Getting in shape

I know I mentioned that I had been working out and as a reward I bought myself a baby blanket. Well, I am still working out. YEAH! In fact, another adoptive mom is starting a support group for us waiters and another one for those already home with babies to get in shape and drop those excess pounds.

I currently try to work out 4-5 days a week for 20-30 minutes a day depending on what day it is and how much time I have. I am on week 3 which is usually around the time that I get bored and give up. Well, now that I will have a group of moms to help motivate me I am hoping not to quit.

A lot of my friends who have bio children would make comments about how it was so great that I got to be a mom and didn't have to gain the pregnancy weight. Well let me tell you, there is a such thing as adopting a baby weight gain. I think the stress and unknown of adoption makes anxious moms eat at least that is how it is with me. I have definitely gained weight since we started this adoption journey.

At first I blamed the few extra pounds on the hormone pills I took when we were trying IUI since the doctor said that could be a side effect. Well, that was 2 years ago and I have gained more weight since then so that wasn't totally it. I eat when I am bored so my goal is to try and keep myself busy so I don't have time to snack. And if I do snack then making sure it is a healthy snack and not chips and salsa or worse. I don't have much of a sweet tooth which is nice but my total weakness is ice cream. I can't help it; I love it.

My motto for this whole thing is everything in moderation. I can't stop eating ice cream because then I will want it more. I just need to watch how much I eat. I don't eat it everyday but probably once a week. I know terrible. The worst part is that now it is fall and Culver's has the most amazing Pumpkin milkshakes. I have had only one so far. This is definitely a HUGE weakness.

I want to stick with this working out and eating better so I can be in better shape for not only the high altitudes in Ethiopia but for when baby is home. It is not always going to be fun but it needs to be done. I have to update my home study in December and part of that is going to the doctor. My goal is to weigh less at that appointment than I did before we started the adoption process. I figure that means I need to lose about 15 pounds before then. I can do this. I have done it before but always put the weight back on. In total I would love to lose about 30 pounds but I would be happy with 20. If I stick with my work out plan and cut out my eating when bored I should be a okay.

I cook pretty healthy dinners so that part doesn't need to change. We could eat more veggies so I will try to add more of those in but overall we do pretty well. The only dessert I eat every week is after our kickball games and that is ice cream. We don't go out to eat often maybe once or twice a week and usually we eat fairly healthy sometimes we splurge and don't but not too often. So I feel like this is a reasonable goal to reach and I am getting a lot closer to being able to start my mural so that will keep my busy and not eating while bored. We shall see how this goes...