8 Weeks PP

It was disappointing to weigh myself this morning and be UP one pound from last week after working so hard all week. An interesting side-effect of the exercising is that I no longer crave chocolate. Now THAT is bizarre. I have definitely been consuming less calories than I am burning off as well as drinking a ton of water, so the only conclusion I can logically draw from all of this is that I am building more muscle. I completed Day 10 of Jillian Michaels' 30-Day Shred this morning and feel significantly stronger than when I started. I think that one thing I can always use more of is cardio. I would like to run more, so I need to make that a priority. I think that is the only thing that will actually make the pounds on the scale go down.
After taking my progress pictures this morning and feeling physically ill at my appearance once again, I decided to harvest the pictures I took when I was losing the 65 lbs I gained after my pregnancy with Ashton. I didn't take my first picture until I was already 10 weeks post-partum, and I already look better than that now. I remember how hard I worked after that and you can clearly see that it paid off in the pictures that followed. By 6 months after his birth, I was able to fit into my size 2 jeans (pictured), but still had 9 lbs left to lose. I didn't notice muscle definition in my abs until 7.5 months. And I know the scale didn't reflect my pre-pregnant weight again until he was 9 months old and I had suffered from a nasty stomach bug. From that point on, I was in great shape until I got pregnant again about 3 months later! So my goal this week is a whole lot more cardio!! :)

Total weight gained: 46 lbs
Weight lost: 26 lbs
Weight left to lose: 20 lbs