Joyfully Unexpected Train Derailer

I'm Pregnant! How's that for irony. I am finally making progress on this body and now comes the most adorable figure wrecker ever! Don't know how it's all going to change but the diet has to go. Dr. says I can exercise as I have been but no more. Hum.

I haven't found time for any blogging for some time, mostly due to intense gym time. I have been in an increasing workout routine for over 2 months now (knock on wood) and seeing some real increases in my abilities. I have not lost any weight at all until this week though. It was getting pretty frustrating to I might add! I started a modified version of the protocol diet Monday (no injections) though and have lost almost 10LBS this week! Yeah! I took my measurements at 6 weeks after I started this blog and had already lost 12 inches of girth (even without a scale change). I am actually looking forward to the next set of measurements when I get to10-12 weeks. The huge decreases were some of the only things giving me real hope in the last few weeks. That and starting to see improvements. I have talked with a trainer and now am trying to get in 90+ minutes of cardio every day with only load bearing weights (my own load to be specific) for now. This has to be part of my finally registering decreases scale wise. Giving up the ice cream (and other foods not approved on my diet) is probably another factor in my progress this week. I needed something that would make food a non issue for me mentally. No thoughts into what I will eat and how I will prepare it etc. That has taken some pressure off and now was a good time. I wasn't ready to make food changes in Feb when I started this journey. Just getting moving was all I could focus on and I just wasn't ready for deprivation as I was still viewing it. Now I just want to see that result/ reward for my hard work so badly that it doesn't even feel like deprivation, YK? I have enough to eat of foods I enjoy and seeing instant results is good too. A drop of 2-3 LBS every day since I started! How's that for encouragement. I may feel tired or hungry at the end of the day, but I am also hopeful about what the scale will say in the morning. Seeing a noticeable lower number every day is very affirming of my choices and gives me the necessary boost to tackle another day of the same. maybe I'll get around to posting my slightly smaller measurements soon. In the meantime, I feel better just having this outlet to express myself and my small bits of progress.