One again, Lilah had me up much of the night and I'm exhausted. I now think it's a combination of ear infection and teething, but in life these things happen which challenge our purpose and we need to either give up or fight. I'm doing my best to fight.
I feel as though most of this past week was pretty much a waste because of Lilah's ear infection, but hopefully this coming week will be better and I'll be able to finish up my 6 week challenge with improvement.
1) Weight - Steady at 160.6. I can plainly see where I'm trying to muster energy with food. I'll need to do better about that and start relying more on coffee :)
2) Diastasis - Technically I only did the one full Transverse contraction set, but I started like 50 of them. I spent the morning with Ari at the Washington County Fair and aside from a lot of walking (and carrying a 3 year old), we went on a lot of rides. Kelly Dean says a lot of the program is simply becoming more cognisant of our posture and of utilizing our transverse muscles regularly, so that is what I'm trying to do.
3) Exercise - I'm going to go out on a limb and say walking around in the heat at the fair (and carrying Ari most of the time) was exercise. We had a great time together and I wasn't in the house eating :)
4) Ari Bed Time - Last night was another Timbers game, so Ari had a VERY late bedtime. But he went straight to sleep without much of a fight.
5) Lilah Sleep - Lilah woke up 3 times last night which was certainly an improvement over the previous two days. Hopefully now that the antibiotics are FULLY on board, she'll sleep even better tonight.
6) Lilah Weaning - As in #5, Lilah did better yesterday than the previous 2 days. She nursed 4 times @ 4pm, 12am, 3am and 5am. She also nursed when she woke this morning at 6:45, but that counts for tomorrow's blog :) Hopefully tomorrow we can once again get back to our previous schedule.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Week 5, Day 5
Yesterday I was exhausted from being up with Lilah and pretty much didn't do anything. I know I'm in the home stretch and should be ramping up for the finish line, but I just really need a few days off until Lilah starts sleeping again :(
1) Weight: Scale was up to 160.8 again this morning. We had some lovely friends over and ate quite a bit :) nothing on the table was too fattening (except the challah, latkes and kugel), but I wasn't really exercising the principles of moderation.
2) Diastasis - I didn't do any of my exercises, but I DID wear my splint all day and was very conscientious about holding my abdominals in.
3) Exercises - I was sweating over the stove for a few hours, but once again, it wasn't exactly aerobic exercise.
4) Ari Bedtime: Ari's bedtime was super extended to 9:30 because we had friends over. Tonight there's a Timbers game, so it'll be another late night for him.
5) Lilah sleep through the night & 6) Lilah Weaning: Due to the ear infection, Lilah basically nursed all night. She was up literally every hour all through the night and wanted to nurse for 20 minutes at a time. I know she wasn't getting any milk because after nursing for hours, her diaper was dry at 4am. Unfortunately, she wouldn't take a sippy cup either. She's now been on antibiotics for 24 hours and I'll give her some Ibuprofen before bed tonight so hopefully she'll sleep.
1) Weight: Scale was up to 160.8 again this morning. We had some lovely friends over and ate quite a bit :) nothing on the table was too fattening (except the challah, latkes and kugel), but I wasn't really exercising the principles of moderation.
2) Diastasis - I didn't do any of my exercises, but I DID wear my splint all day and was very conscientious about holding my abdominals in.
3) Exercises - I was sweating over the stove for a few hours, but once again, it wasn't exactly aerobic exercise.
4) Ari Bedtime: Ari's bedtime was super extended to 9:30 because we had friends over. Tonight there's a Timbers game, so it'll be another late night for him.
