Just back from the doctor's office and not only did I get an intra-muscular shot in my rear end that hurts like hell, but I gained another 9 lbs since my last visit! 9 pounds in 4 weeks.
Ugh.
I'm now 1 lb shy of my weight goal for the ENTIRE pregnancy, and I still have 12 weeks to go.
My new goal is to only gain 2 lbs by my next appointment, which is in three weeks. If it were tomorrow then maybe I'd have a shot at achieving my goal.
I'm not going to go nuts about this, but it is pretty frustrating when I really feel like I did a lot to watch what I ate over the last 4 weeks.
My belly is pretty large, but all of my clothes still fit, I still wear my rings with no problems, my shoes and socks are fine - where is the weight going?! I'm going to be really upset if we find out I'm carrying a 12lb baby already. At this rate, I'll be giving birth to a 4 year old in March.
On the bright side, I confirmed with my doctor today that they will not let me go more than 7 days past my due date should the little one decide to be late. Hooray!
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Hamilton
Frank just got off the phone with the vet, and she is on board with the Florinef course of treatment. She has never used it before, but as it is a much more affordable option and doesn't require a monthly trip to the vet for injections (or WORSE, us learning to give him injections at home) we're going for it.
She wants us to do some research, along with her, about the potential side effects and different issues that can arise. She specifically mentioned monitoring H's electrolytes and also adding salt to his diet to help him remain hydrated. While I'm not sure how to monitor electrolytes yet, I did already begin to add salt to his food last night.
There are some great websites with information on dogs with Addison's and ways that we as owners can help to manage the disease. I'm so grateful for that! I feel like I have some direction and some things to try, and I don't feel like my world is crashing in on me (which is how I felt last night). I have every intention of doing my best to care for our dog and to simultaneously be a good steward of our finances - it will be a delicate balance, but we'll find it!
As for Hamilton, he seems to be doing better already. He certainly isn't 100% yet, but he is better. More interested in food, more wagging of the tail, responding to our voices and to treats - we're on the right path.
We've increased his steroid dosage, per our vet, and will keep them at an elevated dosage until he is back to normal. He'll eventually be back down to just 1/4 pill each morning.
I'm still not happy to find out that my darling hound has a disease that has no cure, but I'm grateful that we discovered it before it hit a 'crisis' level and that there are treatment options that won't bankrupt us or force us to make a really difficult decision.
She wants us to do some research, along with her, about the potential side effects and different issues that can arise. She specifically mentioned monitoring H's electrolytes and also adding salt to his diet to help him remain hydrated. While I'm not sure how to monitor electrolytes yet, I did already begin to add salt to his food last night.
There are some great websites with information on dogs with Addison's and ways that we as owners can help to manage the disease. I'm so grateful for that! I feel like I have some direction and some things to try, and I don't feel like my world is crashing in on me (which is how I felt last night). I have every intention of doing my best to care for our dog and to simultaneously be a good steward of our finances - it will be a delicate balance, but we'll find it!
As for Hamilton, he seems to be doing better already. He certainly isn't 100% yet, but he is better. More interested in food, more wagging of the tail, responding to our voices and to treats - we're on the right path.
We've increased his steroid dosage, per our vet, and will keep them at an elevated dosage until he is back to normal. He'll eventually be back down to just 1/4 pill each morning.
I'm still not happy to find out that my darling hound has a disease that has no cure, but I'm grateful that we discovered it before it hit a 'crisis' level and that there are treatment options that won't bankrupt us or force us to make a really difficult decision.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Bummer
***So, I thought it was cute that H was so tired out from hangin' with other dogs all weekend but it turns out that he is a very sick hound. Frank and I have spent a combined 3 hours (and lots of money) at the vet today and the preliminary diagnosis is Addison's Disease.
It is something that H will have for the rest of his life and we're currently working on figuring out how to best manage his disease once he is back to full health. Right now he is about 8-10lbs underweight and not terribly interested in food, which makes gaining those pounds back more difficult. He was very dehydrated, but has had IV fluids and we're making sure he is drinking water at home. H is getting specialty meals, though this evening he managed to pick out the hunks of chicken and leave the rice and kibble in the bowl...stinker.
I'll keep the blog posted on his status, but for now we're waiting for final tests to come back and for the steroids to kick in (help his appetite and also help with the adrenaline deficiency). We're lucky that we caught the symptoms before he got worse, this disease can be fatal if left untreated and they go into shock.
