Determination at its best.

Nothing motivates me to stick to a healthy lifestyle more than having a beach ball size stomach stick out so I can't see my toes anymore. Yikes!

I'm completely ok with the pregnancy weight gain, as long as its a healthy weight gain, and not a "I gorged myself with crappy food to feed 2 people all winter" type of gain. 

A few years back I read a quote from (in my opinion) one of the most beautifully fit women in the media, Gisele Bundchen. It caused a lot of negative attention towards her, but I thought it was hilarious! and right on point. This is a baby. A human child who should be given the chance to be born as healthy as possible. 

I'm not saying I'll never have pizza again. I'm not saying I don't have a stash of peanut m&ms in the fridge, or occasionally eat mexican food for dinner.

I am saying that it's really hard being at home all day with a toddler. All I want to do is snack and snack and snack, and I'm at home... where I can grab my goodies at anytime I want. However, that's no excuse for pigging out. 

So with a little inspiration from my awesomely-fit Best Friend... 

and of course, beautifully fit women like Gisele..

...I've been sticking to my walking routine and trying sooo hard to stick to my healthy food plan.

I never, ever, grab fast food, unless Matt happens to be home.

 I actually hate eating fast food, it makes me sick. So that helps! 

My new favorite lunch go-to?

 Tofu-turkey and vegan cheese sandwich with spinach leaves, vegenaise and mustard on Ezekiel Bread.
 

 

Oh, and never forget the avocado... Those are some awesome Healthy Fats.

Baby-girl loves those!

I have a super hilarious and very informational pregnancy book that gives me lists of what to buy from the store and what to cook... that helps!

The other day at the park, I saw a mom, with 4 or 5 month old twins, passing me up, rockin' the hills, pushing her double stroller. Again, yikes! 

So... goals? 

-stay healthy throughout this pregnancy. 

-eat the healthy food. 

-stay active.

-keep in shape as best as possible. 

-no excuses!

-have a healthy baby girl :)

I want to have the energy for my future infant and 2 year old! So I'm putting my goals out here, because there's nothing as annoying as not sticking to your goals. And if other people are expecting you to reach them, you can't make excuses  ;)

Plus the way I see it is, the more I do now, the less I have to do Post-baby!

So put on those walkin' shoes because this is going to be a fun next 20 weeks!

Joke's on Me!

You know that moment when you're so busy at work, preparing your self, your mind, your home and your family for a new boy named Brandon to enter your life, that you forget about everything else?

And I mean, everything else.

That moment when you feel so nauseous and sick at work, and you blame it on cheating on your diet the night before? And the next time, you blame it on bad Taco Bell? And the next time you blame it on that 24 hour flu?

That moment when you just want to fall over and sleep on the floor during the day, and blame it on all the extra hours you've been working?

And that moment when things on your body start getting bigger and you cant sit down with your jeans buttoned anymore?

I mean, I know you quit working out so much due to the new 18 month old boy that joined your life recently, but seriously, all those salads, and the jeans STILL get tighter?

Yeah, that's when it hit me.

Gee, maybe I should take a pregnancy test?

Well, 4 EPTs, 4 plus signs, and a lot of deep thinking with my bestie, and a week later, I finally let the reality sink in, and I told Matt the news.

I wrapped a (clean) PT in a gift bag and gave it to Brandon. I put a shirt on him that said "Guess What?!"
Then I told him to go give the bag to Daddy.

Matt's face looked like mine did.
 "Are you serious?!!"

So by the time I went to my first Dr. apt, it was 2 weeks after I found out. By then, apparently I was 16 weeks and 2 days along.

My Nurse laughed at me. The receptionist at the blood testing center laughed at me.
I've decided they probably announced my story over the Hospital's loud speakers the second I left. All I heard was, "How did you not know?!"

I was busy ok!! New kid, leaving work, training the new girl, moving my horse to a new barn, getting our house ready, having a toddler move in... things got a little crazy!

So here we are, at 18 weeks. We just found out that we are having a baby Girl, that Brandon can be a wonderful big brother to.

They claim I'm due Feb 1st, so this will be a fun next 5 months! My belly has already popped out beyond the point of no return, and I've become a huge fan of stretchy yoga pants.

Oh, and NO we are not telling baby-girl's names to anyone so... you'll just have to wait ;)

But if you really need something, Matt has been calling my pooch "Food Baby" since a few days before I told him. which is another hilarious story all in its self.

So until next time, me and Food Baby are off to bed!