Final Week

Week 3 kind of got lost...I can't find my measurement logs or anything. I've been really busy with work and looking into physical therapy.  I didn't gain much weight in my pregnancy at first, but suddenly I was not only showing but went from under weight to over.  In the end I gained almost 70 pounds and my body wasn't ready for that.  The results were me bending in at the knees when I'd go to sit or when standing.  That slight bend or buckling, created a problem that was apparent when I started to run more than 20 minutes.  So, I have to strengthen my back and hips, or a certain part of my hips.  I'd give you all the big term, but I don't remember them all.  Anyway, here are the measurements of 1 month doing this at least 3 times a week. :)  I tried for every other day and for the most part it was done.  I plan on starting again next week after a week off. Classes are starting this week so I need time to adjust to life again.

I ran my second 5k this weekend!  Photos have not been posted yet...I'm hoping they caught one of me, because I didn't take one with friends since I was running alone.  I beat my time from the last one and made my pace goal!  Which, I guess isn't too hard when your goal is under 13 minutes a mile, but I've never been a runner and I've hurt my knees twice.  So, I'm going slow and running 2-3 times a week and doing this a few times a week.  I plan to get a new routine in soon and I'll start posting again!!!

Start:
Waist: 35
Hips: 43.5
Thighs: 26

Phase 1 Final:
Waist: 31.75
Hips: 42
Thighs: 25 (they seem to be stubborn)

Total Change:

Waist: -3.25"
Hips: -1.5"
Thighs: -1"
Weight: -10.2 pounds

I WILL START AGAIN AND STICK TO IT MORE AFTER THE FIRST WEEK OF CLASSES (THIS WEEK)...stay tuned! Final picture soon!

Week 2

Sorry for the delay...time got away from me.  I took my measurements but never posted them on here and I forgot to post my week 1 photo...haha.  I again only did this every other day since I am running every other day (sort of).
I ran 3 times in week 2 (including my race); each only for about half an hour or so. I did run my first 5k this weekend on 4/20 for a fall police officer.  So, my photo is from the race (I'm in pink) not in my usual outfit.  I beat my time goal so that was awesome!  A huge thank you to my sister-in-law who got me to sign up for the 5k!  It was a great experience even if that week we had weather for all 4 seasons. :-)

Week 2:
Waist: 33
Hips: 42.5
Thighs: 25

Change:

Waist: 1.5
Hips: .5

Week 1 (every other day)

I only did the workout every other day.  Since I am just starting back up, I don't want to overdue it and get injured.  Making it through the entire thing is not easy and takes more than 15 minutes right now, but I expected that with having my abdomen recently cut open.  I waited until a Monday to start the workout since I generally weigh in and measure on Mondays.  I also only ran once (for about 12 minutes) instead of three times like planned, I've just been too busy and the weather has been all over.

Weight: Unknown ... new scale this week, but I'll try to get somewhere to weigh in and update this
Waist: 34.5
Hips: 43
Thighs: 25

Change: 
Waist -.5"
Hips -.5"
Thighs -1.0"

Just a reminder, I use pounds and inches as the US does not use the metric system.
Photos will be posted tomorrow, I have to wait for my husband to get home to take them. I don't feel like I look different yet, but I'll take them anyway.

Finally released to work out again!!!

I'm officially 8 weeks from my c-section and have the doctors permission to work out again!  It was a long pregnancy and not working out drove me nuts.  I've already lost around 40 pounds, but I need to drop some more weight and mostly work on my core strength.  Starting tomorrow the 300 core workout is back on.  I will post weekly images and updates.  I will also post when I run or do other activities, and anytime I have a recipe that is healthy and tasty.  Keep in mind, I'm a vegetarian, so none of them will have actual meat, but you can substitute a good grade of meat for whatever "faux-meat" that I use, but it may alter the nutritional values a bit.

Starting measurements:
Waist: 35
Hips: 43.5
Thighs: 26

 

