New Goal

Well, I am loving this Body Bugg! It is so fun to look at all of the statistics although it really bothers my arm at times, usually after it's been on for several hours in the afternoon/evening. As a result, I switch it to my right arm to sleep and that helps.

Well, I am not going to have a weigh in today. I weighed in at 142.4 yesterday so I will keep that for today. I started feeling really sick last night and I was up so many times with kids that I feel that the scale will not accurately reflect my true weight. I will weigh in again next Friday or when I am feeling better. I started my new countdown from 144 which is what I was when I started using my Body Bugg on Sunday. I am going to try and lose 1.5 pounds each week.

My new goal that I will really start chasing hard in January is 130 lbs. I have tried to eat well and exercise this week and the exercise has worked well, but I am still trying to get out of holiday/treat mode and will succeed better at it after New Year's.

Justin is going out of town on Monday for a month and it would be fun to be visibly skinnier when he gets back in February :)

After Christmas Update

All in all, I am proud to say that I stayed within my 2 pound gain this holiday season. There was a day there that my weight skyrocketed after I ate an entire small loaf of zucchini bread followed by about a dozen chocolate cookies, oops, but it was delicious. I think I went up to around 144 but now today after Christmas I am at 142.8. My goal was to stay under 143.2, so I did it when all is said and done!

For Christmas I got a Body Bugg! My friend Katie got one and she has done well on weight loss and I'm excited to see what I can achieve. I entered in all of my info last night and you can only weigh in once a week which would mean Sunday night (uh, right after Sunday dinner.....I don't think so!) so I don't think I will enter my official weight on my Body Bugg account until Friday morning, January 6 and go from there. I will still weigh in here on my blog on Friday :) Here goes nothing!

Holiday Goodness and Weigh Ins

This morning I weighed in at 142.4 which kind of surprises me since I'm just starting that time of the month. Plus, I have eaten treats pretty regularly because I want to :) However, I am still staying in my goal to not gain more than 2 pounds this Christmas season which would be 143.2 and I am below that. I am up 0.8 from last week but I haven't exercised very much and eaten not so great so it's all good!

Every time I try and exercise I start coughing although I am not coughing any other time, hmm. It is still lingering I guess. Plus Justin is working a lot lately (til 10 PM each night and weekends) so I have all of the childcare and household chores to do plus Mikey is getting 4 teeth and that wakes him up some at night and my other kids keep waking up at night so I am not sleeping very well. I am definitely less energized and therefore I exercise less because I am stressed and tired a lot.

Hopefully next week will be a little more exciting since Justin will have Dec 23-25 off. Then he will have to work the week between Christmas and New Years but not as much as normal, I hope. Then he flies to California on January 2 for a month, lovely!

In fun news though, I am getting a Body Bugg for Christmas which really tracks calories burned and you enter in your calories so you know exactly how weight loss is going :) I'm excited to try it out soon!

Friday Morning Weigh-In

This morning I am the same at 141.6. I have decided this is the number my body really likes to see because over the past few weeks when I am feeling skinny, this is the number I am. However, I have not been eating very stellar lately but I just try to not overdo it. I really want to enjoy some of the holiday season food and I am, but I am also not eating waaaay too much (for the most part) and on days when I can eat healthy, I am.

Some of those yummy lunches I was talking about in my last post were dependent upon avocado. However, my avocados have not been ripe until today so I have just eaten whatever. I am excited to try my avocado chicken salad today, yummy! Avocado is one of those foods that is healthy and super yummy so I am going to try and eat them a little more often for lunch.

Random Thoughts

This morning I was listening to the radio and they were saying that most people gain on average 5 pounds over the holidays. Then the woman piped in that she has gained at least 10 pounds after getting married and I just laughed because that was the truth for me, and more! When I did my yeast free diet I got down to 136 and I still didn't quite fit into my wedding dress although I was close so I'm guessing I weighed around 130 when I got married (I didn't have a scale so I didn't know or track at all).

I think I gained 25 pounds after getting married, that's right, a whopping 25 pounds, yikes! I went from eating at my in-laws every night for dinner (usually healthy) to making meals myself which included a lot of Totino's pizzas. Justin and I really liked them but they are incredibly unhealthy and I swear I gain a pound every time I eat one. I remember one day 6 months after my wedding my Mom asked me if I was pregnant because I had gained so much weight. That was my wake up call and I started to realize what was happening to me! At least I wasn't alone, Justin had gained weight too.

Then one Sunday I weighed myself on my in-laws scale (we still didn't own one) and it was after I had eaten a huge dinner and I was 162, too high for me. From then on I have really tried to get my weight under control, and not only that, but be healthy. I have learned a lot and feel like I could almost be a nutritionist with how much I've read and learned.

Anyway, the last few days I have overindulged on sugar cookies and chips and salsa. I'm not usually a huge chips and salsa girl but I bought some yummy fresh salsa at Walmart and it is delicious and addicting. I felt like crap last night but I haven't gained any weight. Probably because I have another cough and my body is coughing a lot and fighting off the illness. However, I have some new lunch recipes, and I bought the food last night and I'm excited about eating better :)

That's all for now!

Friday's Weight

This morning I was 141.8 and only a half pound above my pre pregnancy weight. I am doing well at exercising every day and eating well with only an occasional treat. Being the Christmas season I am going to allow a few treats here and there especially at special events but not all the time, every day. My daughter asked me to make sugar cookies on Tuesday and I LOVE them but I told her I would another time so that I didn't indulge when I didn't need to. She was sad but I just couldn't make them without getting back down. Maybe tomorrow since I did well this week :)

I don't want to be so rigid that I can't enjoy holiday baking with my kids because it is a lot of fun and I really enjoy it. So, here's to getting back down after Thanksgiving!

After Thanksgiving Weigh In

This morning the weight on the scale was 144.4 although yesterday I was in the 142's, lol! That is mostly due to us having a second Thanksgiving dinner with my dad on Sunday night. Since my parents got divorced, we have Thanksgiving dinner with either my Mom and Dennis or my in-laws on the actual day (alternating years) and then we have another Thanksgiving feast with my Dad the Sunday after with my siblings and Grandma Griggs. It is fun but a lot of food!

I almost started the morning off right but the banana cream pie got the best of me and I had 2 pieces for breakfast, hee hee (I calculated 220 calories per slice). However, I threw the rest away! Plus, my favorite dish, squash delight was never put in the fridge last night by my siblings so I had to toss it today also and it is really really unhealthy :) Plus, I went running 2.6 miles in 30 minutes so I am back on track with my exercising. Along with folding laundry today I should burn around 400 calories with exercise.

