March 2018 Moms
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Challenge Yourself
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What are your goals? Let's post them here, including status updates and encourage each other!
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AFM, yesterday I pulled up the Spinning Babies website and want to start doing some of the stretches and positions they recommend to help baby get in a good position. DS was head down from Week 17 on, and this LO seems to like hanging out in a transverse position. I know he has plenty of time to shift, but I’m hoping to improve some of the discomfort I’ve been having by helping him get in a good position and maybe keeping him there. I also want to get back into walking more. I was doing really good on my step counts last month, but with this horrific lower back pain, I have cut way back on my walking. I want to get back up to three miles a day. I think that will be good for March too.
Thanks for starting this thread, @barrelocarol! It's nice to have somewhere to put our goals, get encouragement, and hold ourselves accountable!
So my goal is to do ~30 min 4 to 5 times a week at home that would include prenatal yoga, the PT exercises I found for PGP, and some of the spinning babies postures. LO was butt on my cervix at anatomy scan (much like @k318's ticker!) , which i know it's early and s/he is moving around a lot, but I'd like to encourage the best posture.
My goals and challenges for myself are always exercise and eating clean (even when not pregnant). Even on bad weeks I tend to make it to the gym 3-4 times. I HATE going more than 2 days of not working out... I just feel blah. So my workout goals are 4-6 times/week. I eat paleo about 90-95% of the time. Since we are in the holiday months, I try to keep all my sweets and bad things to a minimum since I know I will not be eating the best over the holidays. A couple things that help me stay on track... One big thing for me is to not have it (bad foods) in the house. If I have a bag of m&ms at the house, I will eat them and quickly, so I just try to not buy stuff like that. Another thing is making small goals. If I say I am going to do this or that the rest of my pregnancy.. it kind of feels like i'm stuck. But if I say I am going to work out 5-6 times per week and eat clean until we leave to go home for Christmas.. It feels more attainable and I don't feel as guilty giving into my sweet tooth at Christmas because I hit my goal. Then the next goal would be keep sweets to a minimum and continue to workout when were home for Christmas and then on babymoon right after that, etc. And lastly, my mom and sis have a group message and recently started writing down what I eat each day then I send to them in the evening (they're trying to lose weight right now). It helps us stay accountable and not just stuff my face with something I shouldn't have.
Everyone's challenges for themselves sound awesome!! Keep it up!
Good point too about shifting the goals around the holidays. I'd like to say I'm going to exercise when we're at my mom's but it's so awkward. Maybe 2-3 days per week is a good goal while were there. I'll have to remember to pack the right clothes!
Ive noticed this last week I’ve been a bit short, and less ‘play’ motivated than normal due to lack of sleep.
I’ve been down this road before, and I know the insomnia is only going to get worse for me... but man, I don’t like how it is interfering with my relationship to my daughter.
I need to get my third trimester butt on the floor and interact at her level for as long as I can! I’m lookinf forward to meeting my new child, while mourning the loss of my ‘only’ child... if you know what I mean.
So, I pretty much just want to make it to graduation then keep this baby in a few more weeks so I can get a break before the newborn stage.
I drink 90-100 oz of water a day. Sometimes I feel that’s all I’ve got going for me lol
I definitely need to drink more water, my water intake is terrible even at work with a water bottle sitting next to me but I've been getting a lot of Charlie horses and foot cramps to which my OB told me to up my water intake so whenever I don't feel like drinking water I just remember the pain that wakes me up in the middle of the night! I also need to go through kids clothes and bin them and get DH to drag them up to the attic for storage. At some point I'd like to get DD's old stuff down to figure out what I'm going to give away and what I'm going to keep for this little one.
After all of that I do feel like I've been not spending as much time with my little ones as I should. I've been going crazy recently with trying to keep up after their messes (which they make while unsupervised and they're unsupervised because I'm cleaning up), decorate for Christmas, and get rid of things because there's such an influx of stuff that we get around the holidays with DD's birthday 3 days after Christmas plus we have another baby coming and there's honestly a lot of stuff here we don't need. Argh writing it all out makes it seem impossible now
My goal is to go again this coming week. I am great about drinking my water at work but def struggle on the weekend to get enough.
Once the holidays are done I'm purging this house but will make a list of the spaces I want to clean out so it's out of my brain.
My closet, the junk room, my car, kitchen pantry, office and LO nursery have been bugging me.
Especially since I'm only supposed to be on my feet 6-8 hours a day and that gets eaten up at work. @barrelocarol thank you for reminding me I'm not the only one trying to keep my life together. Because the below pic is me every day of my life.....
So impressed with everyone's goals! Love hearing what everyone is doing to keep on their goals. These are great tips for me.
I'll report that I haven't made it to 80oz and it's no coincidence that I caught the house sickness.
1) Reach 10,000 steps every day (most days I get under 5000 eek), but today I'm at 10,078 (thank you IKEA)
2) No more sweets this week until next Saturday's Christmas party (which is hard since I really want ice cream right now)
3) Watch my weight gain - I'm up 24.5lbs and I'll be 25 weeks on Monday. I gotta slow it down!
I’m trying to be accountable here, every day, so that I don’t make excuses for skipping my walk and my yoga/exercise time. I may have a bad day again this week, but even with some really bad sciatica last night that kept me awake, my hips and back felt so much better today from my yoga and ball exercises.
I backed down my water goal from 80oz to 68oz. Made it yesterday. Not doing well today. I let the cold weather overtake me.
My win: Found out Friday that I passed my glucose test and I've been actually eating better bc of that all weekend.
Good for you for tracking progress!!
As for me, I drank my water yesterday and might do it again today! Which is great considering I still can't shake this congestion.
Ultimate goal: VBAC!