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New mom to twins
Hello everyone. As the subject line says, I am a new mom to twins. Two baby girls, who are just going on 7 months. I went through a lot to get pregnant with them and the stress and treatments did a real number on me physically BEFORE I got pregnant. During my pregnancy, to tell the truth, I didn't struggle with gaining too much weight.....the room two babies take up made it difficult to eat enough!
Anyway, here I am now, 7 months later (that FLEW by!) and I am so out of shape and I just don't want to be this way anymore. I don't want to be a fat mom because I love being very involved with them, but it's hard carrying around all this weight (I've got, easily, 100 lbs to lose). I do it, though, I get in there with them on the floor or carrying them/playing with them, but by the time they're ready for a nap, I'm done. And they're hardly crawling! What will I do when they start walking? I'm going to need every ounce of energy.
I had done Atkins (the old version) a couple of times nearly 10 years ago. Back then, the world wasn't so low carb friendly! But I felt so good doinng this diet, both physically and mentally, that I always kept it in the back of my mind that one day I was going to live this life. Not treat this as a "diet", per se, but a way of life. I (as many women do) struggle with depression from time to time and it was GONE when I lived the Atkins way. Which is another reason I want to live Atkins way. Because not only do I not want to be a fat mom or a tired mom, but I don't want to be the mother who loses her temper on a dime or cries out of sheer exhaustion. And when depression kicks in, that's what happens. To me anyway.
So, my thinking is this.....I want to do this for myself, but sometimes, I give myself too much leeway with sticking to things and next thing I know, I'm back into very bad habits and not living my life to its fullest. But now that I have my girls, my miracles, how can I not want to give them the best person ever? I want them to be active because they see their mommy being active. I want them to be eating whole foods, not processed junk, because they see their mommy doing it. I want them to have a good relationship with food and their bodies because I've set the example.
Anyway, this turned out to be a much longer post than I anticipated. But I think there's many women out there along with me who feel the same way. Thnakfully, my husband is very supportive of me doing this. I have a couple of "sabotagers" in my family, but I will not let them ruin my life change. Besides, they're not exactly pictures of health themselves, so why would I listen to them.
So tonight I go food shopping. The "big" food shopping to get me started. I've been reading ADBB for about a week now and I've got lotsof ideas, but I'm going to stay on this mornign while my girls nap and write down a great list......any suggestions appreciated!
Okay, that's my very long shpiel.....I'll be seeing ya' around here!
Anyway, here I am now, 7 months later (that FLEW by!) and I am so out of shape and I just don't want to be this way anymore. I don't want to be a fat mom because I love being very involved with them, but it's hard carrying around all this weight (I've got, easily, 100 lbs to lose). I do it, though, I get in there with them on the floor or carrying them/playing with them, but by the time they're ready for a nap, I'm done. And they're hardly crawling! What will I do when they start walking? I'm going to need every ounce of energy.
I had done Atkins (the old version) a couple of times nearly 10 years ago. Back then, the world wasn't so low carb friendly! But I felt so good doinng this diet, both physically and mentally, that I always kept it in the back of my mind that one day I was going to live this life. Not treat this as a "diet", per se, but a way of life. I (as many women do) struggle with depression from time to time and it was GONE when I lived the Atkins way. Which is another reason I want to live Atkins way. Because not only do I not want to be a fat mom or a tired mom, but I don't want to be the mother who loses her temper on a dime or cries out of sheer exhaustion. And when depression kicks in, that's what happens. To me anyway.
So, my thinking is this.....I want to do this for myself, but sometimes, I give myself too much leeway with sticking to things and next thing I know, I'm back into very bad habits and not living my life to its fullest. But now that I have my girls, my miracles, how can I not want to give them the best person ever? I want them to be active because they see their mommy being active. I want them to be eating whole foods, not processed junk, because they see their mommy doing it. I want them to have a good relationship with food and their bodies because I've set the example.
Anyway, this turned out to be a much longer post than I anticipated. But I think there's many women out there along with me who feel the same way. Thnakfully, my husband is very supportive of me doing this. I have a couple of "sabotagers" in my family, but I will not let them ruin my life change. Besides, they're not exactly pictures of health themselves, so why would I listen to them.
So tonight I go food shopping. The "big" food shopping to get me started. I've been reading ADBB for about a week now and I've got lotsof ideas, but I'm going to stay on this mornign while my girls nap and write down a great list......any suggestions appreciated!
Okay, that's my very long shpiel.....I'll be seeing ya' around here!
! I think you will find great friends and supporters here on the forum. 
), and I also have a 6 1/2 year old and a 5 year old. I have baby weight to lose from all of them. So we're kinda in the same boat.
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