5) Lilah sleep through the night & 6) Lilah Weaning: Due to the ear infection, Lilah basically nursed all night. She was up literally every hour all through the night and wanted to nurse for 20 minutes at a time. I know she wasn't getting any milk because after nursing for hours, her diaper was dry at 4am. Unfortunately, she wouldn't take a sippy cup either. She's now been on antibiotics for 24 hours and I'll give her some Ibuprofen before bed tonight so hopefully she'll sleep.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Week 5, Day 4 - The Lilah Strikes Back
Oh, what a world, what a world.... Just when I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, Lilah goes and gets an ear infection bringing us all the way back to week 0. Yesterday, Lilah went to bed at regular time, but was up and inconsolable at 9:45. Took me until midnight to get her back to sleep and then she was up again at 1:30am. This time, Lilah was super smiley and wanted to run around and play with everything - which didn't help while I was exhausted. She stayed up until nearly 4am, then was up for the day at 7am. Also, she wanted to nurse non-stop all night. We were able to get an appointment at the pediatrician first thing and unsurprisingly, she had an ear infection.... STUPID EAR INFECTION!!!! So today, I'm a mess. I'm too tired to exercise and too tired to exercise. But here's the day anyway:
1) Weight - no idea. I was too tired to get on the scale... my first priority was coffee.
2) Diastasis - I actually did all my exercises yesterday and even added a few head lifts :)
3) Exercises - NOPE :(
4) Ari Bed - Ari did great on bedtime and once again went to sleep right at 9pm with no complaints :)
5&6) Please see above. Everything about Lilah was a disaster last night, but now that she's on some antibiotics, hopefully tonight will be a bit better.
1) Weight - no idea. I was too tired to get on the scale... my first priority was coffee.
2) Diastasis - I actually did all my exercises yesterday and even added a few head lifts :)
3) Exercises - NOPE :(
4) Ari Bed - Ari did great on bedtime and once again went to sleep right at 9pm with no complaints :)
5&6) Please see above. Everything about Lilah was a disaster last night, but now that she's on some antibiotics, hopefully tonight will be a bit better.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Week 5, Day 3 - Truckin Along
1) Lose 10 pounds - I was still 160.6 this morning which is a real bummer :( I was in the promised land for a few days and then I lost it. Now it's Thursday and the weekend is upon me again. I had been doing really well when I was logging my food and I think it's time to get back to that. I don't know why losing weight is such a struggle, but I suppose if losing weight were easy, everyone would be thin and we wouldn't have an obesity epidemic.
2) Diastasis - After my phone call with Kelly at the Tummy Team (www.thetummyteam.com), I'm feeling really good. I did my 4 regular transverse contractions, 2 additional ones double splinting, and I even got some head lifts in there. This morning (which I know I should be posting tomorrow, but whatever), I decided to check my own diastasis and for the first time I was actually able to feel the connective tissue between the two sides of my abdominal wall! For the first time in nearly 4 years I wasn't able to just stick my fingers into my guts and feel around, which is an amazing feeling. I know I look better and I feel more confident. I still have those moments where I'm standing around like a schlub and I realize my belly is sticking out, but I know it's not sticking out nearly as far and I can now pull it in for a longer period of time :)
3) Exercise! - YAY!! I only did 2 miles run/walking, but it felt really good and I was satisfied with the amount of exercise I got. I spoke with Kelly on Tuesday also about running because I actually kind of miss going for runs! She said to run on the uphill and straight-aways, but not downhill b/c it's still too jarring for my abdominals. I was really proud of myself because I really did run ALL the uphills and straight-aways! I need to make jogs more of a priority, not only because it's good for me, but also because I feel good after I go.
4) Ari Bedtime - Ari skipped his nap yesterday and was fast asleep by 7pm :)
5) Lilah sleep through the night - She slept straight though from 8pm to 3am which is good, but she was still up twice last night. I'm thinking it's time for some more sleep training. She was up at 3am, nursed, then took a sippy. She was up again at 5:30 when I pulled her into bed. She nursed for a while, but only slept an additional 1/2 hour, then woke up crying like she was having pains in her belly :( I'm going to see how she does tonight, but I think over the weekend it might be time to do some sleep training because we've now been stuck at waking 2x/night for a few weeks and it's time to move forward.
