Did you ever make it to the gym Jen?

No workout for me this morning I was up at 12:30 and could not go back to sleep. I tossed and turned until at least 3:00 so when the alarm went off at 5 there was no way I was getting out of bed! Slept till 6 got up and came to work. Such a life LOL I'm feeling like a zombie today.

You jump squat with dumbells?? No wonder your knee hurts!

Hi gals - was just on here checking in real quick and thought I would pop in and say hi. FB is definitely easier

Jen - such a busy day. Good luck! And I agree with Blue - no wonder your knee hurts haha.

I finally got on the scale today - 168.5 which is 18.5 pounds over my pre-preggo weight. I'm anticipating a few more pounds coming off in the next few weeks, and hoping that BFing will help with some of that weight too. Then in exactly 3 weeks (not that I'm counting) I can get the clear to workout.

Hope you ladies have a great day!!! I'm hoping to get on the forums at least every other day.

Yep, 18.5 isn't bad at all. I'm looking forward to your presence again as a lifting commiserator

I'm eating a danish for no good reason except I wanted a danish. probably a bad idea as I'm going to have to inhale dinner in three hours so I can show students a movie at 7. I'll save the last .25 of this danish for tomorrow!

I took a very chilly walk this morning--it was drizzly, breezy and cold, but I soldiered on for 47 minutes listening to the podcast "Serial." Right now the kids are taking an exam and I'm watching them.

GO JEN!!

Unfortunately after a third sleepless night in a row I was in no mood for exercise I did have the best sleep between 5 and 6 tho! Really hated to get out of bed. Didn't really even have time for a BWM but did get some pushups in at least.

I'll bet even Meg gets more sleep than I have been getting LOL

Ugh Blue - sorry about the sleepless nights. Charlie is actually a pretty good little sleeper for being so little. He'll go about 4 hours, nurse, then another 3-3.5 hours. What I wouldn't give for 6 hours of straight sleep though. We've started introducing a bottle, so I think it's David's turn to wake up with him tonight or tomorrow night Glad you got some good sleep last night though, and good luck at the poke and prod hehe. Have fun at lunch!

Jen - EVERYONE and their mom is talking about the Serial Podcast, I guess I'm going to have to start listening to it too. And really danishes are delicious so, eat on sister. Good luck with the Basic! Woot Woot.

My knee is bothering me a lot these days. I realized what it was... I've had it before. It's called chondromalacia and essentially means the cartilage below my knee cap is disappearing or damaged. I need to be better about icing and stretching and doing some exercises. I am still hoping to get out for a walk today... we had crazy crazy wind storm last night and it's been gross and rainy out all week. Seems to be better for the next few days!

I hope you guys have a great Friday and weekend. I'm really trying to make an effort to login on my computer at least every other day... still no logging (I probably won't for awhile) but it's nice to catch up and stay connected.

Ps - if you want a "birth announcement" message me your address... they are pretty cute

hey hey,

I'm glad your appt went well, and sorry you're still not sleeping, Blue. And I'm sorry your knee is poorly, Meg! We all fall apart at once.

I'm still achy from supercharged the other day; I took the day off from all exercise, save some running around we did looking for these rocks local artists have been painting and hiding around town. They post clues daily, and then people hunt for them. We found two today and were quite happy-we figured we'd be too late to the party, but we weren't!

Down 11 from last year--way to go!

I'm still grading. I'm down to the big guys--two 20p independent studies. I'm thinking about printing them out and heading to a pub. I have the attention span of a gnat in the house.

How nice to have the visit over! I don't know where the month has gone, either. Mysterious.

Terrie 2 lbs is amazing! It will be gone in no time! I won't do nearly that well lol. I plan on Baileys in my coffee every morning, mimosas with breakfast and drinking by the pool all afternoon and that doesn't even include the food and I've hit my cals for the day Hit my lowest low this morning so at least I'll be starting off at a low number!

I meant to ask, Meg, how the visit with the in laws went. That seemed to last a long time.

Jen that rock hunting looks cool. Did you get a workout in today?

Woohoo, have fun!

I didn't get any exercise yesterday but I did finish all my grading; today I got into the gym in the morning, submitted my grades by 10, and solved a handful of other work issues before coming home. I've got laundry going, put Christmas lights up outside to surprise my husband (we're waaaaaaay behind this year!) and will head out in an hour to celebrate Hanukkah with the fam (my cousin married a woman who is Jewish, so now they do both traditions!) I'm tired but it's a good day.

Had a wonderful evening. We are heading out to breakfast this morning and then they're off to visit his brother and I'm off to work But first we open presents!!

Meg I discovered a great arm workout - it's called baby lifts lol I was bouncing Cooper on my knee and lifting him up. OMG my arms are sore this morning lol.

Meg, with all the exercise you did pre-baby, I'm sure you'll be down to normal in no time. I can't believe your inlaws were less than helpful! I think having two might be a little different but I think Kristi was grateful for the times I had Cooper. It gave her a little space at least and more time with Oliver. Although maybe it was different because she was in my house and not hers? I don't know. She kept asking me if I wanted to give him back I'd have kept him if I could - such a little sweetheart! So easy at that age - eat sleep poop and not even necessarily in that order LOL

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A friend of mine, when her baby was small (he's 2 now), had a similar experience--her MIL was out for two weeks and expected my friend to wait on her! She was totally exhausted by the time she left, pretty much the opposite of what she'd hoped for!

That's so weird! Even when we were at their house when Oliver was about 5 months old it wasn't like that. I'd never expect anyone to wait on me - especially when I can get off my butt and do it myself! Besides, I'd rather hold the baby

I haven't logged at all this week - early start to my vacation I guess. I've just got so much going on with the kids' visit, year end at work, packing etc etc. I haven't eaten that badly but I'm sure I'm over a hundred or two.

What kind of gym are you thinking of joining Jen? I can understand why you'd want to - not have to go all the way to work would be a big plus. If you had the room you could set yourself up for the price of an annual gym membership. Bonus for you would be the gym at work! Listen to me LOL The one who hasn't touched weights since the summer Jan 5 I'm back at it tho!

24 hours from now I will be on my way to the sun and sand!! WHOO HOO! Can't wait!

Woohoo! Have an awesome time! I had a decent workout today; I skipped the last set of pushups with rows (those are as awful as they sound) but was able to up my weight at least for the single-leg romanian deadlift!

Work is actually only a few miles from home; it's more the mental trip ("bah, I Have to go to work!") but I'll likely keep it. The mister has signed up for a gym and a bunch of bells and whistles--he's lifting now, too! It's fun to hear him talk about it. It's a bit of a pretty penny right now, so free gym is the gym for me.

Sitting here in Dallas waiting for our connection to Fort Lauderdale. It's freezing here! Only 48 degrees. Brrrr. It's almost warmer at home.