Fit, Fabulous, and Pregnant-October 2011

Raynamama

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I just wanted to share a recipe with you all. I made it last night and just ate it for lunch and it is very satisfying. I got it from someone here on MFP and actually logged the nutritional info, and for 1/6 of the recipe, only 375 cals, 29 carbs, 15 fat, 33 protein, 4 fiber, and 38% calcium. I did steal some of the ground turkey for my baked potato yesterday and adjusted so if you use the whole pound in your recipe, it will change slightly. I think I am going to use this method and make different kinds - chicken and veggie, etc. It is pretty easy and I am loving crock pot recipe these days for Sundays. I am writing from memory.

1. Saute 1 large onion, 1 (or 2) garlic cloves, and 1 pound ground turkey in a non stick pan untill turkey is cooked. Add 1 teaspoon oregano, and 1 teaspoon salt (I used less salt and actually added a little frozen pesto as well). Add 3 8oz. cans tomato sauce, 1 6oz can tomato paste, and 1 cup water. Satuee untill everything comes together.

2. In the meantime, combine 2 cups low fat cottage cheese, 2 cups shredded mozzerella (I used a little less), and about 1/3 - 1/4 cup of parmesean cheese in separate bowl.

3. Put 1/4 of meat, sauce mixture in bottom of crock pot. Add wheat noodles, breaking up to cover (I used about 2 noodles per layer). Spread 1/3 cheese mixture. Top with 1/4 meat sauce mixture and continue layering (3 full layers) and top with remaining 1/4 of sauce mixture.

4. Cook on low in crockpot for 4-5 hours. I cooked mine for 4 hours and it was plenty. I would recommend letting it stand for 15 minutes before cutting and serving as it tends to run and is extremely hot if you serve immediately. I cut into 6 servings and it is very filling. Enjoy!

mistigoodwin

Good Morning Ladies.....

Actually I'm not sure if it's good or not yet. I feel b***** today, and yesterday a little bit too. Got woke up at 6:00 a.m. yesterday after only sleeping about 10 hours between Thurs. and Fri. night. So I wasn't happy. My one day a week to sleep in until at least 7:30 and my son and hubby woke me up for nothing!!! Guess I don't see why I need to be up that early just because they want to be.

Keep telling myself be nice, just be nice!!! Feeling a lil' better now that I got some coffee I guess.

On a better note, my son got 1st place at the tournament, yay - 3 in a row!! We are bumping him up a group next weekend, it will be hard, but it will be a good challenge for him! After the tournament, hubby headed home, me and Isaac went shopping, got some clothes that fit and returned 80.00 worth of stuff that didn't!! Plus got last minute things for my baby shower this weekend. I'm excited. On Sunday, thankfully my sister came and helped me. We moved all the stuff out of the computer room, (had to move it upstairs, 2 sets of stairs, then painted the nursery. Decided to go with white and then pink trim and pink shelves. Hoping to get some decal/stensils for the walls and then once I get everything else in there I think it will turn out super cute!!! I feel so much better just getting that much done. At least I have a place to put my stuff after the shower on Sunday.

This week is super busy. I am going to try and get a few walks in and hopefully yoga once or twice. Hubbys home so it's hard to do workout videos with him sitting there. LOL.

Monday - work, trick or treating
Tues. - work, late doctor appt., lil' bit of shopping
Wed. - work, parent teacher meetings ]
Thurs. - work, finish touch ups in nursery
Fri - work, and idk.
Sat. - wrestling tournament, clean house
Sun - Baby shower

Workouts will be best if I can get it out of the way early in the morning, but well see. Another goal is to get off work on time, not working 1-2 hours late everyday this week!!!!

Heather - I am anxious and I still have over 3 months to go. LOL. I think at that point every pregnant person is just ready to have the baby!! We've by the waited long enough!! Good luck. She'll be here soon though!!

bmfrazie - That is awesome time for 9 miles!!! Awesome!

Amy - Good luck at your upcoming appt. will be thinking and praying for you and baby!

Ashley - Your nursery is awesome!!!!! Good job, I love it.

Ash - Your goals are great. I wish I had time to get that much exercise in, in a week. Hoping I will after wrestling season, couple more weeks. I had to leave my son for the first time when he was 8 weeks old I think, it was sad, it wasn't even 24 hours, but he looked different to me when I got back. They change so much so quick. It's hard leaving them period. I still have a hard time leaving my 7 year old unless it's with my mom or my sister. It's all about bein a mom, that just how we are.

babeed - Your costumes are cute!!!