Lots of TLC and treats for now, and hopefully we'll have him back to normal soon!***
What happens when you board your two hounds with three other dogs for a long weekend? They sleep.
We don't usually cover the hounds with blankets, but we turned the heat down while we were gone so the house was still a bit chilly when they came home. It is cute, though, isn't it?!
It is something that H will have for the rest of his life and we're currently working on figuring out how to best manage his disease once he is back to full health. Right now he is about 8-10lbs underweight and not terribly interested in food, which makes gaining those pounds back more difficult. He was very dehydrated, but has had IV fluids and we're making sure he is drinking water at home. H is getting specialty meals, though this evening he managed to pick out the hunks of chicken and leave the rice and kibble in the bowl...stinker.
I'll keep the blog posted on his status, but for now we're waiting for final tests to come back and for the steroids to kick in (help his appetite and also help with the adrenaline deficiency). We're lucky that we caught the symptoms before he got worse, this disease can be fatal if left untreated and they go into shock.
Lots of TLC and treats for now, and hopefully we'll have him back to normal soon!***
What happens when you board your two hounds with three other dogs for a long weekend? They sleep.
We don't usually cover the hounds with blankets, but we turned the heat down while we were gone so the house was still a bit chilly when they came home. It is cute, though, isn't it?!
Monday, December 27, 2010
Status Update
As of Saturday, December 25th I am 27 weeks pregnant. Just under 13 weeks to go!
Lots of fetal movement, especially in the early morning and late at night. Luckily, it isn't strong enough to wake me up or keep me from sleeping but it is getting stronger so that may soon change. I'm hungry often, but it doesn't take much to fill me up - makes for frequent small meals throughout the day.
I lucked into a great sale at a Motherhood outlet store and scored two new sweaters and a dress - big win for me!
Lots of fetal movement, especially in the early morning and late at night. Luckily, it isn't strong enough to wake me up or keep me from sleeping but it is getting stronger so that may soon change. I'm hungry often, but it doesn't take much to fill me up - makes for frequent small meals throughout the day.I lucked into a great sale at a Motherhood outlet store and scored two new sweaters and a dress - big win for me!
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
I'm Thankful For
-my amazing husband (I would expand on this, but that would make for a really really really long post)
-my younger hound sleeping through the night (partially thanks to my amazing husband taking them for walks)
-diet coke
My day started out just fine, but has taken a bit of a slide thanks to some hiccups at work. All of it is out of my control but all my responsibility at the same time (STRESS MUCH), so I'm trying to remain calm and stay positive. No reason to let some stuffy micromanaging procrastinating bureaucrat ruin my day/week/holiday when I have so many wonderful things and people in my life.
Though, if he keeps being a stuffy micromanaging procrastinating bureaucrat, I may have to be grateful for some frozen yogurt this afternoon.
**did you know that if you type "explitive deleted" between "<" and ">", your text will in fact be deleted?**
-my younger hound sleeping through the night (partially thanks to my amazing husband taking them for walks)
-diet coke
My day started out just fine, but has taken a bit of a slide thanks to some hiccups at work. All of it is out of my control but all my responsibility at the same time (STRESS MUCH), so I'm trying to remain calm and stay positive. No reason to let some stuffy micromanaging procrastinating bureaucrat ruin my day/week/holiday when I have so many wonderful things and people in my life.
Though, if he keeps being a stuffy micromanaging procrastinating bureaucrat
**did you know that if you type "explitive deleted" between "<" and ">", your text will in fact be deleted?**
Friday, December 17, 2010
I'm Excited About: Sleep
We had a small victory last night - we slept!
We've been trying different things to get Rutledge to sleep peacefully through the night and last night I decided that we would let both dogs stay on the bed in the living room and see how it goes. The big risk was that R tends to be a bit destructive when left uncrated (mostly trash, paper, and occasionally electrical wires), but we were getting desperate.
Frank and I went up to bed and left the hounds snuggled on their bed. No one got up to follow us, no one wandered up to whine at our door, it seemed to be working!
At 2am I woke up to whining. But it wasn't Rutledge, it was Hamilton! He was whining at the back door because he needed to go out. I let both dogs out, picked up the piece of junk mail that R had begun to demolish, and then brought them back in and sent them to the basement. I crated R and had H snuggle into his bed, then went back upstairs and....SLEPT UNTIL MY ALARM WENT OFF AT 7:04AM.
So, it wasn't a total victory as I did have to get up at 2, but I am sure I was back asleep by 2:15 and then slept for nearly 5 more hours.
