Week 5 weigh in

Well I'm slowly getting better, now I just have a head cold and I would rather deal with a stuffy nose then a sore stomach any day! I will hopefully be 100% by next week? This cold seems to be lasting forever, so far three weeks!

For my weigh in this week I officially lost -3.4lbs, not bad considering I was down 6lbs before I started eating again! I have a feeling though that my next week won't be so nice and I might have even gained some of the weight back! I've been having some cheats lately, popcorn one night and ice cream the next (which felt great on my sore throat!). I thought I would post my weekly progress for everyone to see:

Starting weight = 214lbs

week 1 = 209.8 (-4.2lbs)

week 2 = 207.4 (-2.4lbs)

week 3 = 207.8 (+0.4lbs)

week 4 = 206.2 (-1.2lbs)

week 5 = 202.8 (-3.4lbs)

The weight isn't coming off half as fast as I hoped it would but that is because I'm not exercising and I know if I would even just go for a walk once a day that would help so much but it's so hard right now when it's minus 20C outside! I'm hoping that in the spring I can do more outside and that will help me loose more weight quicker! I should be getting my second order of NS today or tomorrow and hopefully there isn't too many substitutes. This week I have been eating less NS and trying to make my own healthy meals so we will see how good I am at eating right on my own on Monday!

I hear Jacob waking from his nap now so I better go, we have swimming today and I still need to get our bag packed!

Week 4 weigh in and other stuff

I know ... once again it has been forever since I posted! I have an excuse this time though! I haven't been feeling good, I think it was the stomach flu, well .... first it was just a sore throat, then the stomach flu, and now I have an eye infection and head cold! I have been to the doctors and ER more this week then I have all year! Tuesday we headed to the ER cause Jacob's eyes were all goopy and gross, I was worried it might be pink eye and I kinda trust the doctors at the ER more then the Medi-center so that is where we headed and lucky we were in and out of there in 45 minutes!! I know - I couldn't believe it either!! :O The doctors there said it was just a viral infection (something I'm hearing a lot of lately) and that it will just clear up they blamed the goop on blocked tear ducts. O-well better safe then sorry in my opinion.

Then on Wednesday I still wasn't feeling good and all I had been able to eat was toast for the past 3 days so I was feeling pretty weak. My stomach was rumbling so loud that it seriously sounded like thunder in my belly! But it wasn't hungry growl noise it was more like gas noise - anyway I was sick of feeling it and headed back to the hospital (thinking that the night before was a breeze - in and out in no time) but no such luck!! I walked in and the ER was packed!! People had been there for 4 hours and were still waiting so since I had already paid for parking I decided to wait and see how things went. Well the longer I waited the more my tummy hurt so after 3 hours of waiting I headed to the medi-center to see how busy they were (I figured if they were also busy at least I still had my spot at the hospital and would come back). I should have just went to the medi-center to begin with, I was in and out in an hour and a half with some prescription to help slow down my digestion. They next day I started feeling better but early in the morning I got a nose bleed that didn't want to stop and my eyes started to goop like Jacobs. But I decided I needed to get out and we went to swim class anyway (it was the last class and I wanted his report card). Well as you can probably guess, my nose bleed came back at swim class (after in the change room thankfully) and then again later that night!? So I was worried that it was a side effect from the prescription so today I go back to the doctors to get my eyes checked and ask about my nose bleed. Wow - that was a long story hey!? Hope your still with me..... anyway ... long story short - my nose bleeds are just cause I am sick and the eye goop is the same thing Jacob had but I went for blood work just in case.

My MIL looked after Jacob today while I ran around to the doctors which was a nice break, I'm so tired from just being sick and not eating. I stepped on the scale today and saw that I have already lost 6 pounds (un-official of course), I kinda hope they stay off, I don't need them but it isn't the best weight loss plan. The funny thing though is that I was quite satisfied with just having toast and didn't feel hungry at all!? Guess that's what happens when your sick. My eyes are bugging the crap out of me though, especially at night after a long day, staring at the computer probably isn't helping much either!?

Well I wanted to post a little bit about Jacobs 8 month b-day as well .... not too much is new surprisingly he still weighs 21lbs and 14oz!? He hasn't gained a thing and if anything he might have lost a few ounces? He did grow half and inch though and is now 28" !! He is rolling both ways now like a pro and he likes to stand, I posted a pic of him standing by the couch. He still only has two teeth and his sleeping went from bad to back to normal (he was getting up at 1am for a feeding and would go back to sleep but that seems to have stopped - knock on wood!) That's about all - I think?

So now for my week 4 weigh in (4 days late) .... I lost -1.2lbs (this weigh in was taken on Monday before my "toast diet" so my next weigh in should be more then is). I know it's kinda confusing when I don't post my weigh in's on the weigh in day ... I must get better at that! Good news is that I think I was the only one to loose weight last week in the New Mom Biggest Loser Challenge and if the weight I lost from me being sick stays off then I might have a chance at winning!? But we are going out for supper on Sunday so who knows what my weigh in numbers will be?! That's all for now - hopefully I will post again on Tuesday with my weigh in numbers (if not sooner)!!

