The First 43: My Life Now

I hope everyone enjoyed the holidays!  Last time I blogged, I talked about hoping to lose 15lbs by Christmas. Despite my best efforts, I only lost 5lbs.  Not awful, not great.  A much bigger challenge with a toddler! I will just keep forging ahead and hoping to drop the next 10 in the year year. With that in mind, my friend Krystale and I decided we wanted to do a January Fitness and Healthy Eating Challenge and we would love for you to join us. This isn't about a new years resolution or making this last every month, it's just to kick start a healthy lifestyle in one of the hardest months of the year to keep yourself on track.  We can do different challenges each month but, this is where we are starting. The challenge includes: - Calorie Counting (strictly!) for 31 days (MyFitnessPal, WeightWatchers, whichever method/app you use is fine. Whatever will make it easier for you to stick to it.) - No alcohol - No desserts/sweets - Squat and Push Up challenge (calendar in

It's been awhile friends.  I wasn't sure if I'd pick up my blog again for my weight loss victory lap this time. I tried to pick this up (blog.. weight loss... all of it) a couple of times over the last few months but ending up falling off the wagon for one reason or another. But now I've decided why not blog, I enjoyed it the first time around and it's always good to get it out there.  Where do I even start? How did this happen? Can I blame pregnancy? Did I just get lazy? Did I stop caring about the number on the scale? Really what it comes down to for me was that getting pregnant, carrying the baby, delivering, breastfeeding, and weaning. It takes a toll on your body, it took a major toll on mine. 16 months postpartum and I'm still not at 100%.  This is something I significantly underestimated before getting pregnant. I'm sure many women do, and I know that I'm not alone with where I am in this. Full disclosure, by the time I got pregnant I w