Posts Tagged ‘healthy living’

turning point

// July 6th, 2009 // No Comments » // Motherhood, Rachel

three and a half months seemed to bring about lots of changes in both myself and mariah.  i don’t know if it’s such a big “turning point” for everyone, but it sure seems to be for me.

what i love about three and a half months:

for mariah -

she can support her own head well: she’s had a really strong neck from the beginning, but probably right at three months she got the hang of holding it for long periods of time.  it makes carrying her much easier.

she can roll over both ways: which means when she flips to her stomach, instead of complaining about it, she can change it herself.  most things i’ve read put babies at 5 months before they can go both ways – guess we have a gal ahead of the curve!

she loves to squeal and talk:  this makes the day delightful.  but of course leads to the next one… (more…)

size matters

// May 4th, 2009 // No Comments » // Motherhood, Rachel

i had two wonderful ladies in the church reassure me that at the three weeks post-partum mark i’d be back into my prepregnancy clothes even though “things won’t look the same”.  i was also told “breastfeeding will melt the fat away!”

i couldn’t wait for the three week mark to arrive.  i watched the scale daily as i was dropping 1-2 pounds a day for the first two weeks. my stomach was getting smaller and smaller.  then i was seeing the same number pop up on the scale day after day.  three weeks has come and gone and the scale is STILL giving me the same three digits i saw five weeks ago.  *sigh* perhaps i’d be ok with that number if i knew i only had 5-10 more pounds to lose.  nope.  not the case.  i’m looking at 20! (since i gained 40ish during the pregnancy even though i swore i wouldn’t). 

i’m two pounds more than i was january 1, 2008. that’s when i told myself i had to lose weight i’d put on and get back into shape.  and i did it – by the time i found out i was pregnant in july, i had lost 15 pounds (i lost another 5 due to morning sickness). so i know i can do it, it’s been done before.  i know what it takes. thank goodness i have that to motivate me.  otherwise i may see this as a hopeless circumstance.

so i should be ok with the scale not moving right now and knowing that it will as i put in the hard work and effort, right?  well…

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