Losing Weight in the Land of Chocolate and Cheese!

AWelcome to non stop worrying from now and till forever!! and worth every every gray hair and worry line you will get......and as far as the weight thing...I gained 28 pounds with one pregnancy and only 8lbs with my second...and both were healthy bundles of joy!!.....so take every piece of advice and every book ....article and show...with a grain of salt and listen to you and it will all work out!! What a wonderful day! :)
 
Sweetie, Don't feel tentative about anything. Enjoy & savour every single second of everything wonderful in life. There is nothing negative about achieving what you wish for. I know very few people who have miscarried. You don't have to get fat while you're pregnant. You know what to do. Eat healthily. You're a smart woman. ENJOY, RELAX, WEE HOO!!!!!!! So thrilled for you! I'm spending the day & night with my darling husband & our 3 delightful grand-children. I have 2 lovely sons who I couldn't even wish to be better than they are. You have all this in front of you. Lucky, lucky you, lucky, lucky me. Sending you lots of love & lots & lots of good happy mother vibes, xoxoxo Cate
 
ATete - thanks so much - you make me so smiley to think that you are the future me! :)

Cate - Thanks for your support and your positivity! It really means so much. And I love the thought of you with your gorgeous three sons and your grandchildren... you are right. lucky you, lucky me, lucky lucky lucky. I am getting into the groove of it now and I think the reality has started to set in... I'm not quite as removed from the whole thing, and I've stopped being scared! There's a little baby in my belly!

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So we told our friends and it was SO much fun! They were SO excited for us! It really was just great.

Won't have too much time to be on here for the next few days -just arrived in Toronto and staying with my beautiful friend from university who I haven't seen for six years. And it's like nothing has changed - i love friendships like that.

FOOD YESTERDAY
was iffy. We thought that a flight of over 5 hrs would provide food but they didn't. apparently you have to pre-order and pre-pay for it, but we had no idea, so we ended up paying a stupid amount of money for the only thing there - pizza. I checked the package though, and it was only 400 cal for the thing, so it could have been worse.

- banana
- sesame bagel with cream cheese
- pepperoni pizza
- 1/4 of a maple donut (our friend's arrival present to welcome us to the land of the maple)
- 2 buckwheat crepes with tomato, basil and cheddar.
- 1 cup pink lemonade

FOCUS on good food today. Food on a day of transit is always crap. Planning on going to the farmers' market in about an hour, so I'll be surrounded by organic, healthy things. YAY!
 
AI agree, the worry starts now, and it won't EVER stop lol. Don't be too worried though, everything'll be fine! Your bringing your baby into a happy little unit that has loads of love. Its only a week before baby decides to be a boy or a girl.

I'm so glad you whined at the breakfast people and they listened! That's great!

I love your "20 fake girl push ups" Is that the sort of push up that Pamela Anderson and Demi Moore do? :)

I love farmers markets. Let us know what you bought.

Have fun xxxxx
 
A[quote name="decisionmaker" url="/t/48921/losing-weight-in-the-land-of-chocolate-and-cheese/580#post_806168"]Tete - thanks so much - you make me so smiley to think that you are the future me! :)
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:grouphug: Awe thanks so much.....you made me smile!!! ....I am sure you will enjoy being a mom just as much as I do...I love my fellas so much....they make me happy....they make me crazy...but they make me smile!! :)
 
ARUTHIE !!! Hahahah 'fake girl' push ups. Awesome. You are my giggle fest, I swear. And thanks for saying that we are a little unit with loads of love - that's so nice. :)

Tete - I bet that is all any mum could ever hope for with their kids - that they make you happy and drive you crazy! :) haha. Thanks so much for your enthusiasm, lovely.

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Quick one today. No time. And sorry I haven't had the chance to do everyone's diaries... I'll be back in Zurich on Thursday and things will go back to normal a little.

FOOOOD today - kind of strangely peckish and a bit queasy simultaneously. Trying to eat little things throughout the day to keep my energy levels up.
- 10 raspberries and 1/4cup natural yoghurt
- 1 glass warm milk 2%
- vegetarian chile -loads of chick peas and beans, with guacamole and rocket leaves
- 1 decaf latte
- 5 corn chips with veggies and cheese
- 3 strawberries
- 1/4 wholemeal bagel with cream cheese
- Ethiopian dinner - YUM! dahl, spinach, cabbage, lamb curry, with buckwheat pancakes.

