Day 31 – Keep It Off for Life

 
What do most moms you know look like after baby?  Are they 5-20 pounds heavier than they were before baby?  It’s obvious normal (and healthy) to gain weight during pregnancy but it’s also pretty normal to keep that weight on, well after baby is born. 
When you decide to lose weight after baby (and actually do it), [...]

Day 30 – Conquering the Final Five

 
When you’re close to your goal weight, what do you do?  Padlock the refrigerator?  That could work but you could always escape and get take out!
When you’re just 5 pounds away, it’s easy to give up and just say, “That’s good enough!”  And for many it really is.  If you’re only 5 pounds from your goal weight, you’re [...]

Day 29 – Getting Your Beauty Rest

 
 Just ask my husband.  I love to sleep.  I love to nap in the afternoons.  Sleep until the last possible minute in the mornings.  So when doctors say a good night sleep is a good idea, I say a hearty AMEN!!!
Research shows that when you’re sleep deprived, you actually produce a hormone that makes you [...]

Day 28 – What’s Your Reason?

This is a picture of my baby girl 2 years ago.  What an angel!  No doubt you’ve got one of these angels too because you’re reading this blog!  You see her pictured on the cover of my Losing Weight After Baby audio course below.  (BTW: You should have seen her bawling her eyes out during [...]

Day 27 – Damage Control

If you’re human, you’ve probably eaten something this week and then thought, “Oh well.  I can eat healthier tomorrow.”  Like yesterday, when I was being treated to PF Changs and had more helpings of everything:  pan fried noodles, crispy honey shrimp, orange peel chicken, lettuce cups…oops!  Am I making you hungry?  Somehow when the food [...]

Day 26 – Keep the Home Fires Burning

 
This picture was taken more than 10 years ago.  When we were engaged, we thought it would be so funny to come out this way for our family photo with my parents!  
We got great advice when we were engaged…  “Never let the honeymoon end.”  Of course, when you’re engaged and very emotionally charged and connected, [...]

Day 25 – Hunger Is Not a Bad Word

When I was losing weight after my baby, I remember laying in bed at night and my stomach would growl.  But alas, I would just have to live with my hunger.  After all, it was 11:00 pm! 
But I remember the temporary bliss of being pregnant!  When I was hungry in the middle of the night, I would [...]

Day 24 – Holidays, Company, and Other Inevitable Temptations

Just because you’re trying to lose weight doesn’t mean you don’t have a social life.  And having a social life (yes, it’s possible even as a mom) usually involves food. 
There are holidays, birthdays, family get togethers, company parties, business lunches – how does one navigate all these calories when trying to lose weight after baby?  [...]

Day 23 – Your Victory Log

A few years ago, I attended a conference where we wrote down significant positive events that had happened in our lives in 5 year increments.  It look something like this.  I was instructed to think of highlights for each time period in my life:
 
 
Age 15-20:
Age 20-25:
Age 25-30:
Age 30-35:
Age 35-40:
Try it.  It’s a great exercise to remember your past [...]

Day 22 – Goodbye Excuses, Hello Solutions

“You know, I would love to start exercising but…”
“I would eat better but my work schedule…”
“I’m too embarrassed to go to a gym because…”

We as a society have gotten really good at excuses.  After all, there are legitimate reasons that are keeping us from being healthy, right? 
Well today, I want you to reach [...]