Around the time I started doing aerobics I got pregnant again. I started aerobics and weighed 193. I was really nervous. I had worked so hard and made so much progress I hated to see it all go by the way side. I was determined to continue to follow the Zone diet and to exercise as much as was possible & safe. I steadily lost weight the entire first trimester. Some of that was nausea, but a lot of it was determined effort. I would either do the treadmill or aerobics every morning and then at lunch time either do the bike or treadmill for another 30 minutes- so most days I was exercising 2 X per day!
On December 30, 2002 I weighed 173 pounds and I was 12 weeks pregnant! I had lost 28 inches in the year 2002- AMAZING!! I felt so good, so happy.
I continued to exercise and eat a healthy diet. In my opinion, the Zone diet is a healthy diet for anyone. It is a balanced approach to eating and is totally safe, even when pregnant. In the second trimester I started to slowly gain weight. I tried really hard to not freak out about the number on the scale. Thankfully, I continued to take measurements and I could see I was gaining in my bust and tummy and still losing in my arms and legs.
Greg was born at 36 weeks 3 days and my top weight was 190- the weight I had begun all my other pregnancies! As much as I was scared to see such a high number again- in all truth, on paper, I had lost 3 pounds for that pregnancy- even while still pregnant! I started at 193 and my last pregnant weight was 190. At 8 days postpartum I was 184. At 15 days postpartum I was 175- I was feeling pretty encouraged at this point. Sadly, this is when Greg's colic started and I am afraid I went back to medicating myself with food. Also, having had a C-section, it wasn't like I could rely on exercise to give me a boost at this point.
By 6 weeks postpartum I was 177. I started to diligently walk on the treadmill. I desperately needed those endorphins to get me through my days and mostly the long nights of endless crying. By 9 weeks PP I was down to 174 and at 12 weeks PP, I was 171- 22 pounds less than I was when I got pregnant! I just kept at it and kept at it.
December 31, 2003 I weighed 164 pounds! WOW! I had come a long way. I had gone from wearing a size 22 in January 2001 to a size 10/12 in December 2003! I looked like a different person- and I was. I was happy. I wasn't even at a healthy weight yet- but I finally wasn't completely embarrassed by my appearance. I was no longer morbidly obese, just obese. :/
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