Our cornmeal expired, when?!

Saturday was a weird day. It started out pretty normal, with some baked oatmeal. We'll count that as 

1 "always" carb

1 "thumbs up" protein

1 fruit

1 fat

11:45

String Cheese - 1 "thumbs up" protein

Lunch was still pretty normal. 

1:30

Whole Wheat Tortilla - 1 "always" carb

Mozzarella Cheese - 1/4 cup - 1 "thumbs up" protein

Chicken Nuggets - 2 (the size/amount of 3 fingers) - 1 "thumbs up" protein

Cherries - 1 cup - 1 fruit

I had some carrots and peanut butter set out but was feeling full so I didn't eat them. Around 4, I still wasn't all that hungry but ate some popcorn because I knew I was low on carbs and figured I wouldn't make it all they way until dinner around 8, after we put the baby to bed. 

By the time dinner rolled around, I was still feeling mostly full, which is just weird for me. Maybe my portions are off. Maybe it's the amount of water I had.  Maybe I'm just truly eating a better balance of things to keep hunger at bay. 

So, my husband wanted to fix his famous (Tyler Florence's famous, more specifically) shrimp and grits for dinner. Grits aren't mentioned once in my book. I can only assume they are a no-no so I convinced him to sub brown rice for the grits. I'll tell you this - honestly, it was almost just as good. If I hadn't had these amazing grits before, I wouldn't have missed them at all, and even with having had them, I barely missed them and felt better about myself, so bonus. 

Brown Rice - 1 "always" carb

Shrimp - enough to fill up the cup of your hand (I had about 5 large shrimp) - 2 "thumbs up" proteins

Sausage - about the size of your pinky finger - 1 "perilous" protein. It still counts but we shouldn't eat those often. 

Frozen Lemonade Pie - 1 fat

Day Totals:

Carbs: 4/6

Protein: 7/6

Fruit: 2/3

Fat: 2/3

Veggies: 0/4.5

Whoops, no veggies all day!  That's why I meant to eat those carrots!  My husband reminded me that there were onions in the shrimp mixture but I need to do some more research. I'm not sure how nutritious onions actually are to even count as a vegetable serving. Do people just eat onions as a main dish? They just seem like more of an accent food to me. 

Today, Sunday, we tested going out to eat. I ordered a healthy egg scramble that included 3 eggs, spinach, mushrooms, onions and mozzarella cheese. It came with fruit and a whole wheat English muffin. It was pretty tasty, actually, even though the three eggs was probably a little excessive. I didn't ask if they could do one whole egg and two whites or anything like that but I would bet some places would be accommodating for things like that. Eating half my English muffin and giving the other half to the baby, I counted as:

3 eggs - 3 proteins (probably only one whole egg would be considered a thumbs up protein but figuring it out sounds complicated)

Mozzarella Cheese - 1 "thumbs up" protein

Mushrooms, Spinach, Onion - 1 veg

Mixed Fruit - 1 fruit

1/2 Whole Wheat English Muffin - 1 "always" carbs 

11:45 - had my carrots from yesterday

Carrots - 3 oz - 1 veg

Peanut Butter - 1 Tablespoon - 1 fat

Lunch was sort of a crapshoot. I don't know if this is what made me tired later in the day but I figure it's possible. I had made these new waffles for the baby that had part whole wheat flour and sweet potato purée mixed in and had to taste test them. I ended up eating a whole waffle and just had to count that as part of my lunch. I also had a plum so I counted it as 1 carb and 1 fruit. 

At 5:15 I had some popcorn while the baby threw most of his food (chicken nuggets and cheesy toast) at the dogs. 

3 cups - 1 "always" carb

For dinner we had some homemade fish tacos. The hubs made a breading and we picked up some grouper from the local farmers' market and we baked it. We were initially going to use a cornmeal mixture but after making up the mix realized that our cornmeal, though unopened, had an expiration date of April 2012. That's embarrassing. Why did we have that? And why did we move expired cornmeal at least 2 times, once out of state even?  We opted not to use it, just in case, and subbed some Italian breadcrumbs. We had some corn and zucchini on the side. It wasn't bad.  Picture is linked to recipe. 

