Well I have completed the first block of Body Beast and I couldn't be more proud of myself. I love the ease of having less than 60 minute workouts and seeing changes in just three weeks!
I can't remember exactly when I started Body Beast but the last set of measurements I did was on November 29th. Since then I have lost 3 pounds and I have lost 5.75 inches all over my body most of that being from my lower body, which I can totally say I am happy about.
I am built with bigger upper thighs and tend to carry my weight there and on my hips and those shrunk by half an inch as well.
My eating hasn't really been on point but I have eaten healthy more than eating crap food. I added more rice to my diet since I was always SO hungry and that seemed to do the trick but I often find myself now that I have been off work for a week not eating enough during lunch and wanting to snack more between lunch and dinner, which kind of sucks because I eat clean foods but I don't feel that my meals have been balanced this week. Why would they LOL It is Christmas week and I am at home with three kids and a whole lot of projects to complete so being the person that I am, eating is just not the most important to a degree.
Typically my diet has consisted of
protein shake and oatmeal
eggs, sometimes bacon, fruit and a vegetable
protein, vegetable, rice
apple with peanut butter or that and some popcorn this week LOL OOPSIE
Meat and vegetable with some rice maybe or potato if i am feeling hungry.
I eat that most of the time and there have been times where I ate candy and popcorn but I don't totally believe in depriving yourself all the time. I know that my results will suffer if I don't stop I just know that I need more structure in my day to day life and work does that for me.
My goals for the next phase which is 6 weeks BLAH ha ha ha ha is to clean up my eating and make sure that I get enough food and variety so that I don't get bored.
Until next time :)
Jeannette
December 27, 2014
December 17, 2014
Almost done week 2
I just want to go ahead and say that before I continue on with this post just because I have been successful with weight loss before doesn't mean anything. When you (me) are trying to do it again, the struggle is real. The only difference with me is that if I keep going the results will get there.
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I am on week 2 of Body Beast I have 2 or 3 more days to finish out the second week and I am really excited about getting through this thing. I am on that frame of thought where I have been doing this for 2 weeks and the scale hasn't budged and neither have the inches. I haven't seen results kick in and I them but, I do this EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. That is why I often do a program for a month or so and then jump on another because either I started it on a whim because I was menstrual or I am honestly just bored with it and don't want to do it anymore because I am not ready to follow a strict program.
When I completed my postpartum half marathon at Disney World I knew that I wanted to put on muscle because
1. I lost weight but still looked the same just a smaller size.
2. I know what P90X did for me and I LOVED the result of it and I wanted to get back there.
I also knew that I didn't have the time to commit to 60-90 minute workouts. I get an hour and a half lunch to workout and that includes workout and shower so I needed to keep my workout at atleast 50 minutes MAX. SO Body Beast it was because Les Mills Pump is awesome but it calls for additional cardio and didn't want to rack my brain with what to do or not being able to go outside because it's too cold.
Back to my point. I am at the I have been doing this for 2 weeks and I want to see results NOW. To be fair I do see a little pop in my shoulders and arms which is awesome. That's usually where I see results first them the last is my legs and thighs. I also know that the least results you will see is the first 30 days and around day 60 is when the "MAGIC" happens and you notice that WOW something DID CHANGE! I am impatient by nature and I want things now and weight loss is a really big demon for me because it's REALLY hard for me to lose weight.
I have lost 4 pounds in 3 months and it hasn't been for the lack of trying. I eat very clean and not processed that is either just the way my body is OR I have a thyroid problem which I am going to get checked out in January. With the weight loss once I get it off it stays off but I have to be very careful because that crap comes back with a vengeance and I start the cycle ALL over again. So my frustration stems from a lot of different factors right now but the best feeling in the world is that I am overcoming myself. I know that my body wasn't built in a day and neither will my muscles and that's ok I just can't and won't quit. I am excited that I am doing this and challenging myself because this is exactly where I need to be right now :)
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I am on week 2 of Body Beast I have 2 or 3 more days to finish out the second week and I am really excited about getting through this thing. I am on that frame of thought where I have been doing this for 2 weeks and the scale hasn't budged and neither have the inches. I haven't seen results kick in and I them but, I do this EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. That is why I often do a program for a month or so and then jump on another because either I started it on a whim because I was menstrual or I am honestly just bored with it and don't want to do it anymore because I am not ready to follow a strict program.
When I completed my postpartum half marathon at Disney World I knew that I wanted to put on muscle because
1. I lost weight but still looked the same just a smaller size.
2. I know what P90X did for me and I LOVED the result of it and I wanted to get back there.
I also knew that I didn't have the time to commit to 60-90 minute workouts. I get an hour and a half lunch to workout and that includes workout and shower so I needed to keep my workout at atleast 50 minutes MAX. SO Body Beast it was because Les Mills Pump is awesome but it calls for additional cardio and didn't want to rack my brain with what to do or not being able to go outside because it's too cold.
Back to my point. I am at the I have been doing this for 2 weeks and I want to see results NOW. To be fair I do see a little pop in my shoulders and arms which is awesome. That's usually where I see results first them the last is my legs and thighs. I also know that the least results you will see is the first 30 days and around day 60 is when the "MAGIC" happens and you notice that WOW something DID CHANGE! I am impatient by nature and I want things now and weight loss is a really big demon for me because it's REALLY hard for me to lose weight.
I have lost 4 pounds in 3 months and it hasn't been for the lack of trying. I eat very clean and not processed that is either just the way my body is OR I have a thyroid problem which I am going to get checked out in January. With the weight loss once I get it off it stays off but I have to be very careful because that crap comes back with a vengeance and I start the cycle ALL over again. So my frustration stems from a lot of different factors right now but the best feeling in the world is that I am overcoming myself. I know that my body wasn't built in a day and neither will my muscles and that's ok I just can't and won't quit. I am excited that I am doing this and challenging myself because this is exactly where I need to be right now :)
December 12, 2014
Do you do this too?
So, I don't know what it is about starting a new workout program but I ALWAYS feel like the first week on a new program either
1. I have too much shit going on.
2. I eat like absolutel dog shit I mean like I don't even eat remotely how I normally eat
3. I effing hurt myself and can't workout.
This week my first week of Body Beast has been all three. Yesterday and today being the worst in all three departments.
This week was our holiday party so we all know I had a beer and I ate some fish and chips because well look it just goes together. Today I kinked my neck so working out is just NOT a good idea because we all know that can lead to more injury. Yesterday I had wheat thins and tuna for lunch with a bowl full of sodium soup for dinner. I mean hell, maybe I am too hard on myself and my "perfectionism" is getting in there somewhere but the same thing happened when I started Crossfit, then I found my groove migriane city came along and I had to quit. Isn't that something?
I need a do over. I mean tomorrow is another day and 1 workout isn't going to make me skinny and 1 plate of fish and chips isn't going to make me gain weight but I mean seriously today and yesterday were the worst days ever!
Take this as a lesson when you fail to plan you plan to fail. This is totally all in the failing to plan department. I don't feel too bad about eating out and all that I have just noticed a trend in myself and wondered if anyone felt the same? Tomorrow is a new day and I will pick up right where I left off if my neck feels better!
1. I have too much shit going on.
2. I eat like absolutel dog shit I mean like I don't even eat remotely how I normally eat
3. I effing hurt myself and can't workout.
This week my first week of Body Beast has been all three. Yesterday and today being the worst in all three departments.
This week was our holiday party so we all know I had a beer and I ate some fish and chips because well look it just goes together. Today I kinked my neck so working out is just NOT a good idea because we all know that can lead to more injury. Yesterday I had wheat thins and tuna for lunch with a bowl full of sodium soup for dinner. I mean hell, maybe I am too hard on myself and my "perfectionism" is getting in there somewhere but the same thing happened when I started Crossfit, then I found my groove migriane city came along and I had to quit. Isn't that something?
I need a do over. I mean tomorrow is another day and 1 workout isn't going to make me skinny and 1 plate of fish and chips isn't going to make me gain weight but I mean seriously today and yesterday were the worst days ever!
Take this as a lesson when you fail to plan you plan to fail. This is totally all in the failing to plan department. I don't feel too bad about eating out and all that I have just noticed a trend in myself and wondered if anyone felt the same? Tomorrow is a new day and I will pick up right where I left off if my neck feels better!
December 9, 2014
OUCHIE!
Today was day 4 of the BEAST. Well holy freaking cow I am SORE. I mean to the touch! I have not felt this sore since P90X. I thought Crossfit whopped my tail. WHEW!
Today was cardio but don't get it confused here ladies it wasn't no CARDIO where you jump around like a crazy or even do a dancy dance to get your sweat on. Nope you got the wrong one there. I warned you just in case you ever want to tackle the BEAST ha ha ha! So the workout is broken up into like a minute to a minute and a half long exercises with 30-90 sec breaks in-between. We did squats (WELL WOW MY LEGS HAVE NOT RECOVERED FROM SUNDAY SAGI!) we did every kind of squat and then held them one time. Can we say CRAY yeah I thought so. Then we did some shoulder work mountain climbers and things like that. There were probably like 2 real cario-esque type things in the whole workout.
In between cussing out Sagi for killing my legs yet again (are they ever going to not be sore?) and making me sweat in 30 minutes it was a great workout. I felt energized when I was done and ready to conquer the rest of my day.
I am not even going to lie because I am not all about that anyway and since I am documenting this journey a bit why not be honest right? That way I can look back at this one day and say well hun the struggle was real LOL.
