I suck with these things and other stuff

So I wrote last time in October. Life can be chaotic! The baby is getting big and more mobile! Which means momma is on the go go go! She's 11 months now! This first year feels like it just flew by!

The holidays are upon us! Here comes the crazy amounts of food and the junk. My goal this year is to not over indulge. Last year I was hugely pregnant (just about overdue) so I didn't worry so much. This year I do worry because I am not trying to gain any more weight!

So besides the holidays coming I have successfully weaned the baby from breastfeeding! It was just time and it was a lot easier then I thought it would be. She took to formula with no problems. I am happy to say that my sugar cravings have subsided and I no longer fiend sugar like I did before. The only downside is that I have to be super strict with what I eat because my body is not burning those calories. Which means I need to be more conscious about what I eat and making sure that the foods I do eat are good foods that are full of healthy stuff and not empty calories.

I said I would post my stats last time. I have not taken them still. Super Slacker I know! I will post them tomorrow! I pinky square promise!

So.. my working out has sucked horribly! I need to get my behind to the doctor and get my hormones and vitamin levels checked. I have a suspicion that there might be an underlying cause. I just feel so run down and no matter how much sleep I get I still feel exhausted. I need to get my working out in order. I am paying for kickboxing and I am doing horrible with it! I know that if I got my ass in gear and actually worked out like I used to I know I would lose the weight. Like I said I just feel so exhausted and run down constantly. I know that I have a young child and it is to be expected but it's more then that. I know I need to work out because it will give me energy and make me feel better but getting the actual energy to go work out has been really tough.

I think my other issue in regards to working out is I need a workout buddy. Before I have my sister in law and my best friend going to kickboxing with me and we would text each other and push each other to go. Now I don't have that and it makes me kind of sad and I give up or make an excuse a lot easier.

So my attempts to kick off my weight loss I am going to do the Dr. Oz 3 day detox diet. My goal is to detox my body from junk so that I can eat "clean" the other hope is I lose some weight. It seems pretty legit.

I do make my own green smoothies but I have not actually tried to survive on just the smoothies for a few days. I watched a movie called "Fat, sick, and nearly dead" and in this movie the guy goes on a juice fast for I believe it was 60 days? He lost A LOT of weight and his medical issues  I recently have a love for Dr. Oz. I used to not be a fan because when I worked at Whole Foods Market it seemed that every time he suggested a vitamin or food we would get an influx of calls from house wives and old ladies asking if we carried the item. Haha I guess now that I am a house wife I fit that. But I refuse to call and ask if they carry whatever item.  

So tomorrow with my regular fat stats I will also start my detox diet stats. I'm debating on if I'm brave enough to post pictures. You know the typical "before" picture of shorts and sports bra. I'm not that brave to show off my gross stomach. It's covered in stretch marks and it's all saggy. 

I need to get to sleep. It's late and the baby wakes early!

A little about me...

So I'm new to this whole blogging thing. I figured I am going to start to document my weight loss journey. What's my motivation you ask? Well this adorable little lady

So let me back up and start at the beginning! My name is Amanda. I am 27 years old and live in the good old state of Pennsylvania. I am a stay at home mom to my 9 month old baby girl Vera. I am wife to my wonderful husband Kevin. I have two crazy dogs named Rocco (who is 9) and Daisy (who is 7).

I have been dieting or attempting to diet probably since I became a teenager. I have always felt that I was "bigger" then my friends. My solution was to wear baggy clothes to hide it. There were half assed attempts at losing weight that included restricting what I ate, diet pills, and sometimes I even worked out.

I guess I kind of grew into my body and just accepted that I was and would be on the chunkier side. I met my husband in March of 2006. He had the most horrible eating habits and the more time I spent with him the more I found myself eating the same way. Add in the fact that I turned 21 shortly after and that equals a recipe for disaster.

I got engaged in 2007 and that kicked my butt into working out a bit. I joined the Y and that was ok. Then I did a lot of at home dvd's. I lost some weight and by the time I got my wedding dress I was 1 size down. Not too bad!

After my wedding in 2009 I didn't really lose weight, in fact I would say I probably gained a bit. We didn't have kids (yet) and we very much like our beer! Our eating became a lot better but still not the best. I was still working out every now and then which probably just kept my weight the same.

My best friend and I started doing zumba. Maybe 2-3 year ago at this point? That re-ignited my desire to be skinnier. We loved zumba but the girl who taught it would be discontinuing it so we were on the search for another place. We found a place that had zumba but also had other classes. I saw that there was kickboxing and instantly became interested. I managed to convince my friend to sign up for kickboxing and do the 3 class challenge.

As soon as I started kickboxing I had such a love affair! The girl who owned it was formerly a heavier girl who found kickboxing and lost her weight. She looks AMAZING and I was loving the fact that she was so incredibly supportive and was there if you needed to talk or were having problems. This was the spark that started my getting healthy.  

I was doing my best to work out at kickboxing and eating healthier and all around just kept busy when I got the biggest shock of my life! After trying for 3 years I found out that I was pregnant! Call me shocked but extremely excited! I found out April 17, 2011. I went to the doctors and found my due date was December 20, 2011. At my weigh in for the doctors I found that my weight loss was 25 lbs! I was excited but a bit nervous (ok more then a bit!) to put that weight back on!

So my lovely little lady decided that she was going to sleep in and be 2 weeks late. I was induced January 3, 2012. My final weigh in was 219 lbs. I gained 42 lbs! HOLY SHIT I was huge!! 2 weeks  after I delivered my little lady I was down 32 lbs! I was definitely excited and contributed to me breastfeeding. HOORAY breastfeeding equals losing weight! EXCEPT NOT! Yup my body stalled at those last 10 lbs. Still holding on to it.

You see one thing no one told me about breastfeeding is that you are hungry.. CONSTANTLY! Not just hungry but ravenous! Not only hungry but hungry for sweets!! Lots of sugar and candy..  It sucks! I hate wanting nothing but cupcakes, candy, and junk junk junk! 

So here I am trying to lose these 10+ pounds. I have actually gained more weight which makes me MORE frustrated! I hate the way I look right now. The stomach is still soft and mushy. My legs and arms are so so. It is mostly my stomach that I am having the most issue with! It makes jeans fit horribly, and shirts look pretty gross.

So that's my story so far.. There is more that I probably left out but I am exhausted.

Coming next.. The stats *dun dun dunnnn*