 

8:00

Whole Wheat Tortillas - 2 - 2 "always" carbs

Grouper (baked) - 2 servings, each about 3 fingers worth - 2 proteins

Shredded lettuce - 1 veg

Corn and Zucchini - 1 veg

Frozen Lemonade Pie - 1 fat

Daily Totals

Carbs: 5/6 (I could have eaten that entire English muffin after all)

Protein: 7/6

Fruit: 2/3

Fat: 2/3

Veg: 4/4.5

Excellent! I didn't go over on my fat today and almost met the minimum quota for veggies!

One whole week and I'd say I'm feeling pretty fired up. Here's to week 2!

my pants are loose!

Even in spite of my derailment, yesterday, I woke up this morning, 2 pounds less than my pre-pregnancy weight and my normal pants are feeling a little bit loose. I can't believe it, but it's all the fuel I need to keep at this. 

As you may or may not know, my pre-pregnancy weight wasn't one to brag about. It was the point in my life when I joined weight watchers (only to have them kick me out when I got pregnant) but either way, it is a great feeling to be back at a familiar starting point. 

This is how I finished off yesterday. 

3:00

Popcorn - 3 cups - 1 "always" carb

5:00 

String Cheese - 1 "thumbs up" protein

8:00

Salmon - 2 oz - 1 "thumbs up" protein

Salad - 1.5 cups or so, counting it as 1 vegetable

Strawberries - 1 fruit

Blue Cheese - 1 "perilous" fat (sad, we love blue cheese)

Olive oil - 1 fat

Frozen lemonade pie - 1 fat

Carbs: 2.5/6

Protein: 4.5/6

Fruit: 2/3

Fat: 5/3

Veg: 2/4.5

I'm still getting too much fat, not enough veggies, protein or carbs. That's not all that shocking to me, really. Definitely an area I can work on. Small changes can yield big results. I'm already proof of that. I'm excited and inspired. I think this is a lifestyle I can keep up. 

Busy Baby

After three nights in a row of the baby sleeping through the night (so we know he is capable), he woke up last night around 11:30 wanting to party.  I changed him, fed him and every time I placed him in his crib, he began screaming again.  Around 12:30 or 1, thinking I wasn't going to get any sleep any other way, I brought him downstairs into our bed.  Well, we have done a good job of letting him know that his bed is for sleeping and ours is not because he started kicking his legs and looking around and took turns smacking my husband and I.  This wasn't going to work out for anyone.  So I took him back upstairs to his room, put him in his crib, crossed my fingers and walked away.  By the time I was back downstairs in our room, he was just about done.  Talk about a cramp in my style.  This morning I was expecting to see his first tooth or a fever or something remarkable to offer an explanation, but no, just the same old baby bright eyed and bushy tailed at 7 am.  Crazy baby.

Anyway, back to this diet thing, I rounded out Thursday on an ok note.

7:45 am
Greek Yogurt - 1 "thumbs up" protein

10 am
Cheerios - 1 cup - 1 "always" carb
Almonds - 11 - 1 fat

12
Oatmeal - 1/2 cup - 1 "always" carb
Skim Milk - 3/4 cup - 1 "thumbs up" protein
Strawberries - 1/2 cup sliced - 1 fruit
Walnuts - 2 Tablespoons - 1 fat

While out grocery shopping, I had a hankering for some chocolate so I got myself a York Peppermint Patty.  I figure there are worse things I could have gotten.  I guessed it as being 1 fat since it's all sugar but I really don't know. 

1:45
Cherries - 1 cup - 1 fruit

4:25
Carrots - 3 oz - 1 veg
Peanut Butter - 1 Tablespoon - 1 fat

5:30
String Cheese - 1 "thumbs up" protein

8:00 - Tofu Stir Fry with Brown Rice for dinner
Brown Rice - 1 cup - 1 "always" carb
Tofu - 3 oz or so - 1 "thumbs up" protein
Broccoli, Sugar Snap Peas and Onion - 2 veg
Cashews (my husband's idea) - 1 fat
Peach - 1 fruit

Carbs: 3/6
Protein: 4/6
Fruit: 3/3
Fat: 5/3
Veg: 3/4.5

If I had been paying more attention, I would have swapped my 4:25 snack for something else since I ended up over on my fats for the day.  I could have added in some popcorn or a piece of whole wheat toast or something like that to fill in the day better instead of the peanut butter.  I had a glass of red wine with dinner but all in all, I'm still feeling good.

Now today, Friday, I've lost control ever so slightly and I now understand the importance of timing snacks.  I've addressed it and even written it down and have opted to pretend it didn't happen and go about the rest of my day in a healthful fashion, instead of letting one slip up ruin the rest of my day, like I would have done in my previous dieting life.

