Aliyah is here. on September 17, 2008 10:53 am
Time has flown. I celebrated my 2 year surgiversary on 06/22/08. I was almost 9 months pregnant at the time but it was still a day that I celebrate because I know my life would not be the same had I not had surgery 2 years ago. My baby, Aliyah, was born on 08/05/08. She is now 6 weeks old. Time flies by seeing how much she changes every day. I gained 30 pounds through 9 months of pregnancy but I swelled up a LOT the last 2 weeks of pregnancy and gained 20 pounds in 2 weeks and had to stay off my feet. So technically I guess I gained 50 pounds for the pregnancy although the last 20 was all fluid that I lost the day after giving birth. I actually lost 40 of the 50 pounds in one week and am now down 45 pounds in week 6. So, I have only 5 pounds left from my pregnancy until I get back to where I was when I found out I was pregnant (which was 155 pounds). I would still like to lose 20 pounds and get to about 140 pounds but if not, I am still happy with the outcome. The excess skin I had before I got pregnant is 10 times worse after having a baby though. I really will have to have plastic surgery to have it all removed and plan eventually. I have started to "train" myself to getting back to healthy eating since I ate any and everything when I was pregnant. I am having to re learn good habits but I am getting there. I am also working on getting back to jogging. Right now I am just walking and doing 2-2.5 miles at a time. I have confidence in myself that I will be back jogging a 5k very shortly. It was something I really enjoyed and I want to go back to that. Life is very hectic with a baby now and trying to work out a schedule and routine everyday. Overall, I couldn't be happier with how things are going 2 years and now a baby later. I want to wish everyone on the journey much success and just stay with it through the good and the bad. It will all be worth it in the end.
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