I wanted this first blog to be an introduction and set up some expectations and rules for how I plan this experiment to go.
First, I am not expecting overnight results, and no one should ever realistically expect to lose the amount of weight I plan on losing in any quick time frame. I am hoping to get down to a mid goal of 150 by November and my final goal weight of 135 by February or March. I will not be taking any weight loss supplements. I am trying to make sure that I am eating a more balanced diet and cutting out the junk food. My husband and I have moved more toward a vegetarian diet but we include seafood.
Second, this is not a crazy diet exercise plan. This is simple mathematics. I am keeping track on what I take in and what I put out. It is calorie counting and making sure that I am being more active with what little time I do have.
Daily I plan to put on here what I ate for the day, and the nutritional break down of my meals. At times some calorie amounts will be estimates to the best of my knowledge. I will also place the activities that I have done, and the estimate amount of calories that were used for those activities, and the differences between the two. Just a note, with the activity totals for the day, I have included the amount of calories I have estimated to burn from breastfeeding as well as my basil metabolic rate estimate. Some days this may be the only thing I publish, but other days I may blog about the challenges I am having with my efforts or the successes.
Weekly I will publish my weight and measurements and the hopefully total caloric deficit I have had for the week. It takes a deficit of 3,500 calories to lose one pound of body fat. In order to hit my mid goal I will need to lose 2 pounds a week, and to hit my ultimate goal I will need to lose 1 pound a week after I hit my mid goal.
On a monthly basis I will be publishing my front shot and side shot of what my body looks like as I progress through this experiment. Hopefully there will be significant body change by the end of this whole experience. I will also post some pictures and hopefully video if I can figure it out of exercises you can do with your baby to help optimize your time, since it is very limited.
I welcome any comments, suggestions, stories or input to any and all of my blogs. If you are interested in any of the recipes for the items I have put on my meal log, please feel free to comment and I will post them or create a recipe link. I have put together an elaborate excel file that calculates all of my calorie computations. If you would like a copy of it please contact me. It did take me quite some time to design it so there is a small fee for this, but it makes it very easy to track your progress.
Here are my starting pictures.
