Two Pounds a Week » 1st trimester http://www.twopoundsawk.com A 29-year-old Southern gal's journey to losing a goal weight of 23 pounds. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:59:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Shopping fuel http://www.twopoundsawk.com/2010/02/06/shopping-fuel/ http://www.twopoundsawk.com/2010/02/06/shopping-fuel/#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:51:29 +0000 Meg http://www.twopoundsawk.com/?p=616 Good mornin’! Do you have big plans on this fine Saturday? The husband and I (when he finally gets his bones out of bed, that is) are going to do some shopping today for a very special person: my mom!

This gorgeous woman is having a birthday tomorrow, and only the perfect gift will do for one of my best friends! :) Luckily, my mom is a lady who knows what she wants, and has already dropped some hints on present ideas for us. I have to say, I am definitely just like her on that one (and in many other ways!) — my Christmas list had the exact link to a pair of boots I wanted, with color specified. Ha Ha!

I may have to do a little shopping for myself today as well. As pregnancy goes, my clothes are starting to get, well, snug. My shirts and jeans are fine, but a lot of my business pants are getting tight in the waist. They still zip and button, but I feel like I have a muffin top 24/7. I’ve read that this is perfectly normal at the stage I’m at in my pregnancy, so I’m going with it. :) Won’t be long until I’m browsing the maternity section…yay!

I figured I better eat a good breakfast that would get me through all this retail running around, so I made an amazing bowl of oats:

In the mix:

  • 1/2 each of organic oats, low-fat milk and water
  • dash of salt
  • one small banana
  • tablespoon of all-natural peanut butter
  • 1/2 cup blueberries
  • Scoop of Living Harvest Hemp Protein Powder

So yummy, and I am super full! I also had a mug of plain tea, and my “horse” pill. Ha!

This huge green pill is my prenatal vitamin, and the white is a Vitamin D supplement. (I found out last year I was deficient in D.) I’m actually going to pick up a prescription for a new prenatal that has more D in it today, and they aren’t as big as these! :)

A nutritious morning meal!

I better get moving if I want to get in a workout before heading out to the mall. I think today is going to be Summer Sanders Prenatal Workout DVD. It’s a good one!

Have a wonderful Saturday!

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I thought a good massage would do the trick, but then I got a voicemail from Katherine saying she had to cancel so she could pick up her child from daycare. Completely understandable, but I couldn’t help but be disappointed! This momma-to-be needs a little zen after a stressful week at work! Oh well…good thing appointments can be rescheduled. :)

I did do a 50-minute workout tonight that left me feeling refreshed and relaxed…not as much as the massage would have, but hey, whatever works, right? I battled through hills for 30 minutes on the elliptical, and then spent some time with Denise Austin doing 20 minutes of toning as part of her Fit & Firm pregnancy DVD. I swear, she sounds and looks so much like one of my favorite “Real Housewives”:

Vicki!

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Ever seen Real Housewives of Orange County? It’s so my Thursday night guilty pleasure! And every time I turn the Denise Austin DVD, I almost expect her to start trash talking Gretchen or something. Ha Ha!

I’m pretty proud of myself, because I’ve already gotten in three days of exercise this week! Only 2 more to go, and then it is reward time. For those of you who don’t know what the heck I’m talking about, I get a reward, i.e. shoes, new nail polish, etc.,  if I work out 5 days a week. It’s an incentive to keep me exercising during my pregnancy, since I’m having a hard time staying awake and battling nausea, which doesn’t make me want to get moving! :)

So, since exercise is accomplished, how about a few pics of today’s eats?

Breakfast: Kashi GoLean Crunch cereal with lowfat milk, and a big bowl of honeydew melon. I’ve been craving fruit like nobody’s biz!

Lunch: 6-inch veggie patty Subway sandwich on Parmesan bread and a side of jalapeno chips.

Snacks: A (undocumented…sorry!) bag of light popcorn sprinkled with Cajun seasoning, and a serving of string cheese

Dinner: The husband was craving Arby’s, so we got plain roast beef sandwiches, and topped them with horsey and Arby’s sauce. I  paired the sandwich with a salad drizzled with light raspberry vinaigrette dressing. I may or may not have had three of JD’s jalapeno poppers as well. Those things are crazy good!

I’m off to dream land now. (Big surprise, right?) I hope you all have a great rest of the week! And congrats to these amazing ladies — Brittany, Candy and Lorrie, on their weight loss achievements! Way to go!!

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