Happy Holidays!!

I know I haven't posted in a long time, but wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!
The past few months have been a bit difficult. I've struggled with having a very low blood count and in general blood issues since having my baby. I think we finally have it back to normal but I've gained weight being on certain pills. I'm hoping getting off those will help me lose the weight now.
It's also been a bit tough getting back into a set routine with a new baby in the house. It has seemed like everytime I went to exercise he would start acting up and then I'd forget about working out. I think we are finally to the point of having a set bedtime and now he can entertain himself a little more so I'll be able to get more workouts in!
I don't mean to make excuses for myself...I don't want to do that! But its time to move forward and after the holidays I'm going to be back at it. I'm not yet back to my biggest but alot closer then I ever wanted to be. But I know I can lose it I have before so I know I can do it again!!
I hope everyone's has a great Christmas and New Years!!

September Goals

Since I'm trying to get back into the swing of things I thought I should come up with some goals for the month. I'm starting the 30 Day Shred tomorrow!! Hoping I can stick with it and lose this month. We have family pictures scheduled for the last part of October, and I want to be as close to my weight last year as possible. But for now I will just set goals for this month.
·Workout at least 5 days a week!
·Stay under my calorie goal at least 5 days a week!
·Lose at least ten pounds!
·Start using my juicer!
I'm really excited to start using my juicer just need to start shopping for the ingredients to make yummy smoothies and juices. I really hope it will help me to lose the weight and get all the vitamins and minerals I need since I'm still trying to get all my levels back to normal since I've been low on most of them since having my baby.
I think that's it for now, wish me luck with the Shred:)

Restarting!

Since I am now cleared to workout I am restarting...Finally! My ticker now shows my new goal. I'm still smaller than I was when I first started, but thought seeing the 0 lost would be a good motivator. As of right now I have 55 pounds to lose to be to my ultimate goal. I'm not counting on being able to lose the weight like I did last time, I'm sure it will take some time since I'm still trying to get into a routine. I'm way excited to get back exercising though! Going to do my first workout tonight once the kids are asleep:)

Quick update

I just wanted to do a quick update on how things are going. Both me and the baby are doing great. I'm still in a little pain, but it getting better. I still have four and a half weeks before I can start doing any type of exercise. I have started logging my food again with MFP, and trying to get back into the swing of that! I'm still staying away from the scale. My legs and feet still get pretty swollen so I figure I'll wait till I can exercise to weigh myself, hopefully by then all the swelling will be gone and everything else will be back to somewhat normal. We went and got the little guys newborn pictures yesterday and I was able to squeeze into my 12's, I was alittle upset they didn't fit better but its only a little over a week and at least I could get them on!! I think that's it for now though:)

He's Here!!

I had my baby on Tuesday as planned. All went well and he is just a cutie! He weighed 7 pounds and 2 ounces and was 20 inches tall. I am sure in love with him already. For now we are just recuperating and trying to heal. I haven't even attemped to get on a scale yet because I am dealing with a ton of swelling in my legs and feet. I don't know how much more swollen my feet could get! But hopefully that will be gone soon and in a few weeks I should be cleared to exercise. I am going to try my hardest to get my eating under control and back to counting calories again so once I can exercise it will be easier to get back in the swing of things. 

Last Belly Picture

This is the last picture of me being pregnant! We are scheduled to have this little one on Tuesday:) Sure can't wait!

17 days!!

If this little one decides not to come on his own he will be here in 17 days!! Its so crazy to think, and this pregnancy has went super fast! It will be extremely nice to have him here and get into a routine so I can start exercising more often. The past few weeks we have been taking our little guy swimming at the pool a few times a week. Since he can't quite swim by himself yet, we have to hold him alot of the time we are there, which makes the calorie burn lots more! Its also a nice exercise to do since it will get my back pain to go away for awhile. I also think it's alot of the reason I've been able to maintain my weight for the past couple of months!! There will be days where I get really swollen and maybe up a few pound but it drops right off within a few days. I've been so happy that I've stayed right around 25-30 gained! Sure its about 10 more than I wanted to starting out but I'm ok with it:) anyways thought I'd give a little update, hopefully by the end of next month I'll be back on the fitness wagon in full swing!

Latest Picture

I figured I should post my latest belly picture on here. That way I can have it to remember how I looked at almost 9 months pregnant, and when I'm thinking I'm huge when I lose the baby weight I can compare lol. We were going through some pictures the other day and there was one I took at my lowest weight, where I still felt like I was so big, and just wanted to cry looking at how flat my stomach was compared to now. I know that there is a baby inside there though and once he is here it will go down dramatically! We only have 4 weeks left and thats if he doesn't decide to come sooner. In my eyes I feel like I will be starting completely over since my exercising has been lacking and my eating isn't the best, on the other side of that though I haven't gained nearly as much as my last pregnancy so it has been a bit of a success. Anyways here is my picture...

