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Massage FAIL

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Happy Wednesday, guys! Hope you are having a good one! As for me, I scheduled another massage with Katherine for this afternoon. (I can’t believe it has been SO long since my last appointment!) I was looking forward to it all day, especially since my right shoulder blade has been giving me a lot of problems. I have a throbbing pain in that area a lot, and ice/heat don’t seem to provide any relief. Maybe toting around an entire house of stuff in my purse is catching up with me? Ha!

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!!

Tags: 1st trimester symptoms, Arby's regular roast beef sandwich, Denise Austin Fit & Firm Pregnancy DVD, elliptical workouts, Kashi GoLean Crunch, massage, Real Housewives of Orange County, Subway veggie patty sandwich
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Carb Tuesday

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

That’s right. I ate so many carbs today that I thought it deserved its own moniker. My appetite is all over the food map right now, and it seems I can only find my way home by scarfing down a trail of breadcrumbs cereal, macaroni and cheese, crackers, chips…oh, the starchiness! So sorry for no “Meg Makes It On Monday” yesterday. I couldn’t bring myself to do anything other than boil water for Velveeta Shells & Cheese. Can any pregnant women or moms out there relate? I hope I’m not alone!

I am almost in week 7 of my pregnancy, and I’m definitely starting to feel it. Besides the sleep, of course, I get nauseous around 9 a.m. and pretty much stay that way until bedtime. I started crying for absolutely no reason on the way to work this morning. And food? We have a very love/hate relationship right now. Broccoli is normally one of my favorite vegetables, but I had some yesterday and today, and I wanted to yack with every bite. Boo! And its like that with just about every food that comes to mind. Well, besides carbs of course. Ha! Here’s a few of today’s eats:

Breakfast: Chobani strawberry Greek yogurt, one cup Kashi GoLean Crunch and a sliced banana

Apple for snack. This actually helped with the nausea a lot!

Snack: Apple. This actually helped with the nausea a lot!

Lunch: Leftover mac n cheese with broccoli mixed in -- the broccoli made me want to ralph, but I ate it anyway for the nutrients.

Another snack: Peanut butter crackers. I thought it would tame the tummy. I was wrong.

I also had a few undocumented pita chips and 2 tablespoons hummus when I got home. Sabra has a spicy variety of hummus now that is so delicious! But what Sabra hummus isn’t? Oh, and a square of Ghirardelli dark chocolate may have also been consumed.

So, I don’t think I had a terrible day of food so far, and I am tracking it all, but I normally would eat way more veggies than this. (I’m feeling queasy just typing the word veggies…blech.)

I’m going to try to sip some club soda with a little grape juice mixed in and see if that will help calm the nausea enough for me to work out. It is absolutely frigid outside, so I’m going to stick with the elliptical and hopefully throw some light weights into the mix. Doc and Babyfit.com approved!

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