Since today is day one it is also "Weigh Day". It is also time to set my first goal !

Starting out I am 5'4" and weigh 193
Healthy weight for someone my height is 115-140. So for now my end goal is 140. That may change as I see how well things go.

My first goal is 12 pounds by April 30th. Thats about 6 weeks and 3 days. If I lose 2 pounds a week I can meet the goal. that is easily attainable and healthy even while breast feeding. I know I checked with my sister :o) I made my first goal for 6 weeks cause I want to lose a good bit by the time Justin gets home. After this I'm not sure how I'll set my goals.

My tip for today is ... drink lots of water. I did because it is good for the breastfeeding and it turns out I ate so much less. I've always heard that sometimes when you get the munchies try a drink you might actually need that not food. Apparently they were right. I munched a lot less when I sipped a lot more.
Sorry, I'm on a time crunch and still formulating exactly what to do so I promise from now on the tip section will be better. :o)

Today was soooooo hard not to give in to my emotional eating. There was a pan full of brownies and I was very down and missing Justin badly. It would have been so easy to give in and justify it but I didn't. YAY me !!!! Those brownies were calling my name loudly though. LOL !

For exercise I'm going to start with riding my recumbent bike twice a day and when I'm doing well with that I'll switch it up to 1 video workout and one bike ride daily.
Calorie intake... When I did a consultation with my sister before getting pregnant with Colt we decided on a calorie intake of 1400-1500 to lose weight. Once again since i'm feeding the little guy I'm gonna start with the higher number and then add my 300 extra breastfeeding calories. That gives me a total of 1800. I'll play with this number as I go if necessary.

So "the skinny" for today is...

No exercise. I had some projects to finish and they took all my free time that the baby didn't demand. Plus I slept in. I couldn't sleep last night. I've never spent a night without Justin so it was hard.

Breakfast: Life cereal and skim milk plus a tangerine and 8 0z of Gatorade 250
AM snack: Apple 75
Lunch: crunchy peanut butter on whole grain and glass of skim milk 420
PM snack: pretzels 130
Dinner: Healthy Choice balsamic chicken dinner 400
Dessert: 2 Kashi dark chocolate oatmeal cookies 260
Daily Total 1,535

I was short on my calorie intake today so I guess it's ok that i missed working out. However since I'm breastfeeding I really need to make sure I meet my calorie quota. I'm gonna have to add about 300 calories. The trick is making sure they are not empty ones. They need to nourish me not add weight since the only reason I'm adding them is to feed my baby well.

I feel like I'm off to a good start ! Here's to setting my first goal and hopefully achieving it!!

Peace
Steph