The "Mommy Diet"

So I got on the scale yesterday -- I didn't think the number would have changed at all. Maybe a pound less or a pound more... So I was very pleasantly surprised when the scale showed that I have lost yet another nine pounds in two weeks. I gained a total of 21 pounds when I was pregnant with Aidan. At my six week post partum visit, I had lost a total of 27 pounds (six pounds less than my pre-pregnancy weight). Well, now I'm down another nine pounds, so that would make me fifteen pounds less than my pre-pregnancy weight.

Alex had his arms around me a couple of days ago and he said that I "felt" thinner - it was easier to wrap his arms around me. I just figured he was trying to be nice seeing as how my body image, post-pregnancy, isn't the greatest. And, whose would be if they had this icky belly pouch? LOL

Anyway, after getting on the scale yesterday (a couple of times, I have to admit - I didn't believe it at first). Anyway, I got to thinking. Why would I be dropping the weight so fast? And then it came to me -- it's the "Mommy Diet!" What's that, you ask?

It is being so preoccupied with making sure every last one of Aidan's needs are taken care of, then making sure that Alex is taken care of, and then finally taking care of myself. What that means is I'm really lucky to get in two meals a day. And by "meal," I mean - a cheese and mustard sandwich or a handful of cherry tomatoes or three oreos or a bagel with butter or a slice of pizza. Yes, these have ALL been considered "meals" for me in the past couple of months. I know - it's not the healthiest way to lose weight, but at least I'm still taking my prenatal vitamins and getting some kind of nutrients! =)