I made it through the first week of being back to work and managing having two kids to juggle to daycare and after work....and I survived. It was difficult, but possible, and I'm glad the first week is over.
However, and maybe I'm expecting too much from myself, even though I really wanted to- I could not find the time to work it in- I got one workout in this week. I'm getting up at 5:30 as it is and then in the evenings- we don't stop moving until at least 9pm between bottle washings for dayca…
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Added by MommyMcButterpants on January 9, 2010 at 9:30am —
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Monday, I return to work from maternity leave of having my 2nd daughter. I don't want to go back to work yet- seems like it went so much faster than the first time around. . . . but on the other hand, I am thankful for the structure it will bring back to every day life. My eating habits are so much better when I am working- at home, its too easy to pick (and pick the wrong things!). At work, I am very regimented and focused- and I do much better at drinking water there too. It will also be good…
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Added by MommyMcButterpants on January 2, 2010 at 11:45pm —
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Today is 6 weeks since my daughter was born.
I thought I'd take a few to check in and note where I stand.
I put on 40 lbs during my pregnancy- so far in 6 weeks, I've lost 30 or 31 (depending on the scale). Considering that was over the holidays- I'm pretty pleased with that result. This has all been due to the way I'm eating and not for exercise- I just haven't found how to get that planned exercise in on a regular basis- I've worked out ONCE since I gave birth.
I wish we had a treadmill at w…
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Added by MommyMcButterpants on December 29, 2009 at 10:00am —
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No pun intended on the overdue...I'm no where near my due date at the moment :)
I'm 27 weeks pg now and while I've gained more weight than I had originally set as a goal for myself, I have not overdone it at all, in my or my doctors opinion- I think my body is doing what it needs to do this time. I've gained about 25 lbs total so far- and the weight seems to come on at about a .5 lb to 1 lb a week now. So, I think in all- I'll put about 30-35 lbs on. And I'm ok with that. Originally, I wanted t…
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Added by MommyMcButterpants on August 26, 2009 at 10:58am —
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I am 16 weeks pregnant now, get to find out the gender in just 4 more weeks! Aside from the few weeks of morning sickness, this pregnancy is going very well so far. At 16 weeks, I've officially (according to the Doc office) gained 12 lbs; but yesterday's appt as the day after I came back from a 5 day vacation and 8 hours of driving- so I'm pretty sure it's more like only 10 lbs total. No worries either way, I'm keeping a watch on it and trying to gain the necessary, but not extra, weight. Having…
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Added by MommyMcButterpants on June 12, 2009 at 1:25pm —
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I've been semi-actively posting on the Healthy Pregnancy group page- but not so good about keeping up my personal blog. This first trimester has knocked me on my butt between low progesterone, morning sickness and general fatigue...plus stress...well, yikes...I'm lucky I've done ok on weight gain so far. Total at 11 weeks- i've gained about 4 lbs. It fluctuates a little with water weight- so somedays more, some less- but the most consistent I see is about 4 lbs. While I'm not dieting at all this…
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Added by MommyMcButterpants on May 7, 2009 at 9:49am —
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Now that I'm pg and not counting points like I was- I am using Babyfit.com to log my food and keep track of my vitamin/mineral/dietary goals daily. I would like to think it is very accurate- it's a product of Spark People, which I know a lot of people love- and most of the food I enter is directly off of the packaging or generalities for fresh food. I'm striving for 1800 to 2000 cals a day.
I am going to have to start throwing in some more calorie dense foods I guess because I can't eat more vol…
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Added by MommyMcButterpants on March 25, 2009 at 3:05pm —
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Since finding out I am pregnant last week, I've really had to come to terms with the fact that I have to put my weight loss on hold- but I have such a better outlook, and MUCH better control, than I did during my first pregnancy. I have to say, it also really helps that I gave up chocolate for Lent- I don't have that as an added temptation.
I was eating 29 points a day when not pg and following WW- I'm adjusted for myself to consume between 35 and 39 points a day (or roughly 1800-2000 calories)…
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Added by MommyMcButterpants on March 24, 2009 at 9:09am —
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It's been a bit since I've posted- I've been really busy and have had a lot going on.
I haven't been on the treadmill since Saturday- I was just exhausted and didn't know why. I got home from visiting my mom on Monday evening around 6. Started making dinner and was just off in my own head thinking...*HOLY CRAP* I even startled myself....at that moment, I realized that I was at least a few days late on my TOM.If you look at my other most recent posts- I think I mention it each time. I left my di…
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Added by MommyMcButterpants on March 18, 2009 at 12:11pm —
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I went nuts yesterday. TOM is late (and I'm not pregnant). I was traveling to my old stomping grounds (Elaine, yep, I'm in Latrobe!). I don't know what happened while driving- but I made the worst choices for dinner and snack.
We had a large lunch provided at work yesterday as our boss is being transferred to Dubai and it was a great send off- but who knew Irish Soda bread was 6 POINTS!
