Fit, Fabulous, and Pregnant-October 2011

Kristin - oatmeal always works really well for me, anything with a lot of fiber will fill you up! ) Or I like to have a breakfast sandwich. As for snacks in the morning, I usually bring some sort of fruit like a banana or grapes or something and some cheese, almonds that sort of stuff and I drink lots of water and it keeps me full! )

Thanks gals! I totally know it about the protein! I need to boil some eggs and keep them on hand...and I need to pick up some string cheese to keep handy as well. I have almonds at work, but the never seem appetizing for some reason...I used to LOVE almonds! Bummer... Thanks for the suggestions!

Just dropping in quick to let you all know we'll be having a boy! He is big & healthy!!! Time to start planning everything now, yay!

Yay! Congrats!

Busy Busy!!!! Haven't had time to catch up lately! Work is crazy and my week has been filled with meetings! Have done good on drinking water and eating healthy, but not to great on the excercise!! I've worked late every day this week with meetings following immediately after work 3 times, plus so much to do at home. Wrestling season is busy!!! Tournament is at our school tomorrow, nice we don't have to travel, but we do have to set up, then I have to be at the school at 5:30 a.m. - 8:00 to set up the kitchen for concessions, then go get my son ready for weigh ins, have the tournament and then clean the school up!! Ugh! Tiring! I'm exhausted and think I'm getting sick. My pain around my gallbladder is back and I have a huge head ache. Think it might be tension, but not sure. On top of all this, the baby went through a HUGE growth spurt, so shopping soon is a must!!! Nothing fits comfortably!!!

Next week will hopefully be better for me. Work will still be nuts but no meetings any extra stuff! Yay, I'm looking forward to 8:00 bedtime!!! Stressing a little, haven't got nothing done towards the nursery and things are so busy I just don't know when I can even make time!!!


Hope you all have a great weekend!

Congrats Belgianlady on the twins!!!!

H_82 - Yay a lil' boy!!!

Babeed - Hope your u/s goes good!!!

Heather - Your getting so close, sorry your in so much pain, but it shouldn't be too much longer!!!!!

Holly - Good for you getting back to your running!!!!! Congrats, I know it was driving you crazy!!

Welcome to the new people too!

I know I missed a bunch, but I gotta get back to work!!!!! Hoping to leave at off time today and not stay late!!!

TGIF!!

Kristen- You can do it! Tell that lack of motivation who's boss!! Happy yoga-ing. :happy:

Heather- Thank you. Yes, I have been SO busy w/ work and the house lately that I have totally given up for threeish weeks. So I am back to conscience eating and trying to get moving more. I am feeling the effects of my slacking and feel like a total slob! Now its time to get rid of this icky bug too. Take advantage of those good feeling mornings! I can't believe how close you are getting :happy: Have a great weekend!

MissConfidence- Welcome! Congrats! This is our first baby too.

Ashley- Great job on the strength workout! I would love to have a home gym. That’s cute that your pup was a little confused. Mine always chases me if I workout at home, I can only imagine what she would do if we had mirrors. LOL Happy Shopping! I like that cadio.

Rayna- good to hear you have a preggers yoga buddy. I think it is time for me to find a yoga class. I have never tried it, but I know it provides great health benefits. I really hope you find some relief soon. A massage sounds like a great idea. Oh, and when you are done organizing your basement you think you could come do mine? J/k I need to do that exact same thing.

Taldie- Don’t be too hard on yourself. You know what can and needs to be done, just don’t let it become a habit (like I have). Today is a new day! “fast moving” is an understatement! This thread sometimes moves at lightning speed! I have dedicated my afternoon to this thread multiple times…oops sorry work. Hehehe TGIF!

Atomdraco- I can’t wait to start feeling something. Sometimes I still can’t believe that there is a growing baby inside me.

