Losing weight after pregnancy!!

 After I had my daughter losing weight was the least thing on my mind. I had only gained 30 pounds during my pregnancy and it was the only time in my life I seem to have eaten clean. My life was never about clean eating. I only cared to eat clean during my pregnancy.

After I gave birth things changed. It was then, I started to eat unhealthy. It seems a little more difficult after you give birth. You're always tired and always hungry. It even hurts to walk and sometime sit. I know I was in an extreme amount of pain. I had several trips to see my doctor because I kept swelling up. My husband decided that he did not want to cook so fed me fast food. Everyday I had pizza, bread sticks, chicken wings and all unhealthy foods you can think of. At first it was not a problem for me. At the time he worked at a pizza place so he got discounts which made it alot easier to afford the pizza.

Eating fast food became a lifestyle for us. When I started breast feeding it made me feel hungry all the time so The more I ate.

Five months after having my daughter, I was standing in front the mirror with an orange dress. I remember thinking oh wow I look like I am 7 months pregnant. My stomach was bigger than what it was when I was pregnant. It was embarrassing. I had no idea that I had gotten that big. I avoided a mirror every time I saw one. After seeing how big I had gotten  had to do something about it. That is when I decided to go on a diet and to do something about my weight.

I started out with the special K diet. It failed for me. It works for some individuals but for me it failed. It was just to little eating. It failed because I ate alot. extreme portions. So trying to do a special k diet was not enough food for me. Then I tried the salad diet. That diet just had me frustrated all the time because I was always hungry. It was not enough calories.

Then I saw the insanity commercial and thought up to 30 pounds in two months. I knew I wanted to do the insanity workout program. But at the time I could not afford it.
I decided to change my lifestyle and not go on a diet but instead change the way I eat completely. In order to have changed my lifestyle I had to change my mindset. I had to change how I thought of food and change the way I view healthy. In order to succeed at weight loss and to maintain that weight you have to change your perspective about food in general. Some people see it as the enemy but it can be your friend.

I decided to throw out all my whites and replace it with whole grain or whole wheat. Whole grain was always my first choice. I did whole grain bread, whole grain tortilla shells, whole grain pasta, whole grain rice, whole grain cereals, whole wheat crackers anything whole grain or whole wheat. I started doing egg whites and I switched out my bacon to turkey bacon and also did turkey sausage. I started using skim milk but after some time decided to switch it out to almond milk and I also do soy milk. I like my soy milk with my protein shakes. I started to add fish into my diet and did ground turkey instead of ground beef. It is so much healthier for you.

But switching my diet was the first step and then came the working out part. I did not have insanity yet but I started with doing small exercises a day. I did some ab workouts. I also did jumping jacks, started trying to do push ups and I also started youtubing videos for ab workouts and other exercises. I did some light running and walking. I did 100 squats a day, I did 100 lunges a day as well. I also would just put on some music and dance around the place. I did alot of walking.
I started measuring out my portions. I would always do half a cup of starch for dinner, 1 cup of vegetables and 4oz of chicken, meat or fish. I measured every thing out when I ate. I always did 1/2 cup of oatmeal with water, 1 cup cereal and 1/2 cup milk, 4 egg whites and 3 pieces of turkey bacon, salads for lunch, or a sandwich, or stuffed tomatoes with tuna and a little bit of mustard, or a chicken ranch wrap but I only use 1 tbsp ranch , or a lettuce wrap so I had a variety. Eating healthy never has to be boring.
But in the end after a month or so I did insanity and lost 46 pounds in two months. I went from 180 pounds to 134 pounds. All in two months. I felt amazing. I made this change a lifestyle change.

You will fail a few times maybe 10 times but never give up just keep going. Cry if you have to. Scream if you need to but keep going and never stop and as you go it starts to become something you love and seek to do rather than something you hate.