Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Weight Loss
One thing that I have wondered through this whole season is how much my weight has to do with my fertility. I know that the doctors and all say that it does have an affect and can even be a cause of infertility but I know plenty of overweight people who have had no problems getting pregnant. I am also a little apprehensive about gaining the weight from pregnancy, while I have weight now I should lose. Since getting married, I've gained a pretty solid 45lbs just from lack of intense exercise and pure exhaustion. I know its pretty much a circular issue. I'm tired so I grab something quick to eat and skip out on the exercise. Which results in more tiredness. So, I'm tired and grab an unhealthy snack or don't eat. Then I skip exercise again. I thought yesterday about this a lot too and was reading about it and was resolved to exercise for just 30 min a day. Then today happened, and at 9:40 I'm finally home and done with work, piano lessons and Scentsy stuff. On days like this I just really hope that my hubs gets a good job pretty quickly after graduation because I know I don't want to keep up this pace with a newborn.
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Start small – it's easy to get discouraged with weight and exercise issues because they're long-term things and they take time that we don't have much of in our busy days. I don't know if you have a smartphone, but with or without you can make good use of tools like MyFitnessPal.com, which lets you track exercise and calories. It's simple, and lets you set your own goals, and once you start using it regularly it helps a ton. I had about 25 pounds of extra weight from college that I lost just by adding some exercise and actually tracking what I ate. And as far as exercise goes, just taking a 15-minute walk helps a ton, just because it gets your heart moving nad your metabolism up. All that to say, start small, and take little steps, and just keep taking them... You'll actually feel less tired and burnt out by adding even that little bit.
ReplyDeleteThanks again for sharing your story and your heart. :)