Isn't She Beautiful...

I am MAD.
I am INSANE.

and I am ADDICTED.

Surprisingly enough, it isn't food that I am talking about either. Woot! There's always a first time for everything, right?

Riiiiight.

I am addicted to my Monday weigh-ins. I look FORWARD to seeing what my last week has done to me. It tells me if I did well or if I need to amp up the workouts or change the routine up a bit.

So here it is. In six weeks I have lost 18 pounds. I am averaging 3 pounds a week. Not too shabby my friends. Normal, healthy weight loss is about 2 pounds a week. But when you get as heavy as I did it is common to drop a little more for awhile. My milk is doing well and my baby is quite the little fatty. (And why is that okay when they are little!? She is so stinking cute and rolly polly- and she don't care! Ah, to be a baby again!)

So although I have many addictions this is a new one for me. I used to DREAD the weigh-in. But I think I am doing really well and will be posting pictures next week because... because... because...

Next week will be a GREAT milestone for me! I will hit my 20 pound mark.

We'll see how the before's and after *but still befores* look. I'm anxious to see myself. ;)

Remember to check back in and let me know what you think.

Love Nikki

On Monday I weighed in... and KICKED butt! In five weeks I have lost 15 pounds. Lots of ZUMBA moves, calorie counting, and iron pumping got me there. But there is something that I have noticed that is starting to change the direction of the scale.

Sneaky EVIL calories!

Or restaraunts that pretend they have healthy options... but in turn end up KILLING you!

And guess what... I am SO going to call this place out!

Red Robbin sucks, y'all. I went out with a friend last night and ordered a wrap. I HATE wraps. I WANTED a nice, juicey and greasey avocado bacon burger. I almost wonder if that would have been better? Instead I ordered the whiskey bbq chicken wrap.



And to my amazement this morning when I logged my calories... it was over 1,000 calories ALONE!

Ew!!!!!!!!

I can just FEEL the grease dripping out of my poors. The fat attatching right back onto my sorry excuse of a stomach. And all the work I have done this week completely shot.

But I will NOT let this discourage me. It wasn't my free meal, for I already had my treat the night before... but I will learn from this moment. No one cares about MY health BUT me. No one is going to stop me from consuming large quantities of calories but myself. Only I have the power to control what goes into my own mouth.

Today I make a vow to myself.

I will take charge of myself, starting with what I consume now. I will no longer trust the food industry and I will teach my children to be weary of all the false health foods too.

This is no longer just a fight against me and the ever so yummy junk food.

Oh no.

THIS IS WAR!!!

Picture found here.

Two weeks ago became the start of an addiction for me. A pretty CRAZY one that gets my heart racing and my cheeks flushed. It makes my mind race and my lungs weeze.

Sometimes I even cough and it makes me slow down a lot when I am whinding down off of it.

Oh dear friends. I HIGHLY recommend this addiction.

Can you SMELL the peer pressure?

It is the ever naughty dance workout ZUMBA.


The first time I did it I literally blushed the ENTIRE time. Not only did the instructor have a ROCKING body that would make a teenage girl envious, she was easily in her late 50's!

Granny got it going on!!! ;)

So there I was trying to keep up with someone who is about 30 years my senior, and I was panting and dying. There were arms flying to the left, and then arms flying right towards my face. When I would finally chance looking around again I would be completely caught off by all the booty shaking and hip thrusting.

Women REALLY like doing this in public??? HA!

Talk about a culture shock!

The part that made me giggle A LOT was that I went to this class with a large group of my mommy friends. Here we are, a group of five or six of us mommies getting our dirty dancing on!

WHAT WILL OUR CHILDREN THINK OF US?!!

I will never look at those innocent little mommies again. The way they got their grooves on, I now KNOW they all got some dirty secrets lying under those pure exteriors. No goody goody can move the way these ladies were moving. It just isn't natural.

I now go at least twice a week with my mommy friends. (haha!)

And during this time I have lost another 5 pounds on top of my 8 two weeks ago. This total's 13 pounds in 2.5 weeks.

And wait! There is more...

I can now shake my money-maker too!

And! *gasps in shock* I enjoy it!

What workouts do YOU enjoy doing?
ps. The instructor wasn't really that old ... I tend to be a tad bit dramatic. She really did look amazing though!
A note for postpartum mommies: This is a GREAT article to keep in mind.

Yesterday my husband and I weighed in! It was a GREAT first week. I'm pretty proud of both of us. I haven't measured anything yet because, honestly? It becomes overwhelming. I'm okay with just the number on the scale and the percent sign it creates afterward. ;)

So.. my starting weight was...

WAIT FOR IT...

WAIT FOR IT...

279.

 GAG. COUGH. blush.

And yesterday I was 271. That's 8 pounds. 2.9% of my body weight GONE! :) My husband lost 5 pounds as well. Yay! Here's to another bomb-diggidy week y'all!

Love Nikki
ps. Some of the weight-loss may have been water weight. This next week will not be as amazing but I will work just as hard and have added carbs back in last Friday. My diet has been healthy and filling. :) And so far so good on nursing.