6) Weaning - Lilah did great last night taking a sippy before bed rather than nursing! She woke twice in the night and wanted to nurse, but I think the second time was because her tummy was hurting so she wanted comfort rather than being hungry. I'm very satisfied with her only nursing twice yesterday :)
2) Diastasis - After my phone call with Kelly at the Tummy Team (www.thetummyteam.com), I'm feeling really good. I did my 4 regular transverse contractions, 2 additional ones double splinting, and I even got some head lifts in there. This morning (which I know I should be posting tomorrow, but whatever), I decided to check my own diastasis and for the first time I was actually able to feel the connective tissue between the two sides of my abdominal wall! For the first time in nearly 4 years I wasn't able to just stick my fingers into my guts and feel around, which is an amazing feeling. I know I look better and I feel more confident. I still have those moments where I'm standing around like a schlub and I realize my belly is sticking out, but I know it's not sticking out nearly as far and I can now pull it in for a longer period of time :)
3) Exercise! - YAY!! I only did 2 miles run/walking, but it felt really good and I was satisfied with the amount of exercise I got. I spoke with Kelly on Tuesday also about running because I actually kind of miss going for runs! She said to run on the uphill and straight-aways, but not downhill b/c it's still too jarring for my abdominals. I was really proud of myself because I really did run ALL the uphills and straight-aways! I need to make jogs more of a priority, not only because it's good for me, but also because I feel good after I go.
4) Ari Bedtime - Ari skipped his nap yesterday and was fast asleep by 7pm :)
5) Lilah sleep through the night - She slept straight though from 8pm to 3am which is good, but she was still up twice last night. I'm thinking it's time for some more sleep training. She was up at 3am, nursed, then took a sippy. She was up again at 5:30 when I pulled her into bed. She nursed for a while, but only slept an additional 1/2 hour, then woke up crying like she was having pains in her belly :( I'm going to see how she does tonight, but I think over the weekend it might be time to do some sleep training because we've now been stuck at waking 2x/night for a few weeks and it's time to move forward.
6) Weaning - Lilah did great last night taking a sippy before bed rather than nursing! She woke twice in the night and wanted to nurse, but I think the second time was because her tummy was hurting so she wanted comfort rather than being hungry. I'm very satisfied with her only nursing twice yesterday :)
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Week 5, Day TWO!!! - Oops :)
I made an error yesterday and thought it was Week 4, Day 7 Part II - Oops! So here's my weekly sum-up and I have to say it wasn't as bad as I thought. My weight loss sucked, but everything else is moving forward which really surprised me! I guess doing statistical analysis based on hard data is important to be able to really see the objective changes - husband would be so proud of me!!!
And here's my Week 5, Day TWO!
1) Lose 10 pounds - I had to run out at the crack of dawn this morning to get Lilah's blood drawn, so I didn't get an accurate pre-food weigh in this morning. Hopefully I'll be a good girl today and lay off the carby and the salty and the scale will reward me tomorrow.
2) Diastasis Rehab - I had such a great chat yesterday with Kelly Dean @ the Tummy Team yesterday! (www.thetummyteam.com) I was putting a whole lot of pressure on myself to do too much which in turn made me not want to do anything at all. This was particularly frustrating since I had made so much progress in the first two weeks! We changed up my Rx of exercise for the rest of the time to only 6 transverse exercises per day with 2 double splinted, head lifts w/o all the last few steps and be cognizant of trying to work the transverse muscle whenever I'm standing around. I feel much happier with this new plan and really think I can work it :)
3) Exercises - Alas yesterday no exercise again, but I took a lovely walk with Lilah w/o the stroller and I also took Ari to the Timbers game last night. I may not have had cardio, but I had a great time with my kids :)
4) Ari Bed time - Ari's bed time was LATE because we went to the Timbers game yesterday. He was obviously tired at the end b/c of he's getting used to his 9pm bedtime which is really nice.
5) Lilah waking - Lilah only woke once yesterday, but she was up for a while. She went to bed at the normal time and woke up only at 2:15. I nursed her for 10 minutes and put her back in the crib, but she whimpered for about 45 minutes until I went downstairs and poured a 1/4 full sippy cup. She drained the sippy pretty quickly and went back to sleep until 6:30. Moral of the story is: Tonight I'm going to see if she'll take a sippy instead of nursing.
