Missing the treadmill

I find myself missing the gym and all things related to working out. I miss Zumba. I miss swimming laps in the pool. And when I have the okay to work out again post partum, remind me of what I am about to say........I even miss the.....TREADMILL!

I miss the endorphins of working out. I miss the feeling of (literally) sweating my buns off.

My body is turning to mush and I am losing my "good" curves that I was starting to get back.

For health reasons this will be my last pregnancy. I am so grateful that I am able to conceive a beautiful baby and carry her in my tummy. And I am over the moon excited that we broke the Gardner curse with getting prego with a girl.

But, I find myself having twinges of jealousy when Dan goes out to ride his bike. Or when I see a Zumba commercial, I honestly feel depressed.

So please remind me in August, when I have recovered from the c-section, and I am cursing the walls of the gym.....please remind me how good it makes me feel. And remind me how much I missed it. ;)

Pregnant at holiday times and attemtping to make good choices

So, I am trying to get out of the mentality of good food vs bad food. As Paula Dean once said, "If I ate this type of buttered and fattening food every day, I would be 400 pounds and having a heart attack. This food is not for every day food. " Not her exact words, but you get the idea.

My main goal to work towards, pregnant or not....is portion control and stop eating when I am full. And to not beat myself up for eating a cookie. But to stop at 1 or 2.

It helps that I am still in the first trimester.
Nauseous + Low energy = No desire to eat or cook.

But those sugary temptations creep up on me. And it does not help that when I do have a desire to eat, holiday food is out in full force. Every commercial and Costco sample is trying to get me to eat fudge, cookies, or nougats.

Oddly enough, last night at Costco I wanted a big bag of brussel sprouts. Not so surprising, is that the bakery section won the battle of the day with cookies and bagels making their way in to the cart.

This explains so much!

I am pregnant! Due July 4, 2011!

Here's to a healthy pregnancy!

Can't wait to exercise again...for reals.....

I only have 5 days until little Zach is pulled from my tummy. And then 6 weeks to recover from the c-section. So around Christmas I will be able to exercise again. This will be perfect as I will be joining everyone else in New Years resolutions. That gives me 2-3 months to tone up the body and lose some weight before Dan returns from his deployment. I CAN NOT WAIT TO GET BACK TO THE GYM!!!!! I already have my IPOD/ITUNES new work out play list set to go!

I hate bed rest. I hate not being able to break a real sweat. I miss the natural energy that exercise gives me.

I am also pretty motivated to throw all ice cream and sugary foods out of the house. The slightest bit of sugar makes Benjamin bonkers. I am getting really excited to whip our fast food eating/candy eating bodies into natural/whole grain food eating machines!

SEE YOU SOON LAP POOL AND ELLIPTICAL MACHINE!