Hey There!

This blog has been ever changing since I first started it. The goal at the beginning was to use it as a way of keeping myself motivated every day to get back into a healthy lifestyle and work towards weight loss goals. Every day I would write about a reason to stay motivated and would keep track of what I was eating. Then, once I made some progress I got preggers again and it sort of just evolved into talking about my life as a Mom, going back to work, you know that sort of thing. Now a days it's pretty random, I just can't seem to find the time to update this thing as often as I would like to. So I thought today I would at least give a pregnancy update and let you know how I have been doing on the whole back to work, healthy eating thing. 

This is me at 31 weeks. 

So far this pregnancy has been pretty typical. Brutal morning (all day sickness) lasted for about the first four months, but then it tapered off. Now it's just the usual aches and pains of pregnancy, nothing out of the ordinary. When I found out I was pregnant, I decided to stop modifying what I eat in terms of trying to lose weight and just try to eat as many whole foods as I can. Well since then I have been eating pretty much whatever I want. That includes processed foods and some take out. Since I have been back at work it seems to have been a slippery slope in that regard. I get so hungry during the day, so a lot of mornings you will see me walking down from the cafeteria with a muffin and a chocolate milk, after already eating breakfast at home.  I could plan ahead and bring something healthy but it is a chore just to pack a lunch every day let alone a morning snack. Anyhow, I have also allowed myself the occasional chocolate chip cookie in the afternoon, and so on. You get the picture.  I do get my servings of fruits and veggies in every day, but I know that I could be way more disciplined when someone offers me dessert or when I am tempted to order pizza on a Saturday night (which we did when I had my Dad over last night to celebrate father's day).

So far this pregnancy I have already gained 30lbs, and I have nine weeks to go. I still only weigh a few lbs more than I did before I even got pregnant with Maya last time but I know this is not just all baby and so I feel a bit guilty about weighing this much. I can see the chub in my face and the sausage arms back in full force. The good news is in the last few weeks I have only been able to eat smaller portions and snack rather than eat big meals (since baby is now taking up all the room).  So hopefully there won't be too much more gaining going on, but they say the last month of pregnancy is the most weight gain so I better watch it.

I kept going to my cardio kickboxing classes until I was about six months pregnant but then stopped once my membership expired (and belly was starting to get in the way). I felt so much better when I was exercising regularly. Now I try to get out for walks but honestly with this weather I usually opt to stay inside after work and put my feet up after Maya goes to bed. I can't wait to get back into a regular exercise routine though!

But overall I would have to say that I could be doing a lot worse, and I am confident that when I get my body to myself again I will continue working towards my goals. In the mean time it's just the count down until crazy craziness mccrazy enters my home with two kids under two.

But don't get me started on my thoughts about working full time and having a kid. It is so much easier to stay on track when you are at home and just focusing on yourself and your family - but we'll save that for another day.



So Maya and I did a spontaneous photo shoot in the back yard last week in preparation for father's day. It took forever just to get a few decent shots. But now her daddy has updated photos he can bring to work with him.

Father's day was pretty low key today. Chris got back late last night from being out of town for an adventure race that he does with guys from work every year. When he woke up today he was pretty sore and so we didn't do any traveling or visiting today, just hung out as a family. In fact, that's what we're doing right this second as I sit here and type this. 

Stay tuned for pictures of the nursery - it is almost complete!

I hope you all are having a wonderful day!