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How to lose 10 kg baby weight
September 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Between a newborn baby and making up the ranks as a manager I juggled everything but my weight. At 1,55 m I had ballooned from 49Kg to 59 kg in one year. The problem with a deformed figure is that it soon precipitates you into a spiral of low esteem and more aloofness.
My call to alert to lose baby weight: my peers thought I was pregnant a second time! Like my infant I decided to proceed with baby steps: slowly but with a clear intent. First step: wake up half an hour sooner and walk around my neighborhood.
Second step: go the “milky way” : I had to buy twice a week yoghurts and milk for my daughter, I started buying liquid low fat yoghurts and small milk cartons for myself, for mid-morning breaks and late office hours- goodbye cheese bits from vending machine.
Step three: Do it the fun way: I was always stressed, so I turned it positively: power walking to the cafeteria burnt calories and…saved time; House chores were done always with loud, funky music-it setting up a quick pace and almost always leaving me in a good mood.
That was enough to get rid of 1.5 kg in 2 weeks. Uplifting as it was, I moved further. My next step was changing food habits at home ; soup was re-introduced on the menu ( again an easy step in line my child needs). Lots of vegetables and water versus the usual meat and carbs dinner, cleansed my body while giving me a filling of hunger fulfillment much needed after grueling office hours.
Soup is not an acquired taste but turning into traditional recipe books, I discovered a wide range of cold and warm soups -with veggies and even fruit which were both easy to do as well as very palatable. By the time I had lost 4 kilos I was very proud of myself..but also feeling my weight had reached a plateau.
My last – and still ongoing step, was entering a “Power group” . Basically together with a few neighbours, I extended the power walk to the cafeteria to a power walk to the beach every evening: the four us give mutual support and every evening we trot down to the seaside ( 2km) do a bit of stretching exercises and walk back.
We are registering our progression in a log – so far we have reduced our initial time by 10 minutes … more calories burning ! Setting into a routine of exercise – even if mild as ours- is difficult as in the back of our minds a lot of excuses – house chores, children, unfinished emails – pop up, but thta’s what they really are , excuses.
As a group we push for each other, and don’t let anyone to be a dropout. Peer pressure and buddying are helping me a lot. Hope it can help you too.