1500 - My Magic Number

Stuck is where I've been. I lost the first 20 pounds of the 40 pounds-- I always gain a lot-- without much difficulty and then nothing. Usually the day I hit my six week mark I am literally off running and playing soccer. This time the holidays, the move, and six weeks postpartum all coincided. I hadn't realized how much playing one hour of soccer each week really helped.

Upon arriving it took a while to get settled, and not all my workout equipment came with our luggage. For the last three weeks I've finally hit my magic number of 1500 calories burned between weight lifting and various aerobic workouts. I finally lost another five pounds. For whatever reason that is the number that I have used after each pregnancy and I set my goal at five workouts a week.

I love my Polar heart rate monitor as it lets me know when to push it and when I'm overdoing it. It helps me keep on track. I recommend one for anyone who really wants to get in shape. Sometimes we think we are getting a good workout and we just aren't getting our heart rate up enough to really benefit from it.

I am toying with the idea of training for a sprint triathlon in the fall. I have two other fit mamas who want to do it with me, but it is about to get way too hot to train so we will plan it for cooler temperatures.

Hopefully now when my non-maternity clothes show up in two weeks I will be able to fit into some of them.