by Alison Moore Smith | Aug 9, 2009 | for Body, Losing Weight After Pregnancy
Today I have been married for 24 years to my dream man. I'm not terribly worried about “the diet” today, but I'll still mostly follow it just out of convenience. Down 5.0 pounds today. But, seriously, after 34 days plus the early week, that's not much...
by Alison Moore Smith | Aug 8, 2009 | for Body, Losing Weight After Pregnancy
No, there's not some huge notable change—and no one is running up to me screeching, “Alison, you look amazing! What are you doing?” But I'm feeling a bit thinner and a bit stronger.
by Alison Moore Smith | Aug 7, 2009 | for Body, Losing Weight After Pregnancy
You were warned I'd be whining all week long. I will not disappoint. Dinner time came on the fourth day this week and I just could not face that egg white/coleslaw/mushroom mash. My three youngest kids were about to die of starvation. They'd rather go to bed without...
by Alison Moore Smith | Aug 6, 2009 | for Body, Losing Weight After Pregnancy
There it was. In black and white. Three sets of plank, 90 seconds each. You have got to be kidding. Considering the fact that the 45-second plank nearly does me in every day—and each one has to be done in two to three segments with rests in between—my heart was filled...
by Alison Moore Smith | Aug 5, 2009 | for Body, Losing Weight After Pregnancy
Already I can tell you that it's going to be a week of complaining for me. There is a ton going on and I'm stressed. School starts way too soon, I am leaving for a 4-day long education program in just over a week (do not ask me how I'm going to follow the plan in a...
by Alison Moore Smith | Aug 4, 2009 | for Body, Losing Weight After Pregnancy
I love the weeks of circuit training. That is how I've always done strength training because it speeds up the workout. Sitting around waiting for the next set is even more boring than doing the set itself. But to go from Week 4 and the easy, breezy circuit to Week 5,...