May 2

This morning we weighed ourselves with the Wii Fit before doing our Shred. Despite my recent lapse in healthy habits I’ve actually lost about a pound and a half. Yay! That means I get to move my little runner icon above. :) I’m planning on eating oatmeal every morning, or close to every morning. It should help keep my milk supply up while I’m losing weight. The good news is that Lucy isn’t dependent on milk like an infant is. So I’m betting it’s probably, actually OK if I do lose at the rate I was losing a month or so ago. Most breastfeeding information and guidelines are designed for moms nursing babies, not toddlers, because, unfortunately, there aren’t a lot of moms nursing toddlers in the Western world. So there probably haven’t been many studies done on the mom/toddler nursing dyad. And, just in case my supply takes a dip, I’ve got the oatmeal to help combat that.

Day 2 of the Shred was, not surprisingly, a bit painful {helloooooo sore muscles}! But we pushed through. We know that our endurance will build up and that, in the end, it will all be worth it.

Breakfast {316 calories}:

• 3 glasses water {this includes the water I drank before and during the Shred workout}
• 1/2 oatmeal cooked w/water and topped with 185
• 2 strawberries and 18
• 1/2 banana 61
• vitamins
• coffee w/skim milk, vanilla and a little sugar ~52

Snack {64 calories}:

• yogurt 40
• 1 cup red peppers 24

Lunch {364 calories}

• 1 PB&Banana 100, 100, ~50
• 1 cup red peppers 24
• 1 cup dry Rice Krispies 100

Snack {172 calories}:

• 1 apple {shared w/Lucy} with ~72
• 1 tbs. peanut butter 100
• ~1/2 cup water

Dinner {400 calories}:

• bean and cheese frozen burrito {I know, processed foods = bad, but I couldn’t think of anything else I wanted for dinner} 340
• 1/2 glass water
• 1 square dark chocolate 60

Snack {305 calories}:

• Special K w/skim milk 145
• cookie dough ~160
• 1 glass water

Total Calories: 1621 {within acceptable range of 1500-1800}