Weigh day :0(

Normally I hate Wednesdays, because Wednesdays are weigh in day. Dooms Day. (they can also co-inside with Husband's return to work day which isnt the happiest of occasions either)

So, good little chicken that I am, I get on the scales this morning before I got dressed and not surprisingly, I had put on weight!

Now, before you all recoil in shock and horror, please remember I am pregnant! So some weight gain is allowed. Now take into account that apprarently he is going through one of his growth spurts, and increased weight for him means increased weight for me!

So, now that we are all on the same page, the surprising bit is that I wasnt upset!!

Yes I know I shouldn't be upset as I am pregnant which is a happy and wonderous time to be and I should be glowing all over fromt he miricle that is growing inside me, but when you have struggled with your weight for your entire life, worked so hard to get it down and then watched as it slowly crept back up making you feel useless at the same time as being told you wont naturally have a child, making you feel even more useless, excepting these changes in your body that you have no control over can be quite daunting.

Yes of course I am happy to thnk of my son growing inside me, when when i catch a glimpse of my expanding girth, or not being able to pull on a pair of jeans, it can be a bit sad. Almost like an end of an era. Not that I wouldnt be able to reduce said girth once baby has evacuated, but that things will be different. Just different.

Mind Sets are hard things to change. Be it about your self confidence, your eating habits, the way you look at life. If you are used to doing it one way, it can be hard to change to something different.

But this time, I think I am realising that something different is going to be amazing!

Monday...

Breakfast: Yum! Nice difference to a normal smoothie.

Lunch: Delicious! I had two wraps instead of the one I should have done but I do require the extra calories!

Dinner: Coles didn't have any eggplant and I was too tired to chargrill the veg, so I chopped up a load of veg (capsicum, zucchini, onion, mushrooms) and put them into the oven rather than chargrilled which i think is just as nice! Sooooo delicious!! taking every ounce of discipline i have not to eat the second portion that i made for my lunch tomorrow! 

Sunday's preparation

So after being all organised with my weekly plan, i took myself down to Coles and actually did the shopping to go with the plan! and this lead on to a major clean and tidy of my pantry! Well done i her you cry! Yes it would be but i over did it and was almost bent over like a little old lady walking along with a limp!

Went to the cinema with a friend that night and when I got home, I forced myself to get breakfast and lunch ready for Monday. SCORE!

so far so good!

Week 3 - ready to go!

My first two weeks have not been as successful as I would have liked, mainly due to poor planning leading to poor decision making. So for week three I am getting on the front foot with planning!!

Below is my week 3 plan edited for my tastes etc. and have the shoping list ready to go. I plan on making or preparing as much as I can on Sunday so evenings are easy peasy.

Fingers crossed all goes to plan!

Thinspiration - arse obsession?

This is just a quick one to add to my Thinspirations "wall".

My arse is not the most shapely of derrieres (truck bum is one phrase my delightful husband uses! Hippo is the one I use!)

So yes, maybe I am slightly arse obsessed...

(Note, these are not my photos, taken from Google seraches...)

now come on, you cant tell me those are not fabulous specimins! Yes I am totally jealous! I know mine will never be this peachy, but I can dream. That is why they are my thinspiration!

Thinspirations - Part deux

Pregnancy certainly isnt a walk in the park! In fact, walking in the park is one thing Im being told to cut down on!

Since getting pregnant, I've been getting quite sore pains in my left hip. Finally got to see my Ob yesterday and confirmed that its inflammation of the bursa, or Bursitis. Not fun I can assure you. Its been meaning that by the end of the day, my hip is very sore, walking becomes difficult, sleeping is difficult (I am supposed to lie on my left side! Ha! Like that is going to happen!)

So now I am armed with drugs (long lasting panadol) and a letter to get a steroid injection into my hip (will get that just before I go on holiday soI can rest and relaxi it fully to get the full benefits of th injection)

With all that, exercise has been difficult. I have been walking my dogs still (cant really get away with it!) but doing it in the morning when my hip isnt too sore. But the main thing I want to get started is swimming and aqua aerobics as I think that will be low impact enough not to hurt.

Next challenge: find swimming attire that covers ginormous boobage! that is no mean feat let me tell you! Have been suggested a cheapo gym support crop top thing with a rashie shirt over the top so that will probably be the best way to go.

So surely I have the BEST excuse ever not to exercise, right...

(pause while I run away from the wrath that would be Michelle Bridges at that statement!)

taking it easy, yes, being careful, yes, taking it as a reason to sit on my arse and do nothing, NO.

It does mean though that I have to pay even more careful attention to my diet and this is being caused by the extra weight being gained and I need to ensure I dont put on too much and that I lose it quickly (but sensibly) after the baby is born.

Which brings me onto my Thinspiration part deux. As much as I want to run and hide with a box of donuts as my consolation prize, I need to focus on the right goal and that is being healthy for my labour. How am I going to be able to squat and push if my hips is giving me more pain than the labour!

I need to focus on the reasons to be healthy for quick weight lost afterwards as well, which would be for the decrease in hip issues, but also...

These are my "Skinny Jeans"! they are not literaly skinny ones, as they are I think a relaxed boot cut, but they are ones that I bought just before I started putting weight on with the IVF etc. so never got to wear.

I need to stay healthy so I can wear these easily when I go to England for christmas. that will feel so much better than scoffing a box of donuts. Or at least that is what I am telling myself!!

Thinspirations!

I loved the idea of the weekly surprise last week so I fully intend doing it but didnt feel the need to enter the competition so am going to take my time.

One of the major inspirations for me at this stage in my life comes from a photogrpah competition.

http://birthphotographers.com/2012-international-association-of-professional-birth-photographers-image-of-the-year-competition/

There are some truely amazing photos in this competition! Sadly voting has closed now but the photos are still there to view.

The one that is my inspiration as far as this competition goes is number 11 by  Shear Perfection Photography

lets leave aside the support she is getting from (I assume) the baby daddy (I already got me one of those with oodles of support!) but I just cant seem to tear my self away from her perfect bump, perfect arse (in a non pervey way I assure you!) and the lack of back fat rumples!!!

Jealous doesnt even begin to describe it! She probably doesnt even look pregnant from the back! I hate her! I envy her! I want her arse instead of mine!! She even has a lovely tan line!!!

Not much of this photos I dont love and I sincerly hope she had a perfect baby at the end of it!

So, if she ever reads this, thank you for being brave enough for someone to photograph you in all your glory (and I mean glorious glory!) and reminding me pregnancy doesnt have to equal frump!