Witness my fitness - post #3

Today my sweet one month old woke me up after a long night in a long line of consecutive long nights at 2AM then finally 5AM to nurse again.  Not unusual morning for me but while my sweet boy is still asleep and after nursing so is my sweet girl I'm heading to the bathroom to get a few minutes of Mommy time.  I even got fifteen whole minutes which is a lot!

During Mommy time at least two mornings a week (or as much as possible) I'm measuring my waist and getting on the scale to see what if any change my fitness plan has caused.  Taking measurements a little less often would show bigger change but I already have a large amount of change to hold in my mind because right now I've lost 33lbs and 10 inches from my waist which sounds like a lot in just 6 weeks but I still would like to go 30 more pounds and 10 more inches over the next 6 months to a year.  A lot of articles I have read states jumping on the scales plus measuring your waist area are keys to a successful weight loss program to keep you motivated.  It certainly does keep me on my toes especially last post pregnancy workout if I started to see my numbers climb I started to try to pin point reasons the scale might be tipping in the wrong direction so I could change what I was doing!  However I do find once I really start working out harder and muscle tone starts appearing again the scale number does go up a few pounds which I do not worry about because I know that is my body saying I'm really on the right track.  One of my personal trainers explained since muscle weighs more than fat that will happen when good muscle tone starts to develop!

Again weight is just a number but it is a good tool to show progress!  Last post pregnancy numbers held almost to the exact weight loss numbers as this time and I was back to pre pregnancy weight by 4 months however this time I started out 18 pounds heavier due to 6 months of hormone therapy with 6 months of fertility treatments to get pregnant plus all the stress that goes along with all of that.  Also last time by about 8-9 months out I had even shattered my pre pregnancy weight and got down to college weight which actually didn't look good on me anymore see the photo below. Therefore this time I'm going to try to maintain what I call wedding weight because it was just right and in line with a more healthy look plus feel for me!!  

Here you can tell I was too thin at 110lbs as we prepared to hike: