Hi all, I'm just making a public "announcement" so that I can be held accountable...
I recently had a baby. While pregnant, I put on a stack of weight. The baby was a cesarian, so I was unable to exercise for 6 weeks. Then right after that (literally 6 weeks to the day after she was born), I found out I needed more surgery, which then laid me up for another 6 weeks.
So I'm a lump of gooey soft flesh now. This is not a good thing.
I've gone on Jenny Craig (have had success with them before, and also used to work for them), and have lost 2kg so far (been on 2 weeks).
I'm going back to karate and BJJ today.
And I will attempt to do cardio around the demands of working full-time and looking after my bubba.
Good luck, since you've been inactive for a while i'm sure your muscles are a little atrophied too. Hopefully, building them back up will help you feel better and burn more fat as well.
I have one student who's recently lost 20+ lbs on Jenny Craig, and another who lots 20+ lbs on Weight Watchers. Personally I've found great succses, and so have a number of people I know, doing the Zone. Find what works for you and stick to it!
Ugh, that sucks yomamma - that totally ticks me off to hear about girls like that. Personally, I think it's part of the role of being a girlfriend/wife to look good. Hope things get better soon!
I totally agree, Jorx - if only one person in a relationship values fitness then there's an issue. Likewise, if a guy is a fatass, but demands his wife not be, there's an issue. Like anything else in a relationship, people need to communicate and be on the same page.
I do witness, as a female myself, that there are a lot of girls that let themselves go once they have a kid, and the guys are just supposed to accept it. Maybe guys do this kind of thing in relationships too and I just haven't seen it as much - I've never dated anyone who wasn't physically active and didn't care about fitness.
I personally am pretty old fashioned and I think part of my "job" in a relationship is to make sure my man feels like a man - and having a good looking chick tends to make guys feel manly. :)
Every little bit helps and you never know where things might lead -- a friend of mine, her mom was this AMAZING woman and a high level masters class tri-athlete. She didn't start until she was in her 40s and the first day she started "training" she literally just ran around the block. So you never know what might happen!