Did pretty good avoiding junk today while everyone else was going nuts with chocolate cakes, ice creams etc.

Feel like my belly is so much bigger already but I think it is such tiny difference :) haha. ButI think that I pay so much attention to my body I know straight away that it is bigger. It isn't flat in the mornings anymore., and after dinner it feels HUGE even when I haven't eaten that much! Dunc is being so great - ah, he's such a good man. I love him so much! He's going home tomorrow and I don't get home til thursday... it will be weird to be away from him at the moment... It'll be good to get home though,
 
I missed the big news! CONGRATULATIONS!!



I'm so jealous..Would love a babyyyy! Are you going to find out what you're having? And names? And BABY CLOTHES! EEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
 
AHeya sweetie

Just wanted to say hi :) I am loving reading about your awe about being pregnant. It really takes me back.
You know that you feel your stomach is bigger, well, you wait til you can feel a hard lump in there, thats mind blowing lol Oh and then the lump will move and stuff like kicking the shit out of you lol.....Ooooh i can't wait :)

I did a 30 min run today :) i am struggling to understand how i am capable of doing that..... I use to be such a lazy slob!!!
 
AThanks Sunflower! No idea about all those questions at the moment - still really getting my head around it! I think I'd just pop if I didn't find out the sex though... I really want to know already! And I can't wait to get my first little onesie. :) :) :)

KateHotBoobs - Hi lovely girl. You have got me totally excited about finding a hard lump in there! I can't wait! can't wait cant wait can't wait! So exciting. :) And you are like some fitness supreme Jillian Michaels woman (is that her name?). AKA Tha Bomb is you.

:) Lovely day today of seeing my gorgeous old friends. I have told them (three of my girls - some of my closest friends) about my little Beanie (this is our little name for the being inside of me at the moment) and it was just SO lovely to have them around me so excited. I realised that these girls are the people who I will get to tell face to face that I have known the longest. People in Zurich I've only known 8 months, and everyone else will be over the phone. So now a total of six people know, and none of those people are my family. I need to get back to Zurich and tell them! :)

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FOOD TODAY

- wholewheat bagel with 1/2 cream cheese and 1/2 hommus
- glass of hot milk
- miso soup and vegetable tempura
- 12 raspberries, 3 broccoli bits and a stick of celery
- Omlette (2 eggs, skim milk, herbs,) with cheese, caramelised onion, red and yellow capsicum, with 1 slice light rye bread with butter
- 1 small scoop strawberry sorbet
 
AI don't see how people can bear the suspense if they don't know the sex! I think its nice to know, you can visualise doing a little girls hair or playing cops and robbers with a little boy... Gives you something to think about during the 10 years it takes for the last 3 months of pregnancy to go.

Mmmmm, little beanie is getting lots of yummy goodness :) I'm so happy that you've been able to tell your bestest friends in person straight away :)
 
ARainbow: Thanks for always stopping by. It's so so nice. Hahah - yeah well I'm really excited to get a big belly (weird, huh? All we do here is try and get RID of our big bellies!), but I am useless with surprises. They make me MAD! I hate not knowing what other poeple know! And if the dude doing the ultrasound knows, then they bloody well should tell me. :) Might change my mind next week, though, haha. I seem a little unpredictable of late.
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FOOOOOOOOD
I've been doing lots of research and I bought a book from a second hand bookshop called Better Food for Pregnancy. It's great! It gives you a few sample meal plans, talks you through the calories and the changing needs of your body, and has STACKS of fantastic recipes. Cant' wait to get home and try some! One thing is that they say a person with a healthy BMI should be aiming for between 2100 and 2600 calories per day in the first trimester. It says that for my height, I should be the top end of this, but I'm wondering if, because my BMI is at the top range of 'healthy', I should be a little less... hmm. I figure I'll just eat lots of healthy stuff. :)

MEANWHILE, my food yesterday was not quite as good as my fruit and celery-filled day before. I had a little mini pecan tart thing for nostalgia's sake, as I was with my friend and last time I was in Canada we had a day where we baked a gazillion of them for a fundraiser... other than that I was good. Difficult not having a fridge though... looking forward to going home and taking control of my food again.