I was going to do T25 or Turbofire HA HA HA HA but I didn't I told myself that I was going to do this and get my P90X3 and that is what I am going to do. I am going to Beast it UP go Beast Mode and get this shit done. ha ha ha ha! Until next time.
Today was cardio but don't get it confused here ladies it wasn't no CARDIO where you jump around like a crazy or even do a dancy dance to get your sweat on. Nope you got the wrong one there. I warned you just in case you ever want to tackle the BEAST ha ha ha! So the workout is broken up into like a minute to a minute and a half long exercises with 30-90 sec breaks in-between. We did squats (WELL WOW MY LEGS HAVE NOT RECOVERED FROM SUNDAY SAGI!) we did every kind of squat and then held them one time. Can we say CRAY yeah I thought so. Then we did some shoulder work mountain climbers and things like that. There were probably like 2 real cario-esque type things in the whole workout.
In between cussing out Sagi for killing my legs yet again (are they ever going to not be sore?) and making me sweat in 30 minutes it was a great workout. I felt energized when I was done and ready to conquer the rest of my day.
I am not even going to lie because I am not all about that anyway and since I am documenting this journey a bit why not be honest right? That way I can look back at this one day and say well hun the struggle was real LOL.
I was going to do T25 or Turbofire HA HA HA HA but I didn't I told myself that I was going to do this and get my P90X3 and that is what I am going to do. I am going to Beast it UP go Beast Mode and get this shit done. ha ha ha ha! Until next time.
December 7, 2014
Another one bites the dust.
So again I started and stopped a fitness plan. Crossfit didn't workout for me.
I was SO totally in love with Crossfit. It was exactly what I had needed and what I was looking for in a workout and kept me interactive with other people. I was totally happy going there, I was seeing results, and I was feeling a TON more energy after completing my workout. It was truly amazing. I was getting strong and FAST it made me SO happy to be part of that community.
The problem was I was getting migraines (occular ones) after a really demanding WOD. So once a week for the past three weeks I was getting a migraine. The first one took me down so hard that I got sick on the side of the road and was bed ridden for a day and slept for a long time the next day. The second one wasn't too bad and the one I had this Friday was bad. I felt nauseous, extremely tired, and my head pounded for a good few hours. I woke up yesterday with a residual headache from hell. It was NOT how I wanted my Crossfit experience to be. So ONCE AGAIN I have to change my approach to training.
From going from being bummed I am pretty excited. I am happy that I can still workout and I am happy that I can still make strength gains without having to give up on everything completely. I started doing Body Beast. I was flip flopping between P90X3 and Body Beast because they are pretty legit workouts. The problem was, is I had to pay for P90X3 as I don't own it yet LOL. SO I told myself that if I finish Body Beast than I will gift myself P90X3 if I still want it when I am doing doing Body Beast. It's the only workout that I have not completed in its entirety in addition to P90 but I wasn't a fan of that one......too beginner for me.
So why am I excited about Body Beast?
After running my half marathon I am kind of EXHAUASTED with the whole running bit. I KNOW that P90X gave me my dream body but I didn't want to commit to 90 minute yoga classes and 75 minute daily workouts. Just not my thing anymore. I have an infant now and my time is precious so getting everything done in an hour on my lunch break is the way that I have to get things done. It works with my life right now.
I am also excited because the workout is a strength workout and doesn't DEMAND cardio. Not that I am against it, it is just not really what I want to do right now SO I think that here and there I will add P90X plyo or some Insanity on the days where I feel I need more cardio or to switch things up with the Body Beast Cardio workout.
I am not going to follow the meal plan. It's just not my thing. I have found that I have sort of disordered eating so I want to be able to eat as healthy as I can and keep to the diet that I am on now and get the results that I am going to get because that is going to be more true to my life than changing the way that I am eating every 30 days. If I am hungry than I will eat and if I am not then I won't. I am keeping it mostly Paleo at heart but I know that I need more carbs so I am adding rice and oatmeal back into my diet when I feel that I am LOW on energy. You can only have so many sweet potatoes and plantains before they start getting old lol.
Here is what I ate today so you can see what I have going on in the eating department. I am a curious person and even though I don't take pictures of my food anymore maybe I will start to add more sustenance to this blog.
As soon as I wake: Golden Ration Protein
9:30 - Applegate farms turkey, coconut milk yogurt, banana
11:00 - Natures Choice organic oatmeal
1:15 - Broccoli with Against All Grains recipe for sesame chicken thighs.
I don't know what else I am going to eat for the rest of the day I am on duty but I have a grilled chicken wrap with sweet potato and salad for dinner. I may have another snack later.
Overall for the past 2 days? It has been working. I am sore in places that I never thought possible and I don't know how I am going to sit down on the toilet tomorrow but I am breaking some muscle and that is a good thing. I am changing on the inside. Bye bye fat and hello skinny jeans!
I was SO totally in love with Crossfit. It was exactly what I had needed and what I was looking for in a workout and kept me interactive with other people. I was totally happy going there, I was seeing results, and I was feeling a TON more energy after completing my workout. It was truly amazing. I was getting strong and FAST it made me SO happy to be part of that community.
The problem was I was getting migraines (occular ones) after a really demanding WOD. So once a week for the past three weeks I was getting a migraine. The first one took me down so hard that I got sick on the side of the road and was bed ridden for a day and slept for a long time the next day. The second one wasn't too bad and the one I had this Friday was bad. I felt nauseous, extremely tired, and my head pounded for a good few hours. I woke up yesterday with a residual headache from hell. It was NOT how I wanted my Crossfit experience to be. So ONCE AGAIN I have to change my approach to training.
From going from being bummed I am pretty excited. I am happy that I can still workout and I am happy that I can still make strength gains without having to give up on everything completely. I started doing Body Beast. I was flip flopping between P90X3 and Body Beast because they are pretty legit workouts. The problem was, is I had to pay for P90X3 as I don't own it yet LOL. SO I told myself that if I finish Body Beast than I will gift myself P90X3 if I still want it when I am doing doing Body Beast. It's the only workout that I have not completed in its entirety in addition to P90 but I wasn't a fan of that one......too beginner for me.
So why am I excited about Body Beast?
After running my half marathon I am kind of EXHAUASTED with the whole running bit. I KNOW that P90X gave me my dream body but I didn't want to commit to 90 minute yoga classes and 75 minute daily workouts. Just not my thing anymore. I have an infant now and my time is precious so getting everything done in an hour on my lunch break is the way that I have to get things done. It works with my life right now.
I am also excited because the workout is a strength workout and doesn't DEMAND cardio. Not that I am against it, it is just not really what I want to do right now SO I think that here and there I will add P90X plyo or some Insanity on the days where I feel I need more cardio or to switch things up with the Body Beast Cardio workout.
I am not going to follow the meal plan. It's just not my thing. I have found that I have sort of disordered eating so I want to be able to eat as healthy as I can and keep to the diet that I am on now and get the results that I am going to get because that is going to be more true to my life than changing the way that I am eating every 30 days. If I am hungry than I will eat and if I am not then I won't. I am keeping it mostly Paleo at heart but I know that I need more carbs so I am adding rice and oatmeal back into my diet when I feel that I am LOW on energy. You can only have so many sweet potatoes and plantains before they start getting old lol.
Here is what I ate today so you can see what I have going on in the eating department. I am a curious person and even though I don't take pictures of my food anymore maybe I will start to add more sustenance to this blog.
As soon as I wake: Golden Ration Protein
9:30 - Applegate farms turkey, coconut milk yogurt, banana
11:00 - Natures Choice organic oatmeal
1:15 - Broccoli with Against All Grains recipe for sesame chicken thighs.
I don't know what else I am going to eat for the rest of the day I am on duty but I have a grilled chicken wrap with sweet potato and salad for dinner. I may have another snack later.
Overall for the past 2 days? It has been working. I am sore in places that I never thought possible and I don't know how I am going to sit down on the toilet tomorrow but I am breaking some muscle and that is a good thing. I am changing on the inside. Bye bye fat and hello skinny jeans!
October 1, 2014
In a rut
I am in a rut. There I said it and I feel better! No, actually I don't and truly I am in a rut.
I was so careful watching my weight when the baby came. I was meticulous about what I was eating when I was eating it all in the name of putting the healthiest thing in my body for my baby and not gaining a super excessive amount of weight.
I have 10 pounds left to lose and I have been there since September. A whole month no gains and no losses (good thing) but I am frustrated.
I have an abdominal separation that makes it pretty painful to do anything abs related which makes exercise as a whole pretty painful at times. I can't lift heavy weights, after I run I look pregnant so I feel a bit defeated and the mindset of well EFF IT has started to hone into my heart and it's hard to fight it.
Today, I didn't eat enough 2 eggs with peppers, 1/2 c pork tenderloin with carrots and hummus and three slices of pizza. Um yeah that's pretty terrible.....at least I got some vegetables? LOL I don't even know what to say.
I have a TON on my mind right now and it goes from me eating my lame boring clean food while everyone else eats what they eat added on to the fact that the grocery bill will go up and all of these realizations are the ones that people have and struggle with. I am struggling with having a new baby and keeping everything all together. I have not been in this position in a very long time. I didn't remember this part when people were in my challenge groups and what not.
I will see where tomorrow will bring but for today I am in a rut and I don't know how to get the spark to come back on to help me lose the rest of the weight or at least lose this defeated feeling that I have. I can say all day that I will meal plan and start tomorrow when in reality it's probably bullshit. Knowing that I am at this point helps me know that I may be getting closer to the light turning on. I will continue to exercise and eat as well as I can. Do your best and forget the rest right?
