Whole 30 and Diastasis Exercise for Postpartum Weight Loss!
Just like a new year brings fresh change, a new month is also a good time for a fresh start. It was hard to stay focused on building good habits the end of January but I’m back at it! I created new goals for February, and I’m excited to see what will happen.
For the month of February I have two goals.
The first goal? To stick fairly strictly to a Whole 30 plan. I’ve been doing it two days, and I’ve had two little things off plan. One was ranch dressing, after eating a plain salad for two times I needed some dressing! I’m diving in without the book or very many recipes, but I’m going to make a plan approved dressing soon.
This isn’t something I thought I would ever do. I love greek yogurt, cheese, brown rice…the list goes on! But the rules behind Trim Healthy Mama were so confusing and stressing me out, and this is simple enough for me to understand without even reading a book. I’ve told myself if I only make it a Whole 14 that’s ok, meaning I only make it 2 weeks! My goal is 30 days though, and we don’t have any birthdays or big celebrations this month which makes it a little easier.
I won’t eat a Whole 30 diet forever, my plan is to see if it can shake up my metabolism, and be kind to my body by cutting out a lot of food, and see how I feel when I introduce it again.
That’s the plan as of the 3rd of the month. 😉
For breakfast yesterday morning I had an avocado that I baked in the oven for about 20 minutes with and egg and bacon in it. Did I mention that I don’t like avocados or guacamole at all? I pushed myself to try this because I know how good avocados are for you, and I actually needed up eating both halves and really liked it!
The second goal is to work on my Diastasis Recti. I’ll be honest, I kind of forgot about it. I knew I had problems, but I didn’t want to think about it. I finally laid down the floor and measured, and I have a 4 finger separation. Yikes! I told myself that I needed to take it easy with exercising this month, and instead spend a month focusing on my Diastasis and doing workouts for that.
I’m using a program called The Diastasis Fix 2.0. It’s an ebook you purchase, but once you receive the ebook it is broken down into 30 days, and each day has links you click to videos you watch, and use to workout. She also teaches you a breathing exercise to do each day, focusing on healing your diastasis. When you purchase this you also are enrolled in a 8 week FB group. I went through the group probably a year ago, but I tried to heal this when Sophia was still screaming constantly and needed me to hold her 24/7. It just wasn’t a good time to focus on this.
If you are not sure that you have a problem with Diastasis, you can go here and watch a video where Olivia explains how to check for it. You can also sign up for a free 5 day challenge!Â
The children and I had a fun afternoon on Monday. It was 50 degrees outside, so we took advantage of that and went to a local park with hiking trails. It was a lot of fun and I got some good exercise in! I wore the knee length denim stretch skirt, and a Classic T from LulaRoe. I find these help hide a mommy tummy nicely. 🙂
I encourage you to go for the full thirty days on the whole 30. I think it’s excellent for resetting your system for weight loss and energy. I lost 9 lbs in 30 days when I did it, and I wasn’t overweight(and I don’t think you are either by looking at you), but it really made me feel great and I only excercise very lightly a few days a week. I just rented the book from the library, maybe yours has it as well? Although you really don’t need it, there’s plenty of reading to do online. I wish you success, and God bless.
Try oil and vinegar on the salad very simple and very yummy.
Hello! If I remember correctly you mentioned in the past of having blood sugar and thyroid problems. I have both of those as well and the blood sugar especially has made it hard for me to “diet”. Have you run into those problems? Thanks! ☺
Hello! Yes I do have low blood sugar problems, I’ve struggled with that since I was a teenager. I don’t like diets where I have to count calories, and stress over every bite of food that I put into my mouth. That’s why I liked Whole 30, you don’t count calories. For a snack I’ll have an apple with almond butter. I have protein at every meal (eggs, salmon, chicken, beef, turkey bacon…) which definitely helps my blood sugar stay leveled.
Cute outfit! My daily secret for disguising my mommy tummy (yes I have Diastasis too…) is wearing a black tee, along with my long denim skirts. Not only does black hide the tummy rolls, it covers a multitude of stains and spills from my kiddos as well! Win-win!
Having done both Whole 30 and THM, I would definitely say that Whole 30 is easier!! Much less of a learning curve. I’ll really look forward to hearing your experiences with it. When I did it, I learned – completely by accident – that my menstrual pain and ovulation pain were due to dairy. I went from out-of-control pain that usually took me out for a day for each one, to mild discomfort that didn’t even require an Advil. Wow, wasn’t expecting that! I’ve heard other great things from other women who have tried it too.
I’d say that the one benefit I found with THM is that it’s less restrictive in food choices. THM takes out just sugar and refined grains, while Whole 30 takes out a whole bunch of stuff (dairy, grains, peanuts, etc.).
Good luck with it!
Another blog that I follow posts many Whole 30 recipes…I’ll share her link with you (http://frugalinflorida.blogspot.com/) so you can browse if you’d like.
I’ve never done Whole 30, but I have been trying to eat a keto diet as best as I can, because while I can cut out grains and carbs, do NOT take away my cheese!!! It all depends on what works best for you! You’ve got this! 🙂
Thank you so much Amber! I appreciate the recipes! I love my cheese, but so far I’m doing ok! I think because I know this isn’t forever that I’m not getting upset. But this is the first week. LOL
Great post! The whole 30 is tough but so worth it in the end. Good luck!