Kristy - Your and your hubby's costumes crack me up!!! I watch Jersey Shore too, it's one of those shows that you get addicted to because you gotta see all the drama. LOL Good job on the costumes.

Lunarokra - Yay, so glad your mom is going with you!! Sorry about the soccer tourney. I hate when our team loses, it's sad because they work so hard. Maybe next time.

Ashley - Thanks for the idea, I love using my crock pot. It's so nice when I get home and dinner is done! I'm going to try it this week. Actually got potato soup in my crock pot right now.

Anyone else at this stage having a lot of hip pain? My hips hurt a lot all of a sudden, don't know if it's weight, or pressure or what I can do for it. Plan on asking doctor tomorrow. Kinda thought it was too soon for my hips to spread but maybe not.

Raynamama

Ok...I'm going to try this again lol :bigsmile:
Happy Halloween everyone! Is anyone dressing up today or tonight? I totally dropped the ball on Halloween this year, my husband and I just carved our pumpkins last night and bought the candy for the kiddies tonight. I'm thinking of running out at lunch to try to find cat ears and just dress up like a cat for handing out candy tonight that's always easy!

I had a SUPER busy weekend and got SO much done. It was great but I'm definitely exhausted today and my hips are feeling the effects of a really busy weekend of non-stop walking and just constantly being on my feet! I'm actually happy sitting at my desk for the day today which NEVER happens lol.
So I wrote a super long post before and it didn't work because I didn't read that the last forum was locked (Monday/baby brain!) anyway I'm going to summarize as best I can....

I had a really good weekend, picked up the bassinet at Babies R Us (it was the last one!) it's a Graco Travel Lite Crib with Stages -Cabo. It fits perfect beside the bed and can be used as a travel crib and playpen later on :happy: it's really cute and super easy to set up. It's already beside the bed lol. Then I turbo cleaned my house and the main floor is finally at a place where I'm not constantly irritated if I sit too long and look around going "oh I should really..." lol so that's good. Now I just have to tackle the upstairs!
On Sunday I went for breakfast with my mom and then we went to Kids Furniture Gallery and did some damage! lol We found the baby bedroom set (Crib, mattress, dresser/change table, and bedding) I'm so surprised I was able to find bedding that I liked but I did and I LOVE IT...it's a retro-ie owl print with sections that are striped as well, it's SO cute and I LOVE it. I also got the change pad with matching cover. AND we found an owl themed play mat that is super cute too. I also bought one of those baby sleeping bag onesies because you can't use a blanket, it's made out of bamboo and it's super soft and cute. The nice thing about the crib etc is the store is coming to deliver and put everything together on Nov 19th! Which will be wonderful! Now I just have to get the computer room cleaned out and ready! :bigsmile: I'm so excited. And now we have a theme Owl/Forrest - so we're going to start getting everything together...I just can't wait until the room is done! Definitely getting there!
On Saturday this weekend, we also had supper at my inlaws and my MIL found my husbands mobile and it still works, it's SO cute and she found these little crochet animals that her mother made and we're going to use them on the mobile. I'm so excited. It means a lot :happy: They also pulled out a whole bunch of Jay's old baby things/toys etc. It was really cool.

Anyway...I will be 6 months this week! WOW the time is flying. We also have our prental classes this weekend in Calgary that I won from Healthy Birth Choices and I'm really excited. We just need to book our hotel! LOL. Even though we'll be in class all weekend it will still be nice to get away with my husband and stay in a hotel :bigsmile: I'm really looking forward to it. Just have to make it through this week! But with how fast the weeks have been going it shouldn't be that hard!

Better_Balance_2 - the painting is amazing! My husband and I are going to attempt to paint a mural ourselves and we're going to do a tree with some animals, birds/owls - wish us luck! I hope ours turns out as well!

Heather - you're doing amazing, I am so excited for you and hope that the baby comes soon!

Anyways, I should get back to work! 15 weeks of work left! LOL...but who's counting?

Have a fab Monday ladies! :flowerforyou:

Raynamama

mistibergman - my hips, lower back, and pelvis have been bugging me for weeks now :frown: I went to the chiro once and I should probably go back. I was also thinking about asking my doctor too. I have an appointment next week so I will for sure...I have a lot of trouble sleeping because of it, and if I'm on my feet for too long or walk too long (shopping trip or something) I really pay for it after...and I'm going to be 24 weeks this week.

