Monday, December 8, 2008

Baby Hair, Weight Watchers, the News

My little one is currently asleep on my chest in the Moby Baby wrap. He loves being carried. Babywearing rules! Now back to the subject at hand. My little one started losing his hair at about 3 weeks. And I mean he was really balding. He looked like a middle aged man with male pattern baldness! The front and middle of his head was completely bald and shiny! The pediatrician said it was normal with cradle cap and babies sometimes lose their hair anyway. But now at almost 7 weeks, it has grown back. He still has some original hair in the back though that hasn't fallen out yet. I am wondering if his hair is going to keep growing. My mom and I were looking at my brother's baby pictures and he had a full head of hair from birth! Like more hair than alot of adults! LOL!

So today is my first day of Weight Watchers. I am following the Core program where you do not have to write down everything you eat. You just choose foods from the list and eat until you feel satisfied, not hungry, but not stuffed. It's a pretty much fat-free, sugar free plan with an emphasis on whole, nutrious foods. No crazy diet food, just whole grains, veggies, fruits and dairy/dairy substitutes. I had a fruit smoothie this morning, so far, so good. I went to my first WW meeting this past saturday. It went well. It was great seeing everyone else there, all with the goal of getting to a healthy weight. My first weight loss goal is 10% of my weight. I think it will probably take me a few months to lose it. I just want to lose slow and steady; that way it is more likely to be real weight loss, fat and not water and muscle. Once you get to 10%, they give you a little key chain as a reward for your success. You also get to stand up in front of everyone and talk about what you are doing to get to your weight loss goal. I like the camraderie of the meetings. And the meeting leader is really cool. She actually lost 85 pounds, 215 pounds to 130!!! 50 of those pounds were with Weight Watchers. This week I am really going to get it together. I plan on going to the gym this week 5 times. I am going to go today after B gets home from work. It's so hard getting back into working out when you have a new baby. I just want to spend all my time with him and it's so hard to leave the house. I am just trying to cherish every moment. I know I am probably going to cry the first time I drop him off at the childcare provider. But I digress, if I want to get my body back together, the gym is a must along with the healthy diet. I was so gung-ho about getting back to the gym, but the sleepless night, the crying, the diaper changes and everything else made me pump the brakes a bit. And plus staying with my parents for the week of thanksgiving kind of slowed me down too. But I am determined and motivated. I know consistency and clean eating are the key. I look forward to getting back into running and being a yummy mummy by spring time.

On another note, I find it hard to watch the news these days. I feel like everytime I watch it, something horrible is happening to a child. Now that I have a child, it hits home...HARD! I just feel so bad for the family and cringe at the thought of anything happening to my little one. B said if anyone did anything to our little one, he would end up in jail. I said I would end up in the psych ward. I just can't even imagine it...

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