I'm Pregnant!!

So it's official. I'm having a baby. On June 14 I took a home pregnancy test in the morning and thought the result was invalid. So took another when I got home and sure enough it was positive. My husband just looked and me and smiled with this child like grin. I could hardly believe it.

We told my parents and my siblings and made a doctors appointment for June 20. I wanted to know how far along I was. I wanted to know what to do and when I could start telling people. Well when the day came I did not get a lot of information. The doctor didn't think I was more then 6-7 weeks along. He wouldn't have even told me I was pregnant if I didn't tell him first. So we scheduled an ultrasound for 6/21 to get a due date.

How amazing is technology these days. I saw my baby move. The nurse measured the baby and told us I was 13 weeks and 2 days along. Double what the doctor thought. I was completely unaware I was pregnant my first trimester. The babies heart beat was fast 154 bpm. We could see it's little hand and it's little feet. It was such an amazing feeling.

The doctor called the next day and wanted to get me into see a specialist as soon as possible since I was much father along then he expected and I am high risk due to my weight. The doctor also informed me I have low iron. I've been thinking of all the things I did during my first trimester that I probably shouldn't have done. I dyed my hair, I have 2 wine coolers, I was around smokers, I ate junk food. But I try to tell myself that people have done worse things and had perfect babies. I'm going to have a perfect baby.

So my next doctors appointment is scheduled for 7/1. Wish me luck.

Big Secret

So I haven't blogged in a few days because I'm holding a very big secret inside and I feel that it might come out here if I write to much. Anyways swimming Monday was very cold but I made it through. Only half the class was there. We are picking up all the kids and my husbands neice today. So lots of kids in the house for a few weeks. I got another new health coach which I'm really happy with so we'll see how my progress goes. I'm taking off work Monday so I will weigh in again Friday morning.

Weigh In Day

So I know I have dozens of reading waiting to see if I lost any weight this week. Well I didn't. I still weight 350.1. Bummer I know. I guess that just means I have to try harder. I have a tomato for lunch. We'll see if thats any good. I forgot my iPod at home today so I won't be able to log what I eat until I get home. I went swimming yesterday with a friend. It was very cold. My knees really hurt today. I feel like I'm falling apart. My entire body is sore. Ick!

All in all I'm kind of dissappointed. I really wanted to see some progress this week. I hope I don't get off track. Any encourging words would be great.

What I learned today

So today I used a new feature with a health coach. It was online chat and I chatted because I was having a sweet craving. Here are a few things I learned.


It varies for every person. But to maintain my weight at 350lbs I would need to eat 3500 calories.

Eat 2000 calories per day. And do the physical activity that you are currently doing. Consider them as two separate things. You don't want to eat more calories because you are exercising more.

It is better to make a more gradual decrease in calorie intake, so that when I am under 250lbs I can still cut calories and continue to make progress.

It is healthier to mix healthy carbs and proteins. It prevents your blood sugar from spiking , makes for slower breakdown, and prevents higher body fat stores. makes the energy last longer too. (Fruit and cheese - yum)

Sugar creates sugar craving. High sugar food creates a big spike on blood sugar that needs to be controlled by a large release of insulin (causes body fat storage). This large release in insulin causes a big drop in blood sugar, which needs to be fought off by sugar cravings.

Cravings are not hunger, so they do not need to be addressed for your body's benefit. Hunger is the only response that your body needs you to respond to.

Your body will start craving nourishment once it finds out what nourishment does for your body's health. And you will prefer fruit, vegetables, whole grains, foods that feed your immunity, muscles, organs...

That's a lot of really good information. Man this is hard work but it will all be worth it. Good thing the kids are coming to visit they can get all the cookies and cake mix I have laying around.

Ew Gross

I'd never think I'd say that to Jack in the Box breakfast but I just did. I feel bad for wasting it since they are kind of expensive but all I did was drink my chocolate milk and eat 1/4 of a sausage egg and chess biscut. I don't know why I think that would be the best thing to get but I'm glad I looked at the calories before I ate it. If I ate everything I would have eaten over 1000 calories. Good thing I'm full.

The Pool

I'm a fish

I've been in water for almost 3 hours. I walked laps in the pool, I had water aerobics and I took a bath. I feel heavy and tired. My stomach hurts a little I just ate a pickle spear and a mouth full of Ramen noodles. Probably way more salt then I needed. I had planed to eat a salad but I'm not hungry for it. I'll be in bed in ten minutes so I don't need to eat that fast anyways.

So back to me being a fish. Walking laps was good. It was really tuff against the current but they turned the jets off so us ladies walking ended up making the current go the other way. So it got easier. I was supposed to do that for an hour but my stomach started to hurt so I stopped in the whirl pool and stretched. When I'm in the pool I try not to quit moving. We I'm in aerobics class we do laps across the pool with lunges and kicks and I try to continue to do them while waiting for others to get done. I also stay near the deep end to tread water as much as I can. I'd be wonderful to be able to relax in the pool but I can do that when I'm a size 14.

I'm very temped to weigh myself in the morning but I will wait until Monday. I'm hoping I can be good this weekend. I have a wedding to go to and they are only serving cake and punch. On top of that it's out of town so anything I eat will be from fast food. Maybe I'll pack a lunch before I go. That sounds like a good idea to me. I surprise myself sometimes how smart I am. haha

Tomorrow!