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Hi my names Kristin. I am a 23 year old stay at home Mom to a 20 month old baby boy. Now I know running around with a baby should be enough exercise right? Doing housework and cooking dinner we should be skinny right? Well thats not the case. At highschool graduation in 2009 I weighed 125lbs. I got pregnant in 2012 and even lost 10lbs during my first 4 months of my pregnancy. At the end of my pregnancy I was at my hugest. 200lbs. At my 6 week postpartum delivery I was down to 150. Im 4'11 so my weight should be around 120-125.

The reason I started my journey was because my Fiances clothes which are always 3 sizes to big because thats just his style looked better on me then my normal small/medium shirts and my size 19 in jeans. I had enough.

I started looking online about fast workouts for stay at home Moms and the bikini body Mommy challenge came up. I started doing the workouts everyday. 1st day strength training,2nd cardio, 3rd strength and so on and so forth and the 7th day was rest/weigh in/ measurement. I ate the same way I always did but got rid of one of my biggest addictions. Pop. I got to day 38 with no weight loss. Just gained.

I started a reboot. I still did the bikini body mommy challenge on youtube and facebook. I started cycling calories. Someone in my weight and height and working out 3-4 hours a week and burning 1000 calories a week should eat 1600-1800 calories a day. So whats calorie cycling if you dont already know. Its not trying to eat the same calories everyday. Always eat 1200 for 2 days out of the week. 1800 for 1 day a week and stay in between 1200-1800 calories the other 4 days. Never eat the same calories the same day every week. When you eat the same amount of calories everyday you may hit a platuea. And it will take a while to get to lose weigh again. With calorie cycling you bodies always guessing.

For the first 4 weeks. I tried to workout 180 minutes a week and burn 1000 calories a week. I did the bikini body mommy challenge on day 1 3 5 and fitnessblender.com HIIT and cardio workouts 2 4 6 days.

I use MFP everyday to add my food and calories. Macros matter but not as much as everyone says it does. Fat should be the lowest precentage. Protein should be the highest and carbs should be in the middle of both.

I went to my Drs on the 13th for a checkup. He ordered blood work to check on my thyroid. i weighed 185lbs at the drs with my clothes and shoes on.

I went back to the drs on the 20th. 1 week later. My blood work came back for my thyroid. My numbers were suppose to be 0-32. Mine was 151. He prescribed me 3 iodine pills a day. Looked at my chart and I lost 2lbs in 1 week. He told me to keep doing what im doing and id be at 125 in 7-8 months.

My diet. I drink a protein shake every morning. Thats my breakfast. Wait 30 mins after I finish and do my workout. Lunch I always have protein. Eggs, meat,sometimes low fat progresso soups. Dinner I eat whatever but in moderation. If hubby brings a digorno pizza home and the box says 1/4 of the pizza is 350. I eat 1 piece. If I have calories remaining I will have a cookie. Nothing wrong with that. Dieting is not torture its being healthy eat a freakin cookie.

Cheat days. Yes I do believe in them. Dieting shouldnt be about all the foods you cant eat. Well most of the week should be. But its okay to have a cookie or a piece of cake or ice cream for dessert. Just in moderation. Friday or Saturday is always my cheat day. I just eat what I want until I feel full. I also drink my addiction POP. Then extra workout and eat the lowest calories thats healthy 1200.

I just finished week 3 of my challenge and my weigh in/ measurements and rest day is 2morow. So I dont know how much ive lost in this weeks time.

But heres my beginning weight and measurements, plus week 1 and week 2.

Beginning i weighed 185lbs

End of week 1
182

End of week 2 180.

I lost inches in my arms and waist. My SOn deleted my folder. lol.

If anybody needs some advice hit me up. Ill help if I can.