Well, here's to a more healthy week! I am going to work hard to not eat crap unless I really really love it. I am not going to eat treats that neighbors bring by unless I really enjoy the dessert. Like I said, I would love to maintain my weight but a 1-2 pound weight gain is okay. After all, it is the holidays and I love them, including the food :) Next year, 130's here I come!

Finally!!!

Well, today I finally saw my pre-pregnancy weight on the scale, oh wait, I saw 0.2 pounds under for a total weight of 141!!!

I made it, it took 8 months which is a little long but okay. I am so glad to have made it this far. I started my true weight loss at the beginning of May and now it is Nov. 22, so almost 7 months to lose 15 pounds (the amount that didn't just come off on its own). I guess I average 2 pounds a month in weight loss. That's okay, slow and steady was the way I made it.

I am really happy to see my goal weight before Thanksgiving because we all know the holidays are full of tempting treats and sweets and it would be hard to have never made it and then go back up and feel a huge weight come January. As I mentioned before though, I am still going to try and use some will power to not go overboard this holiday season.

Yay!!

Before:

The day after Mikey was born. (3/15/11)

Hiking one month after the baby was born. (4/23/11)

After:

My favorite jeans! (11/22/11)

Friday Morning Weigh In

Well, I'm not sure if I'm going to do weekly weigh ins anymore, at least for a while. Well, maybe I will weigh in but not follow such a strict exercise/eating plan. There is only so much you can do without getting worn out and needing a little break. However, this morning after going on vacation and being sick with a bad cough all week, I am at 141.4, same as 2 weeks ago. This included eating out all last week and not exercising at all this week although I'm finally feeling like I am truly on the mend. I think being sick and coughing all the time was burning some major calories, lol!

However, I am pleased that this weight came from just waking up and weighing in, and not after a grueling exercise session to see that number so I feel it is more real and only 0.2 from my pre pregnancy weight. If I ate really well today and maybe even exercised, I could see my pre pregnancy weight tomorrow. I say that after eating a huge brownie, lol!

With the holidays coming, I am going to try hard not to gain 5 pounds, more like 1-2 so that it isn't so hard to lose it this time. I usually do well losing weight after the holidays but it would be cool to not gain so much. We shall see :)

P.S. I am totally rocking my favorite jeans and they feel great! And I went and bought 3 new pairs of jeans for my birthday yesterday, half off at Maurices with a coupon, woo hoo! I should put a picture on here :)

The Final Number is.....

Well, this morning after exercising I weighed in at 141.4, just 0.2 away from my pre pregnancy weight. I feel like I did as much as I could this week to meet this goal and I feel like I am a success. However, when I weighed in before getting pregnant, I hadn't exercised to get that number and this morning I had to exercise to see that number. Oh well, it was the best I could do. Now for a yummy dinner at the Cheesecake Factory and fun birthday tomorrow with not healthy eating. I deserve it right? After all it is my birthday :) The only thing that worries me is a whole week of eating out at Disneyland. I am on such a health kick right now that I don't know if I can totally enjoy eating bad food the next few days but it should be a day to indulge and I need to just relax a little. Hopefully I will make good choices on vacation.

Well, until I get back from from Disneyland!!

Overdid It

So, after the Halloween weekend I think I was up 0.5-1 pounds, I'm too worn out to really remember. I ate a few too many desserts on Saturday night and Sunday night but on Halloween, I really reined in the overeating and only ate 2 pieces of pizza with salad and probably had 4-5 little candy bars. Way less than I would've normally eaten on a holiday but still a lot I know.

Well, since then I have worked my butt off and I think it's backfiring. I got a slight cold with a cough and froggy voice and achy ears on Tuesday and I did not back off, rather I upped the workouts. I worked out an hour each day and yesterday I worked out doing intervals on the treadmill for an hour, deep cleaned for 2 hours and played volleyball for nearly 2 hours and today I am paying dearly. I am so worn out! (Not to mention I was up with kids 4 times last night.) I also feel dehydrated but I had 10 cups of water yesterday but they were mostly in the morning and afternoon and not so much in the evening.

Today I went to do another interval training program on the treadmill and I just couldn't run more than a few minutes without feeling so weary. I only ended up walking and running slowly for 32 minutes before I gave up. So, this morning I was at 142.4 and I just feel a heaviness in me. You know how that feels to just feel heavier than you really believe you are? I think it partly has to do with the illness and partly with feeling so worn out. Well, the best I can do at this point is eat very healthy today and eat lots of lean meats, veggies and fruits which is what I will do.

I have to say that I was really strong last night in willpower. My family and I went potato gunning at 4:30 and we didn't get home until 6 and I didn't feel like making a big dinner so I picked up a pizza. However, I didn't eat it and instead made myself some french toast with really healthy bread, 2 eggs, a little milk, cinnamon and just a tiny tiny bit of syrup for some flavor.

If I don't make it to my pre pregnancy weight by tomorrow (since I am going out to eat for my birthday tomorrow night) then I can feel good that I tried as hard as I possibly physically could this week.

Final weigh in tomorrow morning!! Then we are off to Disneyland for a week, eating out every meal, ahhh!

Friday Morning Weigh-in

This morning I was at 142.2, down 1.8 pounds from last week and only 1 pound to go! Thanks for giving me a swift kick in the behind Katie, I needed it! I have really really tried to eat well and exercise every day, at least Monday through Friday.

I made my husband monitor me so that I couldn't cheat and this has helped to. I made a calendar that went for 2 weeks and I have to write down every thing I eat and he has to approve my food each night. I told him I couldn't have treats at all and the only meals I have off are Saturday night, Sunday night and Monday for Halloween. Saturday night is our ward's trunk or treat and chili and cookie cookoff, Sunday night is our last Sunday dinner with the McMurray's before they leave for Australia on their mission and of course Monday is Halloween and I am going to allow myself a *few* treats. On Monday I am eating at my friend's house for lunch and play/date (Debbie from high school) and then we are going to my sister's work for trick or treating and then to my sister-in-law's for games and pizza dinner and then trick or treating.

My plan is to be down to my pre pregnancy weight by Saturday, November 5th because we are planning to go out to celebrate my birthday that night. I would really love to make it there by Friday. With only 1 pound to go, I bet I will get there early :)

Friday Morning Weigh-in

This morning I weighed in at 144 even, doing good! Monday I was 146.8, so I am down 2.8 pounds which is awesome and well on my way to my pre pregnancy weight for my birthday in 2 weeks and 2 days. I have another 2.8 pounds to go and that is losing 1.5 pounds a week which seems doable if I can just stay strong and have the willpower to plug through Halloween. Luckily (or not so luckily lol) I can't find my favorite Halloween candy this year which will help. I really love Reese's Sticks and I can usually find them at Target and Smiths but neither store has them this year. I have checked Walmart and Winegars too but no luck. I will try Albertson's and Macy's and then give up. Or maybe I won't look for them so I can't find them and be even more strong, hmmmm, we'll see.

