When I first had my daughter I was super motivated to lose the baby weight. I did end up losing the weight, but then I started slacking and skipping workouts. Slowly but surely the weight started creeping in again. The week before I had to attend some blogging conferences I was in a dressing room trying to squeeze into what I thought was my clothing size. Talk about a wake up call! I’m all about giving yourself grace in this area and don’t feel it’s healthy to obsess about the numbers on a scale. However, I know what a healthy weight is for me and I know when it’s time to buckle down.
So I decided that after the conferences (hard to start with all the yummy food there!) that I would give it a serious go. So when I share my successes (or failures) here, it’s to hold myself accountable and track my progress. If through this process you’re inspired to join, awesome! I could certainly use some workout buddies. 🙂
Along with the new workout, I’m also following a modified Paleo diet which I’ll be sharing in a future post. Today I’m only sharing my current workout plan. Now this will get harder as time goes on, but for now I’m really happy with the results I’m seeing.
Workout Plan
30+ minute run with my daughter (3 times per week)-
This is my favorite and most relaxing workout. I’m doing this more for conditioning and don’t expect major weight loss results from it.
30-40 minutes of strength training
I’m currently doing the following exercises 3-4 times with 15-20 reps each some with a set of 10lb dumbbells:
Squats
Dumbbell shoulder press
Bicep Curls
Straight Arm Pulldown
Sumo Squats
Hammer Curls
Chest Press
Overhead Triceps Extension
Standing Crunches
Push-ups
Tricep Dips
Lunges
Although I’ll occasionally go to the gym, I find that with the nice weather I prefer to workout outdoors. So far I’ve noticed that I have lost inches from my waist, hips and thighs. How much? I have zero clue since I forgot to measure myself when I started this workout. However, my clothes fit much better than before and I noticed that my energy level has been way up.
I also wanted to share two free workout printables that you can use to help you track your workouts and goals. I had shared these in my previous blog, but wanted to share them again with my new readers here. Simply click on the links below to download.
Click to download: Monthly Workout Plan
Click to download: Monthly Workout Record
My goal is to simply be healthy and fit, but please know that this little girl was worth every pound gained. 🙂
Are you still struggling with post-pregnancy weight? If not, how did you lose it? Please share and help a girl out!
I stumbled across your blog via Pinterest and had to take a look around. Your baby girl is so adorable! I can understand how difficult it is to stay on the right track with fitness, especially with children. If you ever find yourself needing an extra boost of motivation or accountability, I’d love to have you in one of my monthly fitness groups. Lots of love, support, and inspiration from ladies who all have the same goal- to be more active, positive, and healthy 🙂 Would love to connect with you! happyfitness44@gmail.com or facebook.com/lgriff44.
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Thanks for sharing the goals and monthly sheets. Your little girl is simply adorable!!!!
I’m with you– I was determined to lose the weight after both my boys and actually was in better shape after babies than before! However, weight has a way of creeping up here and there, and I’ve ignored the few extra pounds I’ve put on over the last year or so.
so THANK YOU for this motivation–it’s just what I needed and, as a visual learner, I LOVE the printables, too! –now I’m looking forward to getting back into shape and regaining some of that energy that comes from taking that extra time to just get up and move 🙂