This is what happened - I started my day like I normally do...
7:45 am
Greek Yogurt - 1 "thumbs up" protein

10:15
Oatmeal - 1/2 cup - 1 "always" carb
Milk - 3/4 cup - 1 "thumbs up" protein
Strawberries - 1/2 cup sliced - 1 fruit
Walnuts - 2 Tablespoons - 1 fat

I nursed the baby around 11 and then went grocery shopping.  I had decided last night that I was going to make this frozen lemonade pie for the weekend.  I started thinking about the whole diet thing and thought that maybe we could have dessert if we limited it to the weekend.  As I type that, I realize that the two of us will not eat an entire frozen lemonade pie over the weekend and there will inevitably be some leftover and spill into the week so I may need to rethink this idea or my recipes, portions, something.  Regardless, this is the plan that I made.  I took a piece of string cheese with me as a snack but I didn't eat it.  As I was driving home, I was thinking about what I was going to feed the baby for lunch and how I could make the pie really quick during lunch time and it may even have time to set before dinner tonight. 

So that's exactly what I did.  I got home with the baby and the groceries and took turns putting more pieces of food on the baby's tray and whipping up this pie.  Well, I went to pour it into its graham cracker crust and there was too much filling for the crust - probably 1/2 cup worth that was left over, maybe even closer to a cup.  Naturally, I had to taste it to make sure it tasted good and then all of a sudden, it was all gone (it did taste good).  Oh no.  Why did I do that?  The answer is because I was hungry.  My body was craving fuel and as soon as I started with the sugary goodness, I wanted more.  When I realized what I had done, I put the bowl in the sink and filled it with water and then ate leftovers from last night for my actual lunch.  I'm feeling a little guilty and a little silly, but feeling better now that I got some real food.

I have snacks laid out for the rest of the day and we enjoyed the salmon so much from the other night that we're having it again tonight, with a big salad (and maybe some frozen lemonade pie).  The baby is fighting his afternoon nap and I'm fighting not taking one.  There's much to do!  Here's crossing my fingers this is just as easy to keep up this weekend when my husband is around.

Buying Salmon, on Purpose

Right, I can't believe it either.  If you follow me on IG, you may have noticed that I'm re-reading an old diet book and learning new things that I apparently never learned the last time.  In fact, in looking at this book, the only things I had marked were the meal plans - sounds about how I used to diet.  I would stick with something on the weekend and then by Monday, when I had to go back to work, it was just too hard because I couldn't make all those things the books told me to when I had to go to work.  Things are supposed to be easier now that I'm home all the time, right?  Ha, right. 

So, I'm reading up on how to 'fire up my metabolism' from the Nutrition Twins, Lyssie Lakatos and Tammy Lakatos Shames.  I figured if I could also share my journey, maybe that would make me a little more likely to stick with it this time as more of a lifestyle than a traditional 'diet'.

The book is based on 9 proven principles to help you burn more fat and lose weight.  What stuck out to me the most is that, shockingly (not really) most of us have a warped view of portions.  But I have to say that I'm on day 3 (probably more accurately day 2) of really trying to follow this thing and I think I'm feeling pretty good.  The basics are that you get a certain number of carbs, protein, fruit and fat per day.  I would say that you get to have a certain amount of vegetables as well but they basically say to eat as much of those as you want (oh goody). 

So my parameters are that I'm supposed to have the following:
Carbs: 6
Protein: 6
Fruit: 3
Fat: 3
Veggies: 4.5 or more

Monday was my first day on the job.  We had some leftover baked oatmeal from the weekend which, aside from the chocolate chips (even with the chocolate chips) really isn't that bad.

Baked Oatmeal - 1 cup - 2 "always" carbs, 1 fruit

String Cheese - 1 - 1 "thumbs up" protein
1/2 banana (the baby didn't feel like eating it) - 1/2 fruit
Yogurt (Dannon Greek Yogurt if we're being specific - love that stuff!) - 1 "thumbs up" protein

Whole Wheat Tortilla - 1 "always" carb
Pecorino Romano Cheese - this is probably a "never" cheese because I couldn't find it on the list and it didn't melt properly but I just called it 1 "thumbs down" protein
Ground Beef (leftover hamburger from the night before) - 1/8 of a lb - 1 "thumbs up" protein
Baby Carrots - 3 oz - 1 veg
Peanut Butter - 1 Tablespoon - 1 Fat