I feel like I'm kicking butt on nutrition lately. I have bought really healthy bread that has no sugar or high fructose corn syrup but just honey and whole wheat and yeast and salt and it's yummy and expensive and most important, good for me! I have toast with eggs or oatmeal with honey or eggs for breakfast. Then for snacks I eat peanuts, fruit, veggies or string cheese. I am really trying hard to stay away from anything processed. For lunch I eat a sandwich with Adam's natural peanut butter and honey, or cooked chicken with veggies or whole wheat pasta with some sauce and cheese. For dinner, I just cook whatever my family likes and it usually isn't perfect but that's okay. I am not perfect and I definitely have times when I eat an occasional dessert or corn dog, but I am being realistic in my eating. I think by not being super strict, I am able to avoid binging and taking a whole day or weekend off like I did before.

Today I am eating really well because Justin and I are going out to eat tonight. We were planning to go up the tram at Snow Basin and then eat at one of the restaurants at the top but now we're not sure it's even open. If not, perhaps we will go to dinner and then drive the loop above Bountiful into Farmington or go Christmas shopping. Whatever we do, I will try to make good eating choices.

Anyway, thanks for giving me a kick in the butt Katie because I really want this and I really want to keep pushing forward. I am still a little nervous about Halloween but it's just one day. Well, really 2 days since our ward has a trunk or treat on Saturday the 29th with a chili and cookie cookoff but 2 days isn't terrible. I bought Halloween candy and won't let my kids open even 1 bag or I know we'll eat it all up before Halloween. Okay, long enough post, see ya!

What is going on with my body?

So, yesterday and today I have eaten well but I am experiencing some not so fun trips to the bathroom to discard more than normal. You would think that when you ate crap that it would happen then and not when you start eating really well. Also, my scale is on the fritz so I think I will need to get a new one soon. It keeps shutting off before giving you a reading or goes to the memory spot and then shuts off. So, just some funny random updates from me!

Also, I am doing some weight training for the next while and should do forever of course. My sister-in-law said that she finally lost weight when she started weight training. I have a video that focuses on your upper body and you lower body for 20 minutes each region and I did the lower body today, go me! Plus I walked Tim to school (2 miles) and exercised outside running/walking for 20 minutes also.

I really want to wear my favorite jeans on my birthday. I can wear them right now but they are still a teensy bit snug.

Checking in

So, I am back from my trip. I honestly thought I wouldn't gain that much since I was on the go so much, but I was wrong, lol! I ate a lot of crap and desserts and it was fabulous but the scale reflects it. This morning after going to my in-laws open house for their mission farewell yesterday and eating dessert after yummy dessert, I am at 146.8. I am 5.6 pounds above my pre pregnancy weight and my goal was my birthday, just shy of 3 weeks. Can I make it with Halloween in there? Well, I don't know if I will but I am going to exercise and eat the best I can within reason.

It was fun to eat whatever I felt like though :)

Friday Morning Weigh-in

This morning I was 143.6, down 1.4 pounds from last week. I feel like I am a little more on track although my family and I have been dealing with illness all week. As a result I have not exercised at all this week, except walking to school on Monday. If you want to read all about our illnesses, it is on my regular family blog :)

However, even being sick my appetite has not gone away, rather I have been really hungry. I tried hard not to eat many sweets since I know you feel better when you eat less sugar. I ate bad on Tuesday and Wednesday I had some ice cream with whip cream but I ate really well on Thursday :) Well, I will check back in in a few weeks after my trip to NYC :)

*** I just realized that today was supposed to be the day when I was 140.8, and 0.4 pounds below my pre pregnancy weight but obviously this time it just didn't happen. It's funny how when I got to the end, I didn't succeed! I still have 2.4 pounds to go to my pre pregnancy weight (and possibly a little more after my trip) so my new goal is to be there for my birthday, November 6th. So, in one month I need to be there, come on, I can do it!!

Fresh Start Eh?

Well, I started this week with the best of intentions. I did really well until Tuesday night when I went out to eat at Taco Maker. Then on Wednesday I ate well during the day until some friends from the temple invited us to a steak house for dinner, yum but not healthy! Then Thursday I went down and spent the day with my Mom and step-dad and we didn't eat particularly bad but treats were definitely around too much. So, I weighed in this morning at 145 which is going the other direction.

Will I ever make it? I still feel like I will but apparently it is just taking some time. I am a little worried though since I am now going to NYC for a week starting October 10th, only 10 days away. I am hoping I can do really well this next week so I am not starting my vacation week really far from my goal. Plus, I won't have any kids so I'm hoping to exercise each day especially since my hubby will be in meetings all day every day so I just have free time to do whatever I want :)

I'm going to do better, I promise!!

Fresh Start

I am kind of afraid to see what the scale will read tomorrow morning. I have been so bad lately and I really need a fresh start. I was sooooo close to reaching my pre pregnancy weight and now I don't feel so close so I really need to get back in gear.

I was talking with my sister-in-law last night (the one who motivates me by her will power) and she said her last 5 pregnancy pounds didn't come off so she stopped eating treats and bam, it left! She said even though it's gone, she is still avoiding treats because she knows they will just come back. After hearing her say that and also finding out she doesn't exercise, just eats right, I am going to try hard to eat well for the next few weeks. I will probably continue exercising, but perhaps not to the full extent I was before and relax a little more. By the way, her baby is 1.5 months younger than my baby, and it's her fourth kid! She is a super star!

In fun news, I completed my first official 5k last weekend in which I ran the whole time! I did the Racin' for Greyson 5k that benefited my old roommate's nephew Greyson who has a rare genetic disorder. I have done one other 5k but I walked half of it since I never trained. It was a great feeling and didn't even seem all that long. My time was 32 minutes and 17 seconds, just over 10 minute miles, woo hoo!

One other thing to mention since this is my health blog - my back has been bugging me for a few months now. It started out from the bad bed although for 5 years I LOVED my bed. So a month ago, Justin and I bought a new coil spring bed. I never really liked it and we had a 50 day guarantee so last Wednesday Justin and I went back and bought a much more expensive, natural latex bed. I am still experiencing some back pain but part of that could be due to carrying around an 18 pound baby (and his carseat a lot) and part of it may just need some adjustment time for my new bed (most bodies take 3-4 weeks to adjust to a new bed).

