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Operation: Get My Body Back

February 14, 2011 – 11:41 pm

Baby Blue had her 3 month birthday on Sunday!  She is such a little peach; I can’t believe how much I love her.  She has started laughing and “talking”, and her joyful little personality is becoming more and more infectious.  Motherhood is a total joy to me, despite the dark circles under my eyes.  And there are so many ways that I have become a better person, just in these few months.

All that said, Operation Get My Body Back has been in full swing for about six weeks now.  (Ok, I admit, I took this weekend off.  We had a friend visiting, and it was Valentine’s).  Happily, it hasn’t been too hard; thanks goodness for all the extra calories I get to eat while nursing.  But, it’s still taken vigilance, and good choice-making.

What have I been doing?  Why, eating fiber of course!  And limiting dairy (my cheese consumption got a little out-of-hand over the holidays).  Pre-pregnancy I didn’t eat much dairy at all, really only on special occasions; but my pregnancy hunger and need for quick protein snacks made dairy products like cottage cheese and greek yogurt easy go-to curbs for my voracious appetite.  But lately, I’ve been trying to scale my dairy consumption back to pre-pregnancy levels, while still eating plenty of protein (nuts, legumes, whole grains, organic eggs) and fat (olive and coconut oils, nuts, seeds, olives and avocados) for rich milk-making (I have no problems in this department.  Just ask my 16-pound-last-I-checked 3-month-old.  If I did have trouble with milk production, or my baby were having trouble gaining weight, you can bet I’d be paying close attention to my protein and fat intake).

As for exercise, I haven’t done much running, but we take lots of walks, even if we sometimes have to bundle up.

Also, I’ve discovered that Netflix has a decent selection of stream-able workout videos — perfect for working out during naps.  Not to mention, my trusty Rebounder has once again taken up residence in our living room (much to Babydaddy’s dismay, who wanted to send it to Goodwill during our move).  On any given weekday naptime, you might find me hippity-hopping away on it while watching netflix documentaries.   Banishing that baby-pooch, once and for now.