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UGH! I totally made myself sick by eating a box of cheezits last night and topping that off with some ice cream. Woke up at 4 am when my son woke up and couldn’t go back to sleep. During those wee hours of the morn I actually got sick! I NEVER get sick like that even with a stomach bug. Today feel like a$$. When will I learn? Will call midwife too to make sure it’s just the overeating. As my husband said, yo’ve done that hundreds of times before and never been so sick - maybe it’s something else.  Am taking it easy today as a result. Having been going at it pretty hard and not getting enough sleep between my own troubles sleeping, my son, and my dog having an entire night of needing to go out. Funny thing is, my mood has actually been great through it all and i haven’t been overwhelmed. Last night’s eating seemed related to being kind of tired and worn out and then just habit. If I buy a box of cheezeits I will eat it. Was stoopid to buy it!

Ok, gotta go drink some water. You all take care! Miss ya and will be back on more later as we get settled.

Hugs,

deb

ps - send out some love to angela, our resident angel, if you haven’t already - her mom is in hospital.

Yep, staying gross this week. Down and dirty. Reminds me of being a teenager and laughing about things like pee and farts and all that lovely stuff. Maybe I’ve been watching too much That 70s Show reruns

In all seriousness, this is a good question to ask yourself. If you are drinking enough water your pee will be almost clear with a slight hint of yellow. It may be bright yellow if you have recently taken a vitamin like C or the Bs. It will be bright but clear and transparent. If your urine is dark or cloudy it means you need to drink more water.

See, when you’re pregnant it’s all about this wonder liquid. They look at it every time you go in to the doctor’s, you spend all day making sure you have a place to GO, and if you don’t drink enough water to keep the stream flowing then your baby tells you. A week or two ago when it was super super hot here I got a little crampy and nauseous. Well, apparently pregnant women all over town were calling in with the same symptoms. We were all slightly dehydrated. The uterus lets you know if it the baby’s pool needs a fill up. Isn’t that nice?

I’m a pretty good water drinker and it even happens to me - some days i just don’t drink enough. You don’t just need to drink it if your pregnant but every body needs 8-10 glasses of water a day - more in the heat and if you are exercising alot. So, go on now drink your water and take a look at your pee

My favorite water right now is nice cold water from the PUR filter on our tap with some ice cubes and fresh cut strawberries, It is delicious - the longer the strawberries sit in your water the more the flavor releases. Then as a reward for drinking your full glass you get to eat the berries!

by the way, if you eat beets your pee may turn a little pink.

Just my teeth thank you! Although, I’m not ready for the baby to come out either, so maybe…LOL Am I getting cruder here each day or what? Sorry!

About the teeth. Went to a yoga class yesterday afternoon and as I sat there waiting to begin I realized that I was totally clenching my teeth. Gritting down so hard. It’s one of my stress/ anxiety things - not grinding but holding the jaw too tight. It was starting to feel a little sore. I guess all the tension of the move was locating itself in my not so pearly whites. It all is about the mouth isn’t it? If I’m not eating then I’m clenching…well, good to see and feel it happening. Helps me to let go now that I know I am doing it. My teacher had us do some funny face stretches as well, including one called Lion’s Breath where you stick your tongue way out while you are doing a squat. Pretty funny image. We did it in my last prenatal ypga class - helps you loosen up for the “my guard has no choice but to be down” part of laboring a baby into the world

rambling a little here.

Open up those mouths and stick out your tongue!

LOL. No early wake ups for me except the ones spurred by my bladder, my inability to sleep, and those lovely pregnancy-induced leg cramps - can you say OW?!?!? Last pregnancy I used them as practice for my breathing and relaxtion - this time I’m just annoyed and they hurt! Today, I did try and breathe into - labor is coming - need to start getting ready for that.