One of the hardest things that I have had to face is the fact that I go to the people I have helped prosper and tell them that I am down and they automatically say that I will get back to where I was in no time. I now have that stigma that I am full of grit and I get shit done when all I want is for someone to tell ME that they understand and it's ok.
Well there it is my vent session for my rut and hopefully I can look back at this and say WOW look at how far you have come once again!
I was so careful watching my weight when the baby came. I was meticulous about what I was eating when I was eating it all in the name of putting the healthiest thing in my body for my baby and not gaining a super excessive amount of weight.
I have 10 pounds left to lose and I have been there since September. A whole month no gains and no losses (good thing) but I am frustrated.
I have an abdominal separation that makes it pretty painful to do anything abs related which makes exercise as a whole pretty painful at times. I can't lift heavy weights, after I run I look pregnant so I feel a bit defeated and the mindset of well EFF IT has started to hone into my heart and it's hard to fight it.
Today, I didn't eat enough 2 eggs with peppers, 1/2 c pork tenderloin with carrots and hummus and three slices of pizza. Um yeah that's pretty terrible.....at least I got some vegetables? LOL I don't even know what to say.
I have a TON on my mind right now and it goes from me eating my lame boring clean food while everyone else eats what they eat added on to the fact that the grocery bill will go up and all of these realizations are the ones that people have and struggle with. I am struggling with having a new baby and keeping everything all together. I have not been in this position in a very long time. I didn't remember this part when people were in my challenge groups and what not.
I will see where tomorrow will bring but for today I am in a rut and I don't know how to get the spark to come back on to help me lose the rest of the weight or at least lose this defeated feeling that I have. I can say all day that I will meal plan and start tomorrow when in reality it's probably bullshit. Knowing that I am at this point helps me know that I may be getting closer to the light turning on. I will continue to exercise and eat as well as I can. Do your best and forget the rest right?
One of the hardest things that I have had to face is the fact that I go to the people I have helped prosper and tell them that I am down and they automatically say that I will get back to where I was in no time. I now have that stigma that I am full of grit and I get shit done when all I want is for someone to tell ME that they understand and it's ok.
Well there it is my vent session for my rut and hopefully I can look back at this and say WOW look at how far you have come once again!
June 30, 2014
21 Day Fix Day 1
I don't know if I am going to be updating this every single day but for today I will provide an update on how I am doing, then I think I am going to go with weekly or wait a few days between each post as far as an update goes.
I am doing level 2, I should be doing level 1 but since I am breastfeeding I added more calories since I am burning some from pumping all the time. I have a pretty cool app on my phone to track my containers for the day which I am really excited about. So, here goes my day on the 21 Day Fix!
So Day 1.......I can say that it went well. I only got hungry once but I think that is because I had to wait an eternity to eat because my daughter was a little fussy today with eating. I woke up and had Shakeology with 2 tbs of PB. I like that in the morning because the baby is sleeping and I can get most of what I want done as far as my quiet time with Jesus and getting some chores done and cleaning up all the bottles from the night before that we used.
For my second meal I had 2 eggs with asparagus and strawberries. It was really good and filled me up. After that I did the 21 Day Fix workout to see if I could and I did the modifications on everything, skipped the ab section, and went ahead and did 30 min on the elliptical. It felt refreshing to feel somewhat normal in the exercise department again.
For my third meal I had tuna, sweet potatoes (2 servings), and more asparagus. This meal I had to make quick because Princess Molly was being fussy and I had to leave the house to get the kiddo enrolled in my medical plan and to pick up my husband from work, um yeah, it was pretty hectic! HA HA! WHEW we will NOT be going out much in the next few weeks.
Meal 4 I ate when I got home from running errands, I had grapes and the left over sweet potatoes, I should have eaten a veg but I forgot.
Meal 5 I just had and it was steak, kale, and asparagus with grapes for dessert. I should have added another vegetable serving to my meal but I just don't want it. If I get hungry tonight I will go ahead and grab something from the fridge but I don't really see that happening. Considering that I was in a rush and my child was crazy today I totally think I faired pretty well.
I am totally wondering if I am going to eat the vegetable or not LOL.....darn I hate forgetting things but I guess that can make up for the coconut milk that I had in my shake LOL. WOOOPS I am so used to making it that way that I was just on auto pilot this morning but hey, it was just coconut milk!
I am doing really well as far as sugar and all that goes so we shall see what happens at the end of the week.
My goal for this week is to stay the hell off the scale and to eat all of my food in that I am supposed to.
Until the next 21 Day Fix update ;)
I am doing level 2, I should be doing level 1 but since I am breastfeeding I added more calories since I am burning some from pumping all the time. I have a pretty cool app on my phone to track my containers for the day which I am really excited about. So, here goes my day on the 21 Day Fix!
So Day 1.......I can say that it went well. I only got hungry once but I think that is because I had to wait an eternity to eat because my daughter was a little fussy today with eating. I woke up and had Shakeology with 2 tbs of PB. I like that in the morning because the baby is sleeping and I can get most of what I want done as far as my quiet time with Jesus and getting some chores done and cleaning up all the bottles from the night before that we used.
For my second meal I had 2 eggs with asparagus and strawberries. It was really good and filled me up. After that I did the 21 Day Fix workout to see if I could and I did the modifications on everything, skipped the ab section, and went ahead and did 30 min on the elliptical. It felt refreshing to feel somewhat normal in the exercise department again.
For my third meal I had tuna, sweet potatoes (2 servings), and more asparagus. This meal I had to make quick because Princess Molly was being fussy and I had to leave the house to get the kiddo enrolled in my medical plan and to pick up my husband from work, um yeah, it was pretty hectic! HA HA! WHEW we will NOT be going out much in the next few weeks.
Meal 4 I ate when I got home from running errands, I had grapes and the left over sweet potatoes, I should have eaten a veg but I forgot.
Meal 5 I just had and it was steak, kale, and asparagus with grapes for dessert. I should have added another vegetable serving to my meal but I just don't want it. If I get hungry tonight I will go ahead and grab something from the fridge but I don't really see that happening. Considering that I was in a rush and my child was crazy today I totally think I faired pretty well.
I am totally wondering if I am going to eat the vegetable or not LOL.....darn I hate forgetting things but I guess that can make up for the coconut milk that I had in my shake LOL. WOOOPS I am so used to making it that way that I was just on auto pilot this morning but hey, it was just coconut milk!
I am doing really well as far as sugar and all that goes so we shall see what happens at the end of the week.
My goal for this week is to stay the hell off the scale and to eat all of my food in that I am supposed to.
Until the next 21 Day Fix update ;)
June 29, 2014
21 Day Fix Paleo Style
3 weeks. That is all that I have left to be able to start working out.
I am excited and sad at the same time because in three weeks I go back to work, my son goes back to his Dad's house and my baby will be 6 weeks old. :( WOMP WOMP.
I have stopped losing weight as drastically as I was so now it is time to get the eating in check. I have lost 27 pounds since giving birth. I tipped the scales at 172 and I am now hovering between 145-147. I am really happy with the weight loss as I thought I was going to be losing 20 or less pounds and I have abut 18 pounds to go and that makes me happy. I like what I see in the mirror and the light at the end of the tunnel seems a lot more attainable than the other 2 pregnancies that I had.
I am not fitting into any of my pre-pregnancy pants and I am into small tops but I have the belly bulge so I am not really comfortable in all my clothes so maternity and yoga pants. I am totally okay with that though I didn't gain all this and get this way in 1 day it took a long time to get here so even though I am anxious to get my body back I know that it will take time to get there.
OK so here it goes my plan!
21 Day Fix until I am able to workout.
21 Day Fix Paleo style!
Minimal 21 Day Fix workouts no yoga, pilates, or ab work.
30-45 minute walks 6 days a week with the kids.
Goal: Lose 5-10 pounds
I have written my meal plan, took my pictures, measurements, and I have went grocery shopping. I am ready to start tomorrow. I am going to eat the same thing every day and change up the meats here and there so that I don't get bored but I want to be strict and eating the same thing every day really just works for me. I find that I stay more on track and while it may be boring for some but this is what works for me. It also makes it cheaper for me on the grocery side to eat healthy things. I think I spent $89 for everything that I needed plus the things for the kids so it was a win win! So here we go!
I am excited and sad at the same time because in three weeks I go back to work, my son goes back to his Dad's house and my baby will be 6 weeks old. :( WOMP WOMP.
I have stopped losing weight as drastically as I was so now it is time to get the eating in check. I have lost 27 pounds since giving birth. I tipped the scales at 172 and I am now hovering between 145-147. I am really happy with the weight loss as I thought I was going to be losing 20 or less pounds and I have abut 18 pounds to go and that makes me happy. I like what I see in the mirror and the light at the end of the tunnel seems a lot more attainable than the other 2 pregnancies that I had.
I am not fitting into any of my pre-pregnancy pants and I am into small tops but I have the belly bulge so I am not really comfortable in all my clothes so maternity and yoga pants. I am totally okay with that though I didn't gain all this and get this way in 1 day it took a long time to get here so even though I am anxious to get my body back I know that it will take time to get there.
OK so here it goes my plan!
21 Day Fix until I am able to workout.
21 Day Fix Paleo style!
Minimal 21 Day Fix workouts no yoga, pilates, or ab work.
30-45 minute walks 6 days a week with the kids.