Only 5 weeks left!!

I now only have 5 weeks till this little guy makes his arrival:) And boy am I ready for it to be here. It hasn't even been to hot, but I sweat like crazy doing anything at all. To bad its not helping my weight, I'm about 25 pounds gained right now, but I have decided I'm not going to freak out about my weight until we are through the recovery part of having the baby and seeing how much I have to lose after that. Alot maybe happening around the time the baby is due too because we are trying to buy a house so we aren't even for sure what all will be going on. Its kinda making me crazy not to know everything that will be going on but whatever happens will happen and we will go with it. Anyways thought I'd post something since it's almost been a  month since my last one.

Just another update

I'm glad to report the date for the c-section has been set for July 17th! Less than 2 months till my little baby is here:) I can't wait for it to get here! I feel huge but when I weighed today I was the same weight as when I went to the doctor last week, hoping I can keep coasting at around 20 pounds gained for another week or so. I feel like all I eat is junk which needs to stop, and I'm trying hard to get back to eating better. Exercise has also been really lacking lately, which I'm hoping to get in a few walks in this next week hopefully, to get me back on track alittle bit. Anyways I think that's about it for now.

Birthday Weekend

This past Saturday was my birthday! Needless to say there were lots of bad food choices, but on the other side there was lots of exercise involved. So I'm not feeling to bad about things. For my birthday one of my presents was a new juicer!! I've never had one and I can't wait to start using it! I'm hoping it'll help me with the weightloss when I get going again. It will be very helpful in getting my veggies and fruits in, which is always a good thing! If any one has some yummy juicing recipes I'd sure love to get some and try them:)

Happy Girl Today!

Today I was going through the clothes in my closet because I've needed to go through and get rid of some of them. Of course I'm not quite sure on what all to get rid of since I'm not sure what I will fit into right after the baby gets here. I decided to try on my "fat pants" to see if I was close to fitting into them again even pregnant...I'm very happy to say they where still very very big and fell right off! I then decided to to try on my 12's just to see how they were on, again I'm happy to say they actually did up!  I couldn't believe it!! Even at almost 30 weeks pregnant I can get them on:) Of course they didn't fit comfortably but I was still so excited. As for my 10's and 8's I knew with how the 12's fit they weren't going to go on very far. I'm ok with that though, it gives me a reason to get back at it full blast after I recover. And even further more get into a size four/six which as been my goal size:) Anyways just wanted to post this where I was just so excited about it.

Finally into the 3rd Trimester!

I forgot to update this the other day so I thought I better do it now...I'm into the 3rd trimester:) And I will be 29 weeks tomorrow the picture is from last week, but its pretty much the same belly bump. We have about 10 weeks before he comes is all, and that's if things keep going smoothly and the doctor decides to not take me earlier. I had my doctors appointment on Wednesday and had only gained 3 pounds last month, I was pretty happy over that! They say you'll usually gain about a pound a week in the last part of it, I've also maintained there this week so we are doing ok weight wise right now. I just can't believe in just over 2 short month I'll have this little guy here and can start getting back into a good routine. I'm bound and determined I'm going to find the time to exercise once the doctor clears me, I don't want to get into the same funk as last time. I start going to the doctor every two weeks now so I will be monitoring my weight gain even better than I have been which will hopefully keep me on the track to only gain what I set out to. Here is my belly pic for 28 weeks, he's popping out more and more!:) 