Better_Balance_2011

It's me again. :ohwell: I forgot that I had my dr. apt. on Friday and my glucose and iron levels were good! I also got my RH neg shot and some blood drawn. The shot hurt. I liked my dr. My practice has 9-10 drs. so whoever is on call is who delivers your baby so I am trying to see them all. The last guy was really boring and not friendly at all, and this guy was super nice and so talkative. I would be OK for him to deliver the baby. They also set my next appointment for 2 weeks from now so I guess I am to the point where I go every 2 weeks from now on.

Rayna, if you can get and use a projector for your wall art, even if it's projecting an image of an owl or animal, it helps so much. I consider myself to be somewhat artistic, but drawing on a wall and getting everything scaled properly is hard. The projector made it so much easier to get the base started.

Misti, my lower back has been bothering me some. I just went for a 20ish minute walk and it hurts now. I had small problems with it before and they're just getting worse. I can pretty much twist and crack my lower vertebrae at any given time. I have been to the chiro once and will probably have to go again. I think I am going to schedule a preggo massage for in a few weeks after my test, which I scheduled for 11/17, so check that off my list!

Alright, back to work.

kistinbee

Morning gals!

Well...had a fairly good weekend. Friday was busy and didn't get a chance to exercise. Saturday I did my strength/cardio workout, and yesterday I did some yoga. Ate too much yesterday as well...and already today I have munched on too much Halloween candy! BUMMER!! Plan tonight is another strength/cardio workout.

For the week:
Strength/cardio-3 times
Yoga-3 times

Hope you all have a great day!!

AmyMooreOrLess

Bump! Gotta stay in the know with my pregnant MFP friends!
Happy Halloween Mamas.

DeniseGdz

Okay, I've caught up with everybody

Heather, hang in there. I know it's easier said than done but I think you're doing a wonderful job and definitely an inpiration to the rest of us on here. Just when you least expect it, this baby will come knocking!! Meanwhile, your weekend sounds amazing! What I wouldn't give to sit a day on teh couch with Thai food and some scary movies!!

Amy- Just a few more days until your apt and then you can adk your doctor about working out. meanwhile, be sure to take it easy and enjoy the next few days on the couch!!

Better balance- LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the nursery! You guys did an amazing job and all that hard work had definitely paid off!!! I hope that your friend is able to find his little friend. I hate to hear of pets that are lost/outside for extended periods of time. Weather is not the best and changing fast. As far as your doctors apt, glad to hear that everything went well. Here's to prayin that you get a good doctor that you feel comfortable with!!

Abeare- A bit of a stress there iwth you being the maid of honor & having to do the bachorlette party. I know that the baby is still young, but I'm sure you can stay away for a few hours. Well, I say that now- but wait until I have mine and I might be right there with you, LOL.... Hopefully, by then you can have a good babysitter and that will help relieve some of the stress.

Kristy- I don't watch jersy shore, but your costumes are a riot!! LOL!! Love them!! Suggestion if you can (if it's an option for you) to check on Craigslist for Coco Dot bedding. it's hit or miss what you find but then again you might hit the jackpot like we did


Luna- I'm sorry to hear about your mom. I'm sure she didn't mean it like it came out, but our hormones make us a little more sensitive at times than others. Glad you forgave her and that she's able to accompany you to the U/S!! What an exciting moement! I was on pins and needles the entire time!

Misti- congrats on the 1st place tourney!! My nephew plays his this weekend and he's called a few times to make sure that I don't forget that we need to be there. LOL!! Love them at that age!! Still sounds like you have lots going on, so be sure to take 5 or 10 min out here and there for yourself. Even if it's just to take a deep breathe.

Rayna- Holy cow did you get a lot done this weekend!! You are rockin and a rollin!! LOL!! I'm sure getting all this takes the load off and you can now start on nesting!! Be sure to take pics of you class/location if you can and keep us in the loop! Sounds like a fun class!!

Kristin- Stay away from teh candy!! but I know how difficult that is to do! Woo! Try to balance by drinking more water?? Meanwhile, good job aon your dedication to working out!


AFM- Working lots of late nights this week. Going to be a little crazy since the east is covered in the storm. We'll have a bit more work on this side. Felt the baby kick for the first time Saturday morning and the hubby actually got to see/feel him kicking. He freaked out a little....OK...he freaked out A LOT!! It was too funny but exciting to see his reactions. Spend most of the halloween party with hands on the tummy trying to see if they could get a reaction from the baby and much to my surprise we did. Apparently, my kid Rock Band!! he was going to town with most of the 80's songs that were being played. Then the game became lets see which one he likes best. Needless to say, I was extremely exhausted yesterday.

Today is a new day and he's been kicking up a storm today as well. Trying to see if I can figure out a pattern of his movements or see if he's just all over the place??