6) Lilah weaning - Yesterday I nursed Lilah ONE time.... 1x, once, 1. I'm speechless! I didn't nurse her in the morning or all day. I went to the Timbers game, so Lawrence put her to bed with a sippy cup. I didn't nurse her until 2:15am which means I went 22 HOURS without nursing!!!! The sad part of it is that I had absolutely no hardness in my breast, which once again confirms the lack of milk. Even after nursing, Lilah drank down a sippy cup b/c whatever I had wasn't enough to quench her thirst. I'm so surprised she went 22 hours without nursing and now that weaning is around the corner, I'm a little sad about it. I know she doesn't need it since she gets so little from me, but I'm considering holding onto that bedtime nursing for a little longer, just for the snugglies :)
| Week | Weight Loss | Diastasis | Exercise x/week | Ari Bedtime | Ave. Lilah Wakes/Night | Ave. Lilah Nursings/Day |
| 1 | +.5 | + | 2/7 | 9:30 | 2.16 | 5.16 |
| 2 | -2.2 | + | 3.5/7 | 9:15 | 2.16 (less time awake, more consistency) | 5 |
| 3 | -3.2 | 26/35 | 1/7 | 9:10 – staying in bed | 1.85 | 3.6 |
| 4 | -2.2 | 39/70 | 3/7 | 9:05 | 1.57 | 3.28 |
And here's my Week 5, Day TWO!
1) Lose 10 pounds - I had to run out at the crack of dawn this morning to get Lilah's blood drawn, so I didn't get an accurate pre-food weigh in this morning. Hopefully I'll be a good girl today and lay off the carby and the salty and the scale will reward me tomorrow.
2) Diastasis Rehab - I had such a great chat yesterday with Kelly Dean @ the Tummy Team yesterday! (www.thetummyteam.com) I was putting a whole lot of pressure on myself to do too much which in turn made me not want to do anything at all. This was particularly frustrating since I had made so much progress in the first two weeks! We changed up my Rx of exercise for the rest of the time to only 6 transverse exercises per day with 2 double splinted, head lifts w/o all the last few steps and be cognizant of trying to work the transverse muscle whenever I'm standing around. I feel much happier with this new plan and really think I can work it :)
3) Exercises - Alas yesterday no exercise again, but I took a lovely walk with Lilah w/o the stroller and I also took Ari to the Timbers game last night. I may not have had cardio, but I had a great time with my kids :)
4) Ari Bed time - Ari's bed time was LATE because we went to the Timbers game yesterday. He was obviously tired at the end b/c of he's getting used to his 9pm bedtime which is really nice.
5) Lilah waking - Lilah only woke once yesterday, but she was up for a while. She went to bed at the normal time and woke up only at 2:15. I nursed her for 10 minutes and put her back in the crib, but she whimpered for about 45 minutes until I went downstairs and poured a 1/4 full sippy cup. She drained the sippy pretty quickly and went back to sleep until 6:30. Moral of the story is: Tonight I'm going to see if she'll take a sippy instead of nursing.
6) Lilah weaning - Yesterday I nursed Lilah ONE time.... 1x, once, 1. I'm speechless! I didn't nurse her in the morning or all day. I went to the Timbers game, so Lawrence put her to bed with a sippy cup. I didn't nurse her until 2:15am which means I went 22 HOURS without nursing!!!! The sad part of it is that I had absolutely no hardness in my breast, which once again confirms the lack of milk. Even after nursing, Lilah drank down a sippy cup b/c whatever I had wasn't enough to quench her thirst. I'm so surprised she went 22 hours without nursing and now that weaning is around the corner, I'm a little sad about it. I know she doesn't need it since she gets so little from me, but I'm considering holding onto that bedtime nursing for a little longer, just for the snugglies :)
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Week 4, Day 7
So here I am at Week 4, Day 7 with only two short weeks to finish my challenges and I seem to have had major setbacks in nearly every category. I don't know what happened this past week, but I feel like I've gone from rock star to 'has been' :( How can I recapture my gusto when I feel so down on myself? I'm right back at week two when I wanted to give up....
