Today's Good Things:
Extra rest and a morning nap
Seeing better diapers
Today's Not So Good Things:
Feeling so hungry so I keep eating. Ugh
Ice cream with the fam for dessert (just 2 small scoops at least)
No activity at all. Just too tired to do anything.
A bit behind on feeding every 2 hours. Need to stay strict with that because it def shows improvement in her diapers and sleep pattern at night.
Well, May is going out with a snooze for me. I'm actually excited for the calendar to change simply for the fact that I've been thinking about the month of May for SOOOO long now. It's nice to turn the page and move on to the next season.
Tonight I sent the fam to bed a little early. My husband already turned in. I'm going to enjoy some quiet while I enjoy some cluster feeding with my little Kindli-girl. She sure is yummy. :)
I have a friend coming tomorrow, so that will definitely be some motivation toward a bit of activity by way of tidying up the house. Not too much, mind you. I don't mind having the excuse of a newborn to dismiss the general mess lying about. ;) I'm looking forward to the weekend, though. Hoping to get out for a drive so we can find a local swimming beach for the summer as well as some hiking trails in our new area. Last summer the children and I purposed to visit a few new trails and it was really fun. Hoping to do the same once I'm on my feet again.
I'd like to spend some time looking at different options for logging my food and exercise this weekend. Also hoping I can start adding in an evening walk with the family after dinner soon. Slow and Steady, right? I guess that's why they call them Baby Steps. ;)
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Wednesday, May 30 2012
Today's Good Things:
Good choices for meals
Summer wardrobe switch for 4 girlies (one task on babymoon list done)
Swept stairs, stairway, and family room = activity
Rested all afternoon on couch
Nice visit with in-laws
Extra snuggles with 2yo (she needs it right now)
Did well feeding every 2 hours
Got in my serving of oats today
Today's Not So Good Things:
Handful of chocolate chips in a desparate and foolish moment of weakness
No naps to catch up from a tough night with baby
Poison ivy is itching like crazy
I had been hoping to get in a nap today, but a visit with my in-laws was nice. I don't often see them or visit with them when my husband isn't around, so this has been a nice season for that.
I wish I hadn't seen that bag of chocolate chips in the freezer. I am starting to battle some *snackiness* in the afternoons. I think that's due to being tired and not terribly active. I need a distraction of some sort, but with a baby in my arms most of the time, it's hard to find a good one. Naw, that's not true. There's always a basket of laundry to fold somewhere. That's what I'll try tomorrow. :)
I was able to read a few recent posts on some of your blogs today. It's nice to see how everyone is doing. Still need to get to a few more. Hope you are all having a good week. :) Tomorrow is Thursday!! My favorite day of the week. :D
Good choices for meals
Summer wardrobe switch for 4 girlies (one task on babymoon list done)
Swept stairs, stairway, and family room = activity
Rested all afternoon on couch
Nice visit with in-laws
Extra snuggles with 2yo (she needs it right now)
Did well feeding every 2 hours
Got in my serving of oats today
Today's Not So Good Things:
Handful of chocolate chips in a desparate and foolish moment of weakness
No naps to catch up from a tough night with baby
Poison ivy is itching like crazy
I had been hoping to get in a nap today, but a visit with my in-laws was nice. I don't often see them or visit with them when my husband isn't around, so this has been a nice season for that.
I wish I hadn't seen that bag of chocolate chips in the freezer. I am starting to battle some *snackiness* in the afternoons. I think that's due to being tired and not terribly active. I need a distraction of some sort, but with a baby in my arms most of the time, it's hard to find a good one. Naw, that's not true. There's always a basket of laundry to fold somewhere. That's what I'll try tomorrow. :)
I was able to read a few recent posts on some of your blogs today. It's nice to see how everyone is doing. Still need to get to a few more. Hope you are all having a good week. :) Tomorrow is Thursday!! My favorite day of the week. :D
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Tuesday, May 29 2012
Today's Good Things:
Good choices for meals
Did well on my first solo day
Did well on our first outing
Small bit of tidying up around the house = activity
Chose popcorn for snack instead of the sweet I was craving
Today's Not So Good Things:
Not always as patient as I should be
Missed an afternoon nap
Today was pretty good for a first day solo. The children were quiet this morning, so I was able to sleep in a bit after a very long night with baby. I'm feeling a little down, as she's down another 2oz on the scale today from Sunday. I struggle so much every time and was SO hoping this baby would be better. Just can't seem to get that hindmilk in her system. Sigh. Pray for me to deal with this patiently and trust the Lord is going to bring us through.