Goal: Lose 5-10 pounds
I have written my meal plan, took my pictures, measurements, and I have went grocery shopping. I am ready to start tomorrow. I am going to eat the same thing every day and change up the meats here and there so that I don't get bored but I want to be strict and eating the same thing every day really just works for me. I find that I stay more on track and while it may be boring for some but this is what works for me. It also makes it cheaper for me on the grocery side to eat healthy things. I think I spent $89 for everything that I needed plus the things for the kids so it was a win win! So here we go!
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| Before 147 pounds 5'3 |
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| Level 2 meal plan for the week |
June 24, 2014
*NEW* Postpartum fitness plan!
So, I have had this little tyke for 2 weeks now and I am seriously antsy to get this body back to my normal again! I have faired REALLY well though in the weight loss department!
In my pregnancy I gained 45 pounds as of this morning I am down 26 pounds which puts me at 19 more pounds to go.
MY DIET:
I have been eating Paleo. Not strict though I still eat candy (DAMN IT) and I still have some grains here and there but overall I am at about 90% a day eating Paleo. It is actually easier to prepare my meals and get them on the table in 30 minutes or less. I really like that about my eating style. In eating this way I had a HUGE weight loss after the baby and now I am slowly losing a pound a day I am hoping that it doesn't stop anytime soon ha ha! I wouldn't mind going back to work with 10-15 pounds of extra baby weight. In my mind that is more attainable that 20 pounds. I know I know I am vain!
EXERCISE:
I recently started walking this week. I take my boys out on a nightly walk, we do about 30-45 minutes. Right now I am not worried about the mileage just the amount of time that I am walking outside. I do our walks when my husband comes home so that he can have some bonding time with the baby but also so that I can get away and get a little bit of sanity and feel like myself while also enjoying hanging out with my boys. Today, I did my Barre workout that I did while I was pregnant and I think I pushed a bit too hard but now I know so I will tone it down.
EMOTIONALLY:
I feel really good. I had a few days where I was really bluesy and thought that I was going to go bonkers because I was just overwhelmed with my parents being in town, trying to get a routine with my children, and adjusting to Molly being out of my belly and in my arms. It was pretty hectic to say the least but hey, I got through it with lots of prayer and a great husband by my side.
POSTPARTUM PLAN:
I know that I said that I was going to do P90X but I feel that that is too big of a feat for me right now as I just did 3 sets of 10 push ups and I was a bag of buttholes when I was done. I also don't feel like I will be able to give 1 hour and 15 minutes 6 days a week to a workout as soon as I start going back to work and what not SO PIYO came out and I ordered it. PIYO is 6 days a week with workouts ranging from 25-45 minutes and it is low impact. I thought that this would be the best fit for me since I want to build my strength back up and I will also be half marathon training so that is going to be pretty intense for me SO the stretching and strength that I am going to get from PIYO makes absolute sense to me and what I am currently going through in the postpartum department. P90X will come after I have done the 60 days of PIYO. I completely plan on following the eating plan with the exception of grains and doing the complete 60 days. I am so excited. I feel like this will ease me back into my workout length and will also help me to get stronger.
I don't know if I am going to run a challenge group with this one but I am thinking about it to keep me accountable to what it is that I am doing and I don't fall off the wagon ha ha. If you are interested in purchasing PIYO just follow this link. I can't wait to be able to share my journey back to me!!!!!
In my pregnancy I gained 45 pounds as of this morning I am down 26 pounds which puts me at 19 more pounds to go.
MY DIET:
I have been eating Paleo. Not strict though I still eat candy (DAMN IT) and I still have some grains here and there but overall I am at about 90% a day eating Paleo. It is actually easier to prepare my meals and get them on the table in 30 minutes or less. I really like that about my eating style. In eating this way I had a HUGE weight loss after the baby and now I am slowly losing a pound a day I am hoping that it doesn't stop anytime soon ha ha! I wouldn't mind going back to work with 10-15 pounds of extra baby weight. In my mind that is more attainable that 20 pounds. I know I know I am vain!
EXERCISE:
I recently started walking this week. I take my boys out on a nightly walk, we do about 30-45 minutes. Right now I am not worried about the mileage just the amount of time that I am walking outside. I do our walks when my husband comes home so that he can have some bonding time with the baby but also so that I can get away and get a little bit of sanity and feel like myself while also enjoying hanging out with my boys. Today, I did my Barre workout that I did while I was pregnant and I think I pushed a bit too hard but now I know so I will tone it down.
EMOTIONALLY:
I feel really good. I had a few days where I was really bluesy and thought that I was going to go bonkers because I was just overwhelmed with my parents being in town, trying to get a routine with my children, and adjusting to Molly being out of my belly and in my arms. It was pretty hectic to say the least but hey, I got through it with lots of prayer and a great husband by my side.
POSTPARTUM PLAN:
I know that I said that I was going to do P90X but I feel that that is too big of a feat for me right now as I just did 3 sets of 10 push ups and I was a bag of buttholes when I was done. I also don't feel like I will be able to give 1 hour and 15 minutes 6 days a week to a workout as soon as I start going back to work and what not SO PIYO came out and I ordered it. PIYO is 6 days a week with workouts ranging from 25-45 minutes and it is low impact. I thought that this would be the best fit for me since I want to build my strength back up and I will also be half marathon training so that is going to be pretty intense for me SO the stretching and strength that I am going to get from PIYO makes absolute sense to me and what I am currently going through in the postpartum department. P90X will come after I have done the 60 days of PIYO. I completely plan on following the eating plan with the exception of grains and doing the complete 60 days. I am so excited. I feel like this will ease me back into my workout length and will also help me to get stronger.
I don't know if I am going to run a challenge group with this one but I am thinking about it to keep me accountable to what it is that I am doing and I don't fall off the wagon ha ha. If you are interested in purchasing PIYO just follow this link. I can't wait to be able to share my journey back to me!!!!!
June 15, 2014
She's here! My little princess is born!
Molly Madelyn is here! I can't believe that she is here and that she is mine. I have been so pensive lately thinking about the whole journey that we have taken with little Ms. Molly. I can't believe it started with my husband telling me that he was ready to have the baby and how excited I was that after 3 years of asking for another little I was having my chance and we wasted NO time. I wasn't going to let him change his mind LOL.
I remember taking the pregnancy test and just putting it on the counter because it didn't turn fast enough for me. My husband went to the bathroom to brush his teeth and he was like did you see this?? I tuned around and there was the positive test result on the window! I was having a baby!!! I was so excited, thankful, and prayed to God to have my baby be safe.
I remember so vividly how I cried and was in absolute SHOCK that we were having a girl. I remember asking the ultrasound tech what the sex of our baby was and she told us that it was a GIRL! I was in shock and teared up SO much. It's crazy when you have 2 boys, you just automatically think that you are going to be a boy mom. I was totally okay with that but, as a girl you know we all want one little princess in our arms! I was in such disbelief that I didn't accept it until seriously the day she was born. I had it in my head that if it was a boy it was ok and we had his name all picked out.
Now, she is here. My perfect little 8 pound girl is here and just lovely. I love every single minute with her. She is laying next to me sleepy very peacefully as I am typing out all of my thoughts for anyone to read. I adore her, I want the best for her, I want to bond with her laugh with her and do all the great things that Mothers and Daughters do.
My boys are wonderful, they are doting on her and then going off and doing their own thing. My 11 year old is like whatever about her, as he only wants to play video games and my 5 year old takes a few minutes every day to say hello and give her some kisses and tell us how beautiful his sister is. I have fallen in love with my whole family all over again. I wouldn't change it for the world. They make me strong and they all bring the most happiness into my life.
These last 5 days with her have been rather trying in the sleep department. I just keep praying that God will give me the strength to get me through this tough period that is a test of our patience so that we can come through. Last night was the first night that we got some decent sleep and I feel almost human ha ha. My parents are here and have been a big help to us. My Mom has been cleaning and cooking and my Dad has just been hanging around taking the little here and there :) He's totally in love with her!
I can't believe that she is here and I can't believe that she really is a girl! I am excited for all the adventures to come even the bad ones. I am ready to love her, adore her, and dress her up! I am so excited to be a new Momma again and I can't wait to watch her grow (not really) can she just stay tiny forever LOL.
I remember taking the pregnancy test and just putting it on the counter because it didn't turn fast enough for me. My husband went to the bathroom to brush his teeth and he was like did you see this?? I tuned around and there was the positive test result on the window! I was having a baby!!! I was so excited, thankful, and prayed to God to have my baby be safe.
I remember so vividly how I cried and was in absolute SHOCK that we were having a girl. I remember asking the ultrasound tech what the sex of our baby was and she told us that it was a GIRL! I was in shock and teared up SO much. It's crazy when you have 2 boys, you just automatically think that you are going to be a boy mom. I was totally okay with that but, as a girl you know we all want one little princess in our arms! I was in such disbelief that I didn't accept it until seriously the day she was born. I had it in my head that if it was a boy it was ok and we had his name all picked out.
Now, she is here. My perfect little 8 pound girl is here and just lovely. I love every single minute with her. She is laying next to me sleepy very peacefully as I am typing out all of my thoughts for anyone to read. I adore her, I want the best for her, I want to bond with her laugh with her and do all the great things that Mothers and Daughters do.
