Weight gain

For the last three weeks the only weight I have been concerned with is that of my son, weekly weigh-ins with the midwife has shown his 9.3lbs at birth is now 10.2lbs and gaining. I am so pleased that my breast milk is doing a good job of satisfying his hunger needs.

So now I've decided to take the plunge and look at my own weight, I need a rough idea of how much work is a head of me to get my body back in shape. I wanted to wait a few weeks until the swelling of water went down and finally my legs, feet and fingers all look proportionally back to normal.

Here it is then:

3 weeks, 2 days Post Birth, I currently weigh in at 13.2 stone.
Equivalent to 184 lbs.

My height is 5,9

So for a woman of that height, aged 25 a healthy weight on the BMI is 152 lbs.
I need to lose 2.5 stone to regain a healthy balanced shape and improve my fitness level.

I've already agreed with myself that I wont worry about serious dieting/workouts until my six weeks recovery period is over, but I am ready to cut back on the junk I've steadily been eating the last two months. An hours walk with the pram is currently exhausting me, and makes my down below stitches ache like a bitch, so in fairness I know my body is not ready for anything more intense yet. I'm starting with a few simple enough changes.

1. Cutting back on my man versus food portions
2. snacking on fruit instead of junk
3. and making sure I eat breakfast. 

Alongside a walk every day (hopefully weather permitting) and keeping the changing table stationed upstairs so I'm up and down the stairs at least seven additional times a day.

Water: while pregnant I was easily drinking seven pints of squash/water a day. Since Lincolns birth I've been too preoccupied to keep an eye on my intake of fluids. I'll definitely have to be more mindful now those seven pints have reduced to about 2.5 - not nearly enough. 

So that's the beginning of the weight loss plan. Nothing major, nothing overly ambitious, just a start.