Like so many women I struggle with my weight! Now I am not a big size I admit that and most people would not in anyway consider me over weight. But I personally feel that it doesn't matter how other people see you if you don't feel good about yourself.
My current basic stats are as follows
Dress size: 12
Height: 5ft5
Weight in lbs: 150
I can't give my measurements as I don't have a tape measure!
Pre baby (he is now 15months old!) I was a size 10 and weighed 130lbs and ideally that is what I want to get back to! Now i am not making any excuses for my low motivation however I do suffer with awful migraines which have got worse since I had a car accident a year ago, as in the car accident I damaged my back and fractured my collar bone. Everything is now healed and fine but as I had a traumatic labour to my poor body has taken a massive battering in the last 15 months!
The steps I am taking to try and shift my mummy belly are as follows;
Less carbs (I am a carbaholic! So this is very hard for me but I have found courgette noodles a god send!)
Less junk food
More exercise
Now all of that seems very easy but with a very demanding little man and being his sole carer time is a big issue! I know everyone who is into fitness and clean eating says there is always time well I disagree! I already prep food where possible, that just something I think a lot of mums do, but not everything can be made in advance and when you have a nearly toddler who has very clingy days and won't let you leave the room without crying you make the quickest thing possible (usually toast or a packet of crisps!) so all I can do and have been trying to do is my best! Eating as healthy as I can and continuing to prep, but if I do have a day where I grab a bag of crisps I am not going to beat myself up over it!
Now exercise, I love the gym but it means someone else has to be watching my child (no local gyms provide crèches which really really sucks!) it's all well and good saying take him for a walk in his pram, that's great if he was happy to stay in it! Oh no we like to walk now we can and let's be honest when a walk around the block takes 40 minutes on its own at the pace of a snail it's really really not productive! I also find trying to do a work out at home impossible! Trying to do press ups while ur child is climbing on your head is motivation killing! If he would just stay still long enough I would use him as a weight but no chance of that happening!
So all I'm trying to say is that of like me you are trying to loose weight but congrats up against lots and lots and lots and lots of obstacles keep going! I know it's hard but if I can keep trying anyone can!