New Beginnings

Winter is over. So is my pregnancy. 5 (almost 6) wks postpartum. Bleeding ended this past Sat. the 4th. I can finally begin excercising. I do not know what my beginning weight is though as the past midwife appt. was a home visit and I don't have a scale. My next appt. is at their new clinic and I hope I remember to weigh myself. I've already lost nearly all of the pregnancy weight I think as the "regular" clothes I was wearing last summer are fitting me about the same as they did then (after the mole and all). My weight a week before P. was born was 186 lb. Pre-pregnancy was 160.5 lb. I'm curious to see what it will be next week...

This new start is being supported and encouraged by my dsil - whom I am offering the same. She lives in CA but we are IMing each other at a certain time each day, exercising for a certain length of time and then IMing each other again to talk about it, praise each other, etc. We used to do this kind of thing in high school with various things to help motivate each other. It's more fun with a friend that's for sure! :-)

I'm upping my water intake in the sidebar from 1/2 gallon to 1 full gallon every day due to my midwife's recommendation. I had very high blood pressure problems after P.'s birth and it's still a bit on the high side. She also has recommended eating a cucumber per day for the rest of my life (dieretic properties, etc.)

Anyway, here are the treadmill stats for my brand new start!

Time = 20 min.

Distance = 3/4 mile

Laps = 3

Speed = 2.5

Incline = 1.5

Calories = 89.3

Fat calories = 27.9