We know that R still gets into trouble when left unattended, but at least we got some reasonable sleep last night!
We've been trying different things to get Rutledge to sleep peacefully through the night and last night I decided that we would let both dogs stay on the bed in the living room and see how it goes. The big risk was that R tends to be a bit destructive when left uncrated (mostly trash, paper, and occasionally electrical wires), but we were getting desperate.
Frank and I went up to bed and left the hounds snuggled on their bed. No one got up to follow us, no one wandered up to whine at our door, it seemed to be working!
At 2am I woke up to whining. But it wasn't Rutledge, it was Hamilton! He was whining at the back door because he needed to go out. I let both dogs out, picked up the piece of junk mail that R had begun to demolish, and then brought them back in and sent them to the basement. I crated R and had H snuggle into his bed, then went back upstairs and....SLEPT UNTIL MY ALARM WENT OFF AT 7:04AM.
So, it wasn't a total victory as I did have to get up at 2, but I am sure I was back asleep by 2:15 and then slept for nearly 5 more hours.
We know that R still gets into trouble when left unattended, but at least we got some reasonable sleep last night!
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Happy Birthday, Frank!
Today is Frank's 30th birthday - happy birthday!
This time last year we were having dinner at Rays the Steaks and I told him, "By this time next year, we'll need to at least be talking about our plan for kids. We don't have to have one, but we need to know when we'll start trying." He agreed, and we had a lovely dinner.
This year when we go to dinner we'll be accompanied by our little one, riding safely in my belly.
Happy birthday, darling husband! Just think, this time next year you'll be getting your first birthday present from your first child!
We both love you so much, I hope you have a wonderful day
This time last year we were having dinner at Rays the Steaks and I told him, "By this time next year, we'll need to at least be talking about our plan for kids. We don't have to have one, but we need to know when we'll start trying." He agreed, and we had a lovely dinner.
This year when we go to dinner we'll be accompanied by our little one, riding safely in my belly.
Happy birthday, darling husband! Just think, this time next year you'll be getting your first birthday present from your first child!
We both love you so much, I hope you have a wonderful day
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Disaster!
I attended a holiday reception last night for a group of PAC people, and while I had a lovely time chatting with friends and colleagues and meeting new ones, disaster struck.
It was almost unnoticeable to those around me, but there was some serious panic going on in my head (and my stomach).
I ate pumpkin.
It was hidden in a tiny, bite-sized pie. The woman offering it mumbled and I thought she said "apple," which happens to be my favorite kind of pie.
Disaster.
I nearly gagged right there in front of the DC PAC world.
For those who are unaware, I hate pumpkin. To the point where I tell people, "no thank you, I'm allergic." It is that bad. I don't know why I hate it, but I do, and that fact was reaffirmed last night as I literally choked down this tiny little disgusting pie and tried not to gag on my friends.
I'm going to stop writing now because just thinking about this tragic event is making me gag. Blech.
Lesson: If the server mumbles, ask them to speak up!
It was almost unnoticeable to those around me, but there was some serious panic going on in my head (and my stomach).
I ate pumpkin.
It was hidden in a tiny, bite-sized pie. The woman offering it mumbled and I thought she said "apple," which happens to be my favorite kind of pie.
Disaster.
I nearly gagged right there in front of the DC PAC world.
For those who are unaware, I hate pumpkin. To the point where I tell people, "no thank you, I'm allergic." It is that bad. I don't know why I hate it, but I do, and that fact was reaffirmed last night as I literally choked down this tiny little disgusting pie and tried not to gag on my friends.
I'm going to stop writing now because just thinking about this tragic event is making me gag. Blech.
Lesson: If the server mumbles, ask them to speak up!
Monday, December 13, 2010
Puppy Problems
Our younger hound, Rutledge, has an annoying habit of not wanting to go to bed and then waking up well before 7am in a PANIC each morning. It is pretty annoying, especially when he throws in the 3 or 4am panic attack just for kicks.
He is still crated at night and when we're not home, and this is for the sake of our possessions. We left him uncrated a few nights ago and woke up to a total mess in the basement. He had chewed on everything he could get his little paws on, from paper to a gatorade bottle and a CD case. Basically, he proved to us that he isn't ready to sleep out in the open with Hamilton.
So, tonight I devised a plan. It is too cold and windy for Frank to take them for a walk, and keeping him awake is pretty labor intensive for us, so we've turned to raw hide.
