Posts by amanda1979

I haven't been on here in a while, really busy at work.  I'm starting to show now, 16 weeks.  I think that I am gaining weight too quickly.  With my 1st pregnancy I gained about 50 lbs and I don't want to do that again, but it seems to be where I'm headed.  I've still been working out, but not as long.  It's just so hard to get the energy.  I've been doing some gardening on the weekends, but even that is hard to do for long because of all the bending over causes me to lose my breath.  Hopefully I get some energy for a little while, I remember how exhausted I was at the end with my last pregnancy.  It would really help if my husband were around a little more to help out with our son, but he is working a second job to help get caught up and have enough money for our winter fuel bill put away.  Hopefully he can be done with his second job soon. 

I also have been finding it hard to exercise.  Even when I do go to the gym I don't work too hard or stay very long.  My energy level had been doing a little better, but it's kind of in spurts.  Some days I have a lot of energy and others I don't want to get off the couch.  I'm really hoping to get some more energy back, I'm worried I'll gain a ton of weight if I keep this up.

I am at 15 weeks this week and am just starting to feel the baby moving.  It's a nice feeling, makes it seem more real. 

Thanks. I read your journal postings and it seems we are pretty similar.  When I first began taking prometrium I weighed about 270.  My Dr said a 10% wieght loss could be enough to get things back to normal.  I know my Dr said she wanted me to lose a little more before getting pregnant too, but she never asked me to wait until I got down to a specific weight.  Hopefully things will work out for you too. Also, if you are trying to get pregnant the prometrium can cause a miscarraige, my Dr advised me to take a pregnancy test every month before taking the prometrium again (just thought you would want to know that). Oh and prepare yourself, taking that test every month and it coming back negative can be very depressing, but you probably already know that.

We are still deciding if we are going to find out what we are having or not.  Last time we didn't and it was a pleasant surprise.  I have a girls name picked out, but not a boys name yet.

I went for a walk with my son in his wagon last night and I could swear the hill next to our house has gotten bigger since the last time I walked it.  I've been going to the gym but I haven't been doing much walking at home since I found out I was pregnant.  I guess I'll have to start doing more.

I plan to get some gardening done this weekend.  Our house that we bought last fall had a garden spot on it that hadn't been used for several years, so it's pretty weedy.  We started tilling it, but I'm going to have to try to dig out some of the weed roots before we do any more.  I'm hoping to get that done and tilled and planted mostly this weekend.  I'll see how I'm feeling though.

I found a pretty cheap tankini type on Ebay that I just bought.  I haven't got it in the mail yet, so I'll have to see how it fits.  I figure any swimsuit is not going to look that great this year, so I decided to go with one that was really cheap.

My Dr appt on Wednesday went well, babies heartbeat was at 159. The Dr thought I could be getting blurred vision and dizziness from not drinking enough water.  I will have to try harder to drink more water. 

I had a great weekend travelling to see some family, but I'm glad to be home now. My neice who is a month younger than my son was with and those two had a blast. They were laughing most of the weekend.

I have a bunch of yard work to get done, but I set my goal for tonight to at least get the raspberry bushes trimmed up. That is after I go and work out. I'm getting caught up today on work, one woman was on vacation last week and that put me way behind on my work.

I have been craving chinese food also, especially egg rolls.  Also chips and salsa, spicier foods than I usually like. The worst is probably the chocolate cravings, but I've found chocolate milk helps to control those.

Today I am feeling a little less tired than I have been,  I hope that means this tiredness is taking a break for a while.  I have been trying hard to eat a little better, this morning I had a banana and an apple with a small bowl of cereal. I worked out last night, but I don't think I will be able to today, I have a DR appt this afternoon. I've been getting some blurred vision and dissiness that I plan to ask the Dr about today.  Have a great day everyone.

I would like to join too.  I am 12 weeks and this is my second pregnancy.  I've been very tired but never got sick, but I wasn't sick with my first either.  I am just now starting to outgrow some of my jeans so I guess I'll have to go shopping soon.

I'm probably similar to others in that I didn't think I would get pregnant so quickly.  My 1st took 2.5 years to get pregnant with and only about 5 months with this pregnancy.  I was also hoping to loose a bit more weight first, but I have been being careful to not go too overboard on the cravings.  I am planning to stay more active this pregnancy, I do not want to gain 50 lbs this time. 

I have PCOS and tried for several years to get pregnant.  My first DR suggested hormone pills, which only helped to make me have TTOM, I tried that for a year.  A second DR suggested I take Diabetic medication to get my blood sugars under control (which were only at 100 at the time) and to lose weight. 

I started at 270 and I lost about 45 lbs following the South Beach Diet (in about 4 months) and got pregnant pretty quickly.  My blood sugars had also dropped to the point where my DR had me stop taking the diabetic medication.  My son is now 15 months old and I am now trying to lose the weight I gained from my pregnancy and then some.

Good luck to you in this very emotional journey.

I had a very, very bad weekend and ended up gaining quite a bit on Monday.  It has come down some since then, but today I weighed 226.  So I'm up 2 lbs for the week. 

It's pretty depressing, but I know the reason for it.  I have to stay away from drinking and family dinners.  I had 3 Easter dinners to go to and instead of eating only a little at each, like I had planned, I ate a whole plate of food at each.  Ugh... I know better, but I get carried away sometimes.  I will have to start fresh this week and do better by next Friday.

So my weight today is 226.0, the same as last week.  Considering all the food I ate over the weekend that is not too bad, but last week Wednesday I had dropped down to 223, so it's not great either.  I am really hoping that 3 lbs are still some water weight, I guess I will see tomorrow.  Oh and Friday at the Gym I jogged for 5 minutes straight.  That is an accomplishment for me...I've only been able to get up to 4 minutes before that.  Tonight I will shoot for 5.5 minutes.  Have a great Day!!!

Great job Kae... I had dropped down to 223 yesterday, but was back up to 224 today.  I am still down from Mondays weight of 226.  I am not going to the gym tonight because I am taking my son to a Dr. Appt this afternoon, it is very nice out so I am planning to go for a walk with the stroller instead.  I'm getting a little nervous about the holiday weekend coming up.  Hopefully I can manage some sort of will power. 

I would like to join this group if I'm not too late.  I am 28, 5'8" from Willard, Wisconsin.  I started weighing 242 on Jan 1st and was just watching what I ate and exercising.  I joined CC about 3 weeks ago.  My current weight is 224, 18 lbs lost so far.  My goal weight is 160, however I have a mini goal of 200 for the summer.  I think a goal weight for April would be 218, which is what I had gotten down to (from 270) when I got pregnant with my son after trying for over 2 years.