1) Lose 10 pounds - Steady from yesterday at 160.8 and totally lost sight of the promised land :( Can Chinese food have a 2 day effect? I thought I ate pretty well yesterday and now I'm just disappointed. :(
2) Diastasis - I managed to do 5 exercises again, but none with double splinting. I don't want to lose all the progress I've made :(
3) Exercise - Yesterday consisted of a lot of grocery shopping and cleaning the house and car, but insofar as actual exercise goes, I'm down for the count :(
4) Ari Bedtime - This is perhaps the ONLY thing on the list which did not suffer setbacks yesterday. Ari was bathed, booked, and in bed with the lights off by 9:04 with no coming out of his room.
5) Get Lilah to sleep though the night - Again a disaster! I'm wondering if she's teething or if my milk supply has taken another dip because Lilah had been doing so well at sleeping until almost 4 and now 2 days in a row she's up at 1:30 & 4:30. However this morning she also woke up at 5:30 when we pulled her into bed, then for the day at 6am! Yikes! So for all intents and purposes, I feel like I've been up since 4:30. Maybe tonight I'll try plying her with milk before bedtime and I think I'll have to go back to some sleep training :(
6) Wean Lilah - Along with waking several times last night, Lilah wanted to nurse several times last night. Her first nursing for the day was at bedtime at 8pm, but then she nursed at 1:30, 4:30, 5:30 and 6:30. Finally at 6:30 we got her a sippy of milk which she drained, which to me says I have very little milk supply left. I think tonight I'll have a sippy ready to go in the fridge and I'll try giving her milk instead of nursing.
Alas, today is another day....
1) Lose 10 pounds - Steady from yesterday at 160.8 and totally lost sight of the promised land :( Can Chinese food have a 2 day effect? I thought I ate pretty well yesterday and now I'm just disappointed. :(
2) Diastasis - I managed to do 5 exercises again, but none with double splinting. I don't want to lose all the progress I've made :(
3) Exercise - Yesterday consisted of a lot of grocery shopping and cleaning the house and car, but insofar as actual exercise goes, I'm down for the count :(
4) Ari Bedtime - This is perhaps the ONLY thing on the list which did not suffer setbacks yesterday. Ari was bathed, booked, and in bed with the lights off by 9:04 with no coming out of his room.
5) Get Lilah to sleep though the night - Again a disaster! I'm wondering if she's teething or if my milk supply has taken another dip because Lilah had been doing so well at sleeping until almost 4 and now 2 days in a row she's up at 1:30 & 4:30. However this morning she also woke up at 5:30 when we pulled her into bed, then for the day at 6am! Yikes! So for all intents and purposes, I feel like I've been up since 4:30. Maybe tonight I'll try plying her with milk before bedtime and I think I'll have to go back to some sleep training :(
6) Wean Lilah - Along with waking several times last night, Lilah wanted to nurse several times last night. Her first nursing for the day was at bedtime at 8pm, but then she nursed at 1:30, 4:30, 5:30 and 6:30. Finally at 6:30 we got her a sippy of milk which she drained, which to me says I have very little milk supply left. I think tonight I'll have a sippy ready to go in the fridge and I'll try giving her milk instead of nursing.
Alas, today is another day....
Monday, July 25, 2011
Week 4, Day 7
1) Lose 10 pounds - I was up to 160.8, which means I've lost 2 out of 5 of my pounds :( I did pretty well yesterday until the Chinese take-out dinner... hopefully it's mostly water and it will fall off after a good day tomorrow
2) Diastasis - Yesterday was an all time low for my exercises. I only found time to do THREE of my 10 exercises and I'm disappointed in myself. I'm afraid I've become complacent because I saw good results quickly and now I want to go back to my old ways, but I still have 2 1/2 weeks left on this program and want to see it through!!
3) Exercise - None :( I worked in the morning (YAY!) and went to the park with family in the afternoon. Again it wasn't typical exercise, but I was out of the house and NOT noshing which is still a step in the right direction.
4) Get Ari to bed at 9pm - I was so tired last night I actually fell asleep on the floor of the living room. Luckily Ari had taken a bath earlier in the evening, so when I woke up at 8:50pm, I instantly dragged him up the stairs and still had time for a story before lights out. Lights were out by 9:02 and he once again stayed in bed :) Although..... if he had gotten up, it would have had to go back because I was asleep in my own bed by 9:04.