For some reason, Rutledge takes hours to chew down a raw hide. Many, many, many hours, like days. So, here we sit enjoying some Monday Night Football while our little hound chews away at the raw hide that I gave to him 2 hours ago - he's barely made a dent. We're really hoping that this solution will help him to stay awake until bed time, and wear him out just enough that he'll both fall asleep quickly and stay asleep for the night.
Hamilton had a raw hide, too, but he is a big boy and therefore his treat was gone within an hour of giving it to him. Now he is just pacing the living room trying to figure out how to swindle Rutledge's raw hide away from him. Good luck, H, but since it is our precious sleep on the line I don't think you'll be very successful.
If this plan works, we should be able to use one raw hide for at least a week with R and hopefully we'll all sleep better for it.
He is still crated at night and when we're not home, and this is for the sake of our possessions. We left him uncrated a few nights ago and woke up to a total mess in the basement. He had chewed on everything he could get his little paws on, from paper to a gatorade bottle and a CD case. Basically, he proved to us that he isn't ready to sleep out in the open with Hamilton.
So, tonight I devised a plan. It is too cold and windy for Frank to take them for a walk, and keeping him awake is pretty labor intensive for us, so we've turned to raw hide.
For some reason, Rutledge takes hours to chew down a raw hide. Many, many, many hours, like days. So, here we sit enjoying some Monday Night Football while our little hound chews away at the raw hide that I gave to him 2 hours ago - he's barely made a dent. We're really hoping that this solution will help him to stay awake until bed time, and wear him out just enough that he'll both fall asleep quickly and stay asleep for the night.
Hamilton had a raw hide, too, but he is a big boy and therefore his treat was gone within an hour of giving it to him. Now he is just pacing the living room trying to figure out how to swindle Rutledge's raw hide away from him. Good luck, H, but since it is our precious sleep on the line I don't think you'll be very successful.
If this plan works, we should be able to use one raw hide for at least a week with R and hopefully we'll all sleep better for it.
Status Update
25 weeks, 2 days pregnant. 14 weeks, 5 days to go to due date.
Not much news to report. I'm getting bigger and I seem to tire easily. Frank has been very helpful when I have the urge to clean - we spent hours cleaning the basement, sorting through stuff and getting rid of stuff we don't need. I'm such a lucky woman!
We painted the bathroom back to "boring" since we know we're moving out. I figured it was the easiest place to start, I knew I had enough primer and the right paint color on hand to tackle the task without having to hit Home Depot. It is nice to have that task finished, and we only had a disorganized bathroom for about 24 hours.
Not much news to report. I'm getting bigger and I seem to tire easily. Frank has been very helpful when I have the urge to clean - we spent hours cleaning the basement, sorting through stuff and getting rid of stuff we don't need. I'm such a lucky woman!
We painted the bathroom back to "boring" since we know we're moving out. I figured it was the easiest place to start, I knew I had enough primer and the right paint color on hand to tackle the task without having to hit Home Depot. It is nice to have that task finished, and we only had a disorganized bathroom for about 24 hours.
Friday, December 10, 2010
I'm Excited About: Moving Again?!
Ok, so I'm actually not excited about moving again but I'm trying to at least not be completely depressed. The owner of the duplex is selling it at the end of our lease and as we're not in a position to make an offer, we're packing up and moving again.
There are good things and less than good things about this news. I'll start with the less than good things and end on the good things!
Less Than Good:
-We're either going to be moving the week of my due date, or one month after the due date. This is less than ideal because I could actually be in labor while we're in transition, OR we could have a 1 month old child during our move. Not ideal, but oh well!
-I'm tired of moving. I enjoy living in a 'home' environment and that takes time and energy to create, while we didn't ever really put our full efforts into our current place I'm not really excited to have to start over entirely somewhere else.
-We're going to be paying more rent and have less storage no matter where we go
-The potential new place doesn't have a fenced yard for the pups, so we're back to taking the dogs out when they have 'business'
-I won't get to 'nest' like I want to because we'll be in transition.
Good Things:
-The realtor who is selling our place is a sweet woman and is working really hard to help us make the transition as easy as possible. She even lobbied to have the owner let us out of our lease a month early so we wouldn't be stuck paying double rent - and so that she can show the house on the market BEFORE the baby comes! (Baby, please don't come more than 14 days early, though you are now welcome to come up to 9 days late)
-We already have a very strong lead on a new home! It is a 2.5 bedroom house that is about the same amount of square footage as our current place, but it is a free standing home - no neighbors through the walls! It is close to church, still in Arlington, an easy commute for me, etc etc.
