Updates

Life has wandered on a bit since I last updated this obviously. Hubby and I made a major decision in our life which for anyone that really knows me will kinda knock you off your feet..

We are gonna have a kid..

I never thought I would say those words and no, this was no accident, I’m not actually pregnant yet but we have decided to go for it. I haven’t gone googly over kids either, a friend and his wife brought their newborn over this weekend and I have to say past the initial aww, cute politeness I really didn’t want much to do with her, I had no desire to hold her or anything but I could definitely see where if she were mine I’d have been totally in love. She didn’t do much but eat and peer around at everyone, I think she is maybe 3-4 weeks old so not exactly the life of the party, she had a cute smile though.

I’m not totally sure what changed my mind, getting older perhaps, realizing that at 31 it was now or never, we couldn’t keep putting it off anymore. I know people have kids much older but for us it was a case of wanting to be fit and able to play with grandkids if such a thing were to happen.

I’m looking forward to seeing my husband as a father, I know it is going to bring him such tremendous joy and he is going to be a wonderful Dad. I do fear perhaps for my own sanity however as I just know that I am going to end up the victim of a whole bunch of pranks…

We’ve been talking a lot about how we are going to deal with the trials and tribulations of rearing a child. I am definitely hoping for a boy, I think the occasional broken bones, skinned knees and fist fights from a rambunctious boy will be much less of a headache than a female tween with body image issues, clothes, hair and makeup etc. And I know Murphy will be laughing his arse off when I get a fairy princess for a daughter. (If you don’t know me in person I hate clothes shopping, don’t wear makeup and am a geek and a tomboy, oh and dolls freak me out, they are as bad as clowns.)

So as far as my personal body image issues go I am now highly motivated to lose this damn weight so that 1) I won’t be the 200lb pregnant lady and 2) I can set a good healthy example for my kid and not show them a do as I say not as I do attitude.

This led me to find Lyle McDonald and his Rapid Fat Loss Diet. I’ve been on a planned diet break for the last 10 days or so but I finished off round 1 at 164lbs. That’s the lowest I have been in over 7 years. I managed to lose 18lbs in 6.5 weeks with his plan. I’m currently at 169lb which is some bloat from my week off (I was not well behaved believe me *lol*) but also glycogen replenishment because the diet is a low carb one. (Actually low carb, low fat and low calorie – if you are gonna try a crash diet, this is the one to do. Plenty of protein though which keeps me full.)

I can actually finally see me achieving my goals, this is it, this is the diet that works for me. I’ve been through so many and I knew a long time ago that the only secret was in finding the one that suited you personally.

I started round 2 yesterday and can’t wait to see what the next few weeks gets me too.