Here are some photos at 21 weeks:
Pregnancy is still going well, I am gaining weight, but only 8-9 lbs so far…
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Added by Tanie on November 14, 2009 at 10:10am —
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Accomplishments:
1. No eating after 7pm*** (I contribute this to my success!)
2. Eating snacks often (every few hours)
3. Calorie count is between 2500-3000 daily. It seems high to me still, but my body says it's just right!
4. Maintained my weight- wahoo!!!
So, I've found a balance.
I have been at 257.8 lbs for almost a month, and if you check my history after finding out I was pregnant, my weight was 257.4 lbs and dropped 4 pounds, but now it back up. So, I think the 2500-3000 calorie…
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Added by Tanie on October 12, 2009 at 9:00pm —
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Accomplishments:
1. No eating after 7pm
2. Calories in a better range (most days 2500-2600)
3. Exercised lessened to only 40% of walking goal.
I LOST WEIGHT! (or didn't gain as much last week as I thought I did!) While I do need to bump up my exercise more (goal for this week), I think I am finding my calorie balance for pregnancy that I so very much need. So excited about this!
Lowest weight during pregnancy: 253.4 lbs
Current weight (week 16 of preg): 257.8 lbs (only 4.4 up)..... I thought…
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Added by Tanie on October 6, 2009 at 8:30pm —
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Accomplishments
1. Exercised 60% of cardio goal.
2. Exercised 20% of strength training goal.
3. Stopped eating before 7pm on 6/7 days.
4. Getting fruits, veggies, and calcium everyday.
Unfortunately, with the previous week's overeating (ranges from 2800-4000 calories), I gained about 6 lbs last month. I knew there were only so many days I could eat like that and not see damage....... On a more positive note.... now that I am 15 weeks pregnant, my hunger has subsided a little, and I am back down…
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Added by Tanie on September 29, 2009 at 10:11pm —
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So..... I have been eating WAY too much. I am still tracking it and intend on eating less. But, every since Labor day weekend, my eating has been excessive. I am eating about 3000-3200 calories a day. Ashamed? Yes. Probably part of the reason I didn't post. I know I've gained too, but I haven't been looking at the scale recently. And it's been hard to exercise this past week too, things with school took over.
But, I still intend on exercising after school before I go home every day I can. I sti…
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Added by Tanie on September 20, 2009 at 9:42pm —
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08/31-09/07
1. I accomplished 40% of my strength training goal (better than 0%)
2. I accomplished 60% of my cardio goal (better than 0%).
3. I did not eat after 7 pm 100% of the time!
4. I ate one day within my calorie goal.
5. On the two days I went to the gym, I knew I would not be motivated to walk later on, so I did cardio there (such an accomplishment for me!)
Things I need to improve on:
1. Not forgetting my gym bag at home (once last week, once this week.... baby brain?)
2. Choosing bet…
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Added by Tanie on September 8, 2009 at 9:10pm —
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1. Strength trained 90/150 goal minutes.
2. Walked 50/100 goal minutes.
3. Never ate past 7pm.
4. 3 days of being within goal calories (2000-2200). (other days averaged 2500, 2 days at about 3200. not an accomplishment).
5. Remembered to eat snacks most of the time! Even though school gets crazy.
6. Lost 2-3 lbs within the past 2 weeks.
I must be doing something right! I lost 2-3 lbs. Last week I was frustrated with myself for my calories continuing to rise up and my slowed exercise routine. Bu…
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Added by Tanie on August 30, 2009 at 6:21pm —
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We got to see baby Kumquat (that's the size of it right now, next week= baby Fig) move! How exciting! She said everything looks good so far. Online estimated my delivery date as 3-23-10, but the ultrasound figured 3-21-10. We'll see, I guess.
We talked about diet and exercise. She only wants me to g…
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Added by Tanie on August 29, 2009 at 11:41am —
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Here are my accomplishments first:
1. Walked 40/100 minutes of goal.
2. Strength trained 85/150 minutes of goal.
3. Fit into an old (used to be tight) pair of jeans!!! That didn't fit 2 weeks ago. So, even though I only lost 0.2 lbs, I lost inches I guess, which it exciting.
So, I know I still worked out 125 minutes total this week, which isn't great, but compared to last year it's SO much better. By this time last year I had dropped the exercise almost completely and was not keeping track of…
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Added by Tanie on August 23, 2009 at 8:38pm —
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1. 3/7 days at 2000 calories.
2. Strength Trained 2/5 goal days.
3. Walked 3/5 goal days.
4. No eating after 7 pm on 6/7 days.
5. Eating every 3-5 hours.
6. Remembering to eat snacks before I work out.
7. No crazy emotional binges this week.
8. A loss of 0.2 lbs.
Though the list above may not look like much, I am okay with it. I wasn't, but I am now. I had a few after-school meetings this week and back-to-school night which became really good excuses for not working out on every day. While I di…
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Added by Tanie on August 16, 2009 at 9:58pm —
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Accomplishments: 08/03/09-08/09/09
1. I walked my dog 4/5 goal days.
2. I strength trained 3/5 goal days.
3. One day when I was on a recumbent bike after strength training,
I really enjoyed it (odd for me).
