Motivation Board

I am very serious about working out and staying healthy. Not to say that I don't have cheat days!! But now this are going to be different much different. My health, diet and working out now also affect my daughter; affecting her food supply (she's a breastfed baby!!), and her outlook on health.

I am posting these as a motivation for me and also for other mommies!

Pre-labor I really didn't focus to much on exactly what I ate. I did eat healthy but I did not exclude certain foods, which I probably should have. 
{Little side note for the breastfeeding mommies: Lots of babies are sensitive to foods so it can be best to cut the most common ones out a month or farther out before your due date. I really wish I would have, honestly. Pre-pregnancy my lactose intolerance was coming back as well as having gluten-sensitivity pop up. Now that SweetPea is here the symptoms have started to slowly come back. On top of them affecting me they are affecting her, making her very fussy with a side of spit up issues. I highly suggest cutting out all dairy, sadly this also includes goat/sheep, soy, eggs and gluten.}



I meant to take an 'after baby' picture sooner that 20days, but I was a little too wrapped up in Sweetpea. And trying to sleep. ;) Also the above picture is not of me sucking in. That's right, some how I still have control of my abs!! I'm crediting that to doing sit up/crunches/leg lifts with every work-out and almost everyday.
Since it turns out that SweetPea is intolerant of dairy(which also means no goat/sheep), soy, eggs and gluten, this diet change will help significantly with my weight-loss journey. In fact I will be adopting a more vegan/vegetarian/raw diet although I will be eating meat. The company I partnered with to start my own business is having a weight-loss competition!! While I won't be one of the BIG winners I am really excited! Not to mention I am very excited to share my journey with you!

The Motivation Board is going to be hung up in the kitchen/dining area so that I can see the reminder every day! Hopefully you noticed that I don't have a POUNDS lost area; instead I have INCHES lost. Inches are more telling than pounds and a scale because muscle weighs MORE than fat. For example you could weight 125lbs wearing a size five pants, start working out get to a size 2pants but weigh 135 or 140. I'm sure I'll update the board, adding things around the frame so every time I do I will make sure to show you!!