FOOOD YESTERDAY
- oatmeal with dried cranberries, toasted flaked almonds and a tsp brown sugar
- decaf latte
- Bowl of hearty chicken, vegetable and barley soup with 1/4 slice of bread
- mini pecan pie and a chai tea
- toasted mozarella, tomato and basil sandwhich on multigrain bread
- grilled salmon wrapped in vine leaf(YUM!) with the most incredible green yoghurt sauce (what was that? I wish I knew!), saffron rice, brocolli and bok choy.
- cardamom poached apricot with spiced yoghurt.
EXERCISE
-walking walking so much walking. Probably for about five hours. The muscles down the front of my legs are killing me! Weird how puffed I get just from walking lately... apparently my heart has to get used to pumping 50% more blood than normal at the moment. WEIRD!

GOING HOME today! Dunc went back on Monday and I MiSSSSSS HIM! He called me yesterday and said he was lonely and to give beanie a rub :) Cutest! He said it's nice to be home, but he;s only half-way home because, like the song says, 'home is wherever I'm with you' :D (that was our mantra when we were on the road for eight months on our bike tour). He's tha bomb.

See y'all soon back in the land of chocolate and cheese!
 
Wow, so close to your goal ! Great accomplishment, your diary looks really nice by the way, will definetly check it out ;)


Cheers !
 
Hi Joh, I check your diary every day and am so thrilled for you both. I love that you & your LH seem to share similar things to us- like a very special love! Sounds sooo corny but it is very special. It's lovely that you both know it & cherish it & now you are going to have a baby it will be even more special. You have given yourself the best chance to have a healthy pregnancy & a healthy baby by getting down to a healthy BMI. I read your food diary & see healthy, healthy, healthy. Sending you lots of love, xo Cate
 
AHi Asylum! Thanks for stopping by!

Cate - you are so right. I love that I can look at you and your hubby and your boys and think that that's what we wil hopefully be like in a while! I love that your relationship is still going so strong. You're an inspiration in more ways than one, lovely!

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I'm hooo-ooome! And freaking exhausted. Had the worst trip home, really. Cried in all three airports, spilt a huge bowl of soup all over me, broke my suitcase, lost my hand luggage at the train station, and had a total of 1.5 hours sleep. All of this meant that when D called from work to say welcome home, I was still looking for the lost-and-found counter at the main station and was in tears. GAH! So he came and worked the rest of the day from home to keep an eye on me.

FOOOOOOOD TODAY (why can I never do just two Os?):No idea when 'today' started... but this is my best guess, starting from the equivalent of 5am zurich time.
- small peach yoghurt and bran muffin
- orange juice and a cup of tea with a little milk
- chicken and vegetable soup (half went in me, half went on me)
- wholemeal pasta with napoletana sauce
- cheese, capsicum, zucchini and caramelised onion omelette (2 eggs with low fat milk cooked in olive oil) , with 1 slice wholemeal toast and steamed brocoli
- scoop vanilla ice cream
 
A:( xxxhugsxxx

It does sound like a horrible journey home, and all them hormones aren't helping matters either. I'm glad your finally back and all relaxed with your lovely hubster x

I thought you only used an extra 500 calories a day in the third trimester.

Do you want any more kiddies or are you just concentrating on this one first? x

Sorry for disappearing, you said thanks for stopping by all the time then i go and disappear for three days :eek: You JINXED it!
 
AOooh, and talking about the last bit of pregnancy, your cold feet will become un-cold at bedtime because of all that extra blood pumping around! That was one of the best pregnancy symptoms for me :)
 
Hi Joh, HGH I call it- hormones gone haywire! You'll settle into this pregnancy & should enjoy every moment. I have never felt better in all my life than when I was pregnant. Never a minute's sickness & felt content. Enjoy every moment & relax about it all. Glad you got your luggage back- all's well, :grouphug: xo Cate
 
Oh my god, i missed the news, BIGTIME.


CONGRATS DARLING!!! You are gonna make such a great mom, i just know it:) I cant wait to hear updates:) Im so happy for you:) I want to have children when im older:)


Loads of hugs from Ireland:grouphug:


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