Postpartum Weight Loss Update: Kelsie Millet

Hey friends! So it has been awhile since I have actually updated you with how I'm doing. This week my little babe will be THREE months old..time goes way too fast! I took my picture this morning and wasn't feeling too confident until I compared it to where I started. You need to take pictures!! You will feel so much better when you can actually see how much better you are doing rather than taking someone else's word for it.

A recap for those of you who haven't followed along...I had a pretty traumatic labor and wasn't allowed to start exercising until 12 weeks postpartum (so almost just barely). So you wonder how I've been losing almost all my baby weight??? EATING HEALTHY and taking all natural supplements to help my metabolism.
Starting 1 month postpartum I decided that if I couldn't exercise I was going to make my best effort to eat what my body wanted. I went into Veo Clinic ( a herbal supplement company/chiropractic clinic) and was muscle tested to see what types of food my body didn't want and DID want.
I was given a diet plan which consisted of drinking lots and lots of water, unlimited veggies, one fruit a day, unlimited protein, and 1-2 servings of carbs a day. The only carbs my body "wanted" when I was muscle tested were "smart" tortillas ( I ate whole wheat tortillas with a high protein count) and sweet potatoes.
Also, I ate within 20-30 minutes of waking up to boost my metabolism and then throughout the day I ate every 2-3 hours. Most importantly every time I ate I ate a true protein with something else or alone.
Along with eating according to this diet plan I also took two different supplements. Lipozymes and Burn, which you can read more about Lipozymes HERE and Burn HERE. These products have been amazingly helpful and are safe to take while breastfeeding. After talking with the owner I was able to get a discount for any of you that would like to purchase these products. Use code KELSIE20 at checkout. Go HERE to purchase. Or if you would rather I can also get you a free sample, if you want to try the product out first. Please email me at kelsieandjess@gmail.com if you are interested and I can mail one out to you!

My 5 Crucial Points to Losing Weight

Hey friends! So Jessica and I are on our 4th week of our new exercise and meal/plans. Things have been going great, hard, but GREAT. I have had more energy then normal and can tell that my body is changing. Through these past four weeks I have not always been perfect at following my plan to a tee...but that's life right? I have learned though that there are certain things I am doing that together I feel are crucial to losing weight. When I have missed one of the following points I realize is usually when my body begins to plateau or back track. So listen up :)

1. Drink lots of water!!! Water is amazing to your body. I am drinking at least 3 quarts of water a day. This sounds like a lot but it really isn't bad. I have a jug that holds 32 oz. so I know I just have to go through that three times throughout the day. Because I am not in love with drinking water and don't do it out of habit yet I find that making goals for myself is how I can get enough throughout the day. For example; I have to drink my first 32 oz. by noon, my second 32 oz. by four, and my third by the time I go to bed. Maybe I'm just weird..but this seems to have worked for me :)
*Plus, another tip I found works for me...always have a water bottle with you! Take one when you drive to the store, when you go on your walk, etc. You will naturally take sips on it throughout the day, which is actually better for you then chugging it all down at once.

2. Get lots of sleep. I think this is probably a given, everyone should know that sleep is important to restoring your bodies energy and a whole bunch of other goodness. You should be sleeping AT LEAST 8 hours a night. For me this pretty close to impossible since I have a newborn. But you do the best you can when it comes to this point.

3. Eat every 2-3 hours. This is where you feel like you are eating non-stop and that it feels like a chore just to eat. But honestly this is one thing I have found extremely important for me in losing weight. Your body needs to keep up its metabolism. You don't have to eat a meal every time you eat. You could just eat a yogurt, or a string cheese and apple.