I took the fam to my dd's sewing lessons today. I figured just driving in the car wouldn't be so bad. The littles played while we were there and I nursed baby. However, just carrying her around in her seat was tiring. I'll be staying home the rest of this week, for sure. ;) Tomorrow is supposed to be really nice. After a rainy day, I'd love to take the children to the park, but I think I best stay home and rest. Maybe I can help them set up some kind of fun thing to do in the yard and hang out with baby on my swing instead. Just trying to balance the rest, nursing, and time with the others as best I can.
Hope to get a chance to read your updates tonight. Enjoying a movie with the bigs right now, though. Kinda special to stay up late together. :)
Good choices for meals
Did well on my first solo day
Did well on our first outing
Small bit of tidying up around the house = activity
Chose popcorn for snack instead of the sweet I was craving
Today's Not So Good Things:
Not always as patient as I should be
Missed an afternoon nap
Today was pretty good for a first day solo. The children were quiet this morning, so I was able to sleep in a bit after a very long night with baby. I'm feeling a little down, as she's down another 2oz on the scale today from Sunday. I struggle so much every time and was SO hoping this baby would be better. Just can't seem to get that hindmilk in her system. Sigh. Pray for me to deal with this patiently and trust the Lord is going to bring us through.
I took the fam to my dd's sewing lessons today. I figured just driving in the car wouldn't be so bad. The littles played while we were there and I nursed baby. However, just carrying her around in her seat was tiring. I'll be staying home the rest of this week, for sure. ;) Tomorrow is supposed to be really nice. After a rainy day, I'd love to take the children to the park, but I think I best stay home and rest. Maybe I can help them set up some kind of fun thing to do in the yard and hang out with baby on my swing instead. Just trying to balance the rest, nursing, and time with the others as best I can.
Hope to get a chance to read your updates tonight. Enjoying a movie with the bigs right now, though. Kinda special to stay up late together. :)
Monday, May 28, 2012
Monday, May 28 2012 - New Start
Today's Good Things:
Took some extra time to nap on my husband's last day off of work
Ate my oatmeal this morning ;)
Did some kitchen clean up, laundry chores, and sweeping around the house today
Today's Not So Good Things:
Cookies for dessert. Sigh. (there are NO more cookies in the house anymore, thankfully)
Massive headache and neckpain since yesterday. Ouch.
So, I got on the scale today. Drumroll please.......209lbs.
I'm down 19 pounds from my last OB weigh-in!! I canNOT believe it! They said I was heavy on fluid and I guess they were right! My lowest point of weight loss before I got pregnant was 206, but I had gained back a couple pounds by the time I had a positive test. I can't believe I'm back at my starting point again. What a gift!!
So, now I've got another great source of motivation and I'm so happy. That mountain I climbed doesn't have to be climbed again. I can start where I left off and keep pressing on. I do, however, need to rebuild the strength that I lost while dealing with my pregnancy. That's going to be a challenge, for sure. But I already know I will feel so good for doing it.
I've set my weight loss goal for 1.5 pounds down each week. I don't know how that will work these first few weeks when I'm not getting in any real exercise, but it's worth aiming for. I'm off to work on my daily/weekly goals and be sure my long term goals are still in line.
I'm excited to get back into reading everyone else's progress and joining in on the encouragement towards you ladies. :)
Took some extra time to nap on my husband's last day off of work
Ate my oatmeal this morning ;)
Did some kitchen clean up, laundry chores, and sweeping around the house today
Today's Not So Good Things:
Cookies for dessert. Sigh. (there are NO more cookies in the house anymore, thankfully)
Massive headache and neckpain since yesterday. Ouch.
So, I got on the scale today. Drumroll please.......209lbs.
I'm down 19 pounds from my last OB weigh-in!! I canNOT believe it! They said I was heavy on fluid and I guess they were right! My lowest point of weight loss before I got pregnant was 206, but I had gained back a couple pounds by the time I had a positive test. I can't believe I'm back at my starting point again. What a gift!!
