15 Weeks

This week and last week, I seem to finally be back to "normal". Knock on wood, quick! I'm eating well but not overdoing it again. I started this pregnancy in the low 180s (can't remember the exact number) and this morning I weighed 188.5. So I'm still doing great. I keep having to remind myself to drink enough water though. Oops. I woke up with a bad headache Saturday morning and I'm pretty sure I was slightly dehydrated. Feeling much better now. Everything I've read has said obese women (which according to Wii Fit I had crept back up to before getting pregnant) should gain 5 - 10 pounds during a pregnancy. Definitely a summary, not a quote, my doc said as long as mom and baby are doing fine, the weight gain doesn't really matter. So basically she told me not to obsess over it. And I'm not.

Lots of people keep telling me, you don't even look pregnant. And it's true. I barely have a bump yet but I'm only at 15 weeks for crying out loud! Lol. In fact, I went to Motherhood Maternity this weekend (thanks to a gift card earned from www.mypoints.com) and bought one of those belly band things for my jeans from the last pregnancy cause they keep falling off! I actually went with the intention of buying/replacing bottoms and ended up buying 2 t-shirts and 3 work shirts. Ugh. I just don't like the bottoms at Motherhood. So I guess I'll have to trek out to Old Navy on the other side of Pearland sometime this week.

Sunday is the Warrior Race! I'm proud of Brent. He's lost 20 something pounds getting ready for this. This Friday I have another appointment and this morning we were discussing whether or not it's another ultrasound and I honestly couldn't tell you. I'm really starting to believe my mother's theory that you lose half your brain with each child you have. Lol. It would probably help if I would get my butt in bed at a decent hour so I don't walk around in zombie mode every day.

That's all I know for now!

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Well, I was eating really well and I was feeling really well. I was on antibiotics the first week of March for the Group B Strep stuff (see Baby Bean blog for more info on that) while everyone in the family was sick. I was done with the antibiotics on Friday March 5th and was sick by Monday March 8th. I knew I could Tylenol combo products for colds so I went and got one of those to take. I took one dose too close to bedtime (aka, barely any food in my stomach) and ended up getting sick first thing Wednesday morning. Tylenol has always been like that for me. And ever since then, my stomach does NOT like me. I finally got over the cold but since Wednesday I have kept my wonderful anti-nausea pills close by me at all times. So I haven't been eating as well cause I've been babying my stomach big time. Smells are bothering me to no end. (I've had lightened diaper duty the past week, hehe.) I've also been drinking sodas a lot cause the bubbles help my stomach.

Funny thing about last week though... I lost 7.5 pounds. Not the way I would've chosen to lose them. And the good thing is that I haven't gained them all back this week.

I am so ridiculously exhuasted too. Getting over a cold and growing a human is tough work! Hopefully I'll start feeling back to what I was last month pretty quick. Hard to believe that I'm at 10 weeks now. Only 30 to go!

Pregnancy #2

So since weight loss is not really my goal at the moment, I suppose I'll use this to blog about my new perspective on pregnancy. I think everyone goes through that first pregnancy thinking they can "eat for two" and it'll be fine cause they'll lose the weight when they breastfeed. Pitiful philosophy as I have discovered! As I've said many times before, I am certain that I put on all of my pre-Weight Watchers weight and the baby weight during my last pregnancy. I never got back down to pre-Brendan weight between these two. But that's okay.

It's really odd but I feel healthier this pregnancy. I feel like my eating habits are sooooooo much better even though there is still much room for improvement. I'm much more in tune with my body too. For example, when I eat a light lunch and drink enough water and don't overdo it on dinner, I feel fine most of the day. When I eat fast food for all 3 meals, I feel awful by the time I go to bed. My weight has fluctuated within a 5 pound range and it all depends on what I eat during the day. I've been drinking a lot of juice too instead of relying on non-caffeinated sodas. I had a Sprite with lunch the other day and really wondered why I didn't get lemonade. I just hope I can convince myself that these habits are what will help me continue losing weight while breastfeeding and after.

Our friends are all doing the Warrior Race on May 2nd near Dallas. Wish I had a link, I'll have to go find it. Actually, to be more specific, the guy friends and Claire are doing it. Claire is awesome, she's done a half-marathon before. And her and her fiance are getting married a couple of weeks later so she's thinking about buying a thrift store wedding dress to run the race in. We are seriously encouraging this! The race is 3.6 miles and has lots of obstacles. It's sort of like what they do in basic training. There's stuff to climb, things to swim under, and of course army crawling through mud under barbed wire. Personally, I don't care if I am in the best shape of my life, even I am too girly to crawl through mud that who knows how many other people have crawled through. It's the last obstacle of the course too. And the guys favorite part, they are greeted with a beer at the end of the race. If I were them, I would save the beer until after at least a glass of water! Since I will still be pregnant, I will be cheering them on. A few other girls will be with me too. Brent is taking this as a great time to start up running again and eating better. I think he's already lost some weight too!

That's all for now! Hope everyone is still doing good on their weight loss goals. Hoping to be back to where I am now by the end of the year and back to where I was pre-Brendan by the end of 2011.

1st week goal... almost there!

I worked out for the 4th time this week today. Just need to work out tomorrow morning and I will have met my first week goal! I really do feel better when I've worked out, even if I am a little more sleepy. It's worth it. I didn't eat very well last night or the day before, so I definitely need to keep this up! I looked (via link from email) at Jillian Michaels website to see how to calculate my BMR (basal metabolic rate). Apparently when I do nothing, my body (at my current age, weight, and height) burns 1600 calories. I would've thought it was a lot less than that. But that also shows me how many calories I must've been eating. Ouch!

2010... you're mine!

I have worked out the past 3 mornings with the Wii Fit Plus! Very proud of myself :-) This morning I am verrrrrrrry sleepy and quite sore though. Probably need to stop going to bed at midnight if I'm gonna wake up at 6.

These next two weeks are going to be very challenging. I have the first part of the CPA exam on Friday the 15th. I've discovered my pitfalls seem to be emotions and mindless eating. So I am NOT going to let my stress have control over my eating. I need to prove that to myself. I need to start remembering how relaxing Yoga is. That way, when I'm super stressed out, I can do a few Yoga exercises on the Wii and get re-focused for studying. (Or when I get distracted by any number of video games... lol.)

Here's to a great new year and healthy habits to form! (P.S. They say it takes 6 weeks to make something a habit, so that's my first goal, six weeks of working out at least 5 times a week!)