Care Package

My attempts to take care of myself are not going so well. For instance, yesterday was kind of a crap eating day. Some days are better than others, but none so far have included the walking I was hoping for before my stomach distends and we’re all in trouble.

My current weight gain: 14 pounds

Using the handy dandy internet, I’ve found that this is pretty much right on track with where I should be. “Rate of gain should be 2 to 5 pounds in the first trimester, and about a pound a week thereafter up until delivery.” That’s paraphrased, but it's basically what it says. SO . . . according to my (bordering on obsessed) mathematical equation, 20 weeks - 12 weeks = 8 weeks = 8 pounds + 5 pounds for first 12 weeks = 13 pounds to date.

So there. I guess.

I’m managing on the protein and water front, at least. And trying to eat well, at least. Throw in some more activity, and we’ll be in business! (Seriously. Today I looked at my thighs and really, really missed the benefits of running.)

In that vein, I got up this morning and completed what I have come to call my daily “Care Package”. No kidding. I even have it written down on a piece of yellow note paper with that title at the top.

It goes like this:

Morning
· Breakfast (non-descript since it’s always in flux. Last week was egg whites, toast and orange juice; this week it’s Special K with skim milk, followed by a little bit of Cinnamon Life or something like that.)
· Starfish stretch on the ball (think of a starfish. . . then picture me sprawled out, face up, on an exercise ball. That’s a “starfish”)
· 50 regular ab crunches on the ball
· 20 chick pushups
· 20 low back/ab flex/extensions
· 15 tricep reverse curls each arm
· 15 tricep extensions each arm
· Groin stretch
· Piriformis stretches
· Shower
· 50 squats (while putting on my makeup)

Night
· 25-30 deep ab crunches on the ball (as in all the way forward. . . and hold)
· 15 oblique crunches each side on the ball
· 20 chick pushups

Goals
· Continue on the protein and water kick
· Walking for 30 minutes a couple times a week (like 3 would be great!)
· Go to bed at 10!

Today was Day 1. I’m jazzed. But that’s always how it is on Day 1. And since I’m the worst about regimine or routines, I think I’ll feel better once it’s Day 10 (or something in the double digits). I Can Do It, though. If I got my sorry butt out of bed in the wee hours of the morning all last summer to run 5 days a week, I definitely can do this for 20 or so minutes a day!

In other news: I love feeling this boy move! When I feel him, I smile and think “Hi baby!” OK. OK. Sometimes I say it out loud, but whatever.

~Nichole