Monthly Archive for April, 2010

14 week scan

Published on April 23, 2010 in photos, Pregnancy and Uncategorized. 5 Comments

Hey everyone, well it’s been a little while between postings hasn’t it!  I’ve certainly been up and down still, but think I MAY just be feeling a bit better overall.  For instance, on Monday I felt so good I was able to train, and go for not one, but TWO walks!  Tuesday I didn’t feel as good but managed a short game of tennis, yesterday was ok but I woke at 3.30am and didn’t nap during the day so was quite tired most of the day, having appointments and no time to go to the gym.  Today I didn’t feel so good – I was asleep by 8.30pm last night, and up at 3.30am again.  I did go back to sleep at 6.30am until 8am however.  Still wasn’t feeling great but did go to the gym and did an ok workout.  Tired again by midday and slept for 2 hours!!  Woke up feeling crappy again and in bed again by 8.30pm!  So each day is different.  Certainly helps me feel better if I can sleep until a more normal hour though like I did last night.  Well, if you call 5am normal.  I guess when you go to bed at 8.30am that’s a nice sleep :)

I had my 14 week scan yesterday.  It’s just incredible to see that little baby on the monitor, and to think it’s just there, sitting in my tummy!  Bubba is getting bigger now, a little over 7cm.   I just have to hope I don’t get a call from the doc’s in the next week to say I need to come in and consider having an amnio because my scan results revealed I was high risk.

I bought some maternity jeans!  They are a little big at the moment but they will be great when I get a bit larger.  So here’s my little one, and here’s my 14 week belly – still not much of a belly, but plenty of hip, butt and thigh.

Have put on about 3.5kg already, eeek.  I told the midwife I was a bit concerned about it (because it’s all happened in the last couple of weeks) and she looked at me like I was an idiot :)   I’m having trouble concealing that I’m getting fat now.  I hate wearing anything tight fitting as it just feels uncomfortable.

She told me next time I came in she would book me into the hospital.  Wow, that all makes it sound very real!

Heading off to the Barossa Valley today, staying with friends tonight, then on to Adelaide tomorrow.  We’re taking 2 big esky’s and going to the Farmer’s market and Central market in Adelaide, to stock up on some good food.  I have a business meeting on Monday morning before we drive home.  I’m not sure if I’m going to go to the INBA Adelaide Classic (the one I competed at last year) or not – depends how I feel.  I might choose to go shopping for my pregnant body instead.  I would love to go and see Jan B (past client) compete in her first show though.  Good luck Jan, you were looking great in the pic I saw a while ago, so I’m sure you will do well!

My motto for the day (week..year..eternity) – if you want something done or done properly, do it yourself.  I have had a project on the go for awhile now and getting anywhere with it is like pulling hen’s teeth because I am relying on other people who obviously aren’t as organized, reliable, enthusiastic and ambitious as I am.  It sucks.  So moving on to my next project.  Something good has come out of it though, and that is that by the end of the month I will have a snazzy in house exercise database on my site.

Finally, if you haven’t claimed your free 27 fat loss report that I’ve emailed to my database, click here now as it comes down at 2pm Vic time today.

http://www.idealbodiesonline.com/xtremefatloss

Have a great weekend everyone.  I plan to, a nice long weekend in Adelaide.

Looking for a healthy, hearty breakfast?

Published on April 12, 2010 in food, Recipes and Uncategorized. 0 Comments

Cheesy Omelet with salsa

1 whole egg, 2 egg whites, beaten

1 slice grain or wholemeal toast or ½ English muffin

30g avocado

15g tasty cheese

Moroccan Salsa (or anything similar that you fancy)

Small amount of olive oil

Salt, pepper to taste

  1. Heat olive oil over a low to medium heat.
  2. Add beaten eggs and cook as an omelet. 
  3. Cook toast, spread with avocado
  4. When omelet is cooked, fold over twice, and sit on top of toast
  5. Add cheese, then top with salsa
  6. Season with salt and pepper to taste

This is just one of the new recipes coming in our revamped recipe book – Lean Body Gourmet Cookbook.  Watch out for it in the coming weeks!

Could it be getting worse?

Published on April 11, 2010 in Pregnancy. 5 Comments

Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes, I had a good day, despite it being one of the worst in terms of how I was feeling.  I even ended up in tears at one stage, just feeling totally nauseas and wanting to throw but I couldn’t.  We went out for brunch which was nice, I had a bircher museli with poached pears and natural yoghurt.  Then I went home for a sleep :)   All day I was wondering if I was going to be able to go out for my birthday dinner.  I had to wash and dry my hair and even that seemed a monumental task.  Ridiculous I know.  I had a spa and then another lay down in the arvo as I was just incapable of doing anything else.  I made a big effort to go out, heck it was my birthday and we were going to Stefano’s.  I actually stopped feeling sick, so that was good and I enjoyed dinner.  I was however, needing matchsticks to keep my eyelids open by 8.30pm.  Was home in bed by 9.30pm and slept right through. 

So, this week the nausea and exhaustion seems to have intensified.  I haven’t been able to train since Monday (today was my first session).  I have managed a couple of walks/jogs though.

