Official weigh-in day today. Up 1&1/2lbs from last Monday. Focusing on making time to rest this week (if I repeat myself enough times maybe I'll actually DO it).
Yesterday's calories - 1875 (rest day). Hoping my appetite gets me to at least 2000 today. I don't want to get into a habit of inching lower on the calories.
Less tired yesterday. I did force myself to sit and watch 30mins of Oprah. Would've watched all of it but I got hungry and stopped to go eat dinner early! The foam rolling is getting much less painful now - whew. TMI alert - I've had diarrhea for the past 2 days. As I mentioned before I've been dealing with chronic constipation for around 10 years so this is odd. My main concern is that it CAN be a sign that labor will start soon. I'm only 32&1/2 weeks along so it's too early!! Hopefully I just ate something that didn't agree with me. I'm not have any contractions (not even BH) so that's a good sign.
Did some Tae Bo this morning for a change of pace. I hope no one was secretly videoing the pregnant lady doing tae bo - LOL. Still having the loose stools - at this rate I'll be able to start taking calcium without getting constipated - THAT would be a good thing.
Re-evaluating my carb intake. I've been noncompliant with the macros in the MRM. I tend to get around 30-35% carbs, or around 150g/day or so, depending on my total calories. The grams don't sound low at all but when you consider the percentage I guess it is... maybe if I up my carbs some I will have more even moods and energy levels? That would be the reasons for me to give it a try....
Six weeks completed!! In those 6 weeks I've approximately doubled my calorie intake and I've gained 8 pounds. Based on past experience I am QUITE certain I would have gained at least 8 pounds even if I had stayed at a much lower calorie level. I'm very pleased!! I'll be 33 weeks along on Saturday and have gained 31lbs so far, which is less than usual for me (assuming I don't gain 18lbs in the last 7 weeks).
Increasing carbs may indeed help with energy levels. I don't think it'd hurt to give it a shot.
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I'm working on increasing the carbs a little bit. My mood has been better, but it's too soon to say it's not entirely coincidence. I'm quite impatient and testy so far today.... The foam rolling has gotten much less painful. The diarrhea problem seems to be gone. Yesterday afternoon I started having a lot of pain in my ribs + nausea. I think it was just an issue of the baby moving to an uncomfortable position. It lasted the rest of the day, but this morning I feel normal. Calories are lower as a result though. At least it was a rest day aside from foam rolling and static stretching.
I'm still here. The site wouldn't let me log in for a few days, and then I didn't try for a couple more days. I'm still plugging along - starting my last week of repair today and reflecting on how it's gone. I think it's been a huge success in some ways and a failure in others (not that the program itself is a failure, but rather my compliance).
Positive - I'm eating WAY more and that's been a LONG TIME COMING. BIG, positive change. However, I've been averaging around 2000 cals/day (maybe less, I haven't done an actual average). And supposedly I'm supposed to be somewhere around 2350-2450. It felt like I was stuffing myself to the point of being uncomfortable in that range, so I backed off. But I'm concerned that that's going to come back and bite me when it's time for weight loss...
Negative - I still haven't learned to rest. BIG PROBLEM. I did well as far as not exercising for the first 4 weeks. But otherwise I just haven't made myself slow down. There is always a lot that "needs" (in my mind anyway) doing, and I just do it. I tell myself I'll rest when everything is done, but the trouble is there is almost never a time when everything is done around here!!! I need a serious change of mindset. I don't know how much healing I've not accomplished over the last 7 weeks because I've refused to slow down. I'm pushing to the point of exhaustion. And I've decided that my mood swings are directly related to how much I push too hard. Just yesterday I spent literally 2&1/2 hours going up and down the basement steps carrying stuff out to the garage (junk that needs to be sold or given away). And of course the rest of the day I was doing laundry, cooking, cleaning, etc, etc. No rest in there. BUT, it was stuff that needed doing!! UGH. Sooo... needing to find wisdom, self-control, and EXTRA HOURS IN THE DAY!!!
My weight is fluxing up and down. There is a general upward trend, as there should be, but I gain water easily. Last week I gained 4lbs in 2 days. Then I lost it again. Then today I'm up 2&1/2lbs since yesterday. Nothing alarming - just pregnancy swelling I guess.
Michelle, you definitely have a very busy life. I wish I had some insight for you of how to get some rest in--is it possible to designate one afternoon or even evening a week as your rest time, when either your husband or the older kids take care of whatever little chores need doing? Sorry I can't offer any other ideas.
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They call me Amanda, that being my real name, and "They" being people who know me in person as I don't go around introducing myself in real life as "scribess." 'Cause that would just be strange.
I didn't mean for my last post to sound like a pity party - I don't think it's a matter of I *can't* rest, but more a matter of I *won't* rest. Yes, I'm busy and that's the season of life I'm in, BUT I *could* rest more if I just decided to DO IT, which I don't. I just bought 5 self-help books related to this topic, so at the very least I'll be resting while I read them!!! LOL!!
I've been posting less and less obviously - partly because there is less to say and partly because I've been trying to cut out every little unnecessary thing. Anyhow, this is the last day of repair, but yet it isn't. I'll just be continuing along with this plan until the baby is born (5&1/2 wks until my due date now). I've been focusing this week on trying to hit 2000 cals/day minimum, as I wasn't hitting that last week. And that's all I've been hitting - no appetite beyond that. I'm gaining weight quickly - in fact today I'm up 5lbs from last Weds. Apparently I'm gaining water fast in the last weeks. I'm not concerned though - it's typical for me.
So, focusing on eating as much as possible to stoke the metabolism and working to get in some rest.
Lots to do not only because of the kids and school, but prepping for the baby's arrival AND we are taking our first family vacation in October so I've been planning that (at least vacation planning involves sitting!).
It sure has been a long time! The baby is 5 weeks old now and doing great! I am feeling well physically but am mentally a wreck. I started back with exercise (45mins/5days) and diet 2 weeks ago. So far I have GAINED 2 pounds. UGH!!!!!!!!! And yes, I can see it on my hips. SAME story, different year. So, apparently my body has not been repaired as I had hoped. I'm just sick and disgusted right now. So again I'm in the spot of deciding whether to stay overweight or go back to eating like a bird in order to lose the 25lbs I still have left from the pregnancy. I just wish I didn't care!!!!!!!!!!!
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