No yoga this morning for me. Super tired and struggling a little to find the energy to pack. Over ate a bit for lunch, but did choose to eat in instead of going to an Indian Buffet - sure fire eat way too much. It felt like I was budgeting not only my money but also my calories. That felt good. I also made a salad to go with my frozen pizza for lunch. That was nice - i wasn’t going to do that, but i do love the green!

So super tired and just planning to sneak by today on the eats and exercise. Need to see if my friend can watch the lil one so i can go to yoga this afternoon. Should pack, too, ugh!!!! So tired of stuff!!!!!!!!! Getting some good sorting in and donating, recycling, and trashing loads. Ok, off to be productive!

And, baby is good - had a midwife visit today and all is good! Up 2 more pounds but not 5 like I was headed so that was perfect!

 Okay, that’s gross and not really worth getting excited about - BUT he did get me up before 5am to go out for a walk (we have no yard). I couldn’t very well go back to sleep when there was yoga to be done and peace and quiet to be had before the kiddo and man woke up. 54 minutes of ass kick yoga today. am a little sore in some spots and stronger already in others. My legs are getting a VERY nice workout with all the squats and lunges.

After that I took a leisurely dog and kid walk and then some power packing. Need to get back to that now that we’re home from his gymnastics class and lunch.

Some other good news, the early wakening yesterday led me to bed by 10:15 or so, too. Now, I didn’t actually go to sleep then but the intention was there and i didn’t stay up late eating and watching TV.

Good day so far!

By the way - garlic = chocolate. Have you noticed this? You eat garlic and suddenly you have to have chocolate?

This morning I woke up early to our son yelling at 5 am. Well, very quickly he went back to sleep but I didn’t. After laying in bed for awhile i got myself up and got into the living room for some yoga. I have this prenatal yoga DVD that is really an ass kicker. It’s a vinyassa flow and you really move. I  haven’t yet made it past 41 minutes usually because either my son wakes up or i get worn out. Once my dog and cat kept bugging me, too. Well, today i made it through 1 hour and 12 minutes before I had to go back to being a mom. It was such a  great work out and a wonderful start to the day!!! I felt powerful and strong and hot but in a good I exercised and am alive kind of way! It really made my mood soar!

It was easier to get up today, too, because i went to bed with my husband last night at a reasonable time rather than do the stay up late and watch sitcoms thing. I did eat in front of the TV before bed, but no giant binge. Tonight and Tuesday night are going to be no eats in front of TV night - i will allow veggies if my body tells me I’m hungry.  Then i am going to let myself have eats Wed and Thurs and then none on Friday. Scheduling out and cutting down - this helped me when i was losing weight - made it doable. And, I’m finding myself ready to take some steps in the direction of not chowing out in front of the TV and especially not staying up late. No sleep and i are a combo that just sets me up for overeating - both that night while I’m awake and the next day as I fight fatigue!

So anyway the no binge and no late night really helped as i got more sleep and just felt better this morning. We also moved a small AC unit into our bedroom since it’s been so hot here - Saturday night I couldn’t sleep due to the heat. It was glorious to be cool!

All in all feeling good here. We’re all going to visit the hospital tonight to see the birthing center. I had my son back in San Fran so I’ve never seen this set up here. Tomorrow I’ll be 31 weeks! Wowee!! We also move this Saturday so I better go get packing - our babysitter just took the lil one out so i can pack rather than play here

Have a great day!

Well, my buddy Kama put up a new pic today and it inspired me to do the same. This one was from last month when we were at the beach. I’m a bit bigger now, but don’t have the pics to show ya! I left the one out that showed my legs - for someone who walks as much as I do they sure are cottage cheezy

Had a nice little meltdown today after i got home from yoga. I wanted to escape, be done packing and moving and all. Hubby was great and we talked and cried and talked some more. Luckily the little tyke was sleeping. Then, even though the plan was going to be for me to take some time off we ended up working together going through office stuff. It was great. Now, those two are out at the pond taking a swim break so I can have some time here in the house to pack, rest, do whatever and they can have some fun in the midst of all the chaos.