Anyway, I think a massage may be in order to really work out all of the kinks and get me back to normal. After having crazy back pain 1 year after I got married, it took a massage to make it go away for good. The chiropractor helps, but a massage is where it's at!

Anyway, here's to a really good 2 weeks!

Friday Morning Weigh-in

Well, this week was not my best week. Maybe it had something to do with the fresh homemade peach pie I made that only I basically ate, just maybe :) (My hubby had 1 piece and my kids wouldn't eat any.)

Anyway, I weighed in at 144.2, which is up 0.2 pounds from last week and now 1.4 pounds away from where I should be at 142.8. With all of these sweets I've been craving, I just had to give into one of them and this is the result and you know what, I'm okay with it. I KNOW I will get back to my pre pregnancy weight so I am not feeling worried when I only have 3 pounds to go. If I really work hard the next few weeks, I could be there and done for a while. Maintenance mode sounds really good right now :)

How are YOU doing?

Friday Morning Weigh-in

This morning I was at 144 after exercising, down 0.8 pounds and only 0.2 away from my goal. I have been craving treats like crazy lately, probably due to the start of fall and wanting warm comforting foods like warm apple crisp with ice cream. Hopefully after this weekend I can get some healthy mojo going again! Tomorrow we have a family reunion with yummy food and then on Sunday it's my brother's farewell with an open house with treats again. So close, but I still feel far away too!

Friday Morning Weigh-in

On Friday morning I weighed in at 144.8 which was down 1 pound and right on target. I succeeded in losing 4 pounds in 4 weeks again, hooray! These mini month goals are apparently the right way to succeed for me and I'm proud of my success. I am trying to decide if I should shoot to be at my pre pregnancy weight in 3 weeks or 4 weeks since I only have 3.6 pounds to go. I think I will just plan to lose another 4 pounds in 4 weeks and be below my pre pregnancy weight. Being 140 is my favorite so that's what I am going to aim for ultimately. One day 130 may call my name but it has been a long road just to lose the pregnancy weight and I think I will need to take a little break and just maintain for a while.

So, on October 7th I want to be 140.8 and 0.4 pounds below my pre pregnancy weight. Here's to my last hurdle!!

Friday Morning Weigh-in

This morning after walking Tim to school (2 miles round trip) and exercising I weighed in at 145.8, right on schedule and down 0.8 pounds. This week I have done a lot of activity, but I've been more hungry so I've eaten more. It's okay though, because I don't want to starve myself or I just give up the motivation to keep going.

It has been really nice walking Tim to Kindergarten each day. We leave around 8:20 in the morning and get there around 8:40 and then walk him into his class at 8:45 and walk home getting home around 9:10. I then usually work out after that too so it's been nice getting some extra exercise each day. Plus if I am just not up for exercising, then I have at least walked 2 miles anyway :)

I've got to keep eating well this weekend hopefully since we have family pictures on Monday! However, we are going to my Dad's tonight for pizza and dessert and then we are having friends over tomorrow night which will involve dessert also.....uhhh, good luck to me!

Friday Morning Weigh-in

This morning I weighed in at 146.6, which is down 0.8 pounds from last week. I wrote about feeling derailed but the nausea has all but left now and I have been doing some fun interval programs on my treadmill and when I mix up workouts I tend to have greater weight loss. I didn't eat perfectly this week, but I didn't go overboard much either.

After two weeks I was supposed to be at 146.8 to stay on track to lose 4 pounds in 4 weeks, and I am right on track, yay! I like these mini goals, they are great for me and I seem to have more success. Also, I have just over 5 pounds to go and I can taste the end coming and it makes me happy.

However, I have been craving my homemade sugar cookies since before I had the baby and I was gaining so much weight I never made them but I still really want them. So, I think I am going to make them today, indulge a little and be done with my long standing craving :)

Feeling derailed

This past weekend has been tough, in fact, the week has been tough. With having this constant nagging of nausea it has been hard to ignore hunger when it makes you sick. Therefore I have had to eat more than normal and what's worse, eat before bed or I feel ill when I get up with the baby in the night. If the baby didn't get up, I would probably be fine. Plus, I can't really push it with the exercise because I don't feel well enough to. It may be time to see the doc. I hate it when things are going so well and I feel so close to the finish line just to have something like this derail me. Boo!

Thursday Morning Weigh In

Normally I weigh in on Fridays but I will probably go out with my siblings for outing day again and I wanted to see what I really weigh after exercising etc. So, this morning after eating breakfast and then exercising I weighed in at 147.4, which is down 1.4 pounds from last week. Just over 6 pounds to go to my pre-pregnancy weight, yipee!

One downside though, I am not feeling very well lately. I have slight nausea that just won't go away so I need to eat snacks pretty constantly to feel okay. However, I am pretty good at making healthy choices like fruit and frozen cooked veggies but still, it's there plaguing me. I am not pregnant since my cycle ended recently but I wish I knew how to get rid of it.

Also, our bed has gone bad unfortunately and I haven't slept well without back pain for about 3 weeks now. We finally bought a new bed last night and I finally woke up without total pain. However, my baby and daughter were up so many times last night that I feel like a walking zombie today. I hope I can enjoy my new bed with more sleep and less back pain soon!

Friday Morning Weigh-in

This morning I weighed in at 148.8, just 0.4 pounds higher than my goal. However, if I exercised and then weighed in I would definitely be below my goal but I just don't have time this morning to do that since we are heading out to the SL County Fair today. Yesterday when I exercised and weighed in I was at 148.2, so I really do feel like I made it to my goal especially since I exercised 50 minutes and then shoveled and wheel barrowed dirt into my backyard for an hour and ate really really well :)

I liked having this mini goal to go towards and losing 4 pounds in a month feels really good. So, with that, I am going to make another goal to be down another 4 pounds in one month which will be September 12th (or hopefully Friday, Sept 9th). Then I will only have 3.5 pounds to go to my pre-pregnancy weight, yay! So, I will continue my weekly weigh-ins but my newest goal is to be 144.8 by September 12th :)

I usually like to exercise first and then weigh in on Fridays but that has been hard this summer since my brother, sister (and sometimes sister-in-law) have gone on outings Friday mornings. After next Friday though, these will end since Timmy is starting school :) It will be nice to get back to my regular schedule.

Cheers!

New favorite treats

So, lately if I need a little treat, I have done pretty good at not eating too much. I am currently enjoying roasted marshmallows on my stove (25 calories each!) I also eat a few chocolate chips which helps with my chocolate craving and I also eat the Skinny Cow truffle ice cream bars, delicious and only 100 calories. I also have otter pops and I love the pink ones and I also really like the Stauffer's chocolate animal crackers, yum! One other delicious treat is from Menchies, the frozen yogurt store and their cup cake flavor with a few almonds on top is so yummy!

