How is everyone?

Hope all of you are doing great. How is the workouts and eating healthy going for everyone?

As for me, I am doing better. I have not lost any weight and have not tried really to do so in the last couple of months. But have regained my enthusiasm and have started again. I have bought a new scale and I am proud to say even though I have no truly watched what I have eaten and only have been walking. I have maintained my weight and have not gained any weight.

So here is to a new start.

33 weeks and going strong...sort of.

So, I am at 33 weeks now. No picture today, but I'll put one up as soon as I get one. I had an apointment last week (32 weeks), and was measuring about 31. A little lower than before. I have (or had) gained 16 pounds at my apointment, which I was okay with. I actually got sick the week before my apointment, so that's probably why I didn't gain more. I have 7 weeks at the most to go, so I think my goal of only gaining 25 pounds might really be possible at this point. I have been having a lot of pains and my doctor told me I need to take it easy for awhile and stay off my feet as much as possible. This has been so hard for me though! But everything I do, (walking, elipticle, weights, etc.) causes me to start contracting. I actually went about 2 weeks without doing ANY exercise, and it about killed me! I hated it! Anyway, I started to swim 3 days a week and I think this will be good. Without the gravity pulling down on me, I've felt great during and AFTER the workout which is nice. I've been keeping it really easy. A lot of laps with the kick board, and that sort of thing. Just enough to get my heart rate up, but not put my little baby in danger. Anyway, I'm sure I look like a big beached whale at the pool, but at 6:00am, who am I trying to impress, right? As for eating, I do it quite often. Oh well. One day I'll get back to normal with that again. I hope.

I'm BACK!!

Sorry to everyone that I've been gone so long! We moved to Utah and I didn't have regular access to the internet. Plus I totally lost my resolve to lose weight. However, I have 2 weddings coming up in a couple months and I have renewed my resolve to myself. Mostly for my own benefit, but also looking good for the weddings will be fun too.
So, I have started P90X. If you surf channels late at night, you might have seen the ads for this. It is INTENSE!!! It is all about intense workouts and tailored meal plans to your size. I am 4 days into it and already can see how it is different. It works off the idea of "muscle confusion" so that you never plateau. Feel free to look it up - I found it way cheap on Amazon, but it is offered through Beachbody.com.
Monday I did Back and Chest. It is ALL pull-ups and push-ups! WOW! Tough stuff! I did the full hour, modified a little bit.
Tuesday I did Plyometrics - an intense cardio workout where you spend most of the time jumping up and down - stuff like jumping squats. Way hard!
Wednesday was Arms and Shoulder. This is all curls and weight lifting.
Thursday (today) was Yoga. I learned today that I am NOT flexible! I had to stop 30 minutes into this 1 1/2 hour routine! I will do the rest later but I could not do it any more!
As far as eating, I have been pretty good. I have eliminated caffeinated, carbonated drinks, and have slowed down the sweets a TON! Anyways, I can't wait for the 90 days to be up so I can see my final results! In the meantime, we just keep plugging away!

7 Weeks

OK, I have 7 weeks to loose a few more pounds before I go in for my wonderful yearly exam. I have not been for about 4 years and figure I better go in. The last time I went I was about 30 pounds heavier and I know the DR will be happy with the lose, but I was hoping to be to my goal weight before I had to go in. So I am upping my game. I was up at 5am to do my Tae Bo (sp) workout and I did a Firm workout this afternoon when I got home from work. My plan is to continue to 2 a days and on the days I don't work, go walk/run in the mornings and continue with my firm work out because it has the weight lifting workouts.

I have also decided to give up treats and sweets until Easter and than I have to have my chocolate eggs.

Have a great week.

Me at 28 weeks along...

Sorry. Again, Carson took the pictures and most of them my head was cut off. The only halfway decent ones were these. The bottom is pretty crooked. Sorry.

As you can see, I'm getting bigger everyday! I just thought I'd update on how I'm doing and how the pregnancy is going. I had another appointement today, and I am now 28 weeks along. I'm measuring at exactly 28, and I have gained a total of 12 pounds. Like I've said before, I'm shooting at only gaining close to 25 pounds. With 12 weeks left, hopefully this is going to be possible.

I am exercising 6 days a week still (most of the time) but have modified it all quite a bit. I am carrying this baby low, and feel a lot of pressure when I'm on my feet, so I've had to really bef careful. I've cut out all weight lifting that involves my legs, and I pretty much just walk and do the elipticle for any cardio workouts. Here is my weekly routine...

Monday: Walk for about an hour.

Tuesday: Gym- walk for 30 minutes, lift weights (for arms) for 30 minutes.

Wednesday: Walk forabout an hour.

Thursday: Elipticle for 15-20 minutes. Resistance bands for 15 minutes. (this is an easy day.)

Friday: Gym- walk for 30 minutes, life weights for 30 minutes.

Saturday: Just elipticle for 20 minutes.

Sunday: DAY OFF!

I eat all the time, which is normal, but I need to focus better on WHAT I'm eating! I swear, all I crave is SUGAR! This week I'm working on drinking more water and eating more healthy snacks. Wish me luck!

Stuck

I am stuck!!! I can't get past the weight I am at right now. I have 18 pounds to my goal and I have been at thesame weight for the last two months and it is driving me crazy. I have changed up my workout and have gotten serious about my eating, but it is not working. It is frustrating!!
I have gone back to doing my weight watchers this week and I hope this will help also. We shall see though.

Any suggestions would be great.

Update

Well, my progress is embarrassing because there has been none. That's okay - that's what I'm using this blog for - to try to keep myself in line and to report to. I haven't exercised as well as I had wanted but I did exercise a few times (which is actually better than the past). I'm still working towards toning and losing inches rather than focusing on losing weight. However, I want to set a new goal to drink more water. I know that drinking water helps with so many facets of your health but I'd like to replace my habit of grabing a snack or treat with grabbing a glass of water. I think this will help things as well. Anyway, wish me luck. I'll report again next month.