5) Lilah sleep though the night - A bit of a step back for Lilah last night, but I know it's because she skipped her afternoon nap due to some exciting company; so her sleep schedule was out of wack and she actually went to sleep 1/2 hour early last night. She woke up at 1:30am and then again at 5:30am. I nursed her both times and at 5:30 ended up pulling her into bed with us again and we all slept soundly until 7 :)
6) Wean Lilah - We're staying stead at 3 nursings again. As I said yesterday, I'm nervous for this coming week when I chop it down to 1 nursing per day, but the truth is she's doing really well and I'm super proud of her.
2) Diastasis - Yesterday was an all time low for my exercises. I only found time to do THREE of my 10 exercises and I'm disappointed in myself. I'm afraid I've become complacent because I saw good results quickly and now I want to go back to my old ways, but I still have 2 1/2 weeks left on this program and want to see it through!!
3) Exercise - None :( I worked in the morning (YAY!) and went to the park with family in the afternoon. Again it wasn't typical exercise, but I was out of the house and NOT noshing which is still a step in the right direction.
4) Get Ari to bed at 9pm - I was so tired last night I actually fell asleep on the floor of the living room. Luckily Ari had taken a bath earlier in the evening, so when I woke up at 8:50pm, I instantly dragged him up the stairs and still had time for a story before lights out. Lights were out by 9:02 and he once again stayed in bed :) Although..... if he had gotten up, it would have had to go back because I was asleep in my own bed by 9:04.
5) Lilah sleep though the night - A bit of a step back for Lilah last night, but I know it's because she skipped her afternoon nap due to some exciting company; so her sleep schedule was out of wack and she actually went to sleep 1/2 hour early last night. She woke up at 1:30am and then again at 5:30am. I nursed her both times and at 5:30 ended up pulling her into bed with us again and we all slept soundly until 7 :)
6) Wean Lilah - We're staying stead at 3 nursings again. As I said yesterday, I'm nervous for this coming week when I chop it down to 1 nursing per day, but the truth is she's doing really well and I'm super proud of her.
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Week 4, Day 6
1) Lose 10 pounds - I was up to 160.4 today :( Stupid weekends.... I'll have to do better tomorrow
2) Diastasis - Only managed to fit in 4 non-splinted yesterday. I feel really sore from all the exercises I had been doing and my run/walk from the day before actually wooped me pretty bad. Hopefully tomorrow I'll feel a bit better and will be back on track.
3) Exercise - We went to Oaks Park today and while it may not have been official exercise, one again I felt good about getting out of the house and doing something active. It may not be a gargantuan fete, but I also walked from one end of the park ALL the way back to the car holding Lilah which was pretty tough in the heat.
4) Get Ari to bed at 9pm - Ari took an early bath with Lilah and it was kind of hard to get him down... but he was in bed with lights off by 9:08 which is not tooooo terrible.
5) Lilah sleep though the night - Lilah only woke once! But....I fell asleep in the chair in her room for an hour and when I tried to put her back in the crib she did NOT like it. I ended up pulling her into bed with us which was actually just fine because she slept until 7am..... which is kind of like sleeping in :)
6) Wean Lilah - We're staying stead at 3 nursings per day which is fine. I'm a little nervous for this coming week when I chop it down to 1 nursing per day and I'm also a little nervous to choose which nursing to chop. Of course I would like the middle of the night one to go away, but I have a feeling the bedtime nursing will be the one to go.
2) Diastasis - Only managed to fit in 4 non-splinted yesterday. I feel really sore from all the exercises I had been doing and my run/walk from the day before actually wooped me pretty bad. Hopefully tomorrow I'll feel a bit better and will be back on track.
3) Exercise - We went to Oaks Park today and while it may not have been official exercise, one again I felt good about getting out of the house and doing something active. It may not be a gargantuan fete, but I also walked from one end of the park ALL the way back to the car holding Lilah which was pretty tough in the heat.
4) Get Ari to bed at 9pm - Ari took an early bath with Lilah and it was kind of hard to get him down... but he was in bed with lights off by 9:08 which is not tooooo terrible.
