Losing the Baby Weight CAN Be Fun!

While I was pregnant with my son, I didn't gain all that much weight...although I started out pretty heavy anyway. Starting my pregnancy I weighed an even 200 pounds! Within the first trimester I lost around 10 pounds from the morning sickness (which  continued through the WHOLE pregnancy) on the day I had Alexander I weighed 216 pounds, keep in mind I vomited 3 or 4 times a week after my first trimester which kept the weight down...and not in a good way! Alexander came out weighing 9 pounds and soon after I had him I was back to my original weight. However, after having him I became very sedentary and rediscovered a taste FOR EVERYTHING! For the longest time I knew I was gaining weight, but I honestly was scared shitless of he scale. I'd avoid it at all costs...I even had a dream that I'd stepped on the scale and it let out a terrible wail crying out get off me fat ass. But about a month ago I got out of bed and looked at myself in the mirror...and for the first time since i was pregnant REALLY looked. I decided in this moment that I was much to pretty of a person to be overweight, let alone obese. So I decided to take action, first I weighed myself for the first time in months...it was agonizing waiting for the scale to calculate my weight. Then those three dreadful numbers appeared...225.2. I told myself, well at least it's not more...I can work with this. The first thing I did was packed up the baby and went for a mile long walk. I immediately started utilizing my weight watchers online membership, that I had neglected for 8 months and started exercising.Once I announced I was on a diet and trying to loose weight I talked to had their own suggestion on exercises and diets that I should try. Their input really got me thinking...what do they know? They may know how to loose weight, but do they know how I need to loose weight? The simple answer was no, they had no idea. My mom told me to go walking, well that's great but that seems like something you do on a nice cool day...otherwise it seemed likes a chore to me. My dad told me to do the insanity workout, and I knew I'd probably quit that 5 minutes into the workout...and never give the DVDs another glance.  My best friend told me to take bike rides...eh for me that's just something you do as a hobby. My husband told me to do sit ups and go to the gym. Personally, I've never been a gym type of person. To me I've always felt uncomfortable going to the gym being the fat person there...it's like they judge you before you're even on a machine. Then once you get yourself onto a machine, and yove worked out for 20 minutes on said machine...you notice the person next to you...you know the type they're the asshole of the gym on the same machine next to you and has been there forever...way before you started on the machine and they're going like a million miles an hour and you know they will probably on the machine for another 40 minutes because they are super skinny and tone. Then you think to yourself I should be on this machine longer, until the person next to me gets off then I won't be such a loser...only then you go for another 20 mi urea and they don't look like they are slowing down anytime soon...so you just give up and leave the gym feeling defeated...perhaps that's just me...but regardless I don't need to be judged. So I took to our swimming pool! The house were renting has a small above ground pool in the backyard. I know some of you are thinking "what can she gain from a pool that small?" the answer is a lot! I swim, tred water, run in place, kick, do handstand push ups,  run around the sides and create a current and then try to swim or run against it. My husband and I play volley ball in it, do high knees, throw each other...and it doesn't feel like a workout...it just feels like fun! In the four weeks since I've been on my diet and started playing in the pool I've lost 11.6 pounds! However as many of you know all to well a NewEnglad summer is short lived, and soon I will be resigned to either finding a gym with a pool or a new activity. Luckily I know if I can't find something else I like I do have the option of finding an indoor pool. But I am thinking about joining a karate and yoga class for the winter. Perhaps if I enjoy it, it'll be something I can do in lieu of swimming in the summer. As some of you may know yoga classed can be expensive, which is why I have taken to looking at sites like groupon and livingsocial for deals! I have set a goal of being 193 pounds by October 20th for my colleges friends wedding and a goal of a 173 pounds by Christmas. Then to be 135 by June. &nbsp I guess the message is, it doesn't matter what you do, as long as your active and your're enjoying it. Everyone has an opinion and gyms are a great place for some people...but they aren't for everyone. Find something you like, maybe its swimming like me, maybe it's horseback riding, maybe you like boxing or basketball do it! Join a team if your competive.  Maybe you're not competive and you like individual activities like yoga or Pilates do those too. Whatever gets you moving and you enjoy will probably give you the best results! Feel like toning up?  Go to the gym if you like, or add weights to your regular activities! Losing our baby weight and extra pounds can be easy, addicting, and fun if you just find the right nitch. So go out there and get active. If the first few things you try aren't for you, keep trying eventually you'll find something and regardless you'll be moving!