From Flab to Fab Project!

From Flabulous and pregnant...




To Fabulous....




Soooooo...I have been mentally deciding to do this for a while. Basically during my whole pregnancy all I wanted to do was get skinny. Now that the little guy is out, it is time and my thoughts have been dwelling on that for about a week. Well, It is time! So, as I embark on this journey of self-improvement I am going to document it as motivation and to help people keep me accountable (even though I will be in Kauai in a few short weeks). I am going to set many short term goals. My first one is from now until we move. I dont have a weight loss maximum but I must lose 15 lbs before we move in about 2 months or less.

That means:

Protein Days: nothing but protein for a whole day to kick my after baby body into ketosis.


Oatmeal, turkey patties, talapia, 60 cal whole wheat toast, green beans, cabbage,broccoli, fruit and NO ALCOHOL! Ouch!





I have to eat small amounts every two hours to keep my metabolism high and drink at least 80 oz. of water a day.



While about 80-90% of weight loss is due to nutrition, I will be slowly adding in little workouts throughout the day. Just being a mom is a lot of work but Im going to include counter push ups, ab routines in the morning and night,calf raises and weight lifting once a day for my arms.



The most important reason that I am doing this is for my knees. I am looking at getting double knee replacements. I am in such pain on a daily and night basis that I can barely function without a prescription IB Prophen at the end of the day...and i WISH it could be something like vicodin! This has been the biggest heart break for me. I am terrified of not being able to live out my passions in life and now that we are moving to a place where the outdoors is our gym, I am so scared that I wont be able to have the fun that we could have!

The first thing that pops into my head when we talk about the beach is how much pain I will be in walking through the sand or how I wont have the ability to hike up a trail. Even looking for a house. I LOVE having the house up high to see the beautiful views, but the stair situation terrifies me. My knee caps dont move without grinding my bones down when I climb up and down things. Theres just no cartilage there after years of basketball and injuries accompanied by surgeries. Evan and I are of the same heart and mind but not body and it breaks my heart. I want to go hiking with him desperately but I know that there is no way.

This is the promise I am making to myself. I want to see how losing a ton of weight will effect the pain in my knees. My plan is to re-asses my lifestyle as far as pain in about a year. If my pain is still bad enough where it is affecting my life. I am flying home and having double knee replacements. Since surgery is not a guarantee and new technology is coming about every day, I feel that the longer I wait, the more treatments there will be for no cartilage. With the stem cell research, there is a possibility that they will be able to re-grow the cartilage in my knees, but not if I have the surgeries.

So, please, MOTIVATE me and encourage me. I am going to need it. I am very excited to see where this will lead in every aspect of my life.