I just watched a show on Fine Living channel about tips to having a good pregnancy. It really got me thinking about how I need to get back moving in a forward direction with my fitness. If my abs aren't in shape before I get pregnant, it will be too late!
I am so dreading getting fat all over again, y'all. Really. I want so much to lost at least 15 more pounds before that time. Optimally, I would get pregnant in September so that I could have the baby in June, but I know I probably can't control things that much. We'll probably start trying in June or July. Who knows how long it will take.
I know now that I just can't wait until my back heals before trying. The pace of healing is just too slow and I'm too old to wait any longer (38 and my husband is 43). I want at least two children. I'm just going to have to suffer through pregnancy with the injury. I've done an amazing amount of prep work with my body and I can't let one more thing stop me.
I'm going to have to find some exercise that works starting this week. I'm going to at least start walking several times a week. I was going to ride my bike yesterday but I was having some shooting pains early in the morning that I didn't want to aggravate, so I chose not to. Riding a real bike vs. one in the gym seems to work ok as long as I avoid pot holes and going off the edges of curbs--nothing that jolts my spine. I can't use the exercise bikes at the gym because they all tilt backward and put pressure on my tailbone, which aggravates the injury.
As for yoga, I think I may try some beginning classes and see how I feel. The doctor said I could but to stop if I feel increased tingling, which means the damaged nerve is being stimulated. I may have to resort to designing my own routine and doing it at home. There are just certain poses that trigger it, ones that require I put my body's weight on my spine against the mat and some inverted poses.
After the gardening fiasco, I am really leery of any exercise. Planting those begonias set me back two months at least. I couldn't believe how two hours could do so much damage. I'm still suffering the consequences two weeks later.
The scale showed that I lost a pound this week, but it was Ironman says it's all muscle mass. Boo! I'm hiking today and going to yoga Sunday if it kills me!
I think I also want to start tracking my food again somehow. I'm following my plan, but I'm afraid I'm consuming too many calories. I know that when I had DietPower I would adjust my dinner plans according to what I had eaten during the day, and now I don't do that. Maybe I'm just eating a little too much each day. Maybe if I didn't I could lose just a little weight each month. I don't know.
I don't know how to track this kind of diet. Nothing has a calorie amount on the label because very few of the things I buy have labels! Ultrametabolism has calories and such printed on their recipes, but I found from entering them into DietPower that there were MANY typos and errors in the nutritional info in that book and I don't feel I can trust it. I was often way OVER the correct amount. Also, many of the foods I eat are not listed in the common internet calorie databases. I'm going to try, though. Do any of you whole foods eaters out there track calories?
By the way, I have to share an amazing dinner plan. We had it last night and we were just licking our lips in satisfaction.
Appetizer: Blue corn and sesame chips (Wild Oats brand) with fresh mango and pineapple salsa
Dinner: A frosty mug of Blue Moon Belgian White Ale. A piece of Grilled wild salmon (rubbed in some Frech vinaigrette dressing first) atop some spelt pasta tossed in olive oil with shallots, garlic and chives. The side salad was amazing: mache, watercress and baby lettuces topped with pear, avocado, toasted pecans and Maytag blue cheese. I just drizzled some pear-infused white balsamic vinegar and olive oil on top. Wow! It was a restaurant quality meal in the comfort of our own home. I love a good salad and will pay any amount of money for the ingredients to make one.
Dessert: just a piece of organic dark chocolate
I told my DH it really was a shame we didn't have any friends to invite over to enjoy our fine cooking. Our dogs did get to enjoy some fine crispy grilled salmon skin, however and were most satisfied!
Posted By: ashleyb
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04/07/2007 12:45
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you need help in polishing off the plates some of your delicious cooking, give me a nudge. I understand the frustration about not being able to do exercise - my knee is reallying hindering me and walking is also becoming painful now. Still, we try and try and try.
The talk about becoming pregnant reminded me about my last visit to my gynecologist. I'm nearly 33 and still single and out of te blue she just asked me whether I was planning to get pregnant. And I'm like - no , not really, why? She said to not let it for after forty if I can help it cause then it might get more difficult. Then I said, I'd pencil it in my before 40 diary.
Good luck with your re-introduction to exercise - try not to overdo it. It's very easy to get the bug to do a lot again as you feel momentarily alive again. I know how it happens - but then you suffer later.
