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| Thursday, February 16, 2012 |
Today as I stepped on the weighing scale this morning, a suprise awaited me. It read my pre-pregnancy weight. Hurray!! This was long due. The last two pounds were the most stubborn of all and it took two months to shed. I am only halfway past my final goal. But this is definitely something that calls for celebration. Especially after taunting me the past two months.
So it took 9 months to shed 37lbs. I am not joking when I say I felt like an elephant the last days of my pregnancy. Even the first four weeks after the baby I felt like a jiggling machine. Nothing fit me. I was wearing the same clothes day after day, clothes that I bought when I was my heaviest self. I panicked when it was time to return to work, because I didnt have office wearbale clothes. I hid myself in loose baggy clothes which showed no structure. 6weeks post partum (pp) I started working out. It was a slow transition, I took it as my body would allow. I panted breathless treading 20mins on Level 1 on the Elliptical at home. I do Level 8 for 40mins now. I lost only 8lbs after having BSK, she was such a tiny baby not even 6lbs. Water weight was another 3-4lbs. I can say I lost 10lbs immediately after the baby. The remaining 27lbs gauked at me, and smirked at me. Numbers that I had never seen in my life stared back, giving me major complex. And I super hungry all the time. But I didnt diet exactly. I tried to eat healthy. But I did not count calories. Lets say I could not. I didnt have a choice. It was impossible. When my parents left 3.5months pp I had lost 15lbs. The initial lbs shed quite fast once I started exercising regularly. My family was kind enough to let me hit the gym in the evenings. I was a complaining mess otherwise. It was better to get me out of the way. I think 5months pp my pre preg clothes FIT me. Like I was able to get into them, even though my flabby tummy was being squeezed to make orange juice. I have never had a huge tummy compared to the rest of me. Thats how I am built. Tummy is the last place fat would get stored. But now I had changed.
And then I started reading these body image blogs. I was learning to be happy with how I looked. And to dress for how I was then, instead of waiting for lose those extra pounds before buying clothes. I naturally felt good wearing clothes that fit me well, without looking at the size. Frankly 6months pp I wasnt unhappy with how I looked. Weights had done their thing, I wasnt all flabby so much anymore. A lot of work needs to be done, but that doesnt take away the credit for the work that has been done. I got a little lazy. 6days of workout reduced to 4-5days a week. But I didnt mind. Even that was good enough. I didnt want to crash diet or crash exercise. I wanted to do something that I could continue like forever. I didnt want to eat 1200calories a day and lose weight drastically, instead I wanted to eat normally like I would even if I werent trying to lose weight. Plus I didnt want to be weak or undernourished since I was feeding too.
I made some smart choices, like I have already mentioned earlier. I did whatever I could. I cut out rice and white grain. Except occasional bread/parotta/dosa. Then I stopped eating after 7PM. That gave a kick in the right direction after a plateau. I was eating bulghar wheat a lot. I did not reduce quantity. I couldnt. Jan kicked in and I had 2-3lbs to lose. They were the most frustrating times. I was just there, but just not there. I took yet another measure. I cut out carbs altogether. I tried to live on protein and veggies. Occasionally I had carb cravings and I would indulge. At no point did I stop sugar. :--( Which is a bad thing. But I simply couldnt cut it out. There is a snack bar which is very very close to my cube. There are assorted unhealthy snacks replenished by the admin everyday. And then there are birthday cakes and pastries and sundry other goodies right under my nose every single day. A woman has only so much control. I did what I could. There were days when I was reduced to crying almost. I was losing pounds at the rate of 2lbs a month. Which was too darn slow. The last two pounds took 2 months.
But finally there it was! The coveted number. A number I wasnt happy about in the past, but the same number has given me immense pleasure today. Happiness is so relative. And numbers are relative too.
In case you think its a great feat. Its not. I was not skinny to begin with. I still have considerable lbs of fat in me. So may be that's why this happened. But I can tell you even this was not easy for me. It was very difficult. Trying to lose weight without starving onself.
My clothes fit reasonably well and only recently people have started commenting on how I have lost weight and look good. My dressing has gone up a notch. One girl looked at me up and down and said, "Ooooh I like your belt... and your top.. actually I like your whole outfit!" and gave me a thumbs up. And this was the girl I thought had a good fashion sense and I like how she dresses. So this from her truly felt great.
So here is my weight loss graph, charted as closely as possible over BSK's age in weeks.
I have no idea how I am going to lose the remaining mounds of fat. It looks impossible as of now. But I will try.
A good thing out of all this is, my indicators, aka, sugar, cholestrol, pressure etc! After all the binging during pregnancy I was concerned my numbers will look very bad. My family has high cholestrol in the genes. And I had it too. Four years ag Doc precribed meds to lower my triglycerides which was over the roof. I didnt take them. I mean I am too young to take cholestrol meds no? I had my health check done at work recently and lo behold all numbers are good! Except weight of course. That is work in progress.
One big lesson learnt is that I need to learn to be happy where I am while still trying to become better. This is applicable to all facets of life. And another thing learnt is looking good has nothing to do with your weight! Seriously! If you believe it you will feel much better under your skin.
So, here is many more years of healthy living and looking good!! And wish me luck to lose the remaining lbs of fat!
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posted by SK @ 1:11 PM  |
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That's amazing without losing Sugar.I was on detox for 3 days and indulged myself to a big bowl of pasta today..Can't live without carbs and sugar..
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awesome - congratulations!
I gained 42 during pregnancy, and lost somewhere between 30-35lbs, but the remaining stayed on :(. They will take a while to go. Although I generally eat healthy, and except for occasional dark chocolate, I don't consume sugar at all.
Post a picture :)
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yayayay! congrats SK!!!!! what a feat! :O i've started only 5 days back.. will mail you in another week if i see change (good or bad!)
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you should put what your menu looks like SK..!! I always have trouble making my food interesting when it comes down to eating more veggies. (and to top it am a vegetarian LOL)
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amazing, SK.
This is very quick as far as losing pregnacny weight goes - tougher too because you need to maintain certain things since you are feeding.
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Good Job! Back to clothes shopping huh - you can't wear the same clothes right *wink wink*
I mean you already wore them for years before!
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Thanks so much friends;--) will def post my so called diet soon. :--)
Time to shop indeed!
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Hi SK,
I was blog hopping and came across yours. Its crazy how similar you sound to my thoughts! :-) I have a 7 month old and going through the myriad emotions you so articulately put - inspires me to write down all those lovely little things about the precious darling. Just went through a few of your entries and we seem to share quite a bit - from the place we live currently to having had an amniotic fluid leak to having a husband from Vadapalani :-) And ofcourse the big fact that all new moms are wired the same way. Well - I don't think I will bump into a girl smelling like petrol - so just wanted to call out and say Hi! :-)
Great going with the blog.
Divya
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Hi SK,
I was blog hopping and came across yours. Its crazy how similar you sound to my thoughts! :-) I have a 7 month old and going through the myriad emotions you so articulately put - inspires me to write down all those lovely little things about the precious darling. Just went through a few of your entries and we seem to share quite a bit - from the place we live currently to having had an amniotic fluid leak to having a husband from Vadapalani :-) And ofcourse the big fact that all new moms are wired the same way. Well - I don't think I will bump into a girl smelling like petrol - so just wanted to call out and say Hi! :-)
Great going with the blog.
Divya
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Hi Divya
So nice to see your comment. Welcome here. :--)
Hope we get to know each other better and eventually meet.
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That's amazing without losing Sugar.I was on detox for 3 days and indulged myself to a big bowl of pasta today..Can't live without carbs and sugar..