After 2 months...

Time after time, I reflect and thought about how I came to where I am now. Who could have thought that I would be sitting here on the couch in the living, feeding Iman, while Adrianna is on the other side, keeping herself occupied and putting herself to a cat nap. Sleep is deprived, routines changed and eating habits adjusted. 

For me at least. 

I could already picture myself as a SAHM. Not easy. 

My maternity leave is coming to an end soon and of course I am going to miss these times. Especially with my 2 girls. I am so not looking forward to working.

Meanwhile, I have been trying everything to help increase my supply of milk. Cookies, brownies,dates, essential oils, you name it. Alhamdullilah, so far the supply has not exactly dipped but stable. I am trying my very best to keep Iman breastfed till she's at least 6 months old. Insyaallah if god permits. 

They say breastfeeding makes you lose weight. Well, not exactly. Being a food addict like me is hard to lose all the extra calories gained from being pregnant. And breastfeeding makes you crave more food and thirsty 24/7. 

Today I have decided to put a stop to my cravings; sugar and all those nonsense. I am weaning off sugar for good insyaallah. I foresee this is going to be a tough phase. But I will try as much as possible to lose all those extra weight I gained from eating excessive amounts of sugar. 

First and foremost,replacing flavoured  sodas and sweet drinks(which is my vice FYI) to water, herbal tea or soda water. And eventually phase out all of that in time to come and only drink water and coffee. 

Then, phasing out all desserts and replacing them with good fats such as cheese, avocado etc. So whenever I feel like I want to have something sweet, I'll turn to cheese or nuts. The idea is to keep everything I eat from whole. No preservatives and no sugar. 

Hopefully I am able to survive quitting sugar for the next 8 weeks. Insyaallah!