Post-Baby Body Fitness Challenge Update

So, a cou­ple of weeks ago, I shared the post-baby body fit­ness chal­lenge I was embark­ing on with Lean Cui­sine and Couch to 5K!

You can see full details in the chal­lenge intro­duc­tion post (and more info about why I wanted to do this). But, here’s a quick recap… I did a “healthy foods” shop­ping trip to Sam’s Club, where I pur­chased the Lean Cui­sine Asian Fla­vors 6-packs. The plan was to then replace my at-home lunches each day with one of the Lean Cui­sine meals and also to start the Couch to 5k program.

So, how did I do?

Pretty well! Some areas could cer­tainly be improved upon, but it’s def­i­nitely been a step in the right direc­tion. First off, since start­ing the chal­lenge I’m down 4 pounds! Noth­ing earth-shattering, but I’ll take it! Plus, it puts me at just below my #3 pre-pregnancy weight (which was my high­est weight ever), so that’s good!

Hav­ing a Lean Cui­sine meal for lunch has been a really good change for me. Not only does it help with por­tions, but it’s such a con­ve­nient meal. There were days that I wasn’t eat­ing lunch and then would just end up mind­lessly snack­ing. So, actu­ally hav­ing a set meal has been ben­e­fi­cial. Plus, the meals are yummy! My favorite is the Sesame Chicken. I love the noo­dles! I was really unsure if I’d like the Gin­ger Gar­lic Stir-Fry as I tend to not like things with lots of “spice”. But, it’s really good! My 2nd favorite of the 3 kinds in the Asian packs! I think all the dif­fer­ent spices/flavors help with not want­ing to overeat too. Often times with the meals,I had some of the edamame I pur­chased at Sam’s as a side. It paired so nicely with all of the meals! 

The Couch to 5k pro­gram has been going ok also. If I was doing it every other day like I should be, I’d be a bit far­ther into the pro­gram. But, with Baby Brother still hav­ing unpre­dictable sleep pat­terns and a sick Lit­tle Brother, some morn­ings it just hasn’t worked out. Even still though, I’ve com­pleted 4 work­outs and improved my dis­tance each time! So, that’s a good thing! Here’s my data: I love that the pro­gram tracks stats for you! And, it’s pretty amaz­ing for me to see how many miles I’ve gone in just a few work­outs! Love that! Plus, with the app, I can share my work­out on Face­book. At first, I hes­i­tated to do that. I thought it might be annoy­ing to oth­ers (and, let’s face it, my time/pace is sad). But, I did it any­way and am so glad I did. People’s com­ments have been so encour­ag­ing. So, by post­ing, it helps keep me account­able & moti­vates me to do it again!   I’ve been going early in the morn­ings before Mr. Mom Endeav­ors leaves for work. That seems to work best for us. The first day, I tried going with the kids & stroller, but that didn’t work as well! So, I called that just my “trial run” and redid that day. We’ve got a great path right by our house and I already have devel­oped a “route”. My favorite thing has been that the last few morn­ings, I’ve need long sleeves because it’s actu­ally chilly! So, all in all, I’d say the chal­lenge has been going well. Hav­ing healthy, con­ve­nient meals on hand has been great, as has push­ing myself to run. So, I plan on keep­ing it up!

I’ve been shar­ing some of my meals & my “runs” on my insta­gram & twit­ter (momendeav­ors on both sites!). So, you can fol­low along on my jour­ney there. You should also go check out how  Always Expect Moore and The Grant Life did with the chal­lenge. For more info, you can fol­low the #Frozen­Fa­vorites hash­tag on twit­ter and check out Lean Cui­sine on Face­book and Twit­ter.

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