Weigh in - week 3

This post will probably jump around a bit just cause it's been so long since I posted and I have much to say but in little time! So lets get started .....

I put off posting my weigh in cause really there was no change, I actually gained 0.4lbs but I'm not counting that. So this Monday is week 4 weigh in and I'm hoping for better things cause I feel like I stayed on track for the most part and I did an extra lap around the mall last week. I know I really need to exercise more to see the numbers come off but it is so hard with Jacob and the cold weather!?? Hubby has been working lots of O.T. in the garage after supper so I can't even go after Jacob is asleep cause someone has to be in the house! Anyway hopefully this next weigh in is better and spring better come soon!

Lately as I said above hubby has been really busy in the garage and his "friends" have been coming over here to help and hang out on weekends instead of him going to their house. This is good news/ bad news ..... I like it cause he is home all weekend (even if he isn't really in the house I could still go check on him in the garage) BUT all his "friends" come in the house and I have to entertain. This is OK until Jacob starts getting cranky then I get annoyed cause Jacob doesn't want to miss anything and it is hard for him to go to sleep. Then when I finally get him in bed these "friends" keep coming in the house to use the bathroom and they aren't very quiet about it plus their vehicles are quite loud and usually when they leave at 1am they wake Jacob up!! And I don't want to stay up till 1am entertaining then have to get up early with Jacob - I do not function on less then 8 hours of sleep! But I like that hubby is home?! Gesh - you just can't please me can you! ? ;)

Jacob will be 8 months in a few days and I will post that on a separate post about all his milestones etc. But I must say that I am kinda freaking out about having to go back to work in 4 months! I think I am going to be a nervous wreck!! Part of me is excited to go back to work and have adult conversation all day but I really don't want to miss out on anything that Jacob does (hopefully he will have reached all the major milestones by the time I go back to work). Maybe I could get a "nanny cam"! he he

Last weekend we went to the monster trucks, my mom watched Jacob. They were OK but I don't think I will go again. We also went to WEM Waterpark and took Jacob with us there, it was fun but I think would have been better if we had someone to watch Jacob so we could go down the slides together and not alone!? Next time I think we will ask the Grandparents to come watch Jacob and we can all have fun!! Today is Valentine's Day, nothing special - the inlaws got us all a gift (which reminds me I forgot to call and thank my MIL -oops) and tomorrow is my Dads birthday (which also reminds me that I was meaning to call my brother and see if he had plans to take him out for supper). I finally got our passport photos taken so now I just need to get them signed and take all the paperwork in (hubby still needs to get his photo done but I'm tired of reminding him). I signed up for another swim class, the one we are in now ends next week and the new class starts the week after. This will be our last swim class though cause there are no more day classes after March and by then it should be nice enough out for us to do other things.

Have you noticed that I have putting the main subject in bold lettering? I thought it would be helpful for those of us that might be too busy to read the whole post and they can get the gist of things by reading the bold lettering. Cause I know sometimes I'm too busy to read my favorite blogs and when I do have a chance to read them I usually have no time to post comments (sorry). Well speaking of time - I gotta run, hopefully I will be able to post Mon with my weigh in!

Weigh in day

It feels like forever since my last post! I may have to go back and read it just so I don't tell you stuff I already wrote about! ;) But I don't have time for that so hopefully I don't repeat myself too much!

Week 2 weigh in = -2.4lbs (1.14%)<P>

Now you might think that this is great and I kinda do too but the other Moms are a lot more competitive then I thought and lost much more % then I did! So I'm thinking I need to step up my game a little and I think I need to work out more or at least go for more walks! Maybe I will be lucky and they will loose their drive and in 2 months they will be at a stand still? I really want to win the pot, I think I can do it, I have more weight to loose then most of them which kinda gives me an advantage cause the less you have to loose the harder it is!

We are still swimming, I think we have 2 more weeks left? I really enjoy it and this time around I am dunking Jacob more and getting him more used to having water in his face. It still bugs him but he is getting better. We had Mom group today and I must say I really enjoy meeting with them but sometimes I feel disconnected. I missed out on a wine party they had and it seems like lots happened at it and now they talk about things I have no idea about? Some Moms seem to be making friends with each other and doing more things besides the weekly visits (like talk on the phone and go for walks) but no one calls me? I wonder if I need to be a little more assertive?

Well - I can't think of much more, I started on Jacob's scrapbook a few months ago then stopped and now I need to get back on it so I can have my kitchen table back! We will be needing it soon with Jacob eating solid foods now! I posted a pic of him having toast, he seems to really like toast. I am trying to give him more finger foods that he can feed himself like cut up banana, cooked veggies and toast.

O - and one new milestone, Jacob is starting to wave "hi" and "bye" - it's so cute! He still only has two teeth, he is still trying to work on rolling from back to tummy but I think the jumper has improved his leg strength and now he stands for a little while. Some of the Moms think it is a big deal that he is feeding himself toast but I don't really consider that a milestone, everything goes in his mouth!? He babbles instead of cooing now and sometimes I almost think he is saying real words like "mom", "dada", and "hi" but I don't know if they are real words or just babble that sounds like those words!?