Abby's Taking Her Sweet Time

Well, Abby is taking her time.  A friend of ours who was 3 weeks behind us is in labor right now.  Me...I'm 1 cm dilated and 0% effaced... awesome!  I have the Girls On The Run TuTu Race on Feb 2nd that I will be walking and I'm hoping that encourages her to get her butt in gear.  Don't get me wrong, I know how cold it is out, I wouldn't want to be born in Michigan on a day that is -1 either, but we know the exact day we conceived and thus we know some little one is stalling.  Due to her delay I may end up being an assistant coach for GOTR instead of actual coaching, which is fine and a bit less of a time commitment.
In the mean time, I've made her mobile by hand without a sewing machine.  Next I am starting on burp towels and I already have most of the fabric I need, well I have one side now I need to get the coordinating  fabric for the other side.  I have enough fabric for 120, so I am trying to figure out what else to do with the fabric.  She has a ton of blankets, but I might make her hats for next winter or make burpies for friends who are pregnant.  My extra felt is being turned into stuffed animals for her, and fun coasters for the house.
If you can't tell, I'm going nuts not being active.  I shoveled the driveway yesterday and my husband was not happy.  I don't shovel it when there is ice, but it was just a couple inches of light powder.  In the end it didn't even make Abby budge.  I'm determined to either have her early or late, so late it is!  I just don't want her to be born on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, that just seems cruel.  Don't get me wrong, I think it's great to remember history, but with her ethnic and religious heritage mix I think she'd rather be born on another day, she's going to be confused enough when she grows up.

Well: Prenatal Yoga time!  If nothing else I can still do that and luckily I haven't really swollen until this week.  Come on Abby, mommy wants to start working on her other abs soon.

2013 Fitness and Races

On top of putting in to be a Girls On The Run coach I plan on running myself!  I've never weighed so much in my life and yes I'm aware I'm pregnant, but I'm about 50 pounds more than I was 8 months ago and I'm due in 2 weeks!  It's been a hard pregnancy with all the high risk issues and my work schedule making working out impossible.  (Yes...impossible...70 hour work weeks on my feet in a high risk pregnancy with 9 doctors and taking classes, leaves no time each day for a work out). It's been insane and 50 pounds don't come off over night.  Last year when Biggest Loser was on, I was rowing 5,000 meters at a time, doing two sets of 400 sit-ups (various kinds), minute long planks, push ups, and a ton of plies.  This year the show came on...and I'm eating soup and closing in on my husbands weight.  It's a lot to handle, but I'm going to do everything I can to drop it fast!  I stayed really small most of my pregnancy and out of no where I gained weight and started showing.  So... between watching what I eat and going back to my ab work out and rowing I'm hoping I can get the weight off fast.

Baby's due date: Jan 27, 2013

Concept 2 Rowing:

March 1-31 March Madness (5,000 meters a day for 25 days) Unlikely I will get it based on my due date, but I will try to do at least half.

May 1-15 Global Marathon Challenge (Half Marathon - 21097 meters in one work out)

...More to come...

Races I'm considering:

Feb 2 - GOTR Tutu Race (2.2 miles...walking)

April - Gazelle Indoor Triathlon (20 mins swim, bike, run)

May 5 - Borgess Run for the Health of it! 5k

May 23 - GOTR 5k

June 8 - Kalamazoo Mud Run 5k

June 15 - Kalamazoo Klassic 10k

Jul 28 - Warrior Dash 5k

Aug -Grand Rapids Streets on Fire 8k

Sept 2 - Warrior Dash 5k

Sept 7 - Kazoo Area Foot Chase 3.5 miles

Sept - Bay City Morning Rotary Club Driathlon

Oct 5 - Campus Classic 5k

Nov 17 - Vegas Rock and Roll Half Marathon

Dec - GOTR Hot Chocolate 5k

Food Monitoring and Recipe Building Program:

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The 300 Challenge Starts back 6 weeks post baby!


END OF THE YEAR GOALS:
Push ups - 50-78
Sit Ups/Crunches - 100 in 2:00 min
Flex Arm Hang: 70 sec
Pull Ups - 20
1.5 Mile Run: 8:15-10:15 min
2 Mile Run: 13:30-15:45 min
3 mile Run: 18:00-21:00 min
500 yard swim: 8:00-12:30 min

Chumpkin Week 6

How far along? 6 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: 0
Maternity clothes? No
Stretch marks? No
Sleep: Soundly, but I'm already a furnace at night, which is odd because I'm usually freezing.
Best moment this week: Telling my dad and having him be perfectly ok with it.  He even shook Michael's hand.
Have you told family and friends: Some close friends know, work knows, and my father.  Still haven't told his family yet.
Miss Anything? Salmon and tune for dinner!
Movement: Nope
Food cravings: No, but I'm always so freaking hungry.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Not this week unless you count feeling sick if I don't eat every 3 hours.
Have you started to show yet: No
Gender prediction: We still think Chumpkin is a boy, but my dad calls the baby a her.  Guess we all think a girl would be fun.
Labor Signs: No
Belly Button in or out?  In
Wedding rings on or off? Still none yet
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy!
Weekly Wisdom: Change your outlets to the childproof ones that turn when not in use.  Michael picked them out and I think they'll be great!
Looking forward to: Picking paint colors so we can "finish" the rooms that just need new paint. I'll feel so accomplished when I can mark 3 rooms off the list as done or mostly done.