My boys are wonderful, they are doting on her and then going off and doing their own thing. My 11 year old is like whatever about her, as he only wants to play video games and my 5 year old takes a few minutes every day to say hello and give her some kisses and tell us how beautiful his sister is. I have fallen in love with my whole family all over again. I wouldn't change it for the world. They make me strong and they all bring the most happiness into my life.
These last 5 days with her have been rather trying in the sleep department. I just keep praying that God will give me the strength to get me through this tough period that is a test of our patience so that we can come through. Last night was the first night that we got some decent sleep and I feel almost human ha ha. My parents are here and have been a big help to us. My Mom has been cleaning and cooking and my Dad has just been hanging around taking the little here and there :) He's totally in love with her!
I can't believe that she is here and I can't believe that she really is a girl! I am excited for all the adventures to come even the bad ones. I am ready to love her, adore her, and dress her up! I am so excited to be a new Momma again and I can't wait to watch her grow (not really) can she just stay tiny forever LOL.
June 10, 2014
Come on baby!
39 and a half weeks pregnant. Time seems like an absolute eternity right now. It's amazing how fast my pregnancy went by up until this point. Time literally just STOPPED, PAUSE, JOKES ON YOU!
I am at home with my son and it is rainy outside so he is stuck in the house bored and I am in deep thought and getting rather frustrated wondering when this baby is coming. I am also waiting on my doctors appointment tomorrow so it seems that all I am doing lately is waiting. I am home from work because I am supposed to be resting because I thought I had signs of preeclampsia and the midwife that I had said I looked really super tired and needed to sleep. It turns out that my swelling and headaches were just the heat. Here in Mass it literally went from 57 degrees to 80 in the matter of a day. Oh the joys of living in New England right?
I have found myself going on baby boards, reading birth stories, and googling all kinds of things to induce labor ha ha. I try not to but my mind is consumed with when it will happen and how other women went into labor etc. I am starting to get rather stir crazy but there is nothing really that I feel that I can do to take my mind off of this labor thing other than go shopping and at that I can't buy anything because I don't fit into anything and honestly don't need anything ha ha. I have opted to exercise so this morning I did T25 Cardio, Turbofire Upper 20, and I plan on getting on the elliptical for 40 minutes to see if we can naturally get this thing started.
I am starting to hate due dates and every single email that I get that says the baby can come at any time now. It gives you this false sense that the baby will be here early when most times babies come "late" not really late but after their due date. I am not trying to be bitter but as someone who is near the end of this LONG 200 + day journey in pregnancy knowing that you are so close but still in some sense so far away really makes you cuckoo! I am happy that she is still baking and growing and gaining weight I just wish she would come and see hello to her family too! LOL
I am trying to live by God's rule of everything in his time but when you have such a life changing thing happening to you it is really hard not to obsess about it. I mean my belly is right there staring at me and contracting and it is getting painful and every time I THINK something is going to happen it doesn't ha ha. OH MAN this is torture and I am purely doing it to myself. I know when the time comes to go into labor there will be a time where I want to rewind and wonder what the heck I was thinking about WANTING to be in that much pain but I am ready to embark on the new journey God has put us on but am so ANXIOUS I don't want to wait. I am sure that as maybe a mother reading this you can relate.
Well I am off to go ahead and get that 40 minute elliptical workout in so that I can shower and get on with the rest of my day whatever that may entail. Pray for me please!!! LOL
I am at home with my son and it is rainy outside so he is stuck in the house bored and I am in deep thought and getting rather frustrated wondering when this baby is coming. I am also waiting on my doctors appointment tomorrow so it seems that all I am doing lately is waiting. I am home from work because I am supposed to be resting because I thought I had signs of preeclampsia and the midwife that I had said I looked really super tired and needed to sleep. It turns out that my swelling and headaches were just the heat. Here in Mass it literally went from 57 degrees to 80 in the matter of a day. Oh the joys of living in New England right?
I have found myself going on baby boards, reading birth stories, and googling all kinds of things to induce labor ha ha. I try not to but my mind is consumed with when it will happen and how other women went into labor etc. I am starting to get rather stir crazy but there is nothing really that I feel that I can do to take my mind off of this labor thing other than go shopping and at that I can't buy anything because I don't fit into anything and honestly don't need anything ha ha. I have opted to exercise so this morning I did T25 Cardio, Turbofire Upper 20, and I plan on getting on the elliptical for 40 minutes to see if we can naturally get this thing started.
I am starting to hate due dates and every single email that I get that says the baby can come at any time now. It gives you this false sense that the baby will be here early when most times babies come "late" not really late but after their due date. I am not trying to be bitter but as someone who is near the end of this LONG 200 + day journey in pregnancy knowing that you are so close but still in some sense so far away really makes you cuckoo! I am happy that she is still baking and growing and gaining weight I just wish she would come and see hello to her family too! LOL
I am trying to live by God's rule of everything in his time but when you have such a life changing thing happening to you it is really hard not to obsess about it. I mean my belly is right there staring at me and contracting and it is getting painful and every time I THINK something is going to happen it doesn't ha ha. OH MAN this is torture and I am purely doing it to myself. I know when the time comes to go into labor there will be a time where I want to rewind and wonder what the heck I was thinking about WANTING to be in that much pain but I am ready to embark on the new journey God has put us on but am so ANXIOUS I don't want to wait. I am sure that as maybe a mother reading this you can relate.
Well I am off to go ahead and get that 40 minute elliptical workout in so that I can shower and get on with the rest of my day whatever that may entail. Pray for me please!!! LOL
June 7, 2014
39 week bump date!
39 weeks huh? Whew it has been a long ride LOL. Time has literally just STOPPED and I feel like every minute is an hour and every hour is a day ha ha. I am ready to meet my baby but not ready to get her out! You would think that after having 2 kids previously I would be ready for this well no. I would love to be a first time mother because then......well, you don't know what to expect now that I have done this two times I know what to expect, what is the worst and how frankly I don't want to do it again LOL. Such is life right?
Favorite Moment of the Week: Hmmmm lets see.........getting through my sons graduation! No baby came and I was praying really hard for her not to come. She is now free to come whenever but I have the strangest feeling that I am going to be over due and I hate that for myself LOL.
How Far Along: 39 and 1 day.
Total Weight Gain/Loss: 42 pounds womp womp :( 2 lbs over my max weight gain that I wanted :(
Food Aversions (and "no nos"): Paleo is still going well for me but I find that I have to keep a packed pantry because when I run out of food is when I reach for the grains and lunch has been a pain and the ONLY meal I have grains with so after going through this for 2-3 weeks now I can see where the pitfalls are and how/where I can change things. I don't have any aversions though.
Cravings: COLD things!
How I Feel: I have officially turned into a bag of buttholes! I can't walk for longer than 20 minutes. I went on the elliptical yesterday and I got lighting crotch for about an hour and had really sharp pains above my pubic bones there were NOT contractions. Swelling has begun! UGH I have cankles the size of TEXAS seriously I am glad that I only have 1-2 more weeks of being pregnant LOL. It has been a blessing, with my other two I swelled at like 20 weeks so we will call this a win LOL.
Maternity Clothes: Yup. I am pretty much wearing the same three outfits so laundry has increased to twice a week now so I can have something clean. My son told me that my shirts weren't fitting me anymore and started laughing at me LOL so I guess it's time to hibernate until after the baby gets here right?
Movement: She is everywhere and everywhere all the time. She is more into rolling now and that is how I feel her movements now. Mostly though she moves when I am super relaxed.
Sleep: I am sleeping but the doc put me on sleep rest. She said that I had to rest more so I got a doctors note for a few days of sleep :)
What I Miss: Running. I am seriously missing running this week. Runners are EVERYWHERE and I "hate" them all LOL. I just want to be me again :)
What I'm Looking Forward To: Seeing
what this baby looks like. In the short term though we have a special
trip planned for our little to go on a 2 hour train ride! I am SO
excited it has taken EVERYTHING to keep my mouth shut about it!
May 29, 2014
37 week bumpdate
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| I am not the biggest fan of my "fat face" right now. |
It's pretty amazing how fast this pregnancy went by and how now.....well it feels as if I am at a complete HALT. These weeks are dragging! I knew that they would as this is my third baby and the anticipation of holding my child gets worse. I am also having a little girl and I want to know that she is still in fact a she and to see what my little girls look like ha ha. Everything is going well and this pregnancy has been the BEST blessing ever and I am not sure if I am ready for it to be over or if I am willing to hang on until she is ready to come out if that makes sense.
I have been seriously blessed these past 37 weeks. I remember when my husband told me that he was on board to have our little baby and how we started trying right away. I remember being worried about our baby being ok during our anatomy scan because we had to go back because they missed a few things. I remember crying and being in disbelief that we actually made a little girl! I mean WE DID IT! God made my dream come true! (I must remember that when we go through our trials when she gets older). I stayed in control with my eating habits and exercised MOST of the pregnancy. It has been blissful. Yes, I am uncomfortable, YES I am tried of looking at my bathroom walls because it seems I am there more than anywhere else at this moment. This is what pregnancy is though. I am giving myself to my child while she grows and gets nourished by me. I would LOVE to run for miles again and see my skinny legs and muscular arms but I want my baby more. I want her to be healthy and have a wonderful start to this wonderful, crazy, fun thing called life. I choose to focus on the positives of this pregnancy before all else. :)
I used to be the one that hated being pregnant always wondering what the heck is all this that people talk about loving?!?! HA HA! I wasn't "doing it right" I didn't nurture myself I destructed myself and my body responded but still gave me beautifully healthy and wonderful babies! Thank you God for my wonderful blessings! So, enough of my babbling! Let's get on to the bumpdate.