I decided to weigh myself in this morning and I was 149.4, down 3 pounds! After eating cereal and then exercising I was down to 148.8 just before I showered. Last weekend was not so stellar when we had friends over and I ate way too many chocolate chip cookies, but I have been really trying to eat well and work out this week so I feel good.

I know I didn't make it to the month mark next week on the 12th but I'm weak, lol!

My main motivation is to fit in my jeans this fall. I have some jeans that fit me now but they are too long and I don't love how they drag. All of my other jeans are still a bit snug so I really need to get back to my pre pregnancy weight to feel good in my jeans. The only jeans that sadly fit really well are my pregnancy jeans and I don't really want to wear those anymore. I have luckily fit into enough of my capris and shorts (not all) this summer so it's been okay but this fall, I need to wear my jeans! Getting closer, yay!

Trying something new

So, I have decided to put my scale away for a month and see how I do. I know there is a lot of advice that says to weigh yourself every day to really monitor weight loss/gain closely and other advice that says don't let the scale rule your life and just weigh in occasionally. I am usually all for weighing in every day, however, it is getting out of hand. I am starting to weigh myself every single time I go to the bathroom, as well as when I go to bed and when I wake up in the morning. I know, pathetic! It's starting to affect my mood and my eating habits. If I weigh in at a lower weight I am happier but then I reward myself with food which is of course, negative. I know I shouldn't but I always think, I worked hard, I can take a little break for a day which really sets me back. If I weigh in at a high number (especially at the end of a day that I worked hard and ate really well), then I'm depressed and grumpy.

So, it's time for a change. I put the scale away and I will not pull it out until I weigh in on Friday, August 12th. The only thing I'm worried about is that I will tell myself that I have a whole month before I weigh in, so I can eat a little more lax right now but I am trying to banish these feelings and really keep going strong.

Here's to trying something new! Of course I won't have Friday weigh-ins until then, but I believe I will still post on my progress of just trying to live a healthy lifestyle which will not be so tied to my weight :)

Unfortunately, I did not weigh myself this morning before eating breakfast, running and drinking a lot of water afterwards, so I don't have a great starting number, but I think 152.4 is my best guess so I'll stick with that and shoot to be at least 4 pounds less (148.4) when I weigh in again. Toodles!

P.S.

Tomorrow it will be 10 weeks since I started making myself accountable and as of Friday, I had lost almost 5 pounds. I guess 1/2 a pound a week isn't too bad, but it could be better. However, when I step on the scale tomorrow, it will definitely be higher than that but I will try hard again this week.

It is frustrating though when you work out like crazy one day and indulge with 2 pieces of cake and gain weight. On Saturday, I was working in the yard from 8 until 1 mowing, weeding, trimming, etc. I did a lot of physically taxing manual labor and I gained weight, it was sad. I think it got me a little down so I ended up eating way too much today because I figured if I wasn't going to lose weight after all of that work, then why try today. I know, I know, it's a bad thing to think but I thought it and gave up today.

I did read an article about a woman who did a blog to lose weight and she ended up losing over 100 pounds. She wrote that weight loss is 80% diet and 20% exercise and ain't that the truth! It just proves what happened on Saturday to be true. Diet really is the key. When I did my yeast free diet, I did not exercise at all really and I lost 6 pounds the first week from diet alone. It slowed down after that but it was key. I really want to do that diet again just to lose this weight, uggh!

Okay, I just had a chat with my husband, and I told him to really hold me accountable and encourage me to eat better and not let me off the hook. If someone in my own house is going to be working on this with me, perhaps I'll have better results. I told him I want 2 free meals a week which will probably be Saturday night (date night) and Sunday dinner with families. He agreed to help me, yay! I just hope I don't hate him for it :)

Okay, that's enough ranting for now.

Friday Morning Weigh-In

So on Friday I was 150.6, up 0.8 pounds from the week before. However, this weekend I have been absolutely terrible! I have eaten so much junk today and I don't really want to stop. This is why I don't make cookies very much or have junk food in the house because once I start, I have a hard time stopping. Most people say that if they deprive themselves from the food they love they can't maintain and end up binging. Instead they just eat the stuff they love in moderation, but once I start eating something I love, I have a really hard time stopping. As is shown by the number of cookies I have eaten today, yikes!! Help!

However, I have found if I just stay away from the treats, when I start to crave them and they aren't around, I just can't eat them and I do much better. I read an article that describes both types of personalities and I found myself fitting into the "keep treats away" category instead of the "eat treats in moderation" category. If I have junk food in the house, I will be tempted to eat it all the time, and most of the time I give in and eat it.

This weight loss is going so slowly. It's a little depressing at times and I really just want to get back to 140 and be there forever. I have wanted to get down to 130, but I just don't see it happening, at least not at this time in my life. Getting down to 140 has been hard enough and I just want to at least succeed with that goal.

Ultimately, I would love to fit back into my wedding dress, at least once. To do that I will probably have to be around 130 since I got down to 136 and it was still a little snug. One day.....one day.

Edamame!

So, I am totally loving Edamame. I found some shelled soy beans in the freezer section at Walmart and they are so tasty with a little salt. Yum! Most dietitians say that vegetables are free and you can eat as many as you want, but these have 100 calories per half cup so I'm not sure if that really flies by me. Oh well, I am totally loving something healthy and that's great!

Friday Morning Weigh-In

This morning I was down to 149.8, hallelujah! I have been waiting very patiently (and working hard) to get under 150 and I finally reached that today and I'm happy! This is down 2.8 pounds from last week. My new motivation must be working. I went grocery shopping Thursday and bought some new things to help me stay on track. The foods are edamame, light yogurts and caramel rice cakes, as well as fruit. My husband and I are also trying to eat light ice cream. I'm not a huge ice cream person but he eats it every day and he's trying to eat better too which is really nice. I'm going to keep going :)

I need some motivation!

So, these past few weeks I still can't really get into eating healthy and exercising. I am kind of dragging and still wanting to just eat whatever/whenever which isn't helping my waist line. On Friday, I was super busy packing and taking my baby to the doctor but I think I was 152.6 which is up 1.6 pounds, good grief. Now I've just spent the weekend eating crap at Welsh Days in Wales, UT (where my Mom now lives) and it was fun, but not healthy. I keep thinking that one of these days I'm going to snap out these eating habits of when I was pregnant but I just haven't yet! I am probably up to 154-155 now after the eating this weekend.

