About
About the Skinny Mom
The Skinny Mom- Now
Hi, I’m Andrea, the Skinny Mom. But I wasn’t always. And no, I don’t believe skinny is the end all or be all of a woman’s (or mom’s) life. In fact, I wanted to call this the slim mom’s blog, but that wasn’t as catchy. So please, don’t berate me for using the word skinny.
I don’t believe that we should spend all of our time worrying about our weight. It’s just a number. We have so many other things to worry about, and some many other things to think about, like our families, that our weight shouldn’t bog us down – physically or mentally. But it does.
Perhaps you’re like me. I was a reasonably healthy gal. I exercised, I watched what I ate, I enjoyed clothes. Then I started to travel for work. Slowly my butt got bigger and my clothes got smaller. I tried to keep it at bay, but it was just too much. And before I really had to chance to catch up, I was pregnant (which was a good thing) The first baby came and though I didn’t gain a lot of weight while I was pregnant, about 10 pounds of it didn’t go away after the baby was born. And then I got pregnant again. Again, I didn’t gain that much weight, but starting out about 10-15 pounds heavier. And after my second, there was no denying it. Nothing from before fit. I had muffin top. I had to buy new clothes. I tried a few diet programs, and some exercise programs, but it was tough to fit anything in with two young childern and a job.
Once they were a bit older, I was able to sneak some time for myself – to exercise. I became better about what I ate, and some of the weight
Pre-Skinny Mom - Pictures are hard to find, since I delete them all from the digital camera
went away. But boy, did I go up and down. I couldn’t seem to control my weight. And worst of all, I noticed I didn’t have as much energy as I used to. My son loves to “race” and while this is by no means an Olympic sprint we were doing, I was winded and exhausted. And my knees – I never used to have creaky knees but I found myself having trouble getting up and down stairs, or going from kneeling to standing. Soon it wasn’t just 5, or 10 or even 15 pounds that I needed to lose. I was closer to 20 or 25 pounds overweight. Ouch.
And then I got the question – twice in one day, “Are you pregnant?” Ouch. No, I wasn’t. Was it my shirt? Was it me? I used to be a slim, healthy, energetic woman. And I wanted to be that way again. I wanted to run and play with my kids and still have energy for me. I was tired of snacking on crappy snacks and eating french fries and chicken fingers for dinner. The whole family needed to be healthier and it was up to me to lead the charge.
And so my desire to be a Skinny Mom was born – that day, not someday in the future. I read everything I could find about nutrition and exercise, and tried a bunch of different diets. I even tried protein shakes and energy bars. Vitamins and minerals. Just about anything and everything in my quest to find a simple, painless way of staying slim (not
Pre-Skinny Picture
super skinny, mind you). As a mom, there were some requirements. Staying slim had to fit into my family’s (and my schedule). That meant no 2-hour daily workouts. It had to be affordable (so no sessions with boot camp trainers or pricey meal plans). It had to fit in with my family’s lifestyle – I wasn’t about to start fixing 4 different meals for dinner. And it had to be maintainable. I didn’t want to lose 20 pounds and then have it yo-yo back.
So the Skinny Mom is about that journey, what works, and what doesn’t. It has tips on nutrition, diet and fitness for real moms – moms with time crunches, money crunches and a host of other concerns. It has tips and tricks and reviews of how you can achieve your health and weight loss goals TODAY!
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