I had my 38 week appointment today. Nothing great happened. LOL I refused to have my cervix checked because really what is it going to do? I am either going to be really excited and then bummed because no baby has come lol or really bummed that my body isn't "doing" what it is supposed to when in reality it is. It's keeping my baby safe and sound in the womb until she is ready :) SO I refused it. Next week though we will be getting it checked as it becomes protocol.
How Far Along: 37 weeks and 5 days.
Total Weight Gain/Loss: I
am at 39 pounds depending on the day. I am pretty much at my max
pregnancy weight that I wanted to hit. I have been really watching what I have been eating so I think that really helped out a lot.
Food Aversions (and "no nos"): I have been slowly transitioning to Paleo that has been a challenge because I want to eat junk but 2 out of my 3 meals are Paleo and it's been pretty nice. I have been cheating already though as I know that in 2 weeks it will be strict nutrient dense diet to lose those pesky pounds.
Cravings: Sweet things.
How I Feel: Overall I felt pretty great in week 37. I only worked out 3 times this week so far so I can attribute that to the nesting I have been doing and the fact that once this week I had the dreaded pregnancy insomnia SO I was tired but actively cleaning and straightening things up around here. My husband and I pretty much arranged the whole house and we are liking the house more than we did when we moved in which is a blessing because we are stuck in our home for 2 more years. It's a great home but a split floor plan is NOT for us. All I can say is never again!
I have also been in more pain in the pelvic area and have to rest more often when I do move. Things are SLOW for me right now and it's a tad bit frustrating.
Maternity Clothes: Yup. I am pretty much wearing the same three outfits so laundry has increased to twice a week now so I can have something clean.
Movement: She likes to ninja kick my sides because that is where her legs are, I am not sure which is more painful the rib kicks my little one gave me or these side kicks she is giving me. She takes my breath away and my husband always thinks I am going into labor LOL. Maybe I shouldn't giggle so much about it because that's how it may happen one day!
Sleep: I am sleeping but feeling more tired and lazy as the days go by.
What I Miss: Running. Lifting weights and just being a strong individual that doesn't need help for everything that I do. It's really a pain to be so dependent on my husband and SO tired all the time. I want to have the energy to play with my son at the park and not have to just sit there. It's really frustrating for me.
What I'm Looking Forward To: Seeing
what this baby looks like. In the short term though we have a special
trip planned for our little to go on a 2 hour train ride! I am SO
excited it has taken EVERYTHING to keep my mouth shut about it!
May 21, 2014
Little bits of my mind
Over the course of these past 9 months 10 months 36 and change weeks LOL whatever you want to call it I have had time to not only think about the new dynamic of my life but about me and where I want to be in my life. I wrote recently about being so busy as a matter of fact to busy that I have since humbled myself and have fallen into this mother nurturer role and I like it.
I feel so relaxed and at peace knowing that I don't have to do anything but come home, cook for my family, and spend time with them and catch a show here or there or sit back, relax, and ENJOY reading a book. I am learning to love my little world, the very one that I wished for and the very one that came to fruition for me. I am at a good place in my job, we are comfortable financially, and there is lots of love to go around. I can sleep better and simply I am not thinking about the next thing that I have to do but I can just.........breathe. It's a wonderful feeling to come to a place like this in life and just ENJOY it. Isn't that what we all work for? I am grateful for this period and pregnancy in my life at this specific time.
Lately, I have been obsessed with pregnancy and baby and the expansion of our family which doesn't really lend to much to talk about in the health and fitness realm of my life because truly......I am not living in daily and I am not really at a point in my pregnancy where I can push limits rather....I should be resting and enjoying; which is exactly what I have been doing.
My nutrition has been that of a pregnant woman ha ha ha! I have gained weight gracefully, and I have indulged but it has been a struggle NOT to eat 7 bowls of cereal a day or to get all my vegetables in ha ha. I have been exercising 5-6 days a week still but the workouts have been slower and without that much impact at all. It's been mostly the Slim and Toned DVD and walking on the elliptical or around the neighborhood since it's nice out now. This pregnancy has been by far the BEST one I have had physically and mentally and I hope the postpartum feeling is the same!
My thoughts these days are more centered about getting back into shape after the baby and how my body is going to bounce back. I wonder what my child will look like, how much hair she will have, and what her temperament will be once she gets out into the real world with us. Part of me wants to deliver her NOW and parts of me are really scared about labor! I don't want to do it but it is consuming my daily life. Baby talk is really all a pregnant woman as pregnant as I am can think about other than being frustrated with how many times a person can seriously go to the bathroom! LOL
I have plans for the blog and I am sure that it will be centered around me getting back into shape with lots of family memories added in there that can hopefully inspire others! I can't wait to share more about my life and what I have been up, so that I can keep a memory of my life with my children and my journey through health and fitness.
I feel so relaxed and at peace knowing that I don't have to do anything but come home, cook for my family, and spend time with them and catch a show here or there or sit back, relax, and ENJOY reading a book. I am learning to love my little world, the very one that I wished for and the very one that came to fruition for me. I am at a good place in my job, we are comfortable financially, and there is lots of love to go around. I can sleep better and simply I am not thinking about the next thing that I have to do but I can just.........breathe. It's a wonderful feeling to come to a place like this in life and just ENJOY it. Isn't that what we all work for? I am grateful for this period and pregnancy in my life at this specific time.
Lately, I have been obsessed with pregnancy and baby and the expansion of our family which doesn't really lend to much to talk about in the health and fitness realm of my life because truly......I am not living in daily and I am not really at a point in my pregnancy where I can push limits rather....I should be resting and enjoying; which is exactly what I have been doing.
My nutrition has been that of a pregnant woman ha ha ha! I have gained weight gracefully, and I have indulged but it has been a struggle NOT to eat 7 bowls of cereal a day or to get all my vegetables in ha ha. I have been exercising 5-6 days a week still but the workouts have been slower and without that much impact at all. It's been mostly the Slim and Toned DVD and walking on the elliptical or around the neighborhood since it's nice out now. This pregnancy has been by far the BEST one I have had physically and mentally and I hope the postpartum feeling is the same!
My thoughts these days are more centered about getting back into shape after the baby and how my body is going to bounce back. I wonder what my child will look like, how much hair she will have, and what her temperament will be once she gets out into the real world with us. Part of me wants to deliver her NOW and parts of me are really scared about labor! I don't want to do it but it is consuming my daily life. Baby talk is really all a pregnant woman as pregnant as I am can think about other than being frustrated with how many times a person can seriously go to the bathroom! LOL
I have plans for the blog and I am sure that it will be centered around me getting back into shape with lots of family memories added in there that can hopefully inspire others! I can't wait to share more about my life and what I have been up, so that I can keep a memory of my life with my children and my journey through health and fitness.
May 19, 2014
Changing the way I eat
I have been thinking a lot about how I am going to eat through this whole postpartum journey. Actually all I can vainly think about is starting my workout and what I am going to eat and how I am going to approach the whole thing. Now that I am starting to slow down I mean REALLY slow down it is consuming my mind even more. I know that I should be resting more and I am but it's really hard when the past few years of your life have been active and healthy.
So, I have been thinking about what approach helped me the best in my weight loss journey and truly it was eating good clean all natural foods. When I had the MOST success is when I went grain free for 21 days and my bloating and indigestion problems went away. Since I have gotten pregnant I let that lifestyle go because I wanted to enjoy pregnancy and give myself permission to indulge and to be honest I had not been following the grain free lifestyle for that long to have actually created a habit with it.
I have slowly started to pick it back up again by making my breakfasts, most snacks, and lunches grain free and dinner sort of be a free for all a few times a week. It has been helping me put the focus back on the eating. With changing my diet this way over the past 2 weeks my weight gain has been steady or non-exsistent. I am over the 35 pound recommended gain so not gaining anything is ok as long as I am not losing weight I am ok with it.
I started digging through my Paleo books and cooking up some of the recipes and I can tell you that some of the best recipes I have found have been from Against All Grain! Everything I have tried has been so tasty that you really don't miss the grains.
Her website and cookbook have been the best resource for me. I love to cook with flavor and as long as flavor is there I am good to go. Hopefully, by the end of this pregnancy I will be able to make the full switch to a grain free diet. I don't think I will give up rice because as for now it doesn't effect my body in the way that certain vegetables and bread actually make me feel.
I plan on updating as time goes by and I gather some pictures of my meals if I really remember to keep everyone updated on what I am eating and some of my favorite resources that are out there.
I still feel great being as pregnant as I am, even more so by eating the way that I am. I am not as lethargic or tired feeling and I have the energy to do more around the house that I thought before which helps me with the confidence in the way that I am eating and that makes me happy.
Just wanted to pop in on a little update on me :)
So, I have been thinking about what approach helped me the best in my weight loss journey and truly it was eating good clean all natural foods. When I had the MOST success is when I went grain free for 21 days and my bloating and indigestion problems went away. Since I have gotten pregnant I let that lifestyle go because I wanted to enjoy pregnancy and give myself permission to indulge and to be honest I had not been following the grain free lifestyle for that long to have actually created a habit with it.
I have slowly started to pick it back up again by making my breakfasts, most snacks, and lunches grain free and dinner sort of be a free for all a few times a week. It has been helping me put the focus back on the eating. With changing my diet this way over the past 2 weeks my weight gain has been steady or non-exsistent. I am over the 35 pound recommended gain so not gaining anything is ok as long as I am not losing weight I am ok with it.