Late night ramblings

Tomorrow I will officially be in my third trimester!! Unfortunately with that comes the insomnia! So I m up late and was on Myfitnesspal and got thinking about few things. The first being how I can't wait to be able to do 30 Day Shred and TurboFire again! I keep seeing my friends on there start them or doing 2nd and 3rd rounds of them and it makes me miss them. I also got thinking about what pants size I'll actually fit into once the baby is here. I'm really hoping to at least fit into my 12's. That was the first size I got into that I couldn't really remember wearing, I want to say I may have wore that in the 5th grade. Anyways if I could get back into those right after the baby is born I would be happy, and if by chance I could get into my 10's or 8's even better. I'm sure I'll have to work a little bit in order to get into those sizes though. It will be nice when its finally that time and I can just know for sure how much I'm going to need to lose. My last pregnancy I had gained about 40-45 pounds, 2 weeks after he was born I had lost 35 of that. So far I'm between 15-20 pounds gained right now depending on the day. I'm hoping to only gain 10 more, and that's even higher than I originally wanted to gain, but you never know how your body is going to be during pregnancy I guess. I'm hoping if I can only gain another 10 that I will be able to lose at least 20 pounds by the time I get cleared to workout again. I know the hard part of it is going to be finding the time to workout with a new baby and also to get my eating back under control and to only eat 1100-1300 calories a day, where I've been eating at least 500 more than that lately. I just have to get back into the right mind set because I don't want to go back to where I was and I know that's why gaining even though I'm pregnant bugs me. I know I have needed to in order to keep my baby healthy though and it will all be worth it when he is here! I just want to say thanks to all my friends on Myfitnesspal that still comment on my wall and post even though there hasn't been many days with good calories burned or days where I'm under my calories. You all still make me feel good and inspire me to get back on track once this little guy is here....so to you all a BIG FAT THANK YOU!! I will quit with my rambling for the night now:)

I feel like a whale!

I honestly think I'm retaining all the water i drink and the watermelon I eat! I had the flu last week and I did lose weight but it was off for maybe a whole 3 days. I haven't been eating near the amount of sugary things since eater has been over and have tried to watch my calories and haven't been doing to bad, but the weight seems to be pilling on faster than I would like. Something I noticed a couple of days ago though that is kinda making me feel ok, is that when I look at my tummy, naked, Its not the entire thing that is round and bulging out. The part that is bulging out is like where my abs would be if I had any lol. This made me feel ok because last pregnancy it was my whole tummy area bulging out and you couldn't tell I was pregnant really I just looked fat, until I was about 8 & 1/2 months. A lot of people still don't think I look very pregnant or even at all, I think I do more so because I have a picture in my mind of my stomach when I was at my lowest and just want it to be that way again. I thought I was so big still, and I know to some people I still was but to be where I am now I can't wait to be able to workout and get back there again!! I want a healthy and happy baby and happy to be pregnant so I'm ok with getting huge for another few months....but I am looking forward to the days when I have my baby and I can be back to my workouts and fitting into regular cloths again! Since its finally starting to get warm I have been more active since we are outside a lot or going to parks and have to run around with my little boy:) I think that's all for now though!

25 weeks:)

I'm now 25 weeks along!! I took the picture below today and I have to say it made me feel a bit better after seeing it about the whole gaining weight thing. I'm alot littler this time than last time:):) I compared pictures today and was happy to see the difference. I know I still need to be doing better eating wise especially after this last weekend the Easter Bunny left way to many sweets at our house!!

Update...

Since I was so down about gaining weight right now I decided to look online a bit to see if I could find something that would help me know just how much to really expect to gain and such. I thankfully ran across a diagram showing how much all the extra stuff I'm carrying weighs. Since I can't get the diagram to load here I'm just going to list it.

Blood: 2.5-3.5 pounds

Uterus: 2-2.5 pounds

Amniotic Fluid: 1.5-2 pounds

Placenta: 1-2 pounds

Fluid: 3-6 pounds

Breast: 1.5-2 pounds

Baby: 7-8.5 pounds

Maternal Fat: 6.5-9 pounds

Total: 25- 35.5 pounds

After reading this I felt alot better! I have alittle over 3 months left of being pregnant, and its the part of the pregnancy where the weight starts pilling on!! The site I found this on also said I should only gain about a pound a week which if I'm able to do that I should only have gained alittle over 25 pounds by the time I have the baby!! I'm so hoping that's all I'll gain! Anything less than the 40-45 I gained last pregnancy will be better though. I just hate seeing the number on the scale, which has been why I haven't weighed much lately. I think if I do once a week it'll help me stay on track though so I'm going to do that from now on. I have to be admit though, when I saw the chart and saw "Breast: 1.5-2 pounds" I laughed because I have gained so much there!! I have had to buy a new bra every month! I started at a 32DD, went to a 34D then 36D, yesterday I got my 36DD and the girls are still poking out the sides and top of it!! So on to the next up a DDD which I honestly never ever thought I would see! But I'm sure once I start losing the weight they will go back down to what they were before lol. Something that has made me feel ok is that my maternity pants still fit. Yeah they do have an elasticy waistband thing but they are kinda baggy in the thigh and butt area still:) They are a size 12 but I'm stil happy they fit and that I haven't had to go upto the next size. Anyways this is kinda just my thoughts the past few days, and me trying to be okay with gaining! I just need to make sure I'm exercising and watching what I eat and the rest is just upto my body what it does. I will work just as hard as before if not harder to get back down to where I was if not to lose more than that!! I just can't wait to get back at it, but I want my baby to stay in me until he is healthy and ready to come:) The doctor seemed fine with my weight gain thus far so I should be too. And also on a happy note no gestational  diabetes for this girl YAY!! 

