After a 6 month search for new homes they are all gone and I have cried for two days now because of it.

• We had our mid pregnancy ultrasound, and it’s another boy!
• Weight gain total is 9lbs at 18 weeks, this is depressing I was hoping to be in my third trimester before reaching a 9lb gain
• Everything else is great

So the weight gain.  HUH, we went on a week long vacation to Cabo and I only gained 1.5lbs while we where away which wasn’t bad at all right along where I was expecting.  But since we have been back the scale keeps going up and up and I’m really not eating that much food and for the most part nothing bad.  I am not exercising like I should but I have been cleaning the house way more because we put it on the market and playing with Xander like non stop.  I have been keeping a food journal for the most part.  I just want the gain to stop for a little while its like I’m gaining a pound a day.

When I got back on May 23rd I was 172.4 this morning I was 176 I can’t believe it that is a gain of 4lbs in like two weeks.  This is the problem I had when I was pregnant with Xander and I just can not bring myself to gain 60lbs again that is just too much weight to gain.

Any suggestions would be great!

This is the official post to let you all know that I am pregnant again!

We are due on October 31st and this time around I will be continuing to post food and weight topics here but general pregnancy updates will be posted at my other blog, Mothering My Way.

Since I am considered overweight going into this pregnancy I am going to aim to keep the weight gain at a minimum around 20 lbs total.  So I am going to do this goal style and each week list goals I would like to accomplish including weight gain goals and follow up throughout the week to see where I am.

Last pregnancy I stopped really weighing myself around week 12 and I think that was a big mistake, I had a few months where I put on way to much weight in one month and overall I gained 60lbs which I am still 5lbs away from loosing all of it.  I would really like to not have to spend most of next year trying to get back to where I am now just to still have another 30lbs to loose.

Goals for this week:

1. Track food everyday
2. Drink 64oz water per day
3. Exercise 3x this week, running
4. Weight next week 166

So I have lost a total of 52.2 lbs since December 23rd, 2008.  I am very proud of myself that is the most weight that I have ever lost in my life and I keep thinking to myself if I keep going and get down to 118 I will have lost 100lbs.  I have not weighted 118 since probably elementary school so this is kind of a stretch for me and I am keeping my current goal of 140 for this year.  But we will see how it goes.

I went on vacation to Florida to see my grandpa and it was great.  They have had bad weather, for Florida, but we got great weather.  We took Xander to the circus which he loved and to the beach which he loved too.  I ran 4 of the 6 days we were there and it made me earn for sunny weather here in Michigan.  We also swam 3 times.  Each day we were on vacation I wrote down everything I ate and didn’t cheat but just a little bit, however I did go back up to 169 which I think was mostly water weight since I’m back down after two days of being home.  It was a great vacation!

I applied for a new job, with a great company and I’m really excited about it.  I had a first interview and it went really well, good enough that after a week of waiting to hear back they asked for a second interview.  So right now I am waiting to hear back about when they would like to do the second interview.  Going on day 5 now, since I replied.

We booked a vacation to CO in September!  We will be visiting my family and old friends from back in the day.  On a personal/social level my best friend from my teen years told me she doesn’t want to be my friend any more.  But I have reconnected with several other friends from back then in the same area that we will be visiting.  Not to mention having the best French Toast in the whole world at the Village Smithy in Carbondale, CO.  I am still not over the whole bff breakup and have been feeling very sad about it.

Oh the food side I am trying to focus on portion control and cutting back on sizes to get a better weight loss.  I think I could loose 2lbs a week if I really try and just get this weight off.  We’ll see it’s hard but since I have been working out so much if I can get a handle of what I’m eating I think it would be good.

On my lent I have done so so I did have Starbucks twice while I was away as well as some Panera Bread but I have not had any fast food and I have not had any pastries.  I am going to keep at it.

So what has been going on in your life?

Today I was thinking all about the greatness of eating one of these and because I didn’t want to buy a whole dozen I instead went to Starbucks and got an apple fritter. AH! Why do I do this to myself? Anyone.

Here I am doing good and trying to recover from overeating this weekend and I go and eat a freakin donut. I hate my brain sometimes.

So Lent starts tomorrow and everyone is supposed to give up something important to them for lent. I am giving up. . . Fast food and Starbucks. It will be hard, I’m going to Florida on Thursday morning so I will have to find a way to deal at the airport. But I am committed no fast food or Starbucks for 40 days and 40 nights.

So my question is what are you giving up?

I joined the ranks of millions of Americans who are Overweight!!!

So here I am one year and 12lbs away from my pre baby weight, I would say that’s not to bad. Below are pictures of me in my pre baby jeans which fit as of yesterday for the first time in 18 months.

I have continued to do well on South Beach Diet although I am starting to stray a little as the temptations of the season become more and more of a reality. My current weight is 170.6! Which is great for me although I was really hoping to be 167 before Christmas Eve.  The important part is I came really close to my goal and who knows maybe ( I doubt it) it will still happen I mean we do have two days.

Xander will be one on Christmas eve and we are really excited, I would like for Dave to get the swingset up and ready to use in the backyard for his birthday I would like for him to be able to play on it.  We also went out and bought him three presents to open; one on his birthday and two Christmas morning.

On Christmas morning we will be going to my grandpa’s house in PA, it will be Xander’s first flight and I am nervous about packing and just the trip not about actual flying.  I am also nervous because I have made so much progress in the weight department I don’t want to be totally sabotaged by a trip out of town.  My parents are going to so I’m sure if I bring my workout clothes my mom will want to workout with me. I have been trying to formulate a plan for while I am away, knowing that I won’t have access to a large variety of South Beach foods.  I think that my best plan would be to be calorie conscious sticking to around 1800 or less a day and not expect to loss but hope to not gain.  Which means I should bring along my laptop and log in to track my food every day.  I will also try to plan out what I’m going to eat ahead of time as much as possible so I am not surprised and I have a estimate of how many calories things are.

So my health Christmas goals are as follows:

• Have a good time
• Work out at least 30 minutes per day
• Don’t over indulge- 1800 calories per day
• Drink lots of water- Drink little wine

What are you health goals this Holiday Season?