I started digging through my Paleo books and cooking up some of the recipes and I can tell you that some of the best recipes I have found have been from Against All Grain! Everything I have tried has been so tasty that you really don't miss the grains.
Her website and cookbook have been the best resource for me. I love to cook with flavor and as long as flavor is there I am good to go. Hopefully, by the end of this pregnancy I will be able to make the full switch to a grain free diet. I don't think I will give up rice because as for now it doesn't effect my body in the way that certain vegetables and bread actually make me feel.
I plan on updating as time goes by and I gather some pictures of my meals if I really remember to keep everyone updated on what I am eating and some of my favorite resources that are out there.
I still feel great being as pregnant as I am, even more so by eating the way that I am. I am not as lethargic or tired feeling and I have the energy to do more around the house that I thought before which helps me with the confidence in the way that I am eating and that makes me happy.
Just wanted to pop in on a little update on me :)
May 15, 2014
35 Week Bumpdate!
Total Weight Gain/Loss: I
am at 39 pounds depending on the day. I am pretty much at my max pregnancy weight that I wanted to hit. I didn't want to go over 40 but I am getting close so we shall see what happens. With the heat came more swelling so lets hope that is where it came from LOL
Food Aversions (and "no nos"): Anything healthy even though I am eating it. I am finding myself eating more like a 5th grader than the healthy person I know I can be.
Cravings: Cake and bread
How I Feel: I feel good but starting to get the tired feeling again now that I am nearing 36 weeks. Braxton Hicks have been a pain in the ASS! I mean seriously a pain.They start feeling like labor and it freaks me out because I am totally not ready for her to be here yet. She still has some baking to do and I am selfishly enjoying uninterrupted sleep. Ok I lie I do get up to pee 3 times a night but it's only for 3 minutes compared to 20 LOL. I am not ready for labor either I am still scared of it so I am not at the GET THIS BABY OUT OF HERE phase yet. I am sure it will come but for now all I want to do is sleep and want the Braxton Hicks contractions to chill the heck out!
Maternity Clothes: Yup. I am pretty much over them!
Movement: We are into the rolling stages of the movement with an occasional jab here and there but over all she is pretty zen in there because she has no room ha ha ha.
Sleep: I am sleeping but feeling more tired and lazy as the days go by.
What I Miss: Running. I see people running all the time and I envy their speed and I envy their ability to move faster than 2 miles per hour HA HA HA! I also miss my strong body. I have so many aches and pains and I am so lethargic that I almost have forgotten the strength I once had.
What I'm Looking Forward To: Seeing
what this baby looks like. In the short term though we have a special
trip planned for our little to go on a 2 hour train ride! I am SO
excited it has taken EVERYTHING to keep my mouth shut about it!
May 9, 2014
You just have to listen
**This is a spiritual post**
I was writing the other day about how pregnancy has changed me and it certainly has. After I wrote that post I started connecting some dots that had to do with my life and what God was doing in it. I need to preface this with some background so you can understand where all this is coming from.
After my divorce I was probably at the lowest point in my life, I had to share custody of my child but really it wasn't shared his father has full custody. I was called very many derogatory things. I was called a bad mother, someone who was promiscuous, a whore, slut all things that I didn't really deserve to be called because the way I had conducted myself as a mother to my child and as a wife was none of those things. Anger and divorce can make you say and be just terrible. Granted, I am no saint and I had a few choice words for my ex as well. ANYWAY I digress.......I felt that because of all of these negative thoughts and viewpoints of me and the way that I had felt about myself (a failure, bad person, tainted) I made it a point to give myself the best life that I could because I was going to prove all of those crappy people see that I AM GOOD. I AM NOT WHO YOU SAY I AM. SO, I cleaned up my act and in the matter of 3 years I got 2 college degrees, got promoted at work, married the man of my dreams, and gave birth to my second child. I was fueled by anger and resentment. It wasn't until 2011 that I received God into my life and I started learning more about Him and I learned first about forgiveness. Once I was able to forgive I was able to see WHY the things that happened to me happened and accepted them as blessings even though they still hurt.
I had succeeded. I was gifted everything that I had wanted in my life and God gave that to me before I had even accepted Him into my life but I was blinded. Long story short I kept doing and doing and doing and was SO focused on DOING and proving them wrong that I lost sight. I had committed to too many things and was just doing things for the sake of doing them. I have to admit that social media has also played a part in my recent do more mentality and I wanted to do things because they worked for other people.
It wasn't until I started to sit down and think and when I posted about what this pregnancy has done for me that everything actually clicked. It was God showing me that I wasn't trusting Him with everything that I was doing and I was trying desperately to get a square to fit in a darn circle. The way that I feel that He speaks to me is through seeing things and showing me things that I read or talk about. Things that when I resonate over my day I know that it was Him that was talking to me. I needed to let all of the other things go and trust that he was going to take care of me. Life wasn't for me to figure out it was for Him to do for me. I didn't have to have two part time jobs, my full time job, and be a mother and wife to be content in this life because life is about pleasing Him and I had no time to nuture my family AND please Him and do what was/is right by HIm. SO, slowly I started letting things go to the side and I feel.........RELIEF. Relief that I have the time that I was seeking and relief that I don't have to have so many obligations in life and that it truly can be simple without having to add MORE to it. I can just be and be happy where I am.
Over the past few weeks I have been reading Bible passages about trusting God. My Joyce Meyer magazine was about trusting God and being bold. Sermon podcasts that I listen to in my car were subsequently about God and MY DEVOTIONAL is now speaking really loud to TRUST God. See all the signs are there I just have to listen. I have to pay attention because it's not like he is just going to jump out and show his face to me like he does in the Bible although, that would be pretty awesome and rather scary actually ha ha.
I don't really know what it is to TRUST God. I mean I know that everything will be ok and that he will take care of me and give me things that he knows that I can handle. I guess maybe that is all that it is. But, does the worry stop? Does the thinking about the future stop or do we just make non-commital plans in life and see what happens? I suppose that my studies will take me further but I am hearing His message loud and clear.
If you have any thing that you could add please do because I sure would love to know exactly what it is that I am supposed to be doing LOL.
I was writing the other day about how pregnancy has changed me and it certainly has. After I wrote that post I started connecting some dots that had to do with my life and what God was doing in it. I need to preface this with some background so you can understand where all this is coming from.
After my divorce I was probably at the lowest point in my life, I had to share custody of my child but really it wasn't shared his father has full custody. I was called very many derogatory things. I was called a bad mother, someone who was promiscuous, a whore, slut all things that I didn't really deserve to be called because the way I had conducted myself as a mother to my child and as a wife was none of those things. Anger and divorce can make you say and be just terrible. Granted, I am no saint and I had a few choice words for my ex as well. ANYWAY I digress.......I felt that because of all of these negative thoughts and viewpoints of me and the way that I had felt about myself (a failure, bad person, tainted) I made it a point to give myself the best life that I could because I was going to prove all of those crappy people see that I AM GOOD. I AM NOT WHO YOU SAY I AM. SO, I cleaned up my act and in the matter of 3 years I got 2 college degrees, got promoted at work, married the man of my dreams, and gave birth to my second child. I was fueled by anger and resentment. It wasn't until 2011 that I received God into my life and I started learning more about Him and I learned first about forgiveness. Once I was able to forgive I was able to see WHY the things that happened to me happened and accepted them as blessings even though they still hurt.
I had succeeded. I was gifted everything that I had wanted in my life and God gave that to me before I had even accepted Him into my life but I was blinded. Long story short I kept doing and doing and doing and was SO focused on DOING and proving them wrong that I lost sight. I had committed to too many things and was just doing things for the sake of doing them. I have to admit that social media has also played a part in my recent do more mentality and I wanted to do things because they worked for other people.
It wasn't until I started to sit down and think and when I posted about what this pregnancy has done for me that everything actually clicked. It was God showing me that I wasn't trusting Him with everything that I was doing and I was trying desperately to get a square to fit in a darn circle. The way that I feel that He speaks to me is through seeing things and showing me things that I read or talk about. Things that when I resonate over my day I know that it was Him that was talking to me. I needed to let all of the other things go and trust that he was going to take care of me. Life wasn't for me to figure out it was for Him to do for me. I didn't have to have two part time jobs, my full time job, and be a mother and wife to be content in this life because life is about pleasing Him and I had no time to nuture my family AND please Him and do what was/is right by HIm. SO, slowly I started letting things go to the side and I feel.........RELIEF. Relief that I have the time that I was seeking and relief that I don't have to have so many obligations in life and that it truly can be simple without having to add MORE to it. I can just be and be happy where I am.
Over the past few weeks I have been reading Bible passages about trusting God. My Joyce Meyer magazine was about trusting God and being bold. Sermon podcasts that I listen to in my car were subsequently about God and MY DEVOTIONAL is now speaking really loud to TRUST God. See all the signs are there I just have to listen. I have to pay attention because it's not like he is just going to jump out and show his face to me like he does in the Bible although, that would be pretty awesome and rather scary actually ha ha.
I don't really know what it is to TRUST God. I mean I know that everything will be ok and that he will take care of me and give me things that he knows that I can handle. I guess maybe that is all that it is. But, does the worry stop? Does the thinking about the future stop or do we just make non-commital plans in life and see what happens? I suppose that my studies will take me further but I am hearing His message loud and clear.
If you have any thing that you could add please do because I sure would love to know exactly what it is that I am supposed to be doing LOL.