So, now I've got another great source of motivation and I'm so happy. That mountain I climbed doesn't have to be climbed again. I can start where I left off and keep pressing on. I do, however, need to rebuild the strength that I lost while dealing with my pregnancy. That's going to be a challenge, for sure. But I already know I will feel so good for doing it.
I've set my weight loss goal for 1.5 pounds down each week. I don't know how that will work these first few weeks when I'm not getting in any real exercise, but it's worth aiming for. I'm off to work on my daily/weekly goals and be sure my long term goals are still in line.
I'm excited to get back into reading everyone else's progress and joining in on the encouragement towards you ladies. :)
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Super Model Week :)
I did it. I'm wearing my *normal* jeans again. :) I'm so excited. I mean, not about wearing jeans so much, but that I can actually fit in them again so soon. I gained more this pregnancy than most of my others, so I was not very optimistic about how I'd start out size-wise. This is a real boost to my motivation. :)
I haven't weighed myself, yet, but hope to later today. I wanted to take a picture to use as my After Baby/Before Weight Loss marker, but our camera batter is dead and we have yet to locate the charger. Either way, I'm hoping to mark tomorrow...one week from delivery day...as my starting point for my Next New Start.
My plan for now is to Pay Attention. With my last baby, I walked away from the delivery 5 pounds under my pre-pregnancy weight. I was elated. But, I somehow let that go to my head or something because 6 months later I was up 20 pounds. So frustrating. So, my biggest effort at this point is to Pay Attention to what goes in and what effort must come out to balance it.
I confess, it's been hard already. Those chocolate chip cookies and brownies that have been delivered..the ones I said I was NOT going to eat because I still need to keep off the sugar to avoid the thrush...yeah. Well, I failed. This after baby time is super hard because I feel so ENTITLED to the treats and splurges after a season of being "so good". And, really, I wasn't even so good the last few weeks. It sure is easy to deceive ourselves in order to satisfy our flesh, isn't it?
So, in order to Pay Attention I need to:
1. Keep my plate colorful and include at least 1 raw item at each meal.
2. Keep my portions smallish but frequent, similar to the GD diet. I find that I get so hungry and tired with nursing, that eating happens more often. If I keep my meals smaller, at least I won't be eating as many calories when I need a snack to keep me going on those nursing marathons.
3. Drink water! I feel like I'm drowning, but I need the water. I still see some swelling, so I think I need to work at flushing out my system.
4. Move. I don't have any exercise plans right now. But, I do need to work on getting in some kind of movement, even when I'm feeling so tired. Some stretching would be really good for me right now, as I'm in between all this sitting with nursing and lying with trying to catch an hour or so in between nursing sessions. My back is starting to really hurt and my legs are cramping up. I need to work on some basic stretches a couple of times a day just to keep myself loosened up and ready to take on more when I'm able.
5. Enlist my amazing daughter. Her success at self-discipline and weight loss is an incredible movitator for me. She's heading up meals right now, so that's a mighty help. However, I need to get more diligent in thinking like her to avoid the sugar. What Would E Do? needs to be my new motto. ;)
6. Weigh myself weekly.
So, it's going to be a slow start, but it's definitely going to be a START. I'm determined NOT to put off Paying Attention. I'm determined not to make excuses and think I can coast for any amount of time and come out ahead. I'm determined to keep my mind and heart fixed on being Healthy and Strong and let the numbers fall where they may. I'm determined to ENJOY this journey this time around and not allow it to become a source of defeat or bitterness in my life. I'm determined to JOIN my family in creating fun and lasting memories of a life lived with energy and productivity. I'm also determined to allow myself the REST I need to keep up with this energetic and productive crew. ;)
All this determination is bound to fail from time to time, so I'll appreciate what support and encouragement you can give, ladies. So hard to believe I'm on this side again. Very exciting. :)
I'll list my goals and such tomorrow, Lord and baby willing. ;)
I haven't weighed myself, yet, but hope to later today. I wanted to take a picture to use as my After Baby/Before Weight Loss marker, but our camera batter is dead and we have yet to locate the charger. Either way, I'm hoping to mark tomorrow...one week from delivery day...as my starting point for my Next New Start.
My plan for now is to Pay Attention. With my last baby, I walked away from the delivery 5 pounds under my pre-pregnancy weight. I was elated. But, I somehow let that go to my head or something because 6 months later I was up 20 pounds. So frustrating. So, my biggest effort at this point is to Pay Attention to what goes in and what effort must come out to balance it.
