OK, this one is about the Mommy. I don’t intend to do a soal striptease here, but I am a lifetime member of the Weight Watchers, and I think their main success is that the weight (and loss thereof) is made public. Soooooo: 2 days before Leilani was born I hit 190lbs (87kg), 1 week later I was 20lbs lighter (77kg). That’s a lot of weight. The next 10lbs, down to 160lbs (72) took maybe 6 weeks, and the next 10lbs came off in the 10 weeks that followed. Unfortunately that was that. I am still hovering around 150lbs (68kg), and I felt pretty fat at 144 before I started the pregnancy. Anyway. I intend to loose 10 more pounds and if I don’t fit into my old clothes then (my bodyshape changed drastically too) some more than that.
I went and bought:
A jogging stroller. New at REI $340 + shipping, at the Salvation Army $30 and some cleaning
A book. used like new $2 and a dent in my ego (see title)
Top of the line Asics (cheaper than the new stroller would have been – slightly)
I tested it all a few times, and that’s what I did today (I think about 6-7km, but more walking than running):
And one more because she is so cute….
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Addition May 20th:
Now a little over a week later I am happy to report that my weight dropped – the lowest weight on the unreliable bathroom scale was 146 – which is 2 pounds under the previous lowest weight. I am able to run longer stretches now, up to 10 minutes at a time, and only need 2-3 minute walking breaks in between. Still a lot of panting though, especially uphill.
Running with a baby is different to say the least – sometimes Leilani just does not want to stay in the stroller, no matter if I am nicely running, or drenched in sweat, if she is about to fall asleep, or uncomfortable she needs to be carried for a few minutes. No way to run with other joggers, and when I meet parents with strollers or babies in carriers or slings I usually stop (my running motivation is not that strong yet…) or walk and chat. Sun in her face makes her fuss and I have to turn around, and hope for a cloud before I reach the end of the road, and rain might be worse than without the baby. Rain has never bothered her so far, but we always kept her relatively dry, or got her insider and changed her clothes right away.