-The landlord at this potential new place is a wonderful woman and we have it on good authority (our friends have lived there for 1.5 years now) that she is a fantastic landlord and appreciates good tenants. This is a perk that is priceless to me. I'm tired of distant owners, management companies, and corporations that really don't care about you and your family. This would not be the case at the house, quite the opposite really!
-We now have the reason and opportunity to cleanse our lives of more 'things.' You know, the stuff that accumulates because you have room for it and you 'might use it one day for something?' Yeah, we're getting rid of that before the move - if we've moved it 2 times and not used it or even thought about it, we're not moving it again.
-It looks like we'll be getting a dishwasher! new baby+bottles+dishwasher=yay!
-Walking the dogs twice daily will be good for them and for us. And with the potentially reasonable landlord, perhaps some sort of temporary dog-run can be installed over time.
-We're looking at signing a 2 year lease, which means we'd stay put for more than 12 months! Something we have yet to do since we got married. (When we move in March/April we will have been married for 3 years and we'll be settling into our 4th home.)
-I'm hoping that all of my 'nesting' instincts will make the packing, sorting, donating, life-cleansing an efficient process. When it hits, it is strong, so as long as I have somewhere to direct the energy I think I can get a lot accomplished before I'm too big to move around comfortably.
Goodness, what a life!
I hope that I'm not coming off as whiny, we really are trying to take all of this in stride knowing that God knows His plans for us and He won't give us things that we can't handle. It won't be easy, He never promised that, but it is possible and it will work out somehow!
Mostly for now this means that there won't be any more "look at this room" posts because starting this weekend it all starts coming down and getting boxed up. (Even though I did just hang three pictures upstairs, oh well) Just think, next time I have a "look what I did to decorate" post it will likely be a nursery in a new house! Isn't that exciting?!
There are good things and less than good things about this news. I'll start with the less than good things and end on the good things!
Less Than Good:
-We're either going to be moving the week of my due date, or one month after the due date. This is less than ideal because I could actually be in labor while we're in transition, OR we could have a 1 month old child during our move. Not ideal, but oh well!
-I'm tired of moving. I enjoy living in a 'home' environment and that takes time and energy to create, while we didn't ever really put our full efforts into our current place I'm not really excited to have to start over entirely somewhere else.
-We're going to be paying more rent and have less storage no matter where we go
-The potential new place doesn't have a fenced yard for the pups, so we're back to taking the dogs out when they have 'business'
-I won't get to 'nest' like I want to because we'll be in transition.
Good Things:
-The realtor who is selling our place is a sweet woman and is working really hard to help us make the transition as easy as possible. She even lobbied to have the owner let us out of our lease a month early so we wouldn't be stuck paying double rent - and so that she can show the house on the market BEFORE the baby comes! (Baby, please don't come more than 14 days early, though you are now welcome to come up to 9 days late)
-We already have a very strong lead on a new home! It is a 2.5 bedroom house that is about the same amount of square footage as our current place, but it is a free standing home - no neighbors through the walls! It is close to church, still in Arlington, an easy commute for me, etc etc.
-The landlord at this potential new place is a wonderful woman and we have it on good authority (our friends have lived there for 1.5 years now) that she is a fantastic landlord and appreciates good tenants. This is a perk that is priceless to me. I'm tired of distant owners, management companies, and corporations that really don't care about you and your family. This would not be the case at the house, quite the opposite really!
-We now have the reason and opportunity to cleanse our lives of more 'things.' You know, the stuff that accumulates because you have room for it and you 'might use it one day for something?' Yeah, we're getting rid of that before the move - if we've moved it 2 times and not used it or even thought about it, we're not moving it again.
-It looks like we'll be getting a dishwasher! new baby+bottles+dishwasher=yay!
-Walking the dogs twice daily will be good for them and for us. And with the potentially reasonable landlord, perhaps some sort of temporary dog-run can be installed over time.
-We're looking at signing a 2 year lease, which means we'd stay put for more than 12 months! Something we have yet to do since we got married. (When we move in March/April we will have been married for 3 years and we'll be settling into our 4th home.)
-I'm hoping that all of my 'nesting' instincts will make the packing, sorting, donating, life-cleansing an efficient process. When it hits, it is strong, so as long as I have somewhere to direct the energy I think I can get a lot accomplished before I'm too big to move around comfortably.
Goodness, what a life!
I hope that I'm not coming off as whiny, we really are trying to take all of this in stride knowing that God knows His plans for us and He won't give us things that we can't handle. It won't be easy, He never promised that, but it is possible and it will work out somehow!
