Healthy Living - February 8

[downtheshore]

Hi! Tagging those that responded last week but all are welcome to join in.

ProfessorChaos
mrskblack11
alleycat39
ProfEDD
backstreetpixie
stephy1221
mrsg80intn
km380
lyndz333
stinybean
taberbtb - congrats on your little one! Hope you are enjoying life as a new mom! 

How's everyone doing? 

The Good:
The Bad:
The Proud:
The Plan:

[stephy1221]

The Good:Doing okay maintaining my weight in my normal range
The Bad: exhausted
The Proud: Still got a few work outs in
The Plan: Going to try to get my workouts in earlier in the day

[downtheshore]

Ugh. I had a rough week. My heartburn is out of control and eating a bland diet did not help it. Also, I'm full as soon as I eat. Between those two things I have not been interested in food and I lost three pounds, which I didn't need to lose. So, I have got to figure out a way to eat more.

The good: I worked out three times. Walking and elliptical.

The bad: the terrible heartburn keeping me up at night. The inability to eat enough.

The proud: that I survived the week and managed to teach all day despite feeling awful.

The plan: ask my doc for something stronger to help me deal with the heartburn. I have an appointment on Wed.

[downtheshore]

stephy1221, I added you to the tagged list so I remember to include you next week. Good job getting in your workouts, especially when you are dealing with exhaustion!

[ProfessorChaos]

downtheshore - ((hugs)) Sorry about all the heartburn. I think I probably know exactly what you're going through! (Although I didn't do near as well as you with exercise during this time--impressive!) I hope your doc can help you find a solution. Zantac has been a lifesaver for me. Also, you might want to go back and put the '@'s in to the tag list. When you copy and paste here they don't show up, so you don't actually tag anyone.

stephy1221 - Welcome and congratulations!

The Good: Doing so much better! I'm still struggling with good sleep and fatigue, but overall I'm feeling pretty good. I've got to get better at working whenever I'm awake, no matter if it's midnight or 5 am or whatever, but that's a different discussion. Health-wise, I'm eating better, and I had a really good talk with the nutritionist on Friday. She was very laudatory of all my efforts, and even actively encouraged me to eat ice cream as a means of getting more calcium. Score!!!

The Bad: I'm going to say it's all good this week!!

The Proud: Nutritionist said my weight gain was precision perfect and that I should keep doing exactly what I'm doing (credit this check-in, too!!). I've been really good about getting in my shorter daily walks, a lot of which are walking uphill on our treadmill bc it's been endlessly snowy and cold outside. I've also been going to prenatal yoga regularly.

The Plan: Keep it up and eat ice cream every day!!!

[downtheshore]

ProfessorChaos, so glad to hear that the Zantac helped and that you are feeling good again! You give me hope. Fantastic work with the working out and eating healthy. Sounds like you are energized and inspired!

Thanks for the tagging tip. Still figuring out this pro board thing. Having the hardest time adding pictures.

[backstreetpixie]

How's everyone doing?

The Good: Lots of fluids. Did better eating vegetables this week.
The Bad: 5 minutes of walking has me feeling like I ran a marathon. Lots of sleeping. I also have a sinus infection and another kidney stone.
The Proud: none..
The Plan: Just do my best. I think my diet is squashed and my exercise too until after baby but I wanna try and keep it in my head so I'm reading what you are all doing to motivate me to do better when I am able. =)

[downtheshore]

backstreetpixie, you've just got to do what works for you. Getting lots of fluids and eating your veggies is still doing a lot for your little one. Have you read that pregnant moms who eat a variety of veggies are more likely to have babies that like veggies? Hope you feel better. Rest up and take care of yourself.

[ProfessorChaos]

backstreetpixie - ((Hugs)) I think if you're holding it together at this point you should get a freaking medal. Taking super good care of yourself right now IS healthy living!!

[downtheshore]

alleycat39, awesome job on your workouts. I can't believe you are still spinning. I find it too hard when not pregnant, let alone as far along as you are! I hope you fight off that cold and have another great week.

[mrskblack11]

stephy1221 I also want to try and workout earlier in the day. The later it gets, the harder it is for me to stay motivated.
downtheshore I hope your doctor will prescribe you something to help with the bad heartburn. 
ProfessorChaos great job on perfect weight gain. I know it feels good to know you are on the right track. 
backstreetpixie I hope your sinus infection goes away quickly and that your kidney stone passes soon.
alleycat39 great job on cutting the carbs. My body loves them and it is the hardest thing to stay away from. 
taberbtb congrats!!

The Good: Walked the dogs over 2 miles 3 times this week.
The Bad: I overindulged after my appointment on Friday, but hey, I deserved it for being so good!
The Proud: Weight gain is back in the normal range and no glucose in my urine sample at my check-up.
The Plan: Continue walking the dogs and try to add in an arm workout. I need to prepare my scrawny arms for baby carrying!

[downtheshore]

mrskblack11, good job on your dog walks. I need to start using my arm weights too. If you get to it this week, come back and report, maybe that'll get me going!

[ProfEDD]

Hi everyone! Sorry I'm late...downtheshore sorry about your heartburn. Sometimes you just have to eat whatever makes you feel human! And backstreetpixie, I can't believe you have another stone. Sorry those little jerks won't leave you alone :-(

But you all are very inspiring!

The Good: I had some really good "step" days last week, according to Fitbit. Tuesday was almost 9,000! That's what a work day on campus will do!
The Bad: Lots of dining out
The Proud: Did prenatal yoga a few times...
The Plan: I think I'm going to start some Pure Barre classes! They're SO $$ though...but I've done them in the past and they really kick my butt. There are always pregnant ladies in there, so I know they can help with safe modifications.