Thanks for all your advice and knowledge about the protein. Not to mention, you are definitely the plateau-busting sage around here. My gym had asked how much protein I was getting daily and I truly had no idea, so you saved me figuring it out. I have started having egg whites post work out this week and also have some amazing protein powder that also gives variety in kicking it up a bit too.
I stopped logging the weight because it hasn't changed. I suppose I probably should because it will show a 3 week flatline. Though already the pounds are starting to shed. Apparently boneless fingers and beer make me retain water like nobody's business! So it's hard to say because of that, but I have consistently lost over the last 2 days, which is a refreshing change to see. *fingers crossed that I've done enough to shake things up*.
I hope you are able to find something that doesn't aggravate your pain too much. I know you can get bicycle trainers that you put your street bike on like a stand and just pedal on it. It may be worth looking into. One of the guys at work was a hardcore cycler and he used to bring it in and ride on it during the snowy winter months. Abs might be a tricky one to not irritate your shoulder with.
I hope you can find some exercise that will be tolerable. Keep us up to date....
Good luck with getting pregnant. You know you'll have fun trying, right? LOL!
Your dinner sounds amazing. I don't even know what half of it is, but it sounds so yummy! You can tell I'm a processed foods kind of gal. Just for the simplicity and speed. I need and want to get into more of the whole foods.
However, your post brought up another concern of mine. How do you track it? I was wondering that the other night and was actually going to ask you..... LOL!
Hope you had a great weekend....back to the grind......YUCK!
I'll tell if you will! Your salmon dinner sounds scrumptious.
I think you should go ahead and start trying for a pregnancy whenever you can, no matter where you are with weight. I see that having at least one child is very important to you, and while it would be wonderful to be at an ideal weight and in excellent physical condition when you start, women who are more overweight and less healthy than you have children all the time. Not to discount the fact that a healthy woman is more likely to have a healthy and smooth pregnancy, but there are other factors to consider, and you've certainly come a long way in preparing your body for this.
Does your yoga studio have a restorative class that caters to injuries? An instructor who is especially good at modifying for them? Maybe someone there would be able to help you decide what poses will speed your healing. I hope you are able to return in some fashion!!
I loooove that stuff! That salad sounds fabulous! I agree with you, I will pay whatever price for a good salad. I'm not a fan of salmon, but even that sounded good!
Good luck with getting your body prepared for pregnancy. I hope you get pregnant in September..if you are anything like me, you will get pregnant on the first try! I am quite the fertile Myrtle! My 37 year old cousin just had a baby today! First one, too. And she has always been overweight, so between that and her age, it was considered a pretty risky pregnancy. But mom and baby are doing great!
My lump is lower than my armpit..I'd say its about level with my areolas but directly under my armpit, about 3 or 4 inches below where I shave. So I know its not an ingrown hair and probably not a sweat gland. I have no idea!! I'm so perplexed and in pain! I have a Dr. appt. tomorrow morning. I think it must be a cyst. But thanks for your always helpful insight! I appreciate it!
And the friends thing. God, it is so sad that we have to go through this. Why is the female to female relationship so complex? It shouldn't be this hard, and why are we the ones who get stuck doing the work?! Too bad we all live so far apart because this has been a great way to meet people and we all have so much in common.
Ok, bugged you enough! :) Have a great week! I hope you have the week off for Spring Break! We do! :)
I hope that youre doing well. :) How exciting for baby making plans to be right on the horizon. :) And just so you know there's never a perfect time to have a baby.... but it's magical. I had a new found love for my body when I was pg. OMG I LOVED the big roundness of my body. I wasn't self conscious of my size. I loved it. I didn't love it so much afterwards, but if you eat healthy and do moderate exercising...like pg yoga and water aerobics. and even walking the weight comes off easier afterwards it really does. Just don't gaine 65 lbs like I did. The 25 lbs and 17 lbs pregnancy weight comes off much easier than 65. LOL!
Yummo your dinner sounds delish! :) I've been eating fish now for about 2-3 weeks. I just wasn't getting what I needed nutritionally without it.
Call me the next time you are going to have dinner? Everytime I come on here you are always whipping something so delicous and yummy! You make me crave things!!! I think its time for dinner!
I do agree keep up updated with the baby news!!! Im so excited!!! I do hope your back starts to feel better sooner. I know living with back pains is not easy at all. Praying for you that it does get better.
