Official Weight (yikes)

Aaagghhh... so I had my 6 weeks postpartum checkup yesterday. The nurse was nice enough to ask if I wanted to be weighed or not- I had a choice!?!?!- and I actually told her yes. Well, turns out that I have lost 30 pounds since having the baby... don't we all wish we could drop 30 pounds in six weeks??? So, that's the good news; bad news: I still have about 15 pounds to go to get to my "pre-pregnancy" weight, which is how the doctor's office referred to it- I refer to it as post-honeymoon weight. Anyhoo, I am weighing in at a whopping 253 pounds officially at the doctor's office. This means I have a lot of work ahead of me and I will be honest, I think that not only is it daunting but also downright scary. I am going to work at it though and my regular annual appointment is supposed to be in January so I will use that as my timeframe to get me to another official weigh-in. Now, the hard part is trying to figure out what my goal weight should be for five months from now; I am hoping to lose another 10 pounds before I go back to work that first week of October which puts me around 240 and gives me about 4 months, plus I have to figure in the holidays which I know is no excuse to put on weight but I am being realistic. I would love to be at 200 by the end of January but I will make my goal 210! That allows for the holidays and stubborn pregnancy weight and if I get below 210 by the end of January then all the better!!!
It is so scary to actually be on the weight loss train when for 9 months I was watching my weight but expecting to gain weight. And the scariest part is I am almost at my highest weight- the weight I was at when I started college- and the idea of being back there freaks me out and the idea of losing it freaks me out even more. Especially when I keep reminding myself how much trouble I was having trying to lose weight before I found out I was pregnant. The biggest thing I know I need to do is watch some of the things I eat and also get in some exercise... I can't keep making excuses or being lazy.
Sooo, I am going on to sparkpeople (i think that's the name) to get the gist of how I am supposed to be logging in my calories and then my sister also swore by this other fitness site and then I am going to go from there. Hopefully, if I use this blog to hold myself accountable I will be able to stay on track and go from there.
YEEHAW!

BABY IS HERE!!!! and I have some weight to lose.

So, I have been getting asked for some updates and here it is: Trevor James was born on July 17th at 3:43 am, 6lbs 12 oz (he was so much smaller than the docs thought he would be, they were guessing 8-8.5 lbs). He is perfect and beautiful and looks more like his daddy than me, WTH??? LOL

So there you have it... and if you have to do the math, I was almost exactly 39 weeks (plus one day). And I swear the beach is what brought him on as we went the day before I went into labor. HAHA

As for the weight end, um, I gained about 35-40 pounds while I was pregnant with him which wasn't too bad and now I don't have a clue how much I weigh. I have been losing a good amount of weight 1) because there is no longer a baby and everything that comes along with him sitting in my belly 2) a lot of my swelling has gone away and 3) I think there really is something to breastfeeding and losing weight; not to mention I am supposed to eat 500 calories more than 'normal' and I don't have the appetite for all that...
Sooo, I am going to wait for an official weigh in at my postpartum checkup and then go from there. Hoping, once this freakin' hot ass weather moves out that I can take my baby out for a walk and walk off some of my butt and thighs, ugh. I have already started watching what I am eating but like I said, my appetite is not huge so I'll have some ice cream here and there for the calcium and the calories :clearing throat: TEE HEE

I will be home for another 7 weeks so there should be no reason why I can't keep up on my blog and I am hoping to at least be at my pre-preggo weight by the time I go back to work, or even under that as it was already high from the honeymoon- ugh.

So there's the update!!!!