Tuesday January 10, 2012

Today's Good Things:
Up at 5:30am
10 minutes of standing pilates this morning (whew!)
Shower with no interruptions :)
Bible and journal
Followed my menu plan decently
Date night - voted!
20 minutes pilates this evening (total body and flexibility)

Today's Not So Good Things:
Couch schooled and delegated most of the day due to morning nausea and afternoon headache. (I thought I was over this stuff)
No afternoon walk

Today was decent considering how I was feeling. I am having such a hard time in the first part of the day.  Nausea, headaches, and just overall ickiness. It doesn't feel the same as my regular morning sickness, but it's enough to keep me from the Get Up and Go that I need right now. So much for the second trimester push.  I remember struggling like this last time, too. Feeling so frustrated that my second trimester wasn't the great, energetic, Get It Done time it normally is.  I'm not sure if this is related to my blood sugar struggles or simply being pregnant. 

I'll list my food choices for the day. I haven't been doing that because I was simply following the menu I made. But, lately I've been substituting a lot and not always as careful since I'm not testing. I think reporting here will add some accountablity.

Breakfast:  2 slices ww toast, buttered and peanut buttered (my favorite way)

Morning Snack: 2-3 oz cheddar cheese, 7 reduced fat triscuit crackers

Lunch: 1/2 large cheese quesadilla, 3 oz turkey breast, carrot sticks with about 1 tbs sour cream dip, 2-3 tbs salsa

Afternoon Snack: orange, diet soda

Dinner:  Baked haddock with cracker crumb topping, 1/2 baked potato with butter, 1/4 cup overcooked vegies (blech), water

Evening Snack: 3 sugar free mini chocolate candies (that was my date-night alternative to the ice cream everyone else shared.)  ;-)

I need to up my vegies, but I did a great job making my choices at dinner tonight. I resisted some major tempations including ice cream for dessert.  Probably it helped that I wasn't feeling very well and nothing much sounded very good.

So, I'm super happy that I got in my morning and evening exercise today. I'm really hoping I can feel well enough to push myself out the door for a walk tomorrrow. Another unusual day as I go to meet with another mother from my hs group for a bible study in the morning.  That means I'll be playing a bit of catch up the rest of the day. David is working late tomorrow, though, so that will buy me some time to do it. 

Almost bedtime and I'm happy to say that getting up early and getting in some simple exercise has helped me get tired at the right time. No more staying up until 11pm or even midnight for me! Whew!!

Note for Brandy: The pilates workout video I use is 10 Minute Solution: Prenatal Pilates the instructor is Lizbeth Garcia.  I don't even know if it's available anymore. I bought it about 3 babies ago at Best Buy, so it could already be obsolete, yk?  Also, pilates has it's founding in the new age ying/yang type stuff so you'll hear plenty of references to those ideas as many of the exercises are named "hugging the tree" and other goofy things like that. I just ignore it, but I know it is offensive to some. 
 I have always like pilates while pregnant because it is a gentle workout, but very effective. I always FEEL the workout later and know I'm using my muscles in a big way. But, it isn't a difficult thing to do, especially in 10 minute segments. I will admit, though, that I'm so out of shape that the 10 minute standing pilates had me completely out of breath this morning. ACK!  It also works hard to strengthen your core and feels SO good on my lower back as they focus on those areas. I often use the pilates moves I like best just to work with my sciatica and lower back pain when it's at its worst. It's been a great tool for me over the years.