4. I fit into a smaller shirt this week that I had been waiting to wear!
5. I got 3 compliments from people I know that could tell I lost weight!!! It felt so good!
6. I went straight t…
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Added by Tanie on August 9, 2009 at 6:22pm —
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I am at peace with myself and my body. Most of my life has not been lived here, but, it feels great!
My calorie count today was 2150, a little over my goal, but I made mostly good choices. I remembered to eat snacks so I wouldn't starve for the next meal. I ate at a BBQ. But, instead of going for everything that I used too because it was there, I stuck with a few good things, 1 cookie, and 1/2 soda. I felt full from lunch, but not guilty. I had a healthy dinner to balance out the sugar-f…
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Added by Tanie on August 4, 2009 at 10:19pm —
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07/27/09-08/02/09:
1. Strength trained (4/7 days.... goal is 5/7... but had to choose walk or ST on one day due to time)
*Strength trained after work on 1 day!!!
2. Walked 5/7 days! (goal is 5/7)
*Walked after work 2 days!!!!
3. Stayed between 1700-2200 calories on 6/7 days.
4. Added a few more veggies in my diet (after a hiatus of SO not feeling like veggies).
5. Started back at school for in-service training and did not allow myself to stress over anything. Yay!
*I got off schedule a little…
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Added by Tanie on August 2, 2009 at 8:58pm —
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I am so relieved. But, should I be? I set my goals and I committed to following them. And, for the most part, I did. Why am I relieved? I knew I could and would do it. Because I rock. ok... off of my high pedestal.....here's how my day went:
5:15am make breakfast, eat, get ready for school
6:45am leave house
7:15-3:30pm work/training. Not too intense, got to work in my room for a little bit :) and team plan
4:00pm*I was going to go straight to the gym and even brought my clothes, but I forgot…
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Added by Tanie on July 30, 2009 at 10:15pm —
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Tomorrow I start in-service training for school and school starts in 1 week from today. The beginning of the year is always so exciting and scary! Much like pregnancy.
So, I have a plan. I can no longer do workouts in the morning, I will wake up at 5:10 am just to get breakfast going and get ready to go to school. So, my plan is to take my workout clothes with me and go straight to the gym after work. If I get home first, I rarely make it out of the house. Then, after strength training, I'll ma…
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Added by Tanie on July 29, 2009 at 12:18pm —
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I hadn't eaten a whole lot during the day and didn't feel like cooking, so I thought I'd order a calzone from my favorite pizza place. I knew I'd go over on calories, but not by much. Well, my husband was satisfied after eating half of his. I was shocked. This never happens. But, he had eaten a whole slew of veggies before the calzone. So, it gave me motivation to stop also. I realized I was full too. But, I wouldn't have realized that if it weren't for his will power. Thanks husband! for helpin…
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Added by Tanie on July 28, 2009 at 10:55am —
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07/20/09-07/26/09:
1. Ate every 3-4 hours most days.
2. Did not eat after dinner (usually 6:30 pm)
3. Walked (5/7 days), strength trained (4/7 days)
4. Woke up at 5 am in order to eat, work out, get ready for workshop.
5. Am trying to stay focused on healthy, clean eating during pregnancy.
(Number #5 is tough because a part of me thinks that I should be able to eat more and anything I want, and the other part of me wants to eat healthy just like I have been doing, but veggies do SO not…
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Added by Tanie on July 27, 2009 at 11:15am —
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So, I guess my main focus will not be losing weight for about 8 months..... but I still plan on doing many of the things I am doing now:
1. eating clean, whole, mostly organic foods
2. eating every 3-4 hours
3. working out 5/7 days of the week
Obviously I will talk to my doctor about all of this to make sure that it's safe. I am 5 weeks along (I know super early!), hopefully everything goes all right this time around. (…
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Added by Tanie on July 23, 2009 at 9:23am —
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A few of my co-workers and I have been attending a workshop together the last week and a half. We decided that one of the days we'd go into the town and go to lunch instead of packing one. So, when we were suggesting places, I put my favorite grill place on the list, but alas, it was shot down. So, we are going to a pizza place. Pizza is a big problem for me regularly. I have purposely avoided it for at least 2 months, and even avoided it on my birthday.
So, I wanted to tell everyone my plan (s…
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Added by Tanie on July 22, 2009 at 9:47am —
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Found the recipe in
Clean eating magazine. It was pretty good. My favorite part is serving it over barley. YUM. Barley is my favorite substitute for rice and pasta!
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Added by Tanie on July 20, 2009 at 8:55pm —
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