On June 9 I had a little baby boy. He was born four weeks early. He had a lot of complications and ended up getting pneumonia. This little guy is a miracle though and is tough!
Today he is four weeks old! I am so lucky to have four boys it is so fun! Changing from 3 to 4 kids has not been as hard as I thought it was going to be. Adjusting to having the baby has been difficult. There is so much stuff that you need to take with you everywhere! Everything rotates around his schedule. he eats every two hours. Luckily I have a very good baby, and that makes the transition a little bit easier.
So I am four weeks out of having a baby and I thought I would have lost more weight by now. I only lost about 15 pounds after giving birth. That in itself is frustrating! After two weeks postpartum I started to walk every day and do simple yoga poses about three times a week. On three weeks postpartum we went on our first hike!
Today marks four weeks postpartum and my doctor told me that I can start to do more yoga and Pilates. I am still going to take it slow until six weeks. But today I am going back to clean eating adding more protein to my diet and low carbs. I can work out as much as I want I won't lose weight it's all in the kitchen I have to work on my diet. So for the next two weeks until I can start back in the gym I am focusing on my diet longer yoga sessions and longer and faster walks. I'm hoping to start dropping a little bit more weight. I don't have any pants that fit!!! We grew a large garden this year. I have totally neglected it and it is covered in weeds, but we are still getting some vegetables and my plan is to eat out of the garden as much as possible. Not only does it save us money but it is healthy and I know where the food is coming from! That's important to me. I'm going to stay around 1800 to 2000 calories, until I fully stop breast-feeding, and hopefully that's in about two weeks.
My last goal is to drink more water. A lot more water!!! I've been adding fruit and herbs to my water.
I want to get healthy again lower my blood pressure. Fit into my size 5 pants. Feel confident about my body. I go back to teaching The end of the summer. I want to be able to teach the classes with out feeling self-conscious, without getting winded, and to show other women that they can be fit after a baby. I want to be the example to others that life doesn't end after you have kids that you can still have the body that you want even if it does take more time and is harder to achieve. I want to show my kids that being healthy is important I want to live a long time and be around for my kids.
