Monthly Archives: April 2010

bye bye baby weight update
brianne brose | san diego photographer needing to lose weight

Ok, so it has been 3 weeks since my last post regarding my weight loss journey and really….not much change has occurred.  I feel devastated about it, but also happy that I have maintained my Bye Bye Baby Weight walking program and also continued to eat much healthier.  My husband and I have done a great job with motivating one another to walk at night…bc of course there are nights we just plain don’t feel like exercising.  But it is good for us and good for our little family to get out there and get some fresh air.  Olivia typically complains in her stroller the entire time about wanting a snack…which isn’t exactly helpful to those of us trying to lose weight, LOL.  And Marlowe, well she just sleeps either in my Ergo carrier or we set up our Phil & Ted’s sport stroller to give her the bassinet position to hang out in.  She is pretty easy to please.  :)

So, as I already mentioned…there has been very little change in my weight since my last post.  Yup, a whole whopping 2 pounds.  Wow, embarrassing to admit after all the hard work I have been doing.  But I remain motivated and my 8 week program comes to it’s conclusion on May 12th.  At that point I am supposed to participate in a 5k, which I have already signed up for!  That will take place on May 15th and my awesome sister in law has agreed to do it with me.  And to keep myself motivated, I have also registered for the Disneyland 5K on September 4th.  I am beyond excited for that race and my goal is to run it!  The course runs through Disneyland Park and CA Adventure…with Disney characters there to cheer you on.  If you know me, you know that I am a Disney freak and this sounds like a total blast to me, hahaha!  So, I will start working in more running into my routine and hopefully by Sept, I will feel comfy running my entire 5K.

Here is my weight loss ticker, which I vowed to share with you all during my updates.  The lack of change is pretty dang obvious.  Depressing, but I will turn a blind eye and carry on with this madness.

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wanna be a 2011 senior rep???
brianne brose | san diego senior photographer

Well look no further…I have the perfect opportunity for you!  After agreeing to take on a senior session last year, I totally fell in love with seniors!  I had the most awesome time and I really have the itch to start taking on senior sessions this year!  Check out my Facebook contest going on now!

So, if you are a local senior, would love the opportunity to have some awesome pictures and be my senior rep….head on over to my facebook fan page found here and tag yourself:

http://www.facebook.com/briannebrosephotography

If you don’t have a facebook account but are interested in being my rep…feel free to respond here and then contact me via the contact button above!

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many faces of marlowe…brianne brose | san diego baby photographer

I was getting Marlowe dressed in her room today and she was so happy that I couldn’t help but snap a few shots of her adorable expressions.  I hope you smile as much as I do when I look at them.

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family bowling…brianne brose | san diego family photographer

Going into the weekend, we decided were gonna to take advantage of the “family bowling special” on Sundays at Parkway Bowl in El Cajon.  Of course we had to invite Aunt Sue and Uncle Russell to make the family outing complete and we had a blast!  The lighting was awful and since my iphone is lacking a flash, all my pictures turned out dark and somewhat blurry….but we managed to capture our day anyway!  We decided we are making our Sunday morning family bowling a tradition and are having t-shirts made for our team, LOL.  Too bad we all suck at bowling!  I won with an 87 (as documented in the last set of images), hahaha!  But Olivia had a blast, so that was awesome.  And Marlowe, well she stayed silent for most of the 2 hour outing…go figure.

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bye bye baby weight
brianne brose | san diego photographer needing to lose weight

Well, I decided in order to hold myself accountable, I would share my weight loss journey with my readers.  My journey began on March 18th 2010…I started doing the “Bye Bye Baby Weight” walking program on Active.com and started cutting out my one HUGE addiction…CANDY.  I am not a junk food person, nor do I eat huge portions…but I inhale candy like it might escape my sight if I don’t shove in my mouth fast enough.  It is a sick addiction and I have dealt with it my entire life.  Although my weight struggles did not start til after I had my children.  Gaining nearly 60lbs with each pregnancy, not losing all of the weight after Olivia and being on bedrest for over 10 weeks with each one did me no favors.

After having Marlowe, I lost 4 lbs…I swear.  She weighed 4lbs 90z, so does that mean my placenta weighed nothing and all that fluid either?  I have the worst luck with losing baby weight!  Well, weeks after giving birth, I was still struggling…and NO, breastfeeding exclusively does not help me.  In fact, it hurts me.  My body seems to hold on to fat like crazy.  I nursed Olivia for almost 2 years and couldn’t lose any weight, in spite of a lot of effort, til I was done breastfeeding.  So I am now aware that the same situation is happening again.

I feel a lot better since starting my walking program but the weight is not coming off as fast as I would like and I still have a LONG way to get to my goal weight.  I want to be the weight I was when I found I was pregnant with Olivia 4 years ago.  I want to be ME again.  I don’t want to be a fat mom, I want to be a healthy, happy mom.  I want my husband and children to be proud of me.  I want to feel pretty again and I want to fit back in my many pairs of super expensive jeans.   So, to hold myself accountable, I will share my journey with you guys.  So far, I have only lost 10lbs in a months timeframe…and I have been really trying hard.  I am not “dieting” since I am breastfeeding…but I am eating healthy and maintaining my walking program.  I have no goal date in mind, just taking each day as it comes.  I just hope to be myself again in the future and now that we are done having children, I can focus on getting back into my old clothes.

Here is my weight loss ticker…I will post it with each weight loss related post I make here:

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