Feel so "off the wagon"

I just feel so off these days! Its hard watching the scale go up. It probably wouldn't has much if I would get my butt exercising!! I don't want to make excuses but I am extremely exhausted every freaking day...I can't wait to get back to my normal self even though I realize even after the baby I won't be able to get right back at it. I miss TurboFire and all my other dvds so much!! But at this point the doctor told me I shouldn't be doing them at this point. Anyways I'm sorry for complaining! I just feel huge and like I'm just getting way off track. I still log my food on MFP but I'm just not to consistent on stay at or below my calories. In all honesty I haven't weighed myself for going on 2 weeks because I just don't wanna see the number. Last I weighed was 200 even which made me bawl like a baby! Even though that was only 11 pounds up since finding out I was pregnant. This is just me venting though so again I'm sorry!! One of my MFP's had this on their status today and I just loved it!! "First comes the dream, then comes the struggle, then there is victory. The problem is, most people give up during the struggle… never knowing how close they were to victory. The only way you’ll fail is if you quit. Never, Never, Never Quit"
I will not quit! I still strive to be healthy just not making all the best choices right now, hoping to do better though!!

Half way through!

I guess I'm actually almost 21 weeks, but the picture below is from this past Wednesday. We got to find out what the baby is and its another little BOY!! He is healthy and right on track. I haven't really been weighing myself much the past few weeks due to seeing the numbers rise, and that making me sad. However at the doctors I was pleased to see I'm actually only up 5 pounds:) My doctor even mentioned how he couldn't believe I had only gained that much especially since the baby weighs a little more than average for its age! I'm really hoping I'll only gain 10-15 more pounds through out the next 18 weeks. I know if I would get exercising more its very do-able! Something that dawned on me tonight was the fact that even though I haven't been doing my best, I have changed the way I view food and exercise. And the fact that the way I lost the weight was the right way to do it. I lost 30 pounds before I got pregnant the first time just to gain 40-45pounds during my pregnancy and after. I know I'm not done with this pregnancy yet but already I'm doing a lot better than last time weight wise and it doesn't seem to pile on like it did last time. I know its because losing the weight before this pregnancy I did it the right way and not by some easy quick fix! When I realized this it made me happy! This way I know what I was doing paid off and I've done exactly what I set out to do. Yes I still want to lose more, and get better at eating right and try new exercises, but I've made a lot of progress thus far and can't wait to be 100% back at it!

^20 weeks!

^Our cute little guy on the way:)

18 weeks

This is my belly picture at 18 weeks! I've been doing pretty good at maintaining my weight:) as of yesterday I had gained 2 pounds from when I found out. Which I'm ok with seeing as I'm almost half way through. I do need to be better with my eating as I said in the post before, I've been eating to many sweets! We find out in 2 weeks if its a boy or girl and I can't wait! It feels like an eternity still. Anyways just wanted to post that really quick, here's the picture.

^ I feel like I look so thick through from my 12 week picture, but I think thats cause my shirt was on the looser side and didn't clean to my back as much. just my little pickyness over the picture.

Update

Sorry I've been alittle absent from here again! Just a little harder to find things to post about lately. As for what is going on here...I'm now 17 weeks pregnant! I get to find out in 3 weeks what the baby is for sure, and very anxious about it!! As for the exercising and eating right stuff, its been a bit of a struggle lately but I'm trying to stay on track. I've gained back to what I was when I found out, but I'm hoping to maintain here for at least the next 3 weeks, I would love to only gain 15-20 pounds from what I weigh now. My biggest challenge has been the sweets, cravings are kicking in and they haven't been for the good things. I'm going to try to not eat as many, which will be hard with all the yummy Easter candy coming out. I may have to start using the good ole safe again to lock up my candy. Exercise wise I've been doing ok. I still am really tired all the time but have been making sure to get in workouts at least 2-3 days a week. Well thats about it not much going on.

Just Dance!

