Current Diet and Fitness Routine - BBG

I started reading about Kayla Itsines' BBG program when I was still pregnant. I saw so many girls join together to start #thekaylamovement on January 5th. Their energy was contagious and I so badly wanted to join in. The workouts are VERY intense though and I knew it would be safer to start after I gave birth. :)

(http://www.kaylaitsines.com/products/bikini-body-guide-1-0)

At 4 weeks postpartum I started the Pretraining Program. Kayla recommends you do 4 weeks of pre-training before beginning the BBG especially if you have just given birth. The pretraining was very challenging but it felt so good to break a sweat and get those endorphins. It really saved me from the baby blues I had been experiencing and gave me a taste of being my old self again.

I am now finishing Week 1 of the BBG so I am technically 5 week in to her workouts. They are so hard and I am sore for DAYS afterwards. On the first workout, I really thought I was going to pass out. I had to take so many breaks! I was dizzy and wanted to throw up. Now, if I get enough sleep the night before, I LOVE THEM!

I started tracking my calories using MyFitnessPal again. I wasn't sure what a good number was to start since I am breastfeeding and was still establishing my supply. I started with 2200 and after a few weeks of that I lowered it to 1900/day. I try to focus on eating whole, unprocessed food and getting in the right ratio of fat/carbs/protein. On Sunday I let myself eat anything I want.


My awesome mom got me a Polar A300 Activity Tracker for my 30th birthday along with the FitBit Aria scale I've been wanting. It's definitely a luxury item since it uses my WIFI to sync with myfitnesspal and uploads my weigh ins.

Since I've started working out, my weight loss has slowed. It actually went UP for the first few weeks (building muscles again) and now its starting to go down just very slowly. I'm okay with that since I don't want to do anything that will hurt my breastmilk supply. I want this to be a lifestyle and not a quick fix.

I started working out weighing 131 and went up to 132..now I am around 130. My first goal is to hit my pre-pregnancy weight of 121 but my final goal will be to be my wedding day weight which was 115. If I feel more fit at a higher weight though, I will be happy with that. It's more about how you look and feel than the number on the scale!

My hubs has been working out with me and while he is on his ship. It's great for us to be united in our healthy lifestyle goals and will be so great for our girls to grow up where that is the norm.