Monday already? ... Busy season for me work-wise. Thank goodness I ordered pre-made prep meals for the next 2 weeks The Holidays are around the corner and I'm not ready 😧
@jessicakrall8 - During busy times I order pre-made meals online from a local company that delivers to your home or a local NutriShop in the area. I'm In Southern California so there's quite a few businesses that do this. I found them via Yelp search: "meal prep services" near me.

Great weekend - My Employer (in lieu of holiday party) treated the staff of 6 (including spouses/or +1) to: a holiday light cruise followed by Dinner and overnight stay in Newport beach. It was a great time, pretty sure I lost track of all the food/drink we enjoyed.

Yukie_OP wrote: »

Monday already? ... Busy season for me work-wise. Thank goodness I ordered pre-made prep meals for the next 2 weeks The Holidays are around the corner and I'm not ready 😧
@jessicakrall8 - During busy times I order pre-made meals online from a local company that delivers to your home or a local NutriShop in the area. I'm In Southern California so there's quite a few businesses that do this. I found them via Yelp search: "meal prep services" near me.

Great weekend - My Employer (in lieu of holiday party) treated the staff of 6 (including spouses/or +1) to: a holiday light cruise followed by Dinner and overnight stay in Newport beach. It was a great time, pretty sure I lost track of all the food/drink we enjoyed.

@Yukie_OP I'll have to check into that meal prep services...that would come in handy once a month or so...thanks!! Your cruise sounds heavenly...hope you had a wonderful time! What an awesome idea from your employer!!
Jessica

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A wonderful friend of mine from another of our teams posted this to her feed this morning. I don't think she'll mind me poaching it from her...found a pretty graphic of it...really makes you think. We all need to give ourselves more credit.

I like that. I've often said something similar... perhaps what could be called a corollary of that:

"Be disciplined now, make hard choices now, and a future [version of] you will be thankful for it."

Monday, December 13

Exercise: gym
Net calories: 389
Protein: 43
Steps: 12.638 / 11.000

Ramblings of the day
Good morning team. I finally made it to the gym again which was really good. When I got home, a package from my mom was waiting for me. She sent me some small presents for Christmas. It was really nice to get after a rough week. My fitbit went a little crazy and gave me 2477 extra calories today for some reason. I usually burn a little over 900 on gym days, so I just used that to calculate my net calories. Hopefully this is a one time thing and it will behave from now on. Happy Tuesday everyone

I’m cleared for exercise! Well, kind of. I had my postpartum checkup this morning, and unfortunately it was pretty much a waste of time, except knowing nothing is wrong down there. The doc practically threw me out of the room before I could present any of my questions. I’m glad I booked a private 90-minute appointment for a physical therapist next week to get properly checked and have my questions answered regarding safe exercising and weight loss. So, I guess I’ll just continue with walking and add some light stretching and strength training at home until next week’s appointment.

My husband and I had a pretty serious discussion last night, as he’s been wanting me to lose weight for about 10 years now and I’ve had very little success. My goal is to get down to 176lbs (79,9kg) by the time I return to work next fall. I’m currently 240lbs, so that’s 64lbs in roughly 43 weeks, 1,5lbs per week. Not impossible, although it does require had work and we both agreed that our daughter and her needs come first so if my milk production drops or I need to otherwise slow down to take better care of her, that’s what we’ll do. Anyway, he’s committed to this as a lifestyle change that requires changes in our diet, and to make sure I have the opportunity for frequent exercise and gym visits.

Dec 11: 16,013
Dec 12: 14,497
Dec 13: 13,148
Dec 14: 14,277

Here is the BESTEST ever walking partner, who never lets me down and is ALWAYS ready for the crazy walks I take him on. He is my pumpkin spice pibble mix. This guy! At mile 3.5 he always acts like walking is our life now and we will simply walk forever lols...




@hipari I am really glad that all is well down there! Also, the appt for questions seems like it will help you glean some good info for postpartem exercise. You got this, your goals seems completely doable!

Thank you so much for the recipe, I can’t wait to make it as I am pretty sure that they both like pecans. In my experience, even if you don’t like nuts all that much, putting all that deliciousness on them makes them fully addictive!! As for diabetes, I am very familiar with it, as the hubby was diagnosed with it 12 years ago now. Of course, he has kept a perfect weight and walks - neither of which his parents did. He is struggling with all the horrible effects of kidney disease right now. His Mom’s kidney’s were down to 15% working last year. Diabetes is a sort of a systemic, makes all the things not work kind of disease.