Wheat Bun (not whole wheat, but enriched wheat) - 2 "sometimes" carbs
1 egg - 1 "thumbs up" protein
Avocado - roughly 1/4 cup - 1 fat
Basil Pesto - a smear - 1 fat
Mozzarella Cheese - 1 slice - 1 "thumbs up" protein
Pineapple and Peach salad - 1.5 cups/fruit

So I rounded out my day at:
Carbs: 5/6
Protein: 6/6
Fruit: 3/3
Fat: 3/3
Veggies: 1/4.5

Tuesday I was feeling good.  I had really finished the book again by Monday night so I felt like I had a better handle on this thing after one day of sort of doing it, however, around 4:30 or 5 pm I had a major headache.  I'm not sure if sugar withdrawal headaches can come on two days later but it was bad.  I drank extra water (I already drink a lot) and drowned my headache in pizza for dinner.

Baked Oatmeal - 1 cup - 2 "always carbs", 1 fruit

Greek Yogurt - 1 "thumbs up" protein

Whole Wheat Tortilla - 1 "always" carb
1/4 cup Mozzarella cheese - 1 "thumbs up" protein
Chicken Nuggets (2 - baked) - 1 "thumbs up" protein
Pineapple and Peach salad - 1 fruit
Mini Carrots - 3 oz - 1 veg
Peanut Butter - 1 Tablespoon - 1 fat

Cheerios (dry) - 1 cup - 1 "always" carb
Almonds - 11 - 1 fat
1/2 Peach - 1 fruit

Mini Eggplant Parmesan Pizza - hmm...I mean, I have to guess at what I think this is, right?
4 Pieces, probably about equal to 4 slices of bread - so maybe 4 "sometimes" carbs since it wasn't whole wheat. 
Even if the eggplant is breaded, I can still count it as a vegetable, right?  Let's say 1
Marinara sauce - can that count as a vegetable?  Sure, let's say that
And the cheese, oh the cheese - probably a good 2 servings per piece - yikes, that's 8 protein servings

So before I ate that whole pizza, I did ok, but after the pizza, let's see

Carbs: 8/6
Protein: 11/6
Fruit: 3/3
Fat: 2/3 that I recorded - probably a few in that pizza as well
Veggies: 3/4.5 - probably generous considering the pizza but hey

Clearly, I could use some more veggies - they're practically free and they'd probably help to fill me up a little bit.

Today, Wednesday, we're doing good so far.  I'm feeling a little bit better, a little smaller, feel like I may have slept better last night, even in spite of my pizza annihilation.  And I'm so inspired that I'm actually going to purchase salmon on purpose (not that I've ever bought it by accident but you get the point) to cook with some broccoli for dinner tonight. 

7:45 am
Greek Yogurt - 1 "thumbs up" protein

10:25 am
Oatmeal - 1/2 cup - 1 "always" carb
Milk - 1 cup (3/4 cup is a regular serving so I'll adjust this next time) - 1+ "thumbs up" protein
Walnuts - 2 Tablespoons - 1 fat
Strawberries - 1/2 cup sliced - 1 fruit

Normally, I think that I need some type of sugar in my oatmeal.  I usually reach for the brown sugar and give a little sprinkle (or a hefty sprinkle if we're being honest) but I was shocked today that I didn't really miss it.

12:15 pm - I prepared my lunch in between giving the baby more pieces of cheese, sweet potato and chicken.  It was relatively simple to do while he was occupied.
Whole Wheat Tortilla - 1 "always" carb
Mozzarella Cheese - 1/4 cup - 1 "thumbs up" protein
Chicken Nuggets - 2, baked - 1 "thumbs up" protein
Baby Carrots - 3 oz - 1 veg
Peanut Butter - 1 Tablespoon - 1 fat
Popcorn - air popped, 3 cups - 1 carb (that's right, only 1 - for THREE cups of food!!)

Time for a snack and time to nurse the baby.  I'll let you know how salmon goes...

Salmon Awesomeness

I really never thought I'd say something like that but truly, the salmon was exceptional.  And it was beautiful.  I should have taken a picture.  I must give credit where credit is due.  I found this on Pintrest and we will for sure be making it again (the picture should link it, let me know if not).  I got a half pound filet and the hubs and I split it.  He asked me if that was all the fish I bought and if I had just gotten it for myself but I told him we were working on portioning.  No one starved.



And then we had this broccoli.  Again, amazing and only olive oil and sea salt. 



