@VeryKatie Happy February indeed. And happy late Valentine's Day to everyone!
@puffbrat How did it go with the Superbowl eating? Journaling matters even when calories are over IMHO.

@SheilAnneSmith That conference sounds like a nightmare! I hope they paid you well for all that trouble and overtime. Welcome home though. Get some rest!

@RhiannonBecks Glad you had a great time in Mexico! Sounds like you're getting ready to take a big step. Takes a lot of courage. I never got that far to seek specialist help. I did try a lot of natural/cheaper ways such as CoQ10, wild yam lotion, mustard oil, vitamins. And I think losing 13 lbs helped considering where my weight was at the time. Let us know how it all goes. We're rooting for you!

@girlalmighty08 You need your own reno show! I hope we get to see pics at some point. So exciting! At least when the carpet arrives, it'll be quick to go in. I think demoing the floor is a much longer/harder process.

@WifiresGettingFit It's starting to feel like spring here. Flowers have started blooming on the super early bushes and daffs are creeping up. Maybe some spring will come your way. The apartment fire--glad they got it out and that it didn't damage your building too badly.

@pezhed Sound stressful! How long do you think this project will take. VaTech? That's out near my neck of the woods--about an hour from where I live. My husband graduated from Radford in the Blacksburg/Christiansburg area. It's a great area to live in. Lots of bike trails/hiking/camping out there. Scenery is beautiful, although our mountains are more like hills for you guys. Haha. I hope you do come out here. I think you'll love it. ^__^

So as far as me, I had a decent week last week. I even got to the gym, but over did it in my zeal. Did not stretch before or after, and ended up with an annoying muscle twitch in my knee that lasted three days! Lesson learned about that! I also heard baby kicking the Fetal Doppler at my midwife appointment. I'm raising a ninja! I can't feel kicks yet, but I did feel/see baby move one time. Saw my belly twitch and change shape. It felt incredibly strange.

This week I got norovirus (I think) from one of 3 people at work who had it. Despite my best efforts to send my sick staff home, I still got it! Researching it, I found out pregnant women are #1 targets for this bad boy due to our lowered immune systems. Yuck. One can get it from touching a doorknob. It's resistant to hot and cold, sanitizer, (including restaurant grade sanitizer), and household cleansers. The good news is that it does not cross the placenta or affect baby unless I were to get super dehydrated. So the last few days I've been sleeping, chugging gatorade, playing Fallout 3, and being a total grumpus in the house. I'm starving because of baby. If I eat, I BLEK. If I don't eat, I'm queasy from baby. The hubs cooked this fabulous steak dinner for Valentine's Day and I couldn't eat it. Maybe today? I'm desperately trying to sip my first cup of coffee in days, and then I'm going to make myself go to work. Even if I'm still a little queasy, I can't take another day shut in the house bored out of my mind. Haha. Luckily, there's lots to do away from the kitchen and customers.

Erm, and I did lose 2 lbs out of this. I know I shouldn't be relieved by weight loss, but I am. I started to freak out last week when I hit and went over a certain number on the scale. Logically, I know baby weight is normal and healthy, and not a death sentence. But emotionally, it's a totally different matter, and really hard to convince myself that this is OK and that I'm going to be OK. Because it doesn't look or feel OK. And I'm only halfway through this, and keep comparing myself to my pregnant friends who are skinnier than me and not gaining nearly so much weight. Anyway, looking forward to having a nice normal weekend and sanity. You guys have a good one!

Oh! @Alioth ! I specifically have been meaning to reply to you. Where in VA are you? I'm originally from Covington if you've heard of it. Really small papermill town about an hour north of Roanoke, so the move would be closer to home for me. We'd miss Colorado but it would be nice to be so close to family (without being TOO close to family, hehe). That sucks about the norovirus!! Ugh! Sounds especially terrible while pregnant.

@WifiresGettingFit congratulations on the job!! How exciting! That shift is crummy but hopefully you can change it to the more tolerable hours before long. Woohoo! Great job!

@girlalmighty08 so great about the event! Congrats!
@RhiannonBecks ahh how annoying that the cycle you are anxiously awaiting your period. That's great that you'll be charting. That should help squelch some of your anxiety going forward since you'll be more familiar with when you're ovulating and therefore when you should expect your period! Even if you are usually regular, ya never know when you're bodies going to troll you. In the subreddit I get tons of info from, a common saying is "you're regular until you're not".

I woke up this morning and did yoga before work (Yoga with Adriene on YouTube). It was only like 17 mins long but I'm glad I got out of bed. I did Day 1 of the 30-day challenge she did for the new year so I'm hoping to follow that along each morning of March. I weighed myself this morning to face the music and it ain't pretty. At least if I'm doing yoga it might help me relax and get me in the habit of waking up a little earlier. Otherwise work is still crazy and the pace is picking up. I'm continuously behind (so I thought why not check in on MFP? hehe) and will never catch up. I SO hope hubby gets the VA job and I can get out of here. Or really any full time job with benefits for him would help me get a chance to figure out what I want out of this life.

I got my period on Saturday so not pregnant. Of course it was right after I peed on an expensive test, haha. Why wouldn't it be? My luteal phase was a lot longer than normal so I'm hoping it means our likelihood of success is higher per cycle since longer LP = higher likelihood of implantation. Kris and I both started taking CoQ10 this cycle which is supposed to improve sperm and egg health. I don't think it has any weird side effects so it can't hurt.

@WifiresGettingFit thanks for the info. I might look at the spreadsheet soon. I haven’t had a chance yet.

@VeryKatie life with a 21 month old is crazy. She is active and hates sleep. But I still love it. I’m also recently a stay at home Mom so that has presented new challenges I didn’t have before.

@pezhed Thanks for the info! I want two more but I had pre eclampsia and an emergency c section. I know losing weight isn’t guaranteed to prevent that but it’s helpful. I’m also 30 and want two more so I’ll probably use the spreadsheets for goals to hold myself accountable so that I can lose the weight more quickly, but still in a healthy way.