We do move a week from today, but pregnant me is finding that I just can’t do as much as I think I should do. Good lesson in slowing down I suppose. I always feel like I don’t do very much but everyone tells me I do alot. I guess I spend so much time on my rear end not doing things but only I see that…who knows! Today, I will take it easy and not feel guilty about that - or at least try.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Ever feel like a two year old? or a 15 year old??? or, as it runs out, a 38 year old????????? I just don’t want to do it! I don’t want to give up the night munchies, the scones during the day, the eating whatever i feel like. yet, i don’t like the way i am packing on the pounds or the bad habits. the number is getting VERY BIG! last week when i asked my midwife about the weight gain, she stopped and looked at the number which at that point was 20lbs and she said “it is what it is. the more you put on the more you have to take off. it’ll be about a pound a week for the next 10 weeks.” “That’s not too bad,” she said kind of wincing. Not too good either, though, i was clear. I am not TOO TOO big so they aren’t raising the flags or sending out a specialist, but i am going overboard and i know it. I think since that last appt i have gained another 5 lbs! this is the night binges mostly, but some day times as well. also less exercise because of the heat, the move, and the great depth of excuses i muster.

the thing that is so very clear is that i am in that lovely place i go to of i don’t care, i don’t want to, i have all sorts of excuses, etc. thing is, it doesn’t really work because i do actually care, i do want to, and excuses are just that. we all get busy and taken from our everyday lives but the ones who succeed over and over again are the ones who keep at what’s important in the midst of the life that gets in the way. that’s really what i want - to be that person. can i be that person and eat scones, too? LOL

all right, gotta go get some work done around here. anyone want to come pack a box or two?

this was advice for my friend from her midwife. Now, granted she is 34 weeks pregnant, but, wow, wouldn’t that be great advice to get? See, thing is - she’s a skinny one to start and she just can’t be bothered with eating too much. She’s been gaining appropriate weight in the pregnancy until recently when she just hasn’t been able to put the pounds on. She’s not a crazy exerciser either but she is  in motion a fair amount and has little interest in food (can you imagine?). While she tries to put on weight, i am having NO PROBLEM in that area and in fact am really gaining too much at a time now…I’ve just got 10 weeks or so to go and they say one pound a week, but it’s more like 5 it seems. Yes, the eating is out of control at times.

Hearing about my friend’s advice I started paying attention again to what she doing today at playgroup - her and the other skinny pregnant friend there. (Yes, half of the group is pregnant - pretty funny!)

So this is a long overdue second installment of hanging out with the skinny friends (who happen to be pregnant):

at playgroup theses two were on their feet the whole time, not sitting on the floor, a chair or wherever.

they grazed a little on the snacks but neither had the chocolate muffins. both had fruit first - excitedly - and then a few carrot chips.

there was no attitude about the eating it just seemed they weren’t terribly hungry and therefore didn’t eat.

both drank sweet tea.

i’ve seen then both eat the chocolates and muffins and the like, but with the heat the appetites are hard to come by. Unlike me who will eat no matter what - they didn’t when they weren’t hungry.

i’ve seen both have pizza for lunch - they eat one big slice or a half of a small pizza.

so the food is regular stuff it’s just the quantities that vary.

both do eat and should probably eat more  - somewhere in the middle between them and me lies the healthy eating.

just thought is was kind of fascinating…

very exciting news isn’t it? my little one is sleeping and i need to do the same. i can feel it. what i normally would do is stay up and eat something. today cookie dough is calling. i will not heed that call and instead truly listen to my body and take the sleep while i can. more time away from here, but gotta do what ya gotta do…been up since 3:30, just couldn’t sleep. it’s been a nice full morning and i have lots of packing and sorting to do this afternoon, so rest is what’s smart for me.

signing out for now. check ya later.

deb