the breastfeeding diet

So last post, Lauren commented that I should give ya'll some weight loss tips [I think she was joking when she wrote it, but I do have some things to say about it]. Lest ye be deceived, I am nowhere close to where I was pre-pregnancy. Sure, I can fit in to skinny jeans but they are elastic and will stretch over my now jello tummy. Fitted jeans and I have yet to be reacquainted. With that being said, I have been making efforts to become slim and trim. For the past 4 weeks I have: run 3 miles daily, done light weights, measured my food and wrote down everything that went in to my mouth. I worked for a nutritionist before I had Ev, so I felt pretty on track. So when I wasn't losing the weight and I called my boss to ask why, he said I would lose the weight faster if I stopped working out and ate more fat. Come again? Yeah, I guess when you're breastfeeding your body hoards fat and because I was trying to burn that fat off with Cardio, my body worked extra hard to keep that squish on. So pretty much all my efforts were in vain.  I actually created more fat. So here's a weight loss tip for all women:

1. grow yourself a mini you

2. BREASTFEED & BREASTFEED that darling creation

I hear it works like a charm. Sucks the unwanted stuff right off. I'm still waiting for mine to kick in, or rather I'm waiting for my baby to eat more, that skinny little thing! How much easier my job would be if she would nurse longer than 10 min. Now i'm stuck limiting my sweets. So I took one of my favorite desserts, Strawberry Pie, and did my own little swip-swap. Cream cheese = greek yogurt, pie crust = 1/2 graham cracker. The taste is divine, I must say. I do the same with bananas for a banana cream pie.