I confess, it's been hard already. Those chocolate chip cookies and brownies that have been delivered..the ones I said I was NOT going to eat because I still need to keep off the sugar to avoid the thrush...yeah. Well, I failed. This after baby time is super hard because I feel so ENTITLED to the treats and splurges after a season of being "so good". And, really, I wasn't even so good the last few weeks. It sure is easy to deceive ourselves in order to satisfy our flesh, isn't it?
So, in order to Pay Attention I need to:
1. Keep my plate colorful and include at least 1 raw item at each meal.
2. Keep my portions smallish but frequent, similar to the GD diet. I find that I get so hungry and tired with nursing, that eating happens more often. If I keep my meals smaller, at least I won't be eating as many calories when I need a snack to keep me going on those nursing marathons.
3. Drink water! I feel like I'm drowning, but I need the water. I still see some swelling, so I think I need to work at flushing out my system.
4. Move. I don't have any exercise plans right now. But, I do need to work on getting in some kind of movement, even when I'm feeling so tired. Some stretching would be really good for me right now, as I'm in between all this sitting with nursing and lying with trying to catch an hour or so in between nursing sessions. My back is starting to really hurt and my legs are cramping up. I need to work on some basic stretches a couple of times a day just to keep myself loosened up and ready to take on more when I'm able.
5. Enlist my amazing daughter. Her success at self-discipline and weight loss is an incredible movitator for me. She's heading up meals right now, so that's a mighty help. However, I need to get more diligent in thinking like her to avoid the sugar. What Would E Do? needs to be my new motto. ;)
6. Weigh myself weekly.
So, it's going to be a slow start, but it's definitely going to be a START. I'm determined NOT to put off Paying Attention. I'm determined not to make excuses and think I can coast for any amount of time and come out ahead. I'm determined to keep my mind and heart fixed on being Healthy and Strong and let the numbers fall where they may. I'm determined to ENJOY this journey this time around and not allow it to become a source of defeat or bitterness in my life. I'm determined to JOIN my family in creating fun and lasting memories of a life lived with energy and productivity. I'm also determined to allow myself the REST I need to keep up with this energetic and productive crew. ;)
All this determination is bound to fail from time to time, so I'll appreciate what support and encouragement you can give, ladies. So hard to believe I'm on this side again. Very exciting. :)
I'll list my goals and such tomorrow, Lord and baby willing. ;)
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Peeking
I was unpacking my clothes and peeked into a drawer in my bureau that has my "normal" clothes in it. Oh boy, did that feel like a rush knowing it's just a couple more weeks before I can wear those clothes again. :)
I'm not doing great with testing or even following my GD diet plan. I guess my brain is convincing me that I'm almost done so I can just do "whatever". Not true. But, life feels so upside down right now with routines, meals, and most of our life in boxes still, being particular about how I eat feels like more effort than I can muster. I'm skipping snacks. Not getting in the vegies I should. Just generally not paying attention and grabbing what it easy because even a simple meal is pretty hard to do right now without a kitchen to use.
I'm going to try to work on more vegies and fruits for snacking in the coming weeks. Other than that, just plugging away at getting our home ready for this baby. I'm needing more rest than ever right now, but struggling to sleep at night. I'm also feeling very strongly that I need to work hard at preparing my heart and mind to get through labor and meet this baby girl.
Hope you are all reporting much more positive progress than I am. ;)
I'm not doing great with testing or even following my GD diet plan. I guess my brain is convincing me that I'm almost done so I can just do "whatever". Not true. But, life feels so upside down right now with routines, meals, and most of our life in boxes still, being particular about how I eat feels like more effort than I can muster. I'm skipping snacks. Not getting in the vegies I should. Just generally not paying attention and grabbing what it easy because even a simple meal is pretty hard to do right now without a kitchen to use.
I'm going to try to work on more vegies and fruits for snacking in the coming weeks. Other than that, just plugging away at getting our home ready for this baby. I'm needing more rest than ever right now, but struggling to sleep at night. I'm also feeling very strongly that I need to work hard at preparing my heart and mind to get through labor and meet this baby girl.
Hope you are all reporting much more positive progress than I am. ;)
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