So I have joined the craze of Just Dance games!! I got 2 and 3 for Christmas but hadn't tried them until tonight and I love them! They are so much fun and a perfect workout for me right now:) I was sweating like crazy doing some of them, and haven't done that in awhile so it was nice!! I just like everything about them and happy I found something besides the dreadmill to do. I like having my treadmill but I find it hard to want to get it out and set up and then put it back...lazy bones here! But I will probably be dancing alot more and may even try my ea active sports ones and see if I can do some of them. I was just so excited to have found a new exercise and wanted to share, if you haven't tried them you should!:)

One Year Ago!

A year ago today(well really I guess yesterday now) was the day I started this new lifestyle! I can't say how happy I am to be sitting here and saying that I've actually stuck to it through out a whole year!! I've accomplished alot more than I ever though I would! I started out think if I could get back into one-derland I would be thrilled, and I reached that goal and then went even further and lost 24 more pounds at my lowest weight. I've learned so many things this past year about food, exercise, and what my body needs in order to be healthy. I was able to wear single digit pant sizes and wear a size medium in shirts and dress, which I can't even remember when I did that last. I was able to start running and to exercises I never even dreamed about doing before. Its been such an amazing year! I did have some tough times through it but came out with a positive attitude. I'm so so so very grateful to have found MyFitnessPal, without that site I wouldn't have been able to have gotten to the point I have. All of you on there that have been with me through out this year are so amazing!! I love you all and am so thankful for you support and friendships!! One of my biggest goals was to get healthy and be able to live that way for when I got pregnant again. Yeah sure I've had my days where I've given into some of my cravings but for the most part I am still right on track with it all. I haven't been exercising as much but I'm hoping to be able to start getting in a couple exercise sessions a week now that I'm in the second trimester. I've had more nausea this time which has made a difference than my last pregnancy but at this point last time I was up around 10 pounds, this time I'm up 6 from my lowest weight...actually down 5 from when I found out I was pregnant. And I actually find fruits are my favorite things to eat right now, and they take away the cravings for the sugary junk food. I'm not meaning for this post to be braggy, but I am very proud of myself for how far I have come. 245 pounds to 175 pounds which really happened in 9ish months, and then maintained for a month and had a slight gain but its been coming back off....I'm so very happy with that!!! This next year might not be as successful as this past one, due to being pregnant for more than half the year, but I will continue to live the life I have been and to do as much as I can to stay healthy! I have a goal set to do a 5k in the fall once I can start exercising and get ready for it, I haven't done one yet and its on my list of things I want to do as well as a 1/2 marathon in 2013! So here's to staying the course and having another healthy year!!!

Picture Time:

You've all seen these before but here's a recap of the progress I made in pictures!

^At my heaviest- pregnant in it but the only picture I have at me around 245

^First progress pictures I took about a month after I started.

^At my lowest weight!!

You can see a current picture of my "belly" in the post below

Belly Picture

This is me at 12 weeks well, 12.5 really. I'm about 4.5 pounds down from when I found out I was pregnant, even though to me I feel alot bigger, still about 7 pounds up from my smallest. I'm still wearing my normal jeans (size 10's)  but will probably be switching to maternity jeans once they arrive. For some reason the button on my jeans bug the heck out of me. Anyways here's the picture not the best quality since its off my phone, my charger for my computer broke so hopefully the next picture will be better:)

Ticker

So I've decided to reset it to my lowest weight, that way when I'm done with this pregnancy I know where I was. Then I can add what I've gained through the pregnancy and try to get back there and to my ultimate goal of 165-160ish. Anyways thought I'd just update really quick on that, I'm going to go hit the treadmill for a bit:)

I'm Still Alive!!

December was such a busy month for us I just didn't ever find time to update here.
We had a wonderful christmas here, alot of what I got had to do with fitness. I got a new hrm(polar ft60), the new zumba program, new walking/running shoes, just dance 2&3 for the wii, and then my treadmill and exercise bike. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and is ready to start a healthy 2012!!
In baby news I got to see it yesterday:) everything looks good. They are due on July 23rd but since I'll have a c-section the doctor will most likely take me the week before. They had a strong heartrate at 176bpm....everyone is thinking girl! Morning sickness and exhaustion are still kicking my butt, but I'm hoping it'll ease up in the next few weeks.
Now for stats for December, I didn't do a very good job tracking everything this month. However I do think I hit all my goals:) which were 1000 minutes of exercise, 12,000 calories burned, and maintain or lose weight! On the weight part I'm actually down 4 pounds from when I found out I was pregnant, so I'm happy about that. I would love if I could maintain around this weight until around 20 weeks, we'll see what happens though. I'm not really going to set goals for this next month and I really haven't made any resolutions for this year either. I just want to continue to live a healthy lifestyle and to increase my fitness. Well I think that's all for now:)