My latest thinking is that if I eat really well and lose a pound or two a week, it will only take 5+ weeks to be back down around 141 where I was before I got pregnant. I really need to start working hard because the summer is 1/3 over and I still don't fit into half of my summer clothes. I really need some motivation, stat!

I usually go into a new week motivated to eat well with a fridge and counter full of really healthy food (and no treats in the house). However, I am not planning to go grocery shopping til Friday, July 1st (because we are out of money this month), so I am going to have to be really creative this week to eat well. No cheddar cheese in the house is a good start :)

Whenever I start to feel chubby, I think of two people who inspire me to stay slim. One is my sister-in-law Shannon. I have seen her eat moderately and say no to a delicious cookie without even blinking. I wish I had her will power! The other person is my friend Debbie. She loves good food, but once again, in moderation and she always looks so good. I remember back in the day when we were the same size, I want to get there again!

Here's to another week and hopefully some improvements.

Friday Morning Weigh-in

This morning I weighed in at 151, yay. Just under 10 pounds to go!

Friday Morning Weigh-in

I am a little late on this post but I have been busy and sick this weekend. Last Friday I weighed in at 152.4, which was only down 0.2 pounds. The day before I was down to 151.8 but I woke up feeling sick on Friday and feeling weighed down. You know that feeling when you don't feel well and you just feel heavier, well, that was me on Friday.

Last week I just did okay. On Tuesday it was my anniversary so we had a nice steak and potatoes dinner with strawberry shortcake for dessert. Then I still had the cake in my house and keep eating it on Wednesday. I finally shaped up and ate well on Thursday but as you can see, not much of a weight loss. Then on Friday I surprised Justin with an overnighter and we went out to eat at the Spaghetti Factory, had candy at the movies that night and ate out breakfast which was super yummy! So overall, not great eating since and I'm still not feeling all that well so my workouts will probably be a little light until I am back to normal.

It may be slow going, but I will succeed eventually!

Friday Morning Weigh-in

This morning I weighed in at 152.6, back to where I was a few weeks ago. I didn't expect a weight loss this week especially when I weighed over 156 this past Tuesday, sheesh! Oh well, I'll take it. Here's to being in the 151's next week and only 10 pounds away from my pre-pregnancy weight :)

Getting Back on Track

Wow, what a weekend with Justin home for 4 days! I did not eat well at all and the scale has shown it. The main culprits were pizza, chinese, lots of treats, root beer float, mac n cheese and hot dogs! I am back up to 156.4 so I really have to get my butt back in gear. I already exercised this morning and now I'm eating a healthy fish and vegetable lunch so I'm doing better. Hopefully I can lose this weight easily :) Plus Aunt Flo came for a few days and then left again, weird body.....

Friday Morning Weigh-In: Two steps forward, one step back

This morning I weighed in at 153.4 which is up 0.8 pounds from last week. Justin was out of town part of the week so I planned a lot to do which usually means not being home much (not as many healthy eating options) and not as much exercise. He came home on Wednesday and we were going to eat at home and then go to the temple. However, we found out that my brother is going through the temple on Saturday morning (tomorrow) so we decided to skip the temple and homemade dinner and went out to eat at Applebee's and it was yummy, but not healthy! I also didn't exercise that day because I was on the go all day. We were planning on a date night this weekend but we need to get to bed early tonight since we have to be up at 5 AM so it didn't make sense to go out tonight and on Saturday we will already have a babysitter in the morning for several hours so we didn't want to go out that night either.

Then on Thursday my sister-in-law and family decided to stay for dinner after piano lessons and she went to buy us dessert. After I ate my dessert I looked at the calories and I had eaten over 400 for just dessert, whoa!

Anyway, I'm still feeling like I'm not too derailed and if this weight takes some time to come off, it's okay. I am not going to be so crazy where I eat tons on the weekend and gain a pound or two, and then work really hard Monday-Thursday to eat very little and exercise a ton to try and lose weight by Friday. Instead, I'm going to be a little more relaxed so that I don't have to have a free day where I just binge all day and eat so badly and gain weight.

There is one thing I don't get though. I will eat well all day and then maybe splurge a little in the evening and eat around 2,000 calories and then I gain weight. You'd think eating that many calories would put me in the maintenance group but it seems I always go up when I'm not trying to lose. I can't seem to find that balance where I just maintain. For example, this week I had a day that I was doing really well and was around 1,000 calories just before dinner. Then I ate a big dinner (probably 1,000 calories) and I gained almost a pound overnight. Science says that to gain a pound you have to eat 3,500 extra calories and I most certainly didn't do that but I did gain almost a pound. I wish weight loss weren't so tough sometimes! It's waaaaaayyy too easy to gain weight and not so easy to lose it.

One more thing in this long post. Only 2 weeks after my Aunt Flo came to visit I started bleeding again and it lasted only 1 day I think around May 13th or 14th. Now it's been 2 weeks after that and nothing. My body is definitely still not very regular and it will be nice when I know what extra weight to expect and when. TMI, I know, but it's part of weight loss and sudden unexplained weight gains.

P.S. Does anyone else read this blog besides Katie? I'd love to know if you read about my success and failure :)

Friday Morning Weigh-in

This morning I weighed in at 152.6, down 0.8 pounds from last week. This week I was a little more relaxed in my eating and didn't exercise every day but I was still able to lose some weight which is nice.

On Tuesday I went to visit my Mom in Murray and we went out to lunch but we went to Sweet Tomatoes which is a salad, soup and muffin buffet and they only offer healthy choices although we probably still overate a bit. Then I didn't get out of there before dinner time so we ate at Carl's Jr on the way home but I got one of their new under 500 calorie turkey burgers, it was just okay. I also only ate half of my fries so I am making better choices.

I feel like I really know how to eat well, although I don't always choose to do so. I am getting better at offering my kids fruit for snacks along with crackers so they are more healthy. They also know about exercise because they always ask me if I'm exercising when I am working out. I'm glad I am teaching them about being healthy. We even had an FHE lesson about making healthy choices and gave them 2 choices and said to name which one was more healthy and they did great at answering!

My hope is that someday I will always just want to eat healthy food and not go back and forth with eating healthy and then letting go. I feel like I'm about half way there mentally and would like to really try and change the way I feel about food.

Friday Morning Weigh-in

This morning I weighed in at 153.4 which is down 1.4 pounds from last week, yay! My last post was a bit of a complaint that I was up a pound even though I didn't really indulge over the weekend but by the next morning I was back down that pound. I had been taking percocet all weekend leftover from my delivery for my neck pain and it had plugged me up pretty good (sorry if I share too much info). I ate really well this week and exercised a lot and it's paying off and I am feeling good :)

Oh, and I also made a deal with Justin that I wouldn't buy any more clothes until I made it back to my pre-pregnancy weight. With almost all of my clothes feeling snug, this will really motivate me to slim back down!!