We had some baklava for dessert I picked up from the Farmer's Market.  All in all, I rounded out the day as follows:

Carbs: 4/6
Protein: 6/6
Fruit: 2/3
Fat: 4/3
Veggies: 2

I felt good yesterday.  I didn't feel like I was starving and felt pretty in control all day.  Also, no headache, so not sure what that was all about on Tuesday. 

The baby is fighting a nap at the moment.  I'm waiting for him to go to sleep before I go outside to water the flowers/herbs and thinking about my first snack for the day.  It'll probably be a repeat of that oatmeal.  Though, I may need to do the oatmeal for lunch as something quick since we have Gymboree today.  We will see.  I'll keep you in the loop. 

I jumped on the scale today (not when I first got up, but after I'd eaten a yogurt and had a good bit of water) and was 2 lbs over my pre-pregnancy weight.  That's not displeasing to me.  But seriously, try that salmon and broccoli.  I'll bet you'll be as excited as I was! 

there is something on my pantleg...

and I literally have no idea what it is.  I think it may be a prune/sweet potato combination but I can't be sure.  How it found its way to my pants, below the knee, I cannot say.  I need to wash these pants anyhow, since I've worn them for at least 10 minutes around the baby - such is life and our now never ending laundry.  Prunes were messy today.  We got prunes in our hair, behind our ears and even inside our ears.  I'm sure I haven't seen the last of the prunes. 

I haven't showered today, but I'm fairly certain I showered yesterday.  I must have showered yesterday because I still have some makeup on today that I put on yesterday (oops).  It's irrelevant.  The baby is sleeping.

About that sleeping baby - this sleep training thing isn't for the weak, let me tell you.  I'm reading and practicing from the book, Moms on Call.  And yes, it does advocate some crying it out (CIO for the crazy, abbreviating, don't-have-time-to-type-whole-words mom community) and though I never thought I'd be one to let my baby cry, I found that I was becoming a slave to my baby.  This led to severe lack of sleep on my part and mini meltdowns (me and the baby) almost daily.  It wasn't working for us, which is the important and personal part of this.  And while I hate to hear my baby cry, I have learned something from the process.  The kid just does not want to go to sleep!  When I put him in bed, when he knows he's supposed to go to sleep, he cries.  Not because he's not tired - because most of the time he surely is - but I really think he just doesn't want to sleep (unlike mom and dad).  Last night, we literally had to wake him up to get his diaper changed and get him a bath and get him to eat one last time before bed and STILL when his little head hit that mattress he wanted to cry about it.  Thankfully, it was a short one - less than 5 minutes. 

I know that I may very well get some flack for letting my baby cry and being a terrible mom and blah blah blah, but thankfully (weird to be thankful for this), I don't believe I have many followers on this blog at the moment.  I honestly don't know how most of my friends/acquaintances feel on the whole subject of parenting so I could be surprised but hopefully as people that know me, they would at least be kind.  Something else that I've learned from being a mom is that some moms are really mean, really big bullies.  I think it's another one of those things that because so many of these groups are formed online, we naturally have a barrier of being anonymous and therefore can just bully whoever the heck we want to.  It can be awful.

I'm a lurker on these mom message boards - I rarely post anything because I really don't think people care that much about what I have to say since I'm not a regular poster and people don't "know me" but really, some of these moms are just mean berating new moms for choosing to try and make their baby fit into their lives as opposed to creating this whole new world that revolves around this little human.  And to that point, some of the other moms are plain ignorant, posting questions about what size diaper they should get for their baby when it is printed clearly on the packaging and all they really need to do is learn to read.  The biggies on the boards are CIO, vaccinations and let's throw solid food out there as well.  I'm not even going to touch on vaccinations right now except to say that I choose to vaccinate my child and that I trust the opinion and guidance of my pediatrician. 

It's like the internet has made all of us doctors sponsored by Google.  I honestly don't know how some of these moms have the time to do all of this research to try and disprove modern medicine.  But alas, I'm the one that hasn't showered today, who's updating my blog. 

So back to this whole CIO thing - as much as I hated it at first, I do actually agree with the concept.  The kid needs to know how to get back to sleep when he wakes up in the middle of the night and needs to know how to get to sleep in the first place without me rocking him.  I know, hard lessons for a 6 month old, but harder, I would venture to argue, when they're old enough to talk back to you.  Think on that one for a few minutes. 

