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Hey Assets! I can’t believe November is here already. Introduction time: I’m 29 and live in Finland with my husband. This month is a huge one for me: I’m turning 30 on the 16th, and our first child was born last week. So, November is our first full month with our baby, and I’m leaving my 20s behind while getting used to…

@Beka3695 congratulations! Your new job sounds so exciting! Did you get a standing desk? I know it might be a bit too late, but Ikea has great electric adjustable desks so it’s easy to switch between sitting, standing, sitting on an exercise ball and whatever else you might wanna try.

Yep, you are absolutely correct! I’m just curious to know how much of that pregnancy weight I lost during childbirth, to have some idea of where I’m at right now. I’m not trying to make any weight loss efforts now and won’t weigh in again until my own postpartum medical checkup in 6-ish weeks. Instead, I’m healing and…

This has been the wildest week of my life. Last Wednesday I gave birth to our perfect healthy baby girl <3 we stayed in the hospital until Saturday and have been getting used to life with a baby for a few days now. It’s amazing how much better I felt physically immediately after giving birth. I’m so much more agile, less…

One week to go! This was quite a week already - I was hospitalized overnight for observation due to low fetal movement and the evening shift already decided to induce after sleeping overnight. The baby was back to her active self in the morning, so they ended up sending me back home to wait for natural labor. The baby’s…

@PatriceFitnessPal sounds like you have a great plan! I’ve been on the support team for probably a year now, and while I’ve gained probably 40-50lbs in the time due to pregnancy it’s been great to stay in touch with the team and get inspiration from all of you. I would, however, come up with some type of measurable goal to…

2 weeks until my due date, still no baby but random contractions for about a week. I’m getting tired and bored, there’s only so much napping and netflixing one can do without wanting something else to balance it. The weight gain continues, at last week’s checkup it was almost 3lbs more than the week before. It’s mostly…

@Beka3695 great job reaching that 2 month milestone and recognizing your unhealthy patterns! You’re doing great things.

LOL no. So much chocolate going down, and today was one of those days when the hunger never stops. I had another checkup at the maternity clinic today (they’re weekly now) and it seems that I consistently fluctuate between gaining a LOT and maintaining every other checkup. My total gain is now about 42lbs until date, and I…

Hi everyone! Let’s introduce ourselves to get to know each other a little :) I’m 29 and live in Finland with my husband. I’m currently not participating in weekly weigh-ins as I’m very pregnant and expecting our first child at the end of this month. So, I guess you could say I’m not weighing in but still have a huge weight…

@cre804 good to hear you’re taking care of those medical checkups! I’m also hoping to get my flu shot soon - our company healthcare provider expects to get stocked next week or the week after, and I’m going to go immediately so I can get it while pregnant and pass some nice antibodies to the baby. I could also get it…

No, we’re all in!

Happy Sunday, everyone! How was everyone’s weekend? It was a gorgeous sunny day today and I was able to go on a little walk. We also did some furniture shuffling to make room for the baby crib next to our bed. Other than that, it’s been mostly napping and eating - lately it feels like the umbilical cord has extended all…

I had an interesting doctor’s appointment yesterday… she thinks I might be developing pre-eclampsia, so I’m on extra observation until the end of this pregnancy. No other symptoms, but the swelling is insane and the weight gain surreal. I’ve gained a total of about 40lbs during this pregnancy, 10 of those in the last…

@Nature003Life do you have a chance of purchasing a blood pressure meter or borrowing one for a week or two? It’s fairly common for blood pressure to be significantly higher at a doctor’s office than at home, in Finnish there’s even a word for it that translates something like ”white coat fear”. My maternity clinic freaked…

I made it to maternity leave! It feels really, really weird to know I’m going to be a stay-at-home mom for about a year. It was a nice last day at work, even though it was way too long and I’m super tired.

Congrats @PatriceFitnessPal ! That’s amazing!

@bionicpuffy if you do choose to start weighing daily, I highly, highly recommend a weight trend app. It’s very unrealistic to expect never seeing a gain or always seeing a loss, and those apps do the trend tracking for you. Back when I was last losing weight, I used the app and found it very motivational. For my weekly…

Happy new week, everybody! I’m happy to report this is my last week at work, and I actually only have 3 days left - we had some schedule changes and the meetings planned for Friday were pushed to Thursday, so my boss and I agreed that it’s nicer for everyone involved to just push my departure as well, since there’s nothing…

I just had a major win: I actually slept an entire night for the first time since probably July. Sure, I woke up multiple times for bathroom breaks etc, but always fell back to sleep and didn’t have any long periods of trying to catch sleep and worrying about stuff. Plenty of good things happened yesterday that probably…

@TheMrWobbly no long weekends at least for a while here in Finland - whoever decided when holidays are really messed up imho. We have long weekends and random holidays every few weeks throughout spring when people’s spirits are up anyway, but there are zero long weekends, bank holidays or anything to break the 5-day…

I obviously can’t speak for others, but based on my experience of once joining a different weight loss challenge/team here on MFP, here were my reasons for failing to actually show up: - after joining, I found the rules and practices of the group were too complicated and I didn’t have the energy to figure them out - I had…

Hi everyone! I’m probably the only one, but I’m super excited for September to be here. The heat wave made me despise summer, plus September means my maternity leave starts in a few weeks and I’m that much closer to delivery and meeting our baby. I’m 29, live in Finland with my husband, and I’m currently in my 8th month of…

I wholeheartedly agree with your intention to just screw it and let others stare if they so wish. What other people think about you is none of your business. Besides, you probably don’t like everyone around you or particularly enjoy the way everyone around you looks (you just said many of your students don’t look any…

Ugh. 3 more weeks to go before maternity leave. My Saturdays seem to be all rest no fun lately. My husband went on a weekend hike with some friends so I’m home alone (and can freely take up the entire bed, yay!) but it also means he’s not here doing grocery shopping or cooking. I did some laundry and baby stuff organizing…

There’s a difference between clothes that are too big (your old stuff) and clothes that have a purposefully flowier, looser cut, as well as thin skintight sausage casings and sturdier fabrics that camouflage those lumps. I would suggest ditching your old clothes, they are likely too big everywhere. Tops that have a looser…

There seems to be a lot of us struggling or moving to support squad for various personal reasons. Just wanted to say it out loud: it’s OK, life is not something that gets paused while we work on weight loss. Life is here, every day, every moment, and takes different turns. With that, my weekend plans: intensive napping and…

Food (or drink) for thought to all those struggling with sobriety - I think it applies to weight management as well. I’m following a sobriety instagram account, and I think they made an excellent point: if you end up having a drink, you can go back to being sober and saying no immediately after, and it doesn’t mean you…

@Beka3695 you’re doing great, as in you’re admitting a shortcoming, admitting you need help, seeking out that help, reflecting on your progress and trying to take positive actions like exercising to help you feel better. We care about you! If you need to open up or vent to someone, I’m here (and forced to stay sober for at…

I wish MFP would switch the reaction buttons so that the one on the edge would be something supportive, since that’s where you most likely click on accident… In the past I’ve hit multiple accidental disagrees by simply scrolling on a touch screen, but I try to be careful and correct any possible misclicks.