For Me For Life

Man, are my hormones out of whack or what.  We had a very full, very eventful weekend.  We took Abel up to the Dells for his first (and mine!) experience at a water park.  He was apprehensive at first (which was surprising because he LOVES baths), but after he was taken down a couple of slides and had some water dumped on him, he had a ball!  Sat. night we went to the Badger hockey game and it was super fun.  However, the eating included amusement park food (basically) and burgers before the game.  Are you kidding??? On Sun. morning I had to take off my rings my fingers were so swollen from all the fried food full of sodium.  By the time afternoon hit, I was in a pool of tears, exhausted, telling my hubby how unpretty I feel.  My ass and hips are getting positively HUGE not to mention my size J boobs and I’m just feeling enormous.  SO, yesterday I came up with a new plan.

 Inspired by calorie counting on The Biggest Loser, I’m starting to keep track of all my food and the calories I intake.  Because I shouldn’t be trying to lose weight, I figure if I stay right around or below 2000 calories a day, that’ll be good.  I’m also really pushing the fruits and veggies and just trying to concentrate on eating well.  Yesterday, Day 1, was ok.  I was getting really into it (I LOVE calorieking.com!) and then I decided to indulge in about 12 pieces of chocolate after lunch.  They were just the bites or Hersey kisses, but still.  I didn’t need it and wasn’t even craving.  I knew it was there, so I ate it.  We had a meeting after school with snacks.  I had some cheese and crackers, some grapes, and some trail mix.  I was full enough that I skipped dinner and just had a 100 cal. pudding before I took my multi-vitamin (if I take that on an empty stomach, it’s a disaster!) I felt ok when I woke up this morning and didn’t feel quite as huge.

Today is going well too.  I didn’t eat any chocolate and as of after lunch, I’ve consumed about 1200 calories.  Dinner is a planned stirfry with whole grain rice, broccoli, chicken, and red pepper.  So, I should be ok.  I swear, I have to stop gaining so much weight.  I was preeclamptic (I have no idea how to spell that) with my last pregnancy and I should really do everything I can to be as healthy as possible.  I’m an eater.  But there’s no reason to gain so much weight with my pregnancies! Plus, I was kicking butt with eating and weightloss prior to getting pregnant again!

I vowed to exercise but it’s just not happening yet.  It’s freezing outside and when I get home, I want to play with the kid and hubby…not put them on hold while I go down on the treadmill.  By the time I get Abel in bed, I want to go to bed, and usually do.  Excuses excuses, but really, there’s only so much I can do!  When it gets warmer, I vow to walk with the toddler (I guess that’s what he is now!) when I get home from work.  That’ll make a huge difference!

Anyway, that’s my scoop from here.  We are so busy, it’s ridiculous and time is absolutely flying by.  I’m excited to have the baby and move and get going with life, but man, there seems like there is so much to do (and there is!) But, I continue knowing that it will all work out and all is well!  Cheers everyone!