Lazy Sunday and oatmeal.

It is Sunday!  Which means the weekend is coming to an end.  Last weekend, I was spoiled being with Clint and Ava the entire weekend.  This weekend I had to work and Clint was at his yearly work seminar.  We did skip church(oops) this morning and go to breakfast together and Costco for a few odds and ends and have spent the day watching football.

I was able to get in a fast and furious workout yesterday of 30 min elliptical and Supersets of Bicep Barbell curls and Barbell shoulder press, then Supersets of Fire hydrants and Romanian lunges(whew a little burn here) in before I had to go pick Ava up at my parent's house. This was great since I hadn't been to the gym since my de-virginizing spin day on last Wednesday! (I can't wait until Wednesday morning spin!)

Yesterday, when I was at work, I was reading email and my sista in crime Melissa had asked if I had measured yet.  The last time I measured was 2.5 weeks ago. I felt for sure things hadn't changed, so I thought what the heck, why not.  It will give me some extra motivation in the gym. 
I am down 3 total inches!!
-.5in  in my hips/butt
-.5in in my waist(belly button area)
-.5in in my high waist area
-1.5in in my bust!! (not the boobs but underneath;the back fat area)
I am thrilled!  Even though, the scale is still hovering in the same vacinity, I am changing and that is super motivation for me.  Most days, I can't tell things are going ANYWHERE, this is proof that my hard work in the gym and with my nutrition is paying off.

***On to mama-boob talk.  If you are done reading, have a great rest of the day.  If you are interested, read on!

On another note, I wanted to talk about milk supply for a minute.  Before, I started working out post partum, I was worried that exercise and nutrition would lower my supply.  Through, my Ph.D in Google and talking to some exercise buds, I have learned that if I am eating balanced and getting plenty H20 I should be fine. 
(There are different remedies that have been known to boost supply.) http://www.breastfeeding.com/all_about/all_about_fenugreek.html.

Although, oatmeal hasn't been scientifically proven to boost milk supply, some women say it works.  I decided to do my own little experiment.  Well, techinically I didn't know I was I was doing this experiment until after I did it. haha. I love oatmeal and have it every morning, just because it is so versatile and it feels me up for a while.  In my oatmeal, I tend to add yogurt and cottage cheese for protein and I had run out of cottage cheese, I think it was on Tuesday of this week.  Anywho, I digress.  I decided I was going to have an egg and egg whites and some toast until I could get some more cottage cheesefor my oatmeal.  The two days I did this, my milk supply was way down. I wasn't sure why though.   I can usually get 4oz at a time every 3 hours. These two days I barely got 2oz at a time.  I started to freak out because the milk I pump at work is typically enough for me to take to my mom's house for Ava the next day.  (This means I don't have to dip in to frozen stash. Not only that, but I felt defeated.  I tooting my horn a bit, but I am very blessed to be good a producing a lot of milk!  Just call me ELSIE.  I felt like I was letting my precious girl down.  So, I started to guesstimate if I was getting enough calories and if I had had enough water these days and I had! What the heck is going on?  Then, I thought about the oatmeal phenomenon.  Friday morning I had some to see if it would help.  Lo and behold, ELSIE was back.  I have had it every morning since and I have been back to a milk producing machine!  Oatmeal=E.V.E.R.Y. D.A.Y. 
Now, I am not saying this works for everyone.  This is what works for me and keeps up my supply.  So,if you have low supply, try oatmeal.  It might work for you!

Have a great rest of the weekend!  Make it count!