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Workouts

Started the day with my 20-minute indoor workout, this YouTube video by growwithjo. It was super upbeat and low impact, so I could pick my baby up and keep moving whenever she got bored of playing (every 5 minutes or so).

Then we did a 45-minute stroller walk, just shy of 2 miles. I usually move a little quicker, but baby was fussy!

Diet

My goal is two fruits and two veggies each day. Here's what I ate today (will probably have a snack in the evening too).

Breakfast: honey nut cheerios with bananas and blueberries

Snack: two cuties, 1/2 crumbl cookie

Lunch: homemade chicken salad (chicken, apple, celery, red onion, dried cranberries, Greek yogurt, mayo) and club crackers

Snack: celery and peanut butter, smoothie with banana, blueberries, and spinach

Dinner: food truck quesadilla

Water: full gallon finished before dinner! I use my copycat hospital bottle that I've been obsessed with since giving birth. I fill it with ice and that usually melts before I get to drink it. Drinking a ton of water isn't tough for me, but drinking it all so early in the day meant a lot more potty breaks and keeping baby busy in the bathroom with me!

Progress Pic

Spot the winter tan lines and yet-to-be unpacked guest room! Moving with a baby is hard work! It's not the best progress shot in terms of angles and showing my exact shape, but it'll do. I'm not sure I'll post my progress pic every day or if I'll just take them for myself.

I've been really struggling recently to get into any kind of routine. I'm not sure if it's down to my ADHD, anxiety or just not being able to find the right one yet, but I've only even managing to stay on the right track for a few days at a time.

Today and yesterday I went for two big walks instead of forcing myself to the gym and I did a lot of thinking. I came to two conclusions.

1. I prefer being outside for long periods of time than being in the gym for short peruods

2. I want to be a person who runs

Today was another day I really didn't think I'd make it... but then I crushed it!! It was a big day for exercise and I'm super sore. Also a big day for sweet treats. I'm still feeling really hungry. I've been kind of insatiable the last couple days.

Diet

B: almond croissant, yogurt with berries, banana, and cheerios

L: scramble with spinach, green onion, cheddar, toast, donut

D: hamburger, tempura green beans (instead of fries because I needed another veggie to meet my goal of two fruits and two veg!)

Dessert: milkshake

Workout 1

I was walking to the gym when I decided to try to do a little run. That didn't work out well because I wasn't dressed for it and everything was riding up in the worst ways, so I tracked it but it wasn't much.

Then I did 10 minutes of weights and 10 minutes on the elliptical.

Workout 2

We went for an family walk that was meant to be 45 minutes and about 2 miles...but we just kept going!! I'm was feeling the squats and elliptical during the last bit of the walk, and it feels good to be sore. It's been a while since my body felt sore from something other than giving birth and nursing.

I did not think I was gonna make it today, y'all. Baby woke up once every hour last night and I wanted to give up on everything so bad. I didn't want to workout. I almost didn't get two veggies in. I wanted a beer! But I made it and I'm going to bed early.

I've decided to cut back on the water and do 3/4 of a gallon. The peeing is messing up my ability to have my baby contact nap, and I only have a couple more months of that before going back to work. I'm sure I'll still get a gallon in, but I'm not going to try to do it so early in the day.

Diet

B: honey bunches of oats, smoothie with banana, blueberries, spinach

L: Mac and cheese with peas

D: steak, stuffed pasilla, rice, beans, tortillas, chips, salsa

Snack: crumbl cookies

Workout 1

Both workouts were walks today. The first was 20 minutes with my baby in the carrier. Haven't used the carrier in a while and man she has grown!!

Workout 2

Long, hot walk! It wasn't a ton longer than I usually do, but the great and sun made a big difference! We found a secret park!

Diet

Breakfast: Smoothie with blueberries, banana, spinach, small bowl of crispix

Snack: date bar

Lunch: chicken salad and crackers

Dinner: chicken quesadilla

Dessert: chips, dip, cookies

Workout 1

I did two 10 minute videos this morning again because I wasn't sure if baby girl would let me get away with a long one. I did a dance one and a stretching once, which felt so much harder than I was expecting. Stretching used to feel good, now it's actually hard work...

Workout 2

Another long stroller walk! Explored a couple new streets but stayed close to home.

Diet

Breakfast: cheerios with blueberries, coffee

Snack: smoothie with blueberries, banana, spinach

Lunch: chicken salad and crackers

Dinner: chicken stew, bread and butter

Snack: cheezits, pb pretzels, chocolate chips

Water: finished my gallon before dinner and drank another 16oz later

Workout 1

I wasn't sure if my baby would keep playing independently long enough for me to get through a 20 minute video, so I decided to start with s 10 minute video knowing I would add another one later in the day. Well, she made it ALMOST all the way through both in a row before I had to pick her up and incorporate her in my workout. For my fist video, I did a 10 minute morning dance one, then I did a 10 minute mobility workout, which I used to do a lot of early in postpartum life. As soon as I started it I realized how essential it is to stretch, especially after a night nursing in a chair.

Workout 2

It was nice and gloomy yesterday, which I love for a walk! I listened to Brooke and Connor Make a Podcast again and did some laps of the apartment complex plus walked on a couple streets I hadn't been on before.

Diet

Breakfast: plain cheerios and blueberries

Snack: smoothie with banana, blueberries, and spinach, cheezits

Lunch: chicken salad and club crackers

Dinner: Mac and cheese with peas

Snack: ruffles and dip, chocolate

Water: complete and then some! Peed all night...

Workout 1

I am VERY proud and impressed with myself for completing five days of non-walking exercise!! Today I did a growwithjo video called Happy Morning. It got me super sweaty and pumped up. My baby was crawling around my feet the whole time, so I had to modify a little and pick her up (weighted cardio!), but we got through it!

Workout 2

We walked through a neighboring apartment complex full of pretty flowers. I listened to Brooke and Connor Make a Podcast in one ear and my babbling baby in the other.

Here's one of the foods I prepped for my 9 month old this week! I also gave her a bottle of formula to start getting her used to that because I'll have to daytime wean when over summer to get ready for fall. I tried not to overthink it but I am definitely in my head about our changing routines. This is a broccoli egg bake that she loves!