I’m feeling a better today. A co-worker of mine is taking care of me and delivering OJ to my desk. Super sweet. I will be trying to rest and clean this weekend. A little contradicting, but it has to be done. We have a mountain of laundry that I have been trying to ignore and a basement that has turned into a cluttered catchall that needs some serious organizing! Hope everyone has a great weekend!:flowerforyou:

Peeking in for a visit. So glad that everyone is doing good! I did a quick scan through, I was way way way behind.

I started going on my walks again, since I hadn't had any spotting or problems with the placenta bleed. Was doing really good the past couple of days, and today I started spotting again. It's scary as all heck and demotivating as well. I want to be healthy for this baby, but I can't even get walks in without something happening now. So far I'm only up 12 lbs though, but half that has been put on in the past few weeks (since I was told to stop trying to exercise). Only thing keeping me sane right now is feeling the little one move around every so often. :ohwell:

Amy - Welcome aboard. I'm 40, having my 2nd too. My sister (42) is like you, have a 15 year old daughter (and a 3 yr old boy), now she's pregnant again. My doctor never treat me differently due to age. On the other hand, I'm probably in better shape in my life now than when I was having my first child. Age do not define us. :-)

Happy Saturday to my fit, fabulous friends!

I've met my goals so far this week - walking 45 minutes daily and two easy runs. Yesterday I took Ellie and let me tell you, it's a lot more work to push her too! She did great and I look forward to having that continued bonding time with her. I've also done some strength training and tried abs, but have to say the abs was somewhat uncomfortable. Amy, did you find that with the c-section too? My body feels great, but noticed some very light spotting this morning. I know that is what they told me would be a sign of overdoing it, so maybe I need to back off just a little. I'm just so excited to have been given the okay to exercise again! I never realized how much I truly enjoyed running until I was told I couldn't do it. Funny how we figure those things out.

H-82, Yeah! A boy!! We need a few more little guys in the group ;-)

Kristin, great goals! You can do this!

Heather, hope you are getting some relief. I know by this stage most of my discomfort was in the pelvic area. It seriously felt like she was going to pop out at any moment towards the end. As I said earlier, patience becomes the most challenging from now until delivery. Try and enjoy these last few weeks of just you and Al, which is much easier said than done! By the way, your nursery is adorable!! We did navy and spring green as our main colors since we had a surprise bambina, but seeing the pink makes me want to change out a few things in Ellie's room...

Missconfidence, welcome! This is a fantastic group of ladies!

AmyRubarb, welcome to you too. This is a very supportive group of fabulous women. I just had my first at 38 so yeah to the older ladies :-) It's always awesome to see that heartbeat, I know that gave me such relief for the early part of my pregnancy. I pray that you have a healthy and uneventful, full term pregnancy this go around.

Ashley, glad you are using that home gym you spent so much time putting together. I love how dogs react to mirrors and how it takes them a while to figure out that the "other dog" isn't going to come out to play.

Rayna, great getting your good nutrition in last week. Hope you are feeling better and had a great visit with friends and family.

Atomdraco, I loved feeling Ellie move! It never gets old!

Taldie, you can do this. The mental challenge can sometimes be the hardest!

Misti, glad things are slowing down for you next week. You have been moving at a crazy pace! Remember healthy eating can be such a big challenge. Don't beat yourself up over not exercising, you can get back to it when the rest of your life slows again.

Kim, hope you are feeling better. It's always hard to stay on track when you are dealing with not feeling well. Good luck getting back on track.

Brenda, Hope you enjoyed your visit with your friend and got in a great walk afterwards!

Cindy, take care of you and that precious little one. I know it sucks not being able to exercise, but if that's what you have to do right now just try and keep up with good nutrition. You'll have lots of time to exercise again in the future :-)

Wishing everyone a great weekend.

Holly

Also, is there a way to mark this topic as a "favorite" so I don't have to hunt for it among the other threads?

Pretty sure if you go under Community and then click on My Topics at the top... It will direct you to the page that you posted on before. That is how I always go back to it.

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