May 3, 2014
33 week Bumpdate
How Far Along: 33 Weeks
Total Weight Gain/Loss: I am at 32-33 pounds depending on the day. I am almost to the point where I want to say EFF it! But I also feel like this is where it all matters so I don't want to blow it!
Food Aversions (and "no nos"): Vegetables, I wouldn't really say it's an aversion but I have to make a conscious decision to eat them or I won't. I am back to loving carbs and heavy foods which isn't awesome!
Cravings: Hmmm Crackers, chips, cake, donuts
How I Feel: I came down with a cold last weekend which really put me OUT. I felt totally drained of any energy that I had which the exhaustion that I feel now that it is over well lets just say that I am not complaining about being tired ha ha. My pelvis is starting to ache more and my workouts have been suffering from them meaning I am not working out as much but that was also due to the fact that I didn't pack my lunch at ALL this week. FAIL! You can tell just in my step counts for the week on my fitbit that exercise was kind of the last thing on my mind.
Maternity Clothes: Yup. I am pretty much over them!
Movement: She is moving and shaking in there and it hurts but we are almost done baking her so I can deal for a little while longer. I am SO thankful that she isn't a rib kicker, she is a side stretcher.
Sleep: I am getting it and i am so happy. I get up 4-6 times to go to the bathroom a night but go right back to sleep with no issues. I am glad that I don't have the insomnia that I did with my second kiddo which is really awesome and I hope that it doesn't start LOL
What I Miss: Hugging my husband. We do this awkward side hug, not a fan. I want to hug my kiddo too and bend over! I tried to hold the seat for him yesterday while he was practicing riding his bike on two wheels and um yeah it was almost a fail too ha ha.
What I'm Looking Forward To: Seeing what this baby looks like. In the short term though we have a special trip planned for our little to go on a 2 hour train ride! I am SO excited it has taken EVERYTHING to keep my mouth shut about it!
Favorite Moment of the Week: Buying the rest of the things that I needed for Little Ms.
April 26, 2014
What this pregnancy has done for me
The state that I am currently in has certainly changed the direction of this blog, but I would rather it reflect part of my life rather than just fitness. I love fitness and I love that people come here and can leave educated in the realms of health and fitness but I also want to document me too.
Pregnancy has lately been an everyday topic in my life and as you can tell for a woman as she continues to grow it becomes more and more a topic of conversation. This pregnancy has been a total eye opening experience for me and I can tell you that it is because I am a more mature woman and this is the last pregnancy that I will ever have so I made it a point to embrace this closing chapter of my life.
I recently have been obsessed with watching pregnancy vlogs on youTube and reading birth stories on others blogs as labor and delivery now that I am at 33 weeks has become something that is coming in the very near future. I am getting everything ready for the baby, getting the closet ready, finishing the purchased of things that I will need for when she is here and then it is just a waiting game.
I have learned many things in this pregnancy (I always hated being pregnant before this one) that have really humbled me as a person. I have learned that I can be healthy no matter what it is simply a matter of choice and mind over matter. I learned to listen to my body and when I am tired to seriously listen to myself because taking care of me in the form of rest is essential for me to be a good person all around to all people in my life. I have grown closer to my husband by telling him the things that are wrong and I have leaned on him to help me around the house more often. I don't have to do everything for this family I should let others be involved as well.
I have also learned to just let things go. Success has been something that I have been craving since my divorce and I thought that at one point that adding more to my plate would help me to succeed. I took on photography and coaching and everything under the sun like being a fitness instructor and really.......I am successful where I am. I have a job that pays me well, that allows me to be with my family, and I have a family that I need to take care of. Being pregnant has really forced me to slow down and to look at things differently which makes me happy because I finally have peace and balance in my life. I mean we are not all perfect and some days are hectic and crazy and being tired doesn't help (darn you third trimester!) But I have come out on top in just sitting back and looking at my blessings as exactly what they are.
My baby brought me peace of mind and I know that she will drive me crazy but she has helped realize that we all just sometimes need to stop focusing on what is happening tomorrow and focus on the present and smell the roses. Being pregnant has humbled me in a way that I could not have even imagined that it would have. Now, don't get me wrong I am still a strong willed person but I now know that I don't have to do everything in order to be everything to everyone and money isn't everything. Thank you my little one and God for bringing this wonderful new way to light in my life!
Pregnancy has lately been an everyday topic in my life and as you can tell for a woman as she continues to grow it becomes more and more a topic of conversation. This pregnancy has been a total eye opening experience for me and I can tell you that it is because I am a more mature woman and this is the last pregnancy that I will ever have so I made it a point to embrace this closing chapter of my life.
I recently have been obsessed with watching pregnancy vlogs on youTube and reading birth stories on others blogs as labor and delivery now that I am at 33 weeks has become something that is coming in the very near future. I am getting everything ready for the baby, getting the closet ready, finishing the purchased of things that I will need for when she is here and then it is just a waiting game.
I have learned many things in this pregnancy (I always hated being pregnant before this one) that have really humbled me as a person. I have learned that I can be healthy no matter what it is simply a matter of choice and mind over matter. I learned to listen to my body and when I am tired to seriously listen to myself because taking care of me in the form of rest is essential for me to be a good person all around to all people in my life. I have grown closer to my husband by telling him the things that are wrong and I have leaned on him to help me around the house more often. I don't have to do everything for this family I should let others be involved as well.
I have also learned to just let things go. Success has been something that I have been craving since my divorce and I thought that at one point that adding more to my plate would help me to succeed. I took on photography and coaching and everything under the sun like being a fitness instructor and really.......I am successful where I am. I have a job that pays me well, that allows me to be with my family, and I have a family that I need to take care of. Being pregnant has really forced me to slow down and to look at things differently which makes me happy because I finally have peace and balance in my life. I mean we are not all perfect and some days are hectic and crazy and being tired doesn't help (darn you third trimester!) But I have come out on top in just sitting back and looking at my blessings as exactly what they are.
My baby brought me peace of mind and I know that she will drive me crazy but she has helped realize that we all just sometimes need to stop focusing on what is happening tomorrow and focus on the present and smell the roses. Being pregnant has humbled me in a way that I could not have even imagined that it would have. Now, don't get me wrong I am still a strong willed person but I now know that I don't have to do everything in order to be everything to everyone and money isn't everything. Thank you my little one and God for bringing this wonderful new way to light in my life!
April 21, 2014
32 Week Bumpdate
Baby Growth: By now, your baby weighs 3 3/4 pounds and is about 16.7 inches long, taking up a lot of space in your uterus. You're gaining about a pound a week and roughly half of that goes right to your baby. In fact, she'll gain a third to half of her birth weight during the next 7 weeks as she fattens up for survival outside the womb. She now has toenails, fingernails, and real hair (or at least respectable peach fuzz). Her skin is becoming soft and smooth as she plumps up in preparation for birth. (Source: Babycenter.com)
My Symptoms: I have been very tired and I have been out of gas by 6 at night. The only thing that keeps me going is that my husband lets me sit down and read (he doesn't let me but he very generously picks up the slack like dishes and bath time). I have been going to be between 8:30 and 9 during the week and staying up until 10:30 on Saturdays which is much like my first trimester. I am not AS tired as I was then but it's pretty similar.
I have been feeling VERY swollen even though it doesn't seem like I am. My fingers and ankles get the brunt of it but I am nowhere near Kim Kardashian in that department. I have been drinking lemon water to help alleviate it but it doesn't seem to be helping as much as when I wasn't pregnant but helps me feel better overall.
Weight/Belly: +32 pounds and I feel every single pound of it and I am starting to feel EVERYTHING. My belly has gotten noticeably bigger it makes me happy to know that she is growing in there but in the same respect it is making for more uncomfortable sleep. During the day I am just fine with my preggy belly :)
Maternity Clothes: YES! I went out and bought 2 more shirts to go with my leggings because the belly is starting to make all of my shirts mid-drift shirts and while that is the style now don't nobody want to be seeing that mess LOL and I don't want to be showing it either.
Movement: Very much! She is starting to jab a bit harder now which still surprises me but makes me happy too. She is getting stronger in there! She is way more active at night than during the day and I am praying that changes when she pops out! I do not want to be up all night with little Ms.
Sleep: It's been going. I have been getting up to pee more often and it is getting to be really bad. I am averaging 3-4 wake ups at night. I stumble to the bathroom and sit there with my eyes closed LOL. I am just reminding myself that it is just my body preparing me for the babies arrival. I am really tired during the day but I find that I wake up a bit after I workout which is a big relief and I know that once the baby comes I will be able to gain some energy from my workouts later on.
Workouts: I have been walking 3 miles 4 days a week and doing the Slim and Tone Pregnancy DVD 2-3 times a week. I did do Upper Fix from the 21 Day Fix with a girlfriend from work and it was nice to be able to lift again so I may throw that one in this week as well for a better upper body workout I am not a fan of the Slim and Tone one for just an upper day. I have been averaging a 6 time a week workout.
**BBL Update: I was not able to finish the 30 day challenge because of my SPD which really stinks! I can't wait to be able to lift my legs again LOL I know that sounds so crazy but I did the High and Tight workout and it was excruciating to do the leg lifts :( I am totally going to have to do that challenge after I have my little. *******
Cravings: Cake cake cake cake and can I say Cake! I don't seriously DO NOT like cake that much but cakes and donuts have been something I have been obsessing over!
Goals for the Next Week: Not to eat JUNK food! I have been indulging WAY too much!
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