I just don't know.....

Well, after the Mother's Day weekend where I didn't really indulge all that much, I am back up a pound to 155.8. I have had a really hurt neck all weekend and today it is finally starting to feel 75% better and I can probably start exercising again tomorrow. Until then, all I can do is eat well and I am ready to do that.

Hopefully I can pull off a small weight loss this week but if not, I would like to at least be back below 155, where I have been every week for the past 5 1/2 weeks now, sheesh!

Friday Morning Weigh-in

This morning I weighed in at 154.8 which is down 0.6 pounds from Monday. I was hoping for an entire pound but I'll take a weight loss at this point! Normally I exercise before weighing in on Fridays but I hurt my neck in the night probably sleeping wrong so I am not able to exercise at all today. Oh well, I am glad to finally get below 155 (barely). I have been at 155 or higher for the past 5 weeks and I am finally eating really well and exercising 30 minutes a day to change that :) I am on my way hopefully!

Accountability

It's time to be accountable again. Last Monday I was up to 159.6 and this morning I was at 155.4, down 4.2 pounds. Good grief, my body sure is acting weird but I finally realized what could have caused the crazy weight gain and loss. Aunt Flo came to visit this past weekend but it wasn't very much and pretty light, but still there. I think that may have been why I was gaining weight when eating better and exercising. I also felt like I was retaining water.....drinking 7-8 cups a day and not peeing all that much so I really upped the water intake and I think it helped. Also, I went in for my 6 week checkup last week and my doctor said if I'm not breastfeeding or pumping, then the hormones should be back to normal. He did do a blood draw to check on my thyroid but it came back normal.

I am going to start weighing in again on Fridays and see if I can't get below 155. I have been at 155 or higher for the past 4 weeks and this is going to change! I also got a Doterra Oil called Slim and Sassy which is supposed to help boost your metabolism and curve cravings. I have been taking it for almost 2 weeks and this is when it should really start to kick in so we'll see. My friend has lost 20 pounds and she started taking it in December. She says it helps her lose or maintain her weight, even when she has a bad day or week.

Here we go again!

Bah

My body is not making any sense these days and it's frustrating. A few days ago I was down to 155 exactly and then I woke up this morning and I was almost 158, what's up with that? I no longer have my milk supply as an excuse as my milk has almost completely dried up and I am not full any more. I did go out on Saturday night and eat at Cafe Rio but I ate very little during the day so that I could have a bigger dinner and we shared a Rainbow slushee from Pace's for dessert and I have gained almost 3 pounds, what a bummer! I am hoping it is just extra water weight and will go away soon....here's hoping!

This week, healthy eating and exercise. I have to admit though, I am not 100% ready and focused to do this so I may not see results. Exercise I can do but the total healthy eating/counting calories etc. is not something I am totally committed to yet. Maybe in another week, we shall see.

Time to start working!

Well, it has now been 4 weeks since I had my baby and I think I've lost about as much as I'm going to without putting some exercise in the mix. I am also weaning from pumping and so my milk production is still around although lessening every day. However, once my milk supply diminishes, I will probably lose a pound since I still feel a little top heavy. I stopped pumping on my left side a few nights ago and yesterday I didn't pump at all. I do have a plugged duct which I'm hoping will stop hurting soon so I can really start to exercise. Until then, all I can pretty much do it walk because of the sore spots.

These past few days have been a little frustrating for me. I have eaten pretty healthy and eaten less than normal to help the weight loss and nothing has budged. In fact, I have gone up a pound from last week, probably due to the fact that I haven't pumped and I am somewhat full of milk.

Oh well, once my milk is gone and I can really start to exercise harder, I think I will see some progress. I was hoping to make it down 30 pounds and then have to work hard for the last 10 but I guess I will have to work hard for the last 15. That's okay, I will do it.

On another note, it feels really good to not feel hungry all the time. I find when I am eating a meal that I am full after eating just half which is great! It is really nice to be able to eat less and feel satisfied. Yesterday I had cereal in the morning, then a peanut butter sandwich on wheat bread and green grapes for lunch. I had 94% fat free kettle corn for a snack and then tator tot casserole with fruit for dinner. I did have a little no sugar added chocolate ice cream for a treat in the evening. I feel like I'm doing well and I'm on my way!

Going the other direction, finally :)

Well, my final weigh-in when I headed to the hospital to deliver was 180 pounds, which was a total of 38.8 pounds gained. Not too bad but I could've done better :) Well, I have lost almost 15 pounds now and I am still losing a pound or two a day which is nice since I'm pumping breast milk. At 6 weeks, I will see where I'm at and start pushing the weight loss then.

One day I'll update my other blog with pictures and my birth story.

Near the end weigh-in

This morning I weighed in at 180.2 which is 39 total pounds gained during this pregnancy. I am probably a little bit lower than this because I had already eaten half of my breakfast cereal but not much. I have a week to go from Monday so I'll probably stay around 40 pounds total. With this extra weight gain, I am excited to have the baby a week early so that my baby doesn't get too big. I am not the best eater and I feel it correlates with a big baby, especially when you eat too much sugar and simple carbs which are in my diet every day.

Here's to one more week! More importantly, here's to a new baby and no more Nausea!!

The End is in Sight!

Well, after much debate and discussion and weighing of feelings, I am probably going to opt to be induced a week before my due date. I am still nauseated every day, and since week 32, I have been experiencing some painful small contractions when I'm up and around, and starting this week, I have been getting them when sitting also. They are not regular and usually don't last more than a few hours, but are not so fun either. The doctor has been checking me and I am dilated to a 1 and thinning out and the baby's head is low but not really progressing more than that.

There are a few things that have helped in this decision. First of all, I have an end in sight and it's less than 4 weeks away, March 14th! Second, both of my 2 previous babies have weighed over 8 lbs and with gaining an extra 10 pounds with this pregnancy, I worry about a too large baby which could mean a more difficult delivery or potential c-section. 3rd, I am just ready to move on to the next phase and ready to have my body back. Lastly, my induction with Allison was so easy and the delivery was just perfect so I'm hoping that this will be the case with this baby boy too.

Now, I am kind of funny about deliveries. I think it is way more fun to go into labor and call your family all excited instead of having a set induction date where everything is planned. I know it's silly, but that's just me. Perhaps I will be induced with this one and then try for labor with my last one!

Well, here goes nothing!

