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My name is Phaedra. I am 37 and have three-year-old son. I've always had curves, but maintained a healthy weight prior to and during my pregnancy. A few weeks after my son was born in February 2010, I hadn't lost any weight and had gained 5 pounds instead. I maintained for a while and then, about a year later, around the holidays, I gained another 5 pounds. I stayed there for a while, feeling uncomfortable in all my clothes but unwilling to buy new ones. I made excuses for not exercising, some ...
My name is Phaedra. I am 37 and have three-year-old son. I've always had curves, but maintained a healthy weight prior to and during my pregnancy. A few weeks after my son was born in February 2010, I hadn't lost any weight and had gained 5 pounds instead. I maintained for a while and then, about a year later, around the holidays, I gained another 5 pounds. I stayed there for a while, feeling uncomfortable in all my clothes but unwilling to buy new ones. I made excuses for not exercising, some of which were perfectly reasonable as the primarily sole caretaker of one toddler (and part-time caretaker of a second toddler). I ate what two toddlers ate. I took walks with the boys to the playground but sat on my butt when we got there. The holidays came around again, and I got myself some new clothes that would fit. I was bigger than I'd ever been and tried to hide, but I continued to do nothing about it. The new year of 2012 rolled in, and I rolled on up another five pounds. The clothes I had owned less than a month became tight. I saw the rolls beginning to form, and my belly was so round I could barely see my toes! This was the breaking point for me. I had heard about Sparkpeople a few months before, but wasn't ready to commit to the effort it was going to take to lose "the baby weight". But on January 11, 2012, I joined Sparkpeople and set a goal to lose 30 pounds by the middle of June. I weighed in at 130, my goal weight, just a couple of days after my goal date! UPDATE January 2013 was my 1-year Sparkversary and I am down to 122! I am now transitioning to maintainence and am going to focus on increasing muscle and decreasing fat.
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Member Since: 1/11/2012
SparkPoints: 16,900
Fitness Minutes: 12,355
My Goals:
Maintain weight of 122 lbs.
Short term: Work up to 150 push-ups and 200 crunches a day
Long term: Maintain healthy eating and exercise habits for the rest of my life!
My Program:
Cardio - 150 minutes a week
Strength Training - 2-3 days/week
Stay within calorie range 6/7 days of the week
Drink lots of water
Eating mostly whole foods/ minimal refined grains (esp wheat)
Personal Information:
I live in Philly. I'm currently a SAHM but worked in a law office before the kiddo.
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UPDATE: April 30, 2012 The old clothes fit! Still 5 pounds away from my goal weight with 4 weeks to go, but I'm trying not to worry about it too much because ALL my pre-baby clothes fit! HOOORAYYY!!!!! UPDATE June 18, 2012: I made it to my goal weight! And only 2 days "late"! I can't believe it! That five pounds took FOREVER (well, close to two months!) But I did it! This morning I was even under the 130 hash mark! Whew, not a fluke! I weigh 130!!! Haven't weighed this in almost 3 years, since I was first pregnant with my son. 30 pounds isn't that much compared to a lot of people, but I worked hard and am very proud of myself for coming this far. : ) June 26 UPDATE: Gonna get fit, run a 5K, lose 5 more pounds. Update Fall 2012: After working hard during July and August, I finally lost 5 more pounds to get down to 125. Then I gained back four pounds over Halloween. Took two weeks to gain 4 pounds and 6 weeks to lose it again! Gonna do my darnedest to maintain over the holidays!
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