We all know that it's hard to shed those pregnancy pounds. Today marks the day of my son's 2 month's of life, and my 40lb weight loss. Mind you, I struggled with an eating disorder for years before I got pregnant, and postpartum, I jumped back into it, hence the 20lbs a month I lost. However, Sunday marked the day that instead of using my eating disorder to lose weight, I do it the right way... and with weight loss, I will gain a better physique, strength, and even more confidence in my abilities to keep it off, and that I look good. With the help of Self.com's Reach Your Goal challenge, I am on my weight to a better body postpartum. They have 3-4 different goals you can choose from, with each goal comes a set of cardio workouts, and strengthening workouts you can do. I obviously chose the Finally Lose that Baby Weight Challenge, and believe me the cardio in itself is easy to do with the baby: while walking with the stroller, when they are napping, and even one for when you do end up finding some free time. The strengthening is done with freeweights (whatever size you want to use) and its easy to build muscle without becoming bulky. Free weights are a great way to create long lean muscle instead of bulky muscle. As women we all want muscle and strength, but not looking bulky like the men!

How far are you post partum,  how much weight have you lost, and what did you do to get there?

-Mommy to a Monkey