As for the hip pain- I haven't had any but then again I pop my back and stretch it all the time and that ususally does it. Keep me posted on what the doctors say! :flowerforyou:

nkster781

Happy Halloween to all!

I love all your costumes. I still need to carve my pumpkin, haha. I guess tonight's better time than never:0) I hope we get lots of Trick or Treaters because I can not be left alone with too much candy, haha. I heard a good thing to do is freeze whatever you don't use that way it is harder to eat. So I will definitley do that.

Heather that baby will be here before you know it. I'm sure she will come when you least expect it.

Better Balance your nursery is amazing! Great job:0)

Hope everyone else is well. I'm still pretty busy at work and it's hard to keep up.

I'm doing pretty good. I'm starting to feel really pregnant. This baby is really starting to get big and her moves are more uncomfortable. She loves to lay on my bladder. Also this weekend I think she was breeched sideways. I had a lump on my left side and a lump on my right. Today I think she is where she is supposed to be. I feel movement in my pelvis and near my ribs. I've been trying so hard not to recline as to keep this baby in the right position. It won't be long before she runs out of room to turn around.

Well better go, have a great day all!

taldie01

Im not even going to try to cath up with everyone right now.

Heather- I didnt know thats what happened when your plug broke. The night before I went into labour I had a small spot of pink that was it. Im not surprised your not in labour right now!

Im officially Halloweened out, Had about 20 people and kids over for my daughters Halloween party. I was beat by the time it was all said and done, the house looked great, there was a ton of food, cookies to decorate and Halloween story time which my husband done quite well.

Excited to take my li peanut out trick or treating tonight! She is a Candy monster these days..... And Im dressing up a friendly witch

Didnt eat the best this weekend but could have been worse. Ran 5kms yesterday and felt like I had to pee the whole time.

This week (14 weeks)

Strength 2x (once last week
Aquasize Tues
run 2x
walk on lunch breaks
eat out once
more fruits and veg

smilegirl

Happy Halloween!

I did manage to get my three runs this past week, but only walked the dogs five days instead of seven. This morning we had a three mile run and a 40 minute walk with the dogs. Still need to get in my ab work and arms, hopefully when Ellie goes to bed tonight. Goals for this week - three runs and 5-7 days of dog walking. It is starting to get chilly and rainy here, but we are still getting out. No excuses!!

bmfranzie, excellent on the 5k. I hope you can continue to run as long as you'd like. I never intended to make it my entire pregnancy, but I did and am now back to it. It's such a great release.

Heather, I know I keep saying this, but try and be patient and enjoy your last days of non-parenthood. It is not easy to do because you are SO READY to meet Charlee, but this is the end of life as you know it (in a really good way!) You wonder how I managed to not complain at the end. First, I don't think my discomfort was the same as yours (mine was very pelvic) and secondly as you know it was a struggle for me to conceive too. We'd love a second child, but I am being realistic in that it may not happen again for us so I just wanted to soak up every possible minute of being pregnant. It becomes so hard when all your friends and family are asking, "any baby yet" and that is what pushed me over the emotional edge at the end. Hang in there your precious bambina will be here very soon! As for the nay-sayers on working out (pregnant or not and children or not) - in my opinion, if having a healthy lifestyle of eating right and working out is important to you it is something that you make a priority. Look at Amy, Lexi and myself (and BelgiumLady I'm sure when she gets cleared from the c-section). We all exercised throughout pregnancy, gained a healthy amount of weight and got back to working out when our doctors gave us the okay and we all have babies now! Not to mention we are either at/below or just shy of pre-pregnancy weights. I think being pregnant is a very easy excuse to not exercise and some people will take every out that they are given. I always say you have to want it. If being thin was easy, just about everyone would be. It's HARD WORK to eat right and exercise and you definitely have the right mind set. Listen to the body for now. I am praying for a super easy, vaginal birth for you so you will be back to the sweating, hard core workouts within a few weeks. I'm rooting for you!!

Amyrhubarb, keeping you in my prayers for a good doctors appointment. The waiting is unbearable sometimes.

Ashley, your painting in the nursery looks awesome! Your little girl is so lucky to have a creative mama! Thanks for the recipe too. I am always looking for something easy and healthy to shake up my standard go to recipes. I will give it a try soon. As always, your goals look excellent. Hope you have a fabulous week ahead.

