OH BABY!

I hope you all had a wonderful Halloweekend!  Ours was quite busy!!!  Although I did eat some candy I also tried to balance it out with lots of walks and sit ups!  (We will see Wedneday how balanced I kept it!)

Well, today's post is really more about baby weight- namely, mine!  I FINALLY called the midwife's office to see what I weighed at my very first pregnancy appointment, and quite frankly, I was SHOCKED!  Seriously, shocked!  In October 2007, at my very first OB visit, I weighed 210 lbs.  Until I just heard the nurse on the phone say that, I was completly and totally under the impression that I went into pregnancy weighing 160ish lbs.  (I guess they are smart enough to not spend too much time on the weight process when you're supposed to be gaining!)  HOLY MOLY..  I am still pretty shocked as I just called about 10 minutes ago! 

I know what you're all thinking, so, how much did she gain throughout the entire pregnancy...  DRUM ROLL PLEASE-  The day before my water broke, I weighed in at 261 lbs. in June 2008.   For those of you doing the math, tht is 51lbs.  (Wouldn't it have been great if all of that came off when the baby came?!)  At my post-partum appointment in July, I weighed 226.  So, only 16 lbs. more than my starting pregnancy weight and only 3 lbs. more than my starting Weight Watchers weight! 

Reality check for the day, I think so!!!

Lots of people are starting to ask when we will have another baby.  Well, my current weight is 194 lbs.  Which, is 30 lbs higher than what I actaully thought my starting pregnancy weight was!  My other response is, if I have a baby now, I will just put all the weight I lost right back on.  If I continue in my quest to lose, I will be a healthier pregnant person, but I will also worry less about how much I gain when pregnant.  The idea of gaining weight right now, even to grow another human is horrifying to me!  So, I will continue to work my butt off- literally, I hope!!!  And we will see! 

So, for those of you living in weight denial, like I apparently had been for quite a while even before becoming pregnant, step on a scale, it may just be the motivation you need to get moving.  If I had made this phone calle 2 years ago, I might have already become a much thinner person!  Now, that I know those weight stats, I'm REALLY proud of the progress I've made since committing to lose!  29 lbs. since comitting to lose, 66 lbs. since baby, oh- and I am 15 lbs. lighter than  when when I got pregnant with Dillon!

Have a fabulous week!