Trim and Healthy is the Goal!

Hello -

This is my first post here on MFP and look forward to getting and giving support in this journey of well being.

Since having my two children, now 4 and 2.5, I haven't been able to take off the weight that I put on over my pregnancies. It has been a struggle being a full-time working mom with a hubby on rotating shift work and two beautiful babes to take care of while attempting to get my pre baby body back.

I joined here several weeks ago but seriously set a plan in gear 5 days ago. I've been getting up at 5:30am to do a cardio and strength workout for 35-minutes and then working out again at the small gym downstairs from my office at lunch for another 30+minutes of cardio (the Elliptical or Stationary Bike). Also, I've been trying to break my meals down to 5 small meals a day opposed to three. A friend at work who was a bodybuilder suggested that I try these strategies to #1 rev my metabolism first thing in the morning with the workout using my own resistance (no weights) and fuel my body slowly throughout the day.
His advice: To do this for three months - and then start a plan with light weights to further tone and tighten. Also, to avoid measuring or weighing until at least the 1 month mark, at that point measure!! Inches are a great measure of success than weight as lean muscle weighs more than fa . . so I'm told:flowerforyou:

Anyways, that's the plan for now, I truly hope that this is the answer to become healthier, shed the extra 30 pounds and become a good role model to my children. My greatest fear is to pass on this obsession to my little girl!

Here we go . . .