We've been at it for a little over 2 weeks.  My book told me that in 3-5 nights, he'd understand the schedule and would no longer be waking up at night.  Well, we've had 2 nights, yes 2, where this has happened so far and each has been both glorious and surprising.  As stated earlier, we have yet to put him in bed with the knowledge he's going to bed and have him be happy about it, but the screaming is lessening.  Mind you, we did test the theory one night last week.  Mid scream-fest I went to pick him up and try to burp him to see if maybe he really was just gassy.  The crying stopped immediately and there were no tears to speak of.  Well played, Mr. Prune Face.

I'm more hopeful this week, than I was last week and getting better at making my own baby food - more on that in a future blog, I'm sure.  But, I think that's all we can ask for sometimes as parents - better now than it was.  We'll get there, and we'll figure it out.  Until then, I do truly believe that not getting everything you want all the time (being held all the time, not taking any naps) is a lesson that even a 6 month old can benefit from. 

It's Not a Party Until Someone Gets Diaper Cream on Their Foot

and nine times out of ten, it's not me.  I think that thought quite a lot, because it seems to happen quite a lot with an oh so wiggly little baby boy.  He's so darn cute, I can hardly get mad.

I really don't know what it is.  I don't know if our moms just had it more together than we do or if this too shall pass but I'm envious of moms that do their hair every day - my husband is probably envious of their husbands as well.  Heck, I'm lucky to have matching shoes on when and if I leave the house.  Actually, let's say that I'm lucky if I'm wearing real shoes and not my Crocs.  I purposely purchased bright pink Crocs to wear around the house so that I would be less likely to wear them out in public.  The first two times, it was in all honesty, completely by accident - I was already in the car and down the road before I noticed I was still wearing rubber shoes, but then the last time, I just embraced it and threw on a pink sweater and acted like I tried to coordinate it.  Yes, I'm embarrassed.  But I just pointed my ponytailed head down and went about my business as quickly as possible.  That's how a lot of things seem to need to get done these days - as quickly as possible.  You never know how much time you're going to have until the baby is all up in everything again.  As I type this, I'm both impressed and relieved that I still have some typing skills after being a slave to both my iphone and iPad in recent history instead of a real computer with a real keyboard.  Bonus.

And it's possible that it's just me and I'm the only one out there that doesn't have it together with a 3 month old but I'm writing this in hopes that I'm not the only one and that at least one other person can relate.  It's a good day because I both showered and I'm wearing jeans for when Nishant gets home.  Granted, I'm wearing my Crocs but they are meant to be my shoes for in the house.  I haven't done my hair because the baby started crying before we could get that far but I'm hoping to finish jotting down my thoughts and still have time to spare to brush and ponytail.  That's something, right?

Up until about a week ago, we had a happy baby that slept through the night - while we were traveling up and down the country, on a 1500 mile trip, I might add. 

Mid-feeding at a Wendy's somewhere in VA maybe? 

We came home and transitioned him to his crib, which is upstairs, where our master bedroom is downstairs, and we have yet to have more than 1 consecutive night of no interruptions.  And when I say that, I'm pretty sure the only night without incident was the first night, but at this point, I can't even remember - maybe we didn't do it that night either.  I really can't tell if we're getting better or if we remain the same in the sleep category.  And I'm exhausted.  I had thought that by now I'd be used to the lack of sleep and be able to function but it seems like I'm reverting back to needing a solid 8 hours (heck, at least 6) to function properly and happily.  It's been a rough week and I'm tired. 

And it's 4:12 - the good wife would be downstairs starting preparations for dinner but I really felt like getting my thoughts down was more beneficial to me in my current state.  At least I planned 2 of the 3 planned meals for this week.  Meals - that's a whole other issue.  I was on a post baby diet for a hot minute - and I mean a hot minute.  I have figured out that I have no idea how to eat anymore.  Pre-baby, I was planning a wedding and was trying to stick to as close to 1200 calories as possible and through pregnancy I just ate what I wanted.  As a new, breastfeeding mom, I'm terrified of not getting enough calories and my supply dropping so I'm sort of just eating whatever the heck I want to all over again.  And then, I feel bad about being fat and do some comfort eating to add to it.  Ugh.  I tried to do a 10 minute workout the other day - yup, just 10 minutes, and only got through about 4 minutes of it before the baby started screaming.  Cherish the naptime.  You NEVER know how long its going to last, which brings us full circle to doing everything as quickly as possible.  I hear a baby waking up...