The first year was a no-brainer because I was about to pop. Losing weight was the farthest thing from my mind. In fact, if I remember it correctly, that was the month I was beginning to gain a lot of weight due to pregnancy. I was 7 months pregnant then, and before that, I think I only gained around 15 pounds. By my 7th month, tuloy-tuloy na ang pag-gain.
On the other hand, the second year was a Godsend for me. I honestly thought I won't lose all the pregnancy weight because I've been
So I felt smug. I could eat like a construction worker and not gain a pound - at all! I even lost pounds just by lying or sitting down and feeding Yuri. Here's a photo; I think Yuri was 8 months here:
Pardon the kagigising-lang-face. Just look at those arms.
I weighed just a little over 50 kilos then, which was a lot less than my pre-pregnancy weight. It may be heavy for some people, but I certainly felt lightest! That time was heaven because I was losing even more weight each month for the first year of Yuri's life. I was even scared I'd go too thin so I ate a lot. Ong yobong yobong.
Until one day, I hit a plateau. I didn't lose weight anymore. I thought to myself, okay, let's just keep it steady at 50 kilos. I know the reason I wasn't losing weight anymore was that Yuri was eating table foods already. Still, I didn't make any conscious lifestyle changes. I still didn't lessen my food intake nor did I do decent exercise. I tried to depend on what was left of my breastfeeding to keep me from gaining too much, which I thought was fine.
Isang araw, nagising nalang ako sa katotohanan.
The past year, I knew I was fatter than I was the year before, but I wasn't bothered. Okay, I might have been in denial. As long as my clothes still fit me, I was still fine.
A few weeks ago, Yuri and I went to his pedia to have his last shot. The secretary had to get his weight. Since Yuri wasn't cooperating, what we did was we were both weighed first then I was weighed, and the results were subtracted. Alas, I already weighed 56 kilos!
Uh-oh.
The gameplan: Count calories and exercise daily.
As much as I would like to tell you that I'm already exercising, hindi pa eh. I'm still in a stressful transitional point regarding work and not in my working momentum yet. I need to adjust myself to a proper schedule pa before I can seriously exercise. I do try to squeeze in some informal moves, though.
What I'm doing now is counting my calorie intake. As a breastfeeding-toddler-WAHM, I couldn't afford to diet. Nor do I have time for juicing (although I'm really curious). What I can do now is count my daily calorie intake, which works because I become aware of what I eat.
How it works? I downloaded an app to my phone. Any app would do, I guess, but I chose one that has an offline food database. I don't have the patience to wait for a list of foods to load. I wanted to lose weight just gradually, and the program recommended I take 1200 calories daily. Take note that this is based on my height, weight, and other information.
This was my first setting, but I tweaked it because I know it's unhealthy for a breastfeeding mom.
I guess calorie counting is effective for me because of my competitive personality. I always see to it to eat lower calories than I did yesterday. Of course, my level of control is still low, so I really need to exercise. Here's a photo from Bianca Gonzalez's Instagram account:
Doable? I hope so! I hope to be able to lose weight this year. More importantly, I hope I adopt a better lifestyle for the long-term. Cheers to a healthier lifestyle this 2014!
I intentionally posed in front of a frosted mirror para blurred. The point is that I'm fatter now!
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
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