This won't come as a surprise to any of my close friends, but baby Lydia was born on June 14th.
Next week is my 6 week post birth appointment, and I will find out how my C-Section scar is healing and what the outlook is for exercise, swimming, sex etc :)
I hope everyone is taking advantage of the cooler than average week we are having in the upper midwest and getting outside!!
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
No Gestational Diabetes!
No problems on how my pregnant body handles sugar! Horay!
I'm celebrating by eating jelly beans :)
I'm celebrating by eating jelly beans :)
Sunday, February 15, 2009
February Fitness Goals
To start out with in 2009 I just wanted to ease back into exercise after a prolonged break.
January - 0-3 short periods of light exercise and stretching.
February 2nd - 20 minutes on the treadmill at any speed/incline 3x this week.
February 9th to 20th - 1 mile on the treadmill at any time/speed 3x a week. (substituted one day walking around the Home Show).
February 23rd - 1 arms, 1 legs strength training session per week.
One thing that has been concerning me lately is my hereditary predisposition to Gestational Diabetes, and I have that test this coming Thursday along with my regular monthly pregnancy checkup. I'm obsessing a bit about it this week, but I'll know for sure by the end of the week if I have it or not!
January - 0-3 short periods of light exercise and stretching.
February 2nd - 20 minutes on the treadmill at any speed/incline 3x this week.
February 9th to 20th - 1 mile on the treadmill at any time/speed 3x a week. (substituted one day walking around the Home Show).
February 23rd - 1 arms, 1 legs strength training session per week.
One thing that has been concerning me lately is my hereditary predisposition to Gestational Diabetes, and I have that test this coming Thursday along with my regular monthly pregnancy checkup. I'm obsessing a bit about it this week, but I'll know for sure by the end of the week if I have it or not!
Monday, January 19, 2009
2009 Goals
Anyone making 2009 goals?
As most of you know I'm pregnant, so my fitness and health goals involve having a healthy baby and staying active throughout my pregnancy.
To quantify that..
30 minutes of aerobics and stretching 5 days a week.
Veggie or fruit with every meal (shooting for 1/2 my plate each meal)
What are some of your 2009 goals?
As most of you know I'm pregnant, so my fitness and health goals involve having a healthy baby and staying active throughout my pregnancy.
To quantify that..
30 minutes of aerobics and stretching 5 days a week.
Veggie or fruit with every meal (shooting for 1/2 my plate each meal)
What are some of your 2009 goals?
Monday, November 17, 2008
Food For Thought
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/15/AR2008111502467.html
Some food for thought on the current economic times. Perspectives from the older generation.
Some additional thoughts from my Grandpa "People these days don't know how to stretch a dollar like we had to, one batch of cornbread would be lunch for the whole week".
And from my Granny Lou "You never know when you might need it and might not be able to get it. so you saved it. It didn't matter what it was".
Some food for thought on the current economic times. Perspectives from the older generation.
Some additional thoughts from my Grandpa "People these days don't know how to stretch a dollar like we had to, one batch of cornbread would be lunch for the whole week".
And from my Granny Lou "You never know when you might need it and might not be able to get it. so you saved it. It didn't matter what it was".
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
New Program
My husband and I have started a new program at our gym that focuses on both diet and exercise. We are starting our 4th week and I can finally say I'm getting results! The first 3 weeks I stayed the same weight or went up. I lost 2 lbs in the past week and probably 3 lbs overall so I have now reached the weight where I was when I started to loosely follow "You on a Diet". I have a target weight in mind, but my goal is to lose a couple inches in the waist.
Meeting with a trainer has helped me stay consistent with strength training. Its helping strengthen and stretch the muscles I need to improve my poor posture (which is another goal). For cardio, we are doing target heart rate exercises; they definitely have made me bump my cardio up a notch (or 2). I really feel like I was slacking during my workouts for the past few years!
Its the first time I've tracked calories and I'm surprised of how many calories are in things when paying attention to the number of servings and the portion size. Or when comparing the calories in one food to its "healthier" counterpart. I don't mind fruits and veggies, but now I make a point to eat the 5-9 everyday. Since I'm keeping a food log, the dietitian has helped me understand why I may have been really tired or starving on certain days and avoid it in the future (too many carbs, not enough protein, etc). We've only been changing one thing each week in our diets so I hope that it will make it maintainable after the program is over.
So far it has helped me go to the gym A LOT; I feel like I've made a commitment to 4 people during the program so it helps make me go. Its especially challenging now because this time of year when it is dark after work, I just want to go home and stay there but I fight the urge and go anyways. Or I go in the morning.
Meeting with a trainer has helped me stay consistent with strength training. Its helping strengthen and stretch the muscles I need to improve my poor posture (which is another goal). For cardio, we are doing target heart rate exercises; they definitely have made me bump my cardio up a notch (or 2). I really feel like I was slacking during my workouts for the past few years!
Its the first time I've tracked calories and I'm surprised of how many calories are in things when paying attention to the number of servings and the portion size. Or when comparing the calories in one food to its "healthier" counterpart. I don't mind fruits and veggies, but now I make a point to eat the 5-9 everyday. Since I'm keeping a food log, the dietitian has helped me understand why I may have been really tired or starving on certain days and avoid it in the future (too many carbs, not enough protein, etc). We've only been changing one thing each week in our diets so I hope that it will make it maintainable after the program is over.
So far it has helped me go to the gym A LOT; I feel like I've made a commitment to 4 people during the program so it helps make me go. Its especially challenging now because this time of year when it is dark after work, I just want to go home and stay there but I fight the urge and go anyways. Or I go in the morning.
Monday, October 20, 2008
The dollar diet
This is not a diet in the conventional sense of the word, but this is a blog of 2 people who decided to learn more about poverty and the food they were eating by spending $1 or less per person on food for every day in a month.
Inspiring and interesting! What do you think?
http://onedollardietproject.wordpress.com/
-Danielle
Inspiring and interesting! What do you think?
http://onedollardietproject.wordpress.com/
-Danielle
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