The upshot of all this is that I have been decidedly unproductive.  I still have a full email inbox so I’m sorry if I haven’t responded to your email, but I will get there :)

I found a really great pregnancy blog if anyone is interested.  Cassandra Forsythe talks about her own pregnancy, and how she managed to train (intensely) throughout (apart from the first trimester where she experienced the same as me!).  So today I took a leaf out of her book and put some more intense moves into my workout – some DB Snatches and Sumo Deadlifts.

I’ve decided enough is enough with the food and training sitch.  Gonna do what I can to really have a routine and eat better food.  Just this last week with going out for my birthday, having some easter chocolate, and cooking for Nadia and Pete last night, I feel like a big pogger.  My fat clothes are now getting decidedly uncomfortable, and I think I need to take a little more control.  Here’s my 12 week belly shot:

Yeah ok so it doesn’t look much in this photo but sometimes it does.  And it’s not just the belly, it’s the legs, the butt and the hips.  I’m feeling it big time.  And yes, I know, I better get used to it coz I ‘aint seen nuthin’ yet. :)   Bring it on.  I really want to see a proper preggo belly instead of just a chunky body.  I want a tshirt that I can wear everywhere that says – “I’m not fat, I’m pregnant (ah ok so I’m a bit fat too)”. LOL!

Anyway I’ve rambled on enough.  Oh last night’s menu – bruschetta, lasagne and golden syrup dumplings with vanilla ice cream.

Oh before I forget, we have some more new protein cookies in store!  They are awesome (soft and moist), I’ve tried 3 flavours, and I just LOVE the cranberry and white chocolate chip ones!  Check them out here – oh, and they are currently HALF PRICE along with the Trioplex bars and Brownies.

Hope the weekend has been a great one!

I don’t get it.

Published on April 1, 2010 in Uncategorized. 14 Comments

 How can people ‘not know they are pregnant’ for like 12 weeks?

I had the best sleep ever since being pregnant the night before last.  8 hours, straight through.  I felt awesome all day.  I did have another nap as well though!   However, the elation wore off very quickly when last night I had the WORST night so far.  3 hours sleep – I was awake at 1am and up at 1.30am.  I worked for a couple of hours, had a bite to eat, and then tried to go back to sleep – nothing doing.  Got up again, worked some more, although by now I’m really feeling it and struggling big time.  Went back to bed about 6am.  Up again at 8am.  Had to drop Damo off out at my mum’s and do some jobs in town, and was just a zombie.  I made a sandwich when I got home, had half of that and went back to bed around 11am, getting up again at 1pm.  Nausea starting to kick in with the sleep deprivation now. 

I ate the other half of my sanga and waited for it to digest and then made myself go to the gym.  I felt quite ill the whole time, I’m sure people thought I was about to faint or something, I was laying on the machines with my eyes closed in between sets :)

So I’ve barely done any work, so if you are waiting for an email reply, I will get to it over Easter don’t worry.  I’ve no plans, looking forward to being a vegetable.  After taking the bins out and cleaning Big Pud’s dunny (Damo’s job but he forgot to do it before he left) I ran a spa and relaxed for awhile.  Now its 6pm and I’m in my nighty flaked on the couch.  I just had a small home made pasta, ham, tomato, pesto, cheese and avocado salad.

Now, as for this pregnancy weight gain business, Jo, I reckon you are one of a kind though, training like you did right through your pregnancy.  I guess being able to sleep well and not having the nausea to go with the vomiting would have helped you to stick to your usual training and nutrition regime.  Not that I’m any expert (haha, by a long shot) but from what I’ve read it doesn’t sound like you put on enough weight especially if you were having twins.  But, obviously you had a healthy pregnancy so it’s all good.  I’m going to disagree with you about the weight gain thing though because I can really understand now how you just cannot control what you need to eat sometimes.  I’m not condoning eating junk food all the time, no way, but as far as the baby only needing an extra 100 calories in the first trimester – hmph!  So why do you get so frigging hungry every 2 hours then?  And why can you not stomach some healthy foods but can eat things like toast and cheese?  (I’m not directing these questions to you Jo, just asking them to myself really!).   I’ve put on nearly 4lb so far, and I attribute that to a number of factors – I am a lightweight to start with and apparently we put on the most weight, I was dieting and training for a comp before I got pregnant, I then stopped training because I physically was unable to for (so far) 7 weeks, I started eating a lot more than my diet consisted of because I was hungry and sick and I had to eat to stop the nausea, I am eating a lot more carbs and some foods I would not normally eat because that is what my body is telling me to do.  Buggered if I’m gonna fight it just to save a few pounds of weight gain hey.  Anyway, I’m still not weighing as much as I was at the start of my last comp prep. 

I don’t know, what are everyone else’s thoughts? 

I suppose I do feel a bit of pressure to stay trim while pregnant but you know what, I don’t really care – my body is not my own at the moment, it’s doing it’s thing and so be it.  My focus is on eating mostly (I’d say >85% of the time) healthy food, eating when I need to and resting when I can.  If I can’t train, I can’t train.  Having said that, I’m definitely aiming to get there 3 x week to lift, and on the other days I’m walking.  Doing what I can without pushing the limits.

I was thinking of getting some milo to try and help me relax again after I wake in the middle of the night.

Well I’ve watched the Biggest Loser and now I’m ready to crash in bed at 8.30pm.