@jessicakrall8 Thank you, I will try to stay with them a little more often, even if it is just a few days a week at first. They seem to like me much better than they did when I was younger (I have been married 28 years Jan 6) so that helps!! Nothing worse than caring for people who just don’t like you lols. I will definitely ask for help, the elder sister is very helpful and the youngest brother is struggling with cancer in his marrow so he just can’t do much right now which is completely understandable. That is why he sent the meatloaf. Really, really helpful actually!

@justanotherloser007 sorry hear about your husband’s diabetes and your brother-in-law’s cancer. Glad to hear your husband is doing well with his diabetes care, though.

Steps:
12.12. 4529
13.12. 4758
14.12. 9045

On Sunday I never left the house, and on Monday I had a lunch date with a colleague who insisted on picking me up and dropping me off with her car. She always does that, as she likes to talk while driving, which is OK but results in me not getting steps in I work HR and whenever she wants to talk about something that’s bothering or stressing her, she invites me to lunch, picks me up from home and drives around until she’s done talking. Luckily her worries on Monday weren’t really related to work, so it didn’t bother me to go out with her despite being on maternity leave.

Today I noticed something that has likely inflated my step counts a little: I was syncing my Fitbit while bouncing the baby to help her tummy troubles so I had the app open and saw numbers updating live, and noticed Fitbit treats each bounce as a step. Luckily our daughter is fairly easygoing and doesn’t need a lot of bouncing or calming, and even when she does it usually happens when I’m stuck pumping milk so my husband takes care of it.

@frankwbrown I love that quote!!

@justanotherloser007 What a great pup pic!!! You've got a friend for life there...and the BEST walking partner, as you said!

@princessdimplz Nice loss this week! Great work!!

@pupowl So glad your Mom made your day!! Your post made me smile...

@kcpond Thanks for your steps!!

@angmarie28 Sorry your little one is having such a time...hope she's all better soon!!

@hipari Glad your hubby is teaming up with you...you can support each other...that's awesome!

@Chalmation
Ah, thanks for letting me know. I wasn't aware. I had to add the app again to MFP but it does seem fine now.

Opinions wanted: what would be the best time of day to get weighed in my situation?

Normally I would weigh in in the morning, naked, after bathroom and before breakfast so I’m as ”empty” as possible, as usually recommended. Currently that’s a problem as I wake up in the middle of the night to pump milk and possibly feed the baby, and always have a night snack. In the morning it’s the same thing: I get up, get dressed, start pumping and eat my breakfast while pumping. Since pumping is also a major part of the ”emptying” process currently (literally more than half a pound this morning alone) I’d like to weigh in post-pump, but the breakfast part is throwing me off. Pump time is pretty much my only chance to sit down and eat it, as after pumping I have to start morning chores if I want any chance of loading dishes and laundry before the baby wakes from her morning nap. I also drink lots of water during all pumping sessions to stay hydrated, so that would mess up the scales even more.

I’m normally a daily weigher and use a trendweight app, so I’d prefer to stay consistent even if I end up skipping some days due to baby hassle.

Wtbarunner
Wednesday
PW 240
CW 236.9

@LauriWrobo - I hope you don’t feel too badly after your booster shot tomorrow. I cleared my schedule after my booster on December 23rd for the same reason: lousy symptoms while my body adjusts to the shot! I’m just trying to focus on the fact that the symptoms passed after one nasty day and maybe one more of feeling fatigued. You have a lot of stress right now so I hope you can schedule some days that you can dedicate to yourself and spend doing whatever soothes you, gives you energy, or feels meaningful. Wishing you the best news and treatment possible for your husband and sons.

@hipari - I’ll offer an opinion just for the fun of it, along with the caveat that I have no medical or lactation expertise. I’m wondering if you can skip the mid-night snack and weigh yourself after pumping. Would that work for you? My rationale for that suggestion is because it seems more important for you to fuel your body in the morning so you’ll have energy to start your day. At night, it’s not as necessary to eat because you’ll want to get right back to sleep and maximize your rest time. Maybe a cup of chamomile tea will feel soothing and hydrate you in place of the usual snack. Of course, as you noted, the consistency is what’s most important and it doesn’t really matter what time of day you weigh in as long as you replicate the other variables (e.g., clothes/ no clothes, food/ no food, etc.) as closely as possible each time you weigh in. Monitoring the pattern over time is the key to making informed decisions based on your results. You’ll likely make adjustments once you don’t have to wake up during the night anymore, and your body stops producing as much milk. You can happily return to your morning routine again at that point.

@hipari As long as you weigh around the same time, you'll see your progress as it happens. You got this!!

Daily Step Goal: 8,000
12/13: 10,152
12/14: 10,061

@coblujay What an inspiring fun NSV!! Very nice!!