable with, and honestly I just felt gross! I hated looking in the mirror and I hated seeing pictures of myself. I started working out, and doing a little bit of watching what I ate. During the two weeks that I worked out I was able to lose 4 pounds and a couple of inches here and there, but then I ended up hurting my foot which put me out of the game for about 2 months, so that was a major bummer! Although, somehow during those 2 weeks I lost two more pounds. Rey thinks it was because since I was working out hardcore for those two weeks it got my metabolism going again. I dunno, either way, it felt nice! Well, the other week I felt like my foot was healed enough and I went and bought a nice pair of running shoes and got back to working out. This time I didn't want to phone it in and really wanted to do this so I started eating super healthy and calorie counting along with my workouts! Well, my first week back working out I lost 3 pounds! woot woot! My weigh-ins are on friday, but I couldn't help myself and checked my weight this morning and was down another pound, which means.. I have lost TEN pounds! awesome right?! My goal is to be at my pre-pregnancy weight on Seeley's first birthday, and as of right now I'm 12 pounds away from that, so I think it is totally doable! After that my next goal is to get down to a healthy weight. Now, I don't want to be super skinny, what i want is to be at a healthy looking weight. In all honesty I'd love to get down to a size 8. Right now I'm so dedicated and I truly think I can do this.

When it comes to weight loss my biggest problem has always been food! I just love to eat! Well, on my journey to become healthy, it hasn't been that long and I've already come to realize how much food I was eating that I didn't even need to eat. Since I've cut back on calories and have been counting every little calorie I've never once felt hungry like I assumed I would. I was basically just eating to eat. When i was bored.. I ate, when I was watching tv, I snacked. Actually, now there are times when I'm not even feeling hungry but I eat a healthy snack so I can make my calorie goal since I have to eat at least 1500 calories a day since I'm still breastfeeding. Seriously though, Pinterest has become my new best friend and I have found the yummiest food, and to top it off it's healthy! Also, the book Eating for Life has been a lifesavor too! Eating for Life has the best recipes and it's all from stuff you have around your kitchen, not weird ingredients that you've never heard of. It also gives you the correct portion sizes which is awesome. Tonight I made a pita bbq chicken pizza and it tasted EXACTLY like california pizza kitchen's and it was only 200 calories a pizza! I love that I can eat good, eat what I want, and still lose weight! It's definitely been easier than I thought it would be and I can't wait to really see the results of all this hard work!