Ok- so I ate 53.5 points yesterday...that's crazy.
I stopped to get my daughter something to drink at McDonal…
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Added by MommyMcButterpants on March 13, 2009 at 9:08am —
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I lost 2.2 at the WI last night. Well, that was the result...I lost the 2.2 over the week :)
That brings me to 17.4 down total since I walked into the WW center on 12/9/08. A nice respectable average of about 1.25 lbs/week. I am less than 8 lbs away from my 10% goal. WOO HOO!
I even got my butt up and worked out at 5:15AM this morning. For some of you- that may not be a big deal...but for me- this is pretty huge. I'm a sleep-in-until-the-last-minute kind of girl. I usually get up at 6 and out t…
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Added by MommyMcButterpants on March 11, 2009 at 8:01am —
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All day today I had a craving. . . I just had to have it. Had to make the time to enjoy it.
What, you might ask?
If you guessed food, you're wrong!
I WANTED TO RUN.
It was an "off" day of C25K, but since I'm repeating Week 3, I just followed my body and ran anyway. About halfway in, I was struggling a little bit- but this sweat feels so good! I'm so glad I did it. Not to mention that WI is tomorrow evening.
Speaking of WI- my work is having an all staff meeting at lunch tomorrow- what are t…
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Added by MommyMcButterpants on March 9, 2009 at 7:34pm —
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I am a competitive person. In my "previous life" as a thin, active person in high school (going on 15 years ago now)- I was a competitive swimmer, tennis player and softball catcher. I like training and I like doing well.
So, that said, it is really difficult for me to admit that I have to take a step back with C25K. I was having so much trouble moving on to week 4 that I gave up for 2 days. I knew it wasn't permanent, but I couldn't deal with another "failed" run (this was the negative talk in…
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Added by MommyMcButterpants on March 8, 2009 at 8:24pm —
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Lately, I've really done well with fighting the good fight- doing what I need to, and rewarding myself and making good choices most of the time. Today was a COMPLETELY indulgent, bad choice, over-eating, lack-of-control day.
I'm keeping it in perspective...it's one day. The day is now over...tomorrow I move on and get back on track. I'm out of FP for the week and have used all AP, probably a few more. Will get more activity in between now and tuesday (weigh in) and then
I think I needed a day…
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Added by MommyMcButterpants on March 6, 2009 at 8:42pm —
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Spur of the moment pitch in at work. I forgot about it- so I didn't bring a dish. I did bring my lunch today....but the smells are drifting down the hall. I can easily avoid about 1/3 of it b/c it has chocolate in it, which I've given up for Lent.
But the other things. . .not so easy!
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Added by MommyMcButterpants on March 6, 2009 at 9:00am —
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So, last week I thought W3 of C25K was tough.
W4 is so much harder, in my opinion. Why? Because W3 intervals add up to 9 minutes of running total. Week 4? Oh, it jumps to 16 minutes of running. SIXTEEN MINUTES. My legs are S-C-R-E-A-M-I-N-G. And I couldn't even make it through the 2nd 3-minute interval (which means I did worse tonight then the other night).
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not beating myself up- I'm just reflecting. I know why my legs felt heavy. I ate TERRIBLY today. 37 pts eaten…
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Added by MommyMcButterpants on March 5, 2009 at 7:30pm —
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I
blogged this morning about wanting to create a Dream Board to hang up in the room where I run on the treadmill. Something to keep those rewards dangled like a carrot in front of my face. Something t…
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Added by MommyMcButterpants on March 5, 2009 at 3:26pm —
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I had a good WI last night; down 1.4. I'm down 15.2 overall....so I'm averaging right at about 5 lbs a month...I'm happy with that...content.
I think it will kick up a notch when I start working with a personal trainer later this month- I'd love to avg 8 lbs/month....But as long as it keeps moving in the right direction....I am not going to tempt the scale.
Tonight is W4D2 of C25K. I'm looking forward to it- even though it will be hard. The one thing that always frustrates me when I'm running o…
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Added by MommyMcButterpants on March 5, 2009 at 9:18am —
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*phew*
I'm beat, the legs are burning....a good burn. It was overall a good effort for W4D1....I had to take 2 1-minute walk breaks during the last 5 minute running interval- my legs were just so weak. But the first 5 minute interval went pretty well actually. So I'm happy. I'll repeat D1 until I can get through the whole segment...but I think this will come a little easier than W3 did- I can feel myself getting stronger and it is SO motivating for me. Now....if only the scale would move more.…
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Added by MommyMcButterpants on March 3, 2009 at 7:31pm —
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I got through it! For anyone who's been following- I did it! I got through Week 3 of C25K. I was sure it was trying to kill me- but I didn't let it. I ran for my life :0)
I might be slow, the legs might be heavy, but I worked through it.....
Now. . . . . . . .on to week 4. *shudder*
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Added by MommyMcButterpants on March 1, 2009 at 6:10pm —
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