{"id":6979,"date":"2011-08-18T08:06:29","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T12:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/2011\/08\/18\/my-plans-for-a-post-baby-bod\/"},"modified":"2021-02-13T08:11:52","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T13:11:52","slug":"my-plans-for-a-post-baby-bod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/my-plans-for-a-post-baby-bod\/","title":{"rendered":"My Plans for A Post-Baby Bod"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I\u2019m sitting here in the glider in Baby D\u2019s nursery (which is quickly becoming my favorite new work spot),&nbsp; I am getting more and more eager to meet this precious little one that is making my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/2011\/08\/15\/my-weekend-in-pictures\/\">belly bounce and roll<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Though meeting our sweet baby clearly tops the list on \u2018things I\u2019m excited about\u2019, there are a few other items that have made the list, too.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enjoying the taste of Hubb\u2019s homebrew<\/li>\n<li>Finally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/2011\/03\/18\/soft-serve-exercise-the-bump\/\">indulging in fro-yo<\/a> again<\/li>\n<li>Being able to lay on my tummy<\/li>\n<li><em>GETTING MY BODY BACK<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/37weekspregnant.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 0px;\" title=\"37 weeks pregnant\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/37weekspregnant_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"37 weeks pregnant\" width=\"320\" height=\"471\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t mean I\u2019m excited to get my body back so I can look like a Victoria\u2019s Secret model again\u2026 <em><strong>again<\/strong><\/em>? <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">HA<\/span>! \ud83d\ude09 but I\u2019m pumped up about challenging myself with workouts, being able to wear my clothes again, not getting stared at when out in public and feeling strong and energetic.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/MobilePhotoSep1201084438AM_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Mobile Photo Sep 1, 2010 8 44 38 AM\" width=\"300\" height=\"392\"><\/p>\n<p>This has lead me to spend some time thinking about my plan for my post-baby bod. It\u2019s difficult to plan when I don\u2019t fully know what life will be like once Baby D is here, but I am going to do my best to get back to feeling like me again ASAP.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the tentative plan:<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">When I get Home from the Hospital<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Survive.<\/li>\n<li>Nourish and nuzzle Baby D.<\/li>\n<li>Spend hours doting and soaking up everything I know I\u2019ll want to remember forever.<\/li>\n<li>Let my body heal.&nbsp; I know I\u2019ll be sore and learning about all the new \u2018functions\u2019 of having a mommy body.<\/li>\n<li>Take pictures of my body and record stats for my \u2018before\u2019.&nbsp; Will I be as ballsy as the inspirational <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithfitnessfun.com\/body-after-baby\/\">Tina<\/a> and take pictures in my bathing suit? Probably not.&nbsp; But I\u2019ll choose an outfit that will still reveal my progress.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">The First Month<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stick to my healthy eating habits.&nbsp; I\u2019m so proud I\u2019ve stayed pretty on track with healthy eating throughout pregnancy because there won\u2019t be any shock of \u2018<em>oh no, now I have to eat healthy again\u2019<\/em>. I\u2019ll still need to eat plenty to keep up my milk supply, and with the help of prepared freezer meals, a helpful husband, wonderful grandparents and friends, I think staying on track with eating shouldn\u2019t be too challenging.<\/li>\n<li>Start moving.&nbsp; Hopefully fall will begin to creep in and I can enjoy some beautiful walks around the neighborhood with Baby D and Hubbs.<\/li>\n<li>Continue to track progress via pictures, weight and inches.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Second Month<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get back in the kitchen.&nbsp; It probably won\u2019t be every night, but I enjoy cooking and hope to begin to get back in the swing of things with preparing some healthy meals.<\/li>\n<li>As soon as I\u2019m \u2018cleared\u2019 by the doctor, I want to start incorporating strength training and cardio into my routine.&nbsp; Cardio may consist of long speed walks at this point.&nbsp; For strength, I\u2019m looking into ordering the Tracy Anderson Method DVD for post-baby.&nbsp; Does anyone know anything about it?!<\/li>\n<li>Snap some more pictures to share with you and hopefully starting to see some progress by the end of month 2.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0080;\">The Third Month<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hopefully by this point I\u2019m adjusting to my new normal.&nbsp; Meal planning will be fun to explore at this stage, and I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll have some new tips to share on staying healthy at meal time when you don\u2019t have a lot of time to prepare!&nbsp; I don\u2019t plan on counting calories, but if progress isn\u2019t where I want it to be at this point, I might do it for a few weeks to see what kind of difference it makes.<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019d like to keep up with the strength DVDs at home because my gym membership will still be on a freeze.&nbsp; I\u2019m freezing it for 3 months because I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll be comfortable bringing Baby D there before then&#8230; and who knows, maybe even longer.&nbsp; For cardio, I plan on restarting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/2010\/09\/29\/first-day-to-5k-my-story-of-running\/\">Couch to 5k Program<\/a> and want to sign up for a 5k to run in early 2012.&nbsp; I loved it last time and want to get back into wogging ASAP.<\/li>\n<li>Of course, pictures and numbers to share with you. I hope you will enjoy seeing my progress because I really think sharing it with you will help hold me accountable. Plus, any encouraging feedback you can offer will certainly be music to my ears!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, that\u2019s about as far as I\u2019ve gotten. I feel (perhaps naively so?) that this \u2018plan\u2019 is slow-paced enough for me not to be overwhelmed, but structured enough to get me back on my feet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>What do you think?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Is it too aggressive?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Not challenging enough?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Any other tips to offer?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I\u2019m sitting here in the glider in Baby D\u2019s nursery (which is quickly becoming my favorite new work spot),&nbsp; I am&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2262,1482],"tags":[88,298,299,300],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6979"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}