4. Eat a protein every 2-3 hours. I know, I know eating every 2-3 hours is already hard enough. But it is really important that EVERY TIME YOU EAT, YOU HAVE A PROTEIN. I know this sounds absurd but a protein will keep you full longer and have more lasting energy then carbs or fats will. Now remember, it needs to be a food that does not just have protein in it, but is actually considered a protein. If you need to refer to THIS POST to learn what is considered to be a true protein, read away :)

5. Exercise. This is just as important as all the other tips. My exercise plan is to workout 4x a week for 40 minutes and 2x a week for 15 minutes should be devoted to strength training. Everyone may need a little variation of this plan based on your body. But overall this would be a good place to start. If you are interested in getting an exact workout plan to match your body call Dr. Millet at Veo Clinic and he can help you out; he has been an amazing help to me and Jess.

Zumba at Home Workout Video

Ok, I am not going to lie. I LOVE Zumba!! Before I was pregnant I would go to Zumba classes all the time. I really wanted to start doing it again to try and shed some of the baby weight, but honestly I do not have time right now to leave the baby at home and go to the gym. You breastfeeding mama's with newborns can probably relate...or is it just me that hates having to use my frozen breastmilk? Ha. Maybe it's just me...either way though I have found a solution for myself. One day on glorified pinterest I found this Zumba workout video that you can watch online and follow along with. I have seen some before but typically they were only a few minutes long. This one is a full hour!! And it is actually a fun one. I started doing this towards the end of my pregnancy actually, trying to get that baby out (which didn't work) and had a ton of fun doing it. Grant it I never was able to get all the way through it at that point, being 9 months pregnant. Anyways, wanted to share for all you other Zumba lovers out there! If anyone else knows of good at home Zumba videos or others that are free, please share in the comments :) Now go shake that booty.

Kardio Kim Johnson - 1 Hour Zumba Fitness - 2012 September from Don Johnson on Vimeo.

90 Day Challenge-Do What is Best for YOUR Body

In our pursuit of a healthy life, Kelsie and I have found an extraordinary clinic that we feel has goals that line up with ours. The clinic is about getting the nutrition your body needs in a natural way. They have everything from supplements to help compensate for the lack of nutrition in the current American diet to natural Botox. They also have some extraordinary services including the 90 day challenge that Kelsie and I have decided to participate in. This program is amazing and targets all areas of your life to help get you in the best and healthiest shape of your life.

Our journey to a healthy better life begins with a visit to Dr. Allan Millet of Veo Clinic. To begin our visit we did a Zyto scan. If you have ever heard of muscle testing, the zyto scan is a computer operated muscle tester. It is amazing what the Zyto can read about your body. This scan evaluated what foods are ideal for our bodies and which are detrimental to our healthy goals. This scan also identifies any systems that are “out of whack”. For me, my system was in over all good health. I had a strain of yeast in my body that needs to be resolved and one of my vertebrae needed to be adjusted. After taking the scan we then had Dr. Allan muscle test us through some chiropractic magic J, Dr. Allan was able to find the amounts of exercise our bodies needed, the types of foods we needed to stay away from and what supplements would be helpful to us. 

I will go through each of these things in detail throughout our blog and let you know how it is going.

Overall I am excited to be learning about what vitamins my body needs and what diet best fits my body type.

I will break down all my results for you:

Exercise: 4 days a week 40 minutes, 15 of which need to be weights

Diet: unlimited vegetables, two servings of fruit a day, no carbs

Supplements: 2 servings of Pearl (protein mix), 1 serving of Momentum (energy pre workout drink), Burn (metabolism support), Prep Tonic (general detox), and finally Feme (female support), once I am finished with the Prep Tonic I will begin my Candida detox.

*all of these products are either Veo products or Natural Botanicals and can be bought online here or here.

The protocol is to do this diet and exercise plan for 4 weeks and then come get re-evaluated. At that point our diet/exercise may or may not change depending on what our body wants.

What is really interesting about mine and Kelsie’s supplement/ diet plans is that in some ways they are similar but in others they are totally different. This has really helped us know that these plans are specifically tailored for us. In my opinion that is the best way to make sure you get the best results, do what is best for your body. Not your friend’s body, not your mom’s body, yours.

So, here is my body right before I began the 90 Day Challenge. Stay tuned for 90 days to see the transformation! J