Mostly for now this means that there won't be any more "look at this room" posts because starting this weekend it all starts coming down and getting boxed up. (Even though I did just hang three pictures upstairs, oh well) Just think, next time I have a "look what I did to decorate" post it will likely be a nursery in a new house! Isn't that exciting?!
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Christmas!
I LOVE Christmas! It is my favorite holiday, by far.
I've decorated our house slowly since 11/28, because while I am a major lover of all things Christmas I am also a firm believer that Christmas doesn't start until after Thanksgiving.
We're still building our decoration stash, and I try to be a frugal shopper and only add to it during post-Christmas sales. Tough to do when you love the holiday as much as I do!
Luckily I have some Christmas-loving relatives that have pitched in to help out over the past couple years, so it isn't all left to me.
This year I'm hoping to pick up a few things: mistletoe (we have a great archway between our living and dining rooms that is BEGGING for mistletoe), a stocking for Rutledge, and maybe a couple of throw pillows.
I'm willing to wait for post-Christmas sales for all of it except for the mistletoe. I've already started shopping for some on Amazon!
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!
I've decorated our house slowly since 11/28, because while I am a major lover of all things Christmas I am also a firm believer that Christmas doesn't start until after Thanksgiving.
We're still building our decoration stash, and I try to be a frugal shopper and only add to it during post-Christmas sales. Tough to do when you love the holiday as much as I do!
Luckily I have some Christmas-loving relatives that have pitched in to help out over the past couple years, so it isn't all left to me.
This year I'm hoping to pick up a few things: mistletoe (we have a great archway between our living and dining rooms that is BEGGING for mistletoe), a stocking for Rutledge, and maybe a couple of throw pillows.
I'm willing to wait for post-Christmas sales for all of it except for the mistletoe. I've already started shopping for some on Amazon!
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Status Update
24 weeks pregnant. 16 weeks until my due date.
Not much new, unless you count feeling great as 'new.' I've finally kicked the cold that wouldn't die, and I'm not yet to the part where I'm swollen and miserable. I'm doing my best to enjoy this time and appreciate the 'cute' part before it all goes down hill again!
BUT, I did get weighed on Friday and oops! I've gained a little more than my doctor and I had hoped. I'm not over my allotted weight yet, but considering that I have 16 weeks to go it is looking like it could easily get out of control. My doctor didn't say much other than "be careful, especially with the holidays," but I have a plan. I know why I've put on so much extra weight...dairy. I LOVE milk, I eat yogurt on a regular basis, and I have two kinds of icecream in the freezer (ok, three).
Dairy always does this to me, and I always hope that 'this time' will be different but it turns out that I'm as suceptable to dairy's evil weight piling abilities during pregnancy as I am during nonpregnancy. Bummer.
Looks like I'll be cutting back on the cereal, switching to nuts ands fruits instead of yogurt, and keeping my icecream intake to a minimal (and pre-8pm) level.
I'm not trying to lose weight, but I will be trying to 'maintain' it a bit more effectively.
Perhaps I'll even throw in a few lunch time eliptical appointments during the week, and actually start walking the dogs instead of just sending them out in the morning...don't hold your breath, hounds, but I'll try.
Not much new, unless you count feeling great as 'new.' I've finally kicked the cold that wouldn't die, and I'm not yet to the part where I'm swollen and miserable. I'm doing my best to enjoy this time and appreciate the 'cute' part before it all goes down hill again!
BUT, I did get weighed on Friday and oops! I've gained a little more than my doctor and I had hoped. I'm not over my allotted weight yet, but considering that I have 16 weeks to go it is looking like it could easily get out of control. My doctor didn't say much other than "be careful, especially with the holidays," but I have a plan. I know why I've put on so much extra weight...dairy. I LOVE milk, I eat yogurt on a regular basis, and I have two kinds of icecream in the freezer (ok, three).
Dairy always does this to me, and I always hope that 'this time' will be different but it turns out that I'm as suceptable to dairy's evil weight piling abilities during pregnancy as I am during nonpregnancy. Bummer.
Looks like I'll be cutting back on the cereal, switching to nuts ands fruits instead of yogurt, and keeping my icecream intake to a minimal (and pre-8pm) level.
I'm not trying to lose weight, but I will be trying to 'maintain' it a bit more effectively.
Perhaps I'll even throw in a few lunch time eliptical appointments during the week, and actually start walking the dogs instead of just sending them out in the morning...don't hold your breath, hounds, but I'll try.
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