Ash, see above rant to Heather on the exercise nay-sayers! Okay, here is my 10 cents on your friends wedding. It is almost impossible to know how you will be feeling at two months old. Ellie will be eight weeks on Wednesday, which I can hardly believe, so I am right near where you'll be. My brother-in-law offered to babysit yesterday so that my husband and I could go to the Seahawks game. As much as I love to go to games, I realized I wasn't mentally or physically ready to leave her for that long yet! So far, I think the longest I've been away is about four hours. I am breastfeeding and also know that five hours is my absolute max before I am so uncomfortable that I have to pump. Remember breastfeeding is a supply and demand thing so if you choose to pump, your milk will keep coming, which can kind of be a double edged sword. I was very lucky to have an easy time with breastfeeding and we were well established within the first week. I started pumping the second week since I will go back to work part-time in January and my working girlfriends all said the one thing they regret was not pumping and storing more milk before returning to work. I also wanted to introduce Ellie to the bottle to have that option if we were out and so that she'd be comfortable taking a bottle when I go back to work. We introduced the bottle between week two and three. As for looking your best, you have continued to exercise and eat well so you should have an easy time losing the baby weight. Breastfeeding will help too. I know we all have different bodies, but I was back to my pre-pregnancy weight within the first 7-10 days (once all the swelling from the c-section went away) and Amy, Lexi and BelgiumLady are all either at or close to their pre-pregnancy weight too and we are all two months or less since giving birth. You have all of us to continue to support you! Apologize and hope that isn't too much information!

Kristy, love the costumes! I didn't buy a bumper either - too worried about the safety and I have a hard time spending money on something just for show. The nursery will still end up adorable without it. It's not too late to jump back on the exercise bandwagon. You can do this, tell the lazy monsters to get out! Great goals for the week.

Brenda, yeah on your mom getting on-board for the ultrasound. Sometimes I think they forget how important some of the little milestones are for us. Good luck to getting back to your exercising - it shouldn't be too hard since you usually rock it!

Misti, as always your schedule makes my head spin! Hopefully your boss just was forgetful about your due date - I am pretty adamant when I am off work, that means I am off! No phone calls at home!! As for your hip pain, I seem to remember having my hips be pretty sore when lying down by that stage in the game. I think it's all the extra weight that you aren't used to carrying and not all that unusual. Sorry for the discomfort. Your nursery too sounds like it is coming together.

Rayna, you have been a busy bee! It feels good to start checking things off the list doesn't it? Enjoy your free class this weekend.

Kristin, glad you had a good week last week. It's very hard for me to stay away from the candy too. So far I am winning today!

Amy, you have been rocking the workouts mama. I can only imagine how much harder it is to find the time with an infant and a toddler. You are an inspiration!

Babeed, you too sound like you are getting lots accomplished. Love the costumes! Ellie always kicked and made lot of movements when I listened to music and/or sang. She was particularly fond of The Who!

Nichole, we just carved our pumpkins a couple hours ago! I'm with you on hoping for lots of trick or treaters although I will miss some of it with bath time and putting Ellie to sleep. My husband is working tonight so this will be the first year I'll have to leave the candy on the porch with a sign for part of the night. You are starting to move along with this pregnancy too. It is incredible how our bodies manage to change to find the room as we grow.

Taldie, have fun with your little one tonight. Your party sounds like it was a great success! Good job on the run yesterday and great weekly goals.

Okay, I think I got everyone. I apologize if I missed anyone. Good luck to everyone for a healthy meals and exercise this week!

Holly

kah78

Hi all--I've been stalking all week, but finding time to write is hard sometimes! Our first sonogram is tomorrow. I have no reason to think that everything isn't going just as planned inside there, but I"m sure you all know how it is--I"m so anxious. I guess it's all the buildup after the TTC rollercoaster. Well, tomorrow won't come any faster by worrying, so I might as well stop it...but if you can cross your fingers, toes, and anything else possible, I'd appreciate it.

Heather--I know you have been waiting for so long to meet Charlee, but really try to relax and enjoy these last few days. They are unlike any other you will experience, and if you are like me, you will look back fondly on them in about a month or two and go--"Gee, I wish I could go back to those days and take a nap right now." Haha! Like smilegirl said, your world is going to completely change. I thought I was ready for it (and I was...) but if I had known what I know now, well, let's just say, this time around, I'm going to enjoy those last few days of laying around, or exercising, or shopping, or whatever I decide to do before the baby comes EVEN MORE!!! She'll be in your arms in no time--enjoy your now moments now. (Except for that whole rib cage thing--I had that too--NO FUN.)

Ooo, gotta run...little boy is into something....later gals.

Better_Balance_2011

Don't forget it's already November ladies! See ya there.

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