Every month, a mum who is on the Lose Baby Weight plans will be writing about their journey, exercise, ups and downs and will be here to help motivate YOU and THEMSELVES along the way.
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Today, Motivating Mum Alicia Busby talks about her 10kg weight loss to date and becoming a Motivating Mum in November
Alicia Becomes A Motivating Mum
I am a working mum with 4 children. With each pregnancy I gained a little more weight. I was overindulging. Breast feeding, but eating way too much food and enjoying too many treats.
October 2012 was a turning point for me. I was getting cranky at myself as I wasn’t happy with my body. I tried to diet but I was breast feeding a baby and I was hungry. I didn’t want to lose my milk .
(After starting the Lose Baby Weight plans it was quite the opposite. I had surplus milk – those healthy mummy smoothies are amazing.) My friend kindly took me to gym and when I spotted myself in the mirror I was shocked. I hadn’t been to the gym in 8 years and boy I looked different! I had to do something.
The gym had a crèche and my kids weren’t used to being away from me so I realised this wasn’t for me. I came home and researched weight loss methods on Facebook and Google and found Lose Baby weight.
I ordered the Healthy Mummy smoothies and the 28 day plan. I started to exercise at home. I had some DVDs and some hand weights but most of all just used my body weight. I would hose the garden and do squats at the same time. If I got into bed and hadn’t exercised I would do some core exercises in bed. I danced around with the kids. I pushed my baby around and around my courtyard in his pram whilst the other boys rode their bikes. I was determined to shift some of the baby bulge.
I was shocked when I lost 2.5kg the first 2.5weeks. I had worked very hard and I realised that every little bit counts. I was so determined. I then lost on average 0.5-1kg a week. I learnt that exercising didn’t have to be done at the gym or in 1 hour sessions. It could be broken into little bits throughout the day. I just kept moving. I have now maintained the loss with a few ups n downs the past 12 months. In July and August this year, I increased my workouts and toned up and was seeing more results on the scales.
But I slowly started to eat those crusts again off the kid’s sandwiches, enjoy a wine or two after weaning my bub and eating too many calories for the amount of exercise I was doing. So I have gained a kilo but I have lost muscle. I am not as toned and my belly is looking very bloated. It’s time to knuckle down and refocus.
I am ready for the month of November to be a fit and healthy one! In late October I started small – cutting out a sugar from my coffee, stopped eating the kid’s leftovers, making a sandwich or wrap and cutting it in half for a snack later. I’m listening to my body. And I am using the 28 Day Plan, The Healthy Mummy Smoothies and the Post Pregnancy Exercise DVD
Drinking lots of water and aiming for a little bit of loss each week. I already have more energy and I am ready to LOSE MORE BABY WEIGHT.
So join me on my weightloss journey.
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