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4 months in and ready to make some chages

Thursday, July 17, 2014

New Mommy to twins. I thing my weight has finally settled and I look at my beautiful boys in photos with me and there is so much room for improvement. Pregnancy added 18inch (Yes 18 inches) to my waist. I am now up 4 inches and 27lbs. I still have 75lbs I would like to loose. I have a very realistic goal that it won't all fall off but 8 months might be doable to get back to where I was last July when we started the crazy adventure

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YVETTEB57 7/17/2014 2:53PM

    Beautiful babies! emoticon

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The weight loss plummet

Tuesday, April 08, 2014

So I am in a weight loss plummet and not exactly sure where I will land. 34lbs in the past 22 days. A healthy plummet as giving birth to twins is probably the only healthy way to drop that much weight in less than a month. And I am still dropping. So curious about where I will land. Still very much in a transition adjustment stage.

So my new challenges
A: Getting enough sleep
B: Not using nursing as an excuse to eat more. Yes I need 800-1000 extra calories but they need to be healthy calories.
C: Easing into fitness. Getting back to walking and other activities.
D: Drinking enough water.
E: Weening off the convenience foods. I have done a ton of fast and easy and not healthy and well balanced.

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HONEYMOON25 4/18/2014 7:44AM

    Get to bed as early as you can! I know you have other kids to tend to as well but 8 hours of interrupted sleep is better than 5 hours of interrupted sleep. :)

I gained 65-70 lbs with my boys and lost 35 in the first month. I lost another 15-20 over the next couple of months...and then stopped. Eek! I also wasn't nursing which I know can help (and can sometime hinder) weight loss.

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JULESRULES78 4/9/2014 1:59PM

    Congrats on the twins! Great goals. Health calories for nursing was not a goal I had during my first baby that I should have. Thanks for giving me one to add to a future list!

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JLDACQ 4/9/2014 12:25PM

    You have some pretty big challenges set up. And by the way, that first one -- you may have to wait another 18-20 yrs before that realistically happens. :-P

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USMAWIFE 4/8/2014 8:11PM

    emoticon on the twins and the weight loss

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CHICAT63 4/8/2014 5:22PM

    Again congratulations on the twins !!!! you can do this, you are off to an excellent start. emoticon

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My Lucky Charms

Saturday, March 22, 2014

Not the best picture of me but my boys are here! Jayson (daddy shirt) 6lb 4 & Mikael (Mommy Shirt) 7lb 10.
Full term twin boys at 38 weeks! Both born this past St Patrick's day.

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JLDACQ 3/26/2014 2:09PM

    They are so beautiful, and you look so happy!! :-D

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APPLEPIEDREAMS 3/24/2014 11:23AM

    They're beautiful. Congratulations!

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CHICAT63 3/24/2014 4:37AM

    COngratulations !!!!

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0309COOKIE 3/23/2014 4:09PM

    Aaaawww! What a happy picture! You all look beautiful! Congratulations!

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USMAWIFE 3/22/2014 7:54PM

    emoticon how wonderful to see you and the new additions after following your pregnancy on here for all these months

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SAMMYSWEETPEA 3/22/2014 7:05PM

    Congratulations! Hope you're all doing well!


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One More Week

Monday, March 10, 2014

Personally a huge accomplishment to make it to the one more week mark. 37 Weeks along with twins as of Yesterday. One more week and I am scheduled to deliver provided I don't go into labor this week. Full term twins seams like a huge deal when I see so many of my fellow moms of Multiples going really early.

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APPLEPIEDREAMS 3/13/2014 10:52AM

    I bet you can't wait to meet them! Congratulations on the pending arrival.

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CHICAT63 3/11/2014 4:36AM

    Awesome !

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SAMMYSWEETPEA 3/11/2014 12:00AM

    37 weeks with twins is AMAZING! Good growing mama!

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EVIE4NOW 3/10/2014 11:31AM

  Congrats. And congrats on the twins.

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March Goals ~ going to drop 20Lbs at least this month!

Saturday, March 01, 2014

OK I am so looking forward to dropping some weight this month. I have gained 43lbs since August. This gain was actually a goal for me to gain it. I have also gained 16 inches around my waist.
But March is the month. My surgery is scheduled for the 17th if I don't need it sooner. They are estimating that the boys are now 6lbs 11oz and 5lbs 11oz. 36 weeks (full term for twins) will be reached tomorrow so I am ready to meet my boys and then as things settle down start meeting my healthy lifestyle goals. So 12-15lbs of baby, two placentas and the water I have been retaining all gone by the end of the month. After a month to recover I am looking forward to starting back on my weight loss journey. Although I am more excited that our family will be complete.
16 More days.

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READYRACHEL 3/2/2014 10:31AM

    Good luck. My daughter was born March 16th last year and my birthday is the 21st. March is a good birthday month. :)

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CHICAT63 3/2/2014 6:11AM

    I am also a March baby, well I am also a twin ! My twin sister and I were born on March 14 and our baby brother was born on March 17, all the best for your deliveries. Keep us posted, hugs !

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