Week One Diet Report

Have you ever seen such a sorry looking refrigerator? Literally the only things in here are vegetables, fruit, grilled chicken, and various forms of egg.  I'm starting to have dreams that I'm eating french fries, and even in the dream I feel guilty about it.

Needless to say, we have survived Week One of the Diet.  I had no idea that the hardest part of this whole thing would be giving up sweets.  "I'm not a big sweets person," I told myself.  Except for the chocolate chips I put on my apples and peanut butter in the afternoon, or the brown sugar cookies I make weekly, or the coffee cake that we just HAVE to have on Saturday mornings, I really am not a sweets person.  Okay, so apparently I am.  I miss my cookies and treats much more than my dinnertime carbs.  But at least I get this little bald-spotted sweet:

Sorry, I couldn't resist.  Lila has been a real trooper with the change in diet.  She loves sleeping on our morning walk/jog, and she hasn't even complained that she now has ridiculous amounts of gas because of my heavy vegetable diet.  Sometimes at night I listen to her on the baby monitor just talking to herself and tooting away.

My favorite new thing that I tried this week was Zumba (thanks for the advice Alli!).  Katie and I went to the Matt Ross Community Center for some $5 Zumba on Saturday morning.  I really enjoyed myself except for the fact that I had to leave to go to the bathroom 20 minutes in.  Apparently after having a baby, you can't jump around anymore.

Johnny and I are both down a few pounds and eager to see the end of the next 23 days (but who's counting?).

Losing the Baby Weight

Apparently in France, women only put on 20-25 pounds during their pregnancies and lose it within the first few months.  Well here in America, we like to go big.  I certainly did with my pregnancy.  Overall, I believe that I put on 45 pounds.  Almost three months in, I have lost half of it (though 10 pounds was Lila herself), and I'm having trouble losing the rest.

So we have decided to take action.  Johnny, being the supportive husband that he is, and I have decided to do a month long shock to our systems starting Monday.  We got the idea from my mom who has done it before at her gym, Infinite Fitness on 133rd and Roe.  Here are the general rules:

• No carbs after 1:00pm (and only one serving before that)
• No sugar at all
• 3-5 servings of protein a day (meat, fish, eggs, etc.)
• 3-5 servings of veggies
• 45 minutes of vigorous exercise 6 days a week

I've already told Johnny that I get to cheat on my birthday as well as when we go to Silver Dollar City with our families (funnel cake? yes please).  We bought a scale; Johnny bought a bike...we're ready to go.  You might not want to talk to me for awhile.