[downtheshore]

ProfEDD, I really like barre classes. Perhaps, because they are expensive, you'll be more motivated to go so you don't waste money. Good job on all of those steps and prenatal yoga!

[mrsg80intn]

Ok... After Beta #2 I feel like I can join you all.  Though I'm not really working out right now for fear that I'm going to mess something up, I am trying to eat healthy (don't count the ice cream from last night against me!)

How's everyone doing?
 I'm elated... over the moon... and totally freaked out.  


The Good:
 I'm here (I can't stress this enough)
The Bad:
I ate a very larger serving of ice cream tonight
The Proud:
I'm eating fruit salad right now 
The Plan: I'm noticing some things don't sound as good right now, but am going to try and eat what I've planned for the week if I can.  I'm doing decaf coffee and trying to eat well.  As for exercise... hmmmm... I'm seriously freaked out over it, but I'm gonna take care of myself.  I'm walking the dog twice a day and may try to do the elliptical or light treadmill but I'm going to steer clear of zumba and such for a bit.

[downtheshore]

mrsg80intn, I'm so glad you are here! Your running this check-in over on a TTCAL helped me through the better part of last year. As you know, just do whatever you feel comfortable with in the beginning. I was too nervous to workout too much in the beginning. My doctor said it would be fine to work out a bit but that I shouldn't do anything that made me nervous. You can get back to it once you feel more secure. And first tri eating...tough to stick to a plan. I ate Greek yogurt and Eggo waffles, pretty much all of the time.

[downtheshore]

km380, that's great that you are starting out so close to your goal weight. I'm trying to remember how long I was on exercise restriction after my FET. It wasn't too long, but I started back really slowly - just walking. Take your time!

[lyndz333]

Hello ladies,

Can I crash your party? I've never participated in a healthy living check in before but I'm hoping to gain some inspiration from you all. My struggles include finding time and energy to work out and knowing what is appropriate to be doing, as far as work outs goes, for a 22-week pregnant person! I am happy to contribute where I can if you'll have me!

[downtheshore]

lyndz333, yes, join in! I find this group so inspiring.

[stinybean]

downtheshore and everyone else I haven't seen, hello! I'm here and ready to check-in. I hope everyone is doing well and I'm so happy to see mrsg80intn!

The Good: As of my last dr appointment I haven't gained any weight, which is good because I was worried I was gaining too much too soon. The dr have me a goal of 20lbs and that seemed to be sneaking up too quickly.
The Bad: I had the stomach flu this past weekend, thank you to my students for that! It was not pretty!
The proud: I'm trying my best to eat a form of nuts everyday and have switched some of my carb intake to gluten free options. This is all to counteract my dx of PCOS.
The Plan: I want to try to get off the couch a bit more before the third trimester, so I don't become a complete couch potato.

[downtheshore]

Hi, stinybean! Glad to hear that your weight gain is steady and on target. Good idea to include nuts in your diet; they are so good for you. I myself, always forget to buy them. I hope you are feeling better after your bout with the flu. It's getting pretty hard to motivate myself to keep working out in the third tri. We'll have to cheer each other on.

[mrsg80intn]

Feb 11, 2015 6:44:05 GMT -5 stinybean said:

downtheshore and everyone else I haven't seen, hello! I'm here and ready to check-in. I hope everyone is doing well and I'm so happy to see mrsg80intn!

The Good: As of my last dr appointment I haven't gained any weight, which is good because I was worried I was gaining too much too soon. The dr have me a goal of 20lbs and that seemed to be sneaking up too quickly.
The Bad: I had the stomach flu this past weekend, thank you to my students for that! It was not pretty!
The proud: I'm trying my best to eat a form of nuts everyday and have switched some of my carb intake to gluten free options. This is all to counteract my dx of PCOS.
The Plan: I want to try to get off the couch a bit more before the third trimester, so I don't become a complete couch potato.

The stomach flu sucks normally... when pregnant I'm sure it's magnified to the enth degree.  YUCK!  Feel better quickly.  

[mrsg80intn]

Feb 9, 2015 20:51:31 GMT -5 km380 said:

Hi ladies! Can I come join? I'm not being very healthy but some accountability always helps :smile:

The good - I've been drinking more milk lately and I cut up some peppers and took them to work for a snack.

The bad - the milk is usually accompanied by cookies. The peppers were dipped in ranch dip. I'm eating a LOT, I'm so hungry! So many snacks.

The proud - I had been doing WW and got within 3lbs of my goal before FET so at least I'm starting from a place I was happy with.

The plan - I'm not sure yet. Try to eat something healthy each day. I wasn't allowed to exercise after my FET and I haven't asked the RE about starting again yet. Pgal brain!

I haven't worked out at all either... DH wants me not to... he figures it would be better.  I may try to walk on the treadmill tomorrow though.  

[taberbtb]

Hi ladies! I just wanted to pop in and say thank you for all of your support and encouragement through out ths pregnancy. Thanks also to downtheshore for starting this on TD, I really appreciate all of the effort you put in to run this every week and respond to each of us. You ladies have been so inspiring to me, and you should all be very proud of yourselves and the effort you put in to keep up with healthy living and do what's best for yourself and LO even when it feels like you had a bad week. I will be lurking and love-titting you guys, and see you over on PAL soon:)

[lyndz333]

Feb 8, 2015 20:36:45 GMT -5 downtheshore said:

backstreetpixie, you've just got to do what works for you. Getting lots of fluids and eating your veggies is still doing a lot for your little one. Have you read that pregnant moms who eat a variety of veggies are more likely to have babies that like veggies? Hope you feel better. Rest up and take care of yourself.

Now there is a great reason to up my veggie intake!