Can't Sleep

So, this morning I woke up at 4:15 AM to use the restroom and after such vivid dreams, I can't get back to sleep. With such a busy day today, I'm sure I'll be struggling later but I don't know what to do. I lay in bed for 30 minutes with no luck.

Unfortunately, the reason I can't sleep is because my dreams were about delivering my baby, and then coming home to realize that I only lost 12 pounds after delivering, sad huh! The thought of having to lose nearly 30 pounds on my own was depressing but not true of course. This past weekend I have not craved any vegetables or fruits, nor really anything. The only thing I wanted was Chinese Food so we ordered take-out on Saturday night, overate, and now I'm going in to my doctor's appt this morning weighing 2 pounds more than last week. Silly mind won't go back to sleep now!

I also dreamed about visiting my neighbors who lived in a huge home the size of a castle. After walking around with my friend for about 10 minutes I realized that the house just went on and on but it was so beautiful. This home was around 30,000 sq. ft. instead of the measly 3,000 sq. ft. home I live in. It was a fun dream, but everything last night was so vivid that it is hard for me to get back to bed.

Anyway, those are my thoughts and random ramblings for now. Happy Valentine's Day everyone! Oh, and I am loving the weather!!

Can't I be Done yet?

Well, the more time that passes, the more ready I am to be done with this pregnancy. However, I still have 5 weeks to go and that seems like an eternity to me!

This pregnancy has been a little tougher than past pregnancies. With my first pregnancy, I never had trouble walking and never really waddled. I was able to walk with my husband until the day I delivered. I was perfectly fine going full term because I knew after that, I would have a baby to take care of for a very long time!

Then with my 2nd pregnancy, I started feeling some pressure on my pelvis about a month before I delivered and I was hardly able to walk the last month and even had to get those motorized carts at the store it got so bad. I kept hoping I would have the baby early starting at about 8 months, but no such luck.

Now, with this pregnancy, I have started getting painful little contractions when I'm up and about starting at about 32 weeks and I know they are not labor because they pretty much go away when I sit or lie down. I am however getting some pressure on and off again and my left leg is often sore and I have a hard time walking. Plus, I have some back pain which makes it hard to move sometimes too. I still have over a month and I am feeling really done. I need some lessons in enjoying the moment now and not keep wishing for the future to come more quickly.

Also, I have had a little bit more heartburn than past pregnancies. I never get it very bad and Tums takes care of it, but still, a little more than previous babies.

I am also still dealing with nausea on a daily basis. I can't wait until I just feel tired and not sick at the same time. Most days are okay but some days it still knocks me out and I have to rest and take a nap to deal with it. On those days that I can't seem to shake it, I do usually take a Zofran pill to help. It sure does help but then it makes me constipated so that's frustrating too.

I also feel a little more grumpy with this pregnancy. I haven't felt very emotional in past pregnancies but I have had down days a lot in the past few months. Perhaps it's having 2 other kids to care for that end up pushing my buttons including a little girl who really really likes her Mom and wants me to do more for her than Dad, even though he is willing. I can't wait for Timmy to start school, these kids are starting to go stir crazy, especially Tim! He's definitely ready to have some set structure to his days.

Well, I don't mean this post to be just a way to complain, but more to document what I'm feeling when so that I can compare it to any future pregnancies which should hopefully just be one more!

I'm close, and this little guy will be here before I know it! I just need to focus on eating well, exercising a little and staying positive :)

So Random

Wednesday was the first day I have actually thrown up during my pregnancy without having a stomach bug. I didn't throw up the first 4 months (besides getting sick) because the Zofran prevented it and it was so nice. The weight gain has been more with this baby as a result, but not throwing up was really nice. I woke up and ate Cheerios like I do every morning at about 7 AM. Then around 9:30 I was feeling nauseated and really hungry so I got some cottage cheese to eat. I started eating and realized I was just going to have to face reality and spend some time at the toilet. It was so weird to just randomly throw up at 33 weeks pregnant!

The only thing I can think that could've made it happen was I took a new prenatal vitamin that morning and maybe my body just didn't agree with it. I have 3 more of them (it's a sample) but I haven't talked myself into taking another one of them just to test the waters. My doctor gave me a bunch of samples to try at the beginning of my pregnancy and I decided now to use them up.

As for weight gain. The other day I weighed in at 176.2 which puts me at exactly 35 pounds and the most I am supposed to gain, ha ha. I still have 6 more weeks to go so I know I will go over the recommended amount. Most of the time I care, but sometimes I just don't and eat whatever I feel like eating. I try and exercise but I have been getting some little painful contractions and some pressure down below which makes even walking hard sometimes. I pushed through yesterday and exercised and actually felt pretty good after.

I have a kind of bad system I follow. I usually eat really well the week before my doctor's visit, but after I go and weigh in, I usually allow myself a few days to eat junk. I know I shouldn't, but I can't get out of the mentality that when I'm pregnant I have just a little more free reign to eat whatever I want. Wrong, I know, but I love food and especially food that isn't great for me like french fries and desserts.

Only a few more weeks to go so I'm trying not to stress out too much about this. At this point I kind of feel like whatever will be, will be :) On the plus side, I have not swelled up yet, hooray! My ring finger is a little swollen because my wedding ring is really snug and my shoes feel a tiny bit tight but no real visible swelling yet!

Funny side note. Yesterday I was at the mall and I saw a really cute swimsuit at JC Penney. I knew it would never fit me now but it's just the style and color I really like so I bought it in my regular size! Now I have 90 days in which to make sure I will really like it after my pregnancy and if not, I can return it. I told my Mom about this yesterday and she just cracked up! I think it's funny too but I really like it!

I passed!

Yay, I don't have gestational diabetes but that sure made me stressed out!!! Moving on, moving on!

Dreaded Phone Call

Well, I just received a most dreaded phone call. I had my 1st one hour glucose test on Monday and just received a call today that my blood sugar level was high. I now have to go in to do the 3 hour glucose test on Monday to see if I have gestational diabetes. I really, really, really, really, really hope I don't have it!

In all honesty, the main reason I hope I don't have it is not because of the changes that will need to occur immediately, but the chances that I develop Type 2 Diabetes in the future goes up. I am a girl who loves food and if I develop diabetes later in life, I will be sad to have to live such a restricted life in regards to food.

So, I don't know if it will help, but I am going to really restrict sugars and eat healthy for the next 4 days to see if it makes a difference on the test. Plus I will try and exercise every day except Sunday and see if it helps. However, I really limited sugar for 2 days before my first test and it was still high. I don't have super high hopes that this will really do much but I'm going to try.

Here's hoping.....