5) Lilah sleep though the night - Lilah only woke once! But....I fell asleep in the chair in her room for an hour and when I tried to put her back in the crib she did NOT like it. I ended up pulling her into bed with us which was actually just fine because she slept until 7am..... which is kind of like sleeping in :)
6) Wean Lilah - We're staying stead at 3 nursings per day which is fine. I'm a little nervous for this coming week when I chop it down to 1 nursing per day and I'm also a little nervous to choose which nursing to chop. Of course I would like the middle of the night one to go away, but I have a feeling the bedtime nursing will be the one to go.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Week 4, Day 5 - Happy Birthday Husband :)
1) Lose 10 pounds - Didn't get a chance to look at the scale first thing this morning, but after 2 cups of coffee and a handful of challah I was 160.... so not too bad I think :) Of course, it's weekend time again and I'm trying to keep on the diet. I made 4 challahs yesterday and froze 2 of them. I did of course eat most of the other 2, but hopefully it won't hit me too hard because aside from the challahs I've been doing a pretty good job of avoiding carbs.
2) Diastasis class - Only did 4 of my diastasis exercises with only 2 double splinted. However, at this point in the program, I'm also responsible for being cognizant of transverse muscles and my posture. It's important to keep the transverse muscles activated as much as I can - and I think I'm keeping them activated a lot. I have some lower back pain along the spine and along my love handles - which according to Kelly means I'm doing the program correctly :) I took a 3 mile run/walk yesterday and really worked hard to keep my muscles activated the whole time. It was surprising that it made the workout that much more difficult and even during the walking times I was sweating because it's HARD to keep those transverse muscles working!
3) Exercise - Took a 3 mile run/walk. It's the first time I've run in a very long time and it felt REALLY good. I like to exercise :)
4) Get Ari in bed and asleep by 9pm - Ari skipped his nap again and passed out on the couch at 8pm. It was funny because I gave him his 5 minute warning before nap and he was all, "ARI UP!!! NO BATH OR BED" and then I turned around to look at the clock and when I turned back around he was sleeping...... Lawrence and I had a good laugh :)
5) Get Lilah to FINALLY sleep through the night - For whatever reason last night was a mixed bag. On one hand Lilah slept until almost 4, but then she was up a second time at almost 5, then up for the day just after 6 :( If I new she'd be up twice and then early I would have gone to bed MUCH earlier! Waking twice certainly isn't terrible, but one after the other like that killed me :(
6) Wean Lilah - Due to the double wake up last night, I ended up nursing 4 times yesterday. Definitely a step in the wrong direction, but nothing I'm going to beat myself up about. We'll see what tonight brings us,
2) Diastasis class - Only did 4 of my diastasis exercises with only 2 double splinted. However, at this point in the program, I'm also responsible for being cognizant of transverse muscles and my posture. It's important to keep the transverse muscles activated as much as I can - and I think I'm keeping them activated a lot. I have some lower back pain along the spine and along my love handles - which according to Kelly means I'm doing the program correctly :) I took a 3 mile run/walk yesterday and really worked hard to keep my muscles activated the whole time. It was surprising that it made the workout that much more difficult and even during the walking times I was sweating because it's HARD to keep those transverse muscles working!
3) Exercise - Took a 3 mile run/walk. It's the first time I've run in a very long time and it felt REALLY good. I like to exercise :)
4) Get Ari in bed and asleep by 9pm - Ari skipped his nap again and passed out on the couch at 8pm. It was funny because I gave him his 5 minute warning before nap and he was all, "ARI UP!!! NO BATH OR BED" and then I turned around to look at the clock and when I turned back around he was sleeping...... Lawrence and I had a good laugh :)
5) Get Lilah to FINALLY sleep through the night - For whatever reason last night was a mixed bag. On one hand Lilah slept until almost 4, but then she was up a second time at almost 5, then up for the day just after 6 :( If I new she'd be up twice and then early I would have gone to bed MUCH earlier! Waking twice certainly isn't terrible, but one after the other like that killed me :(
6) Wean Lilah - Due to the double wake up last night, I ended up nursing 4 times yesterday. Definitely a step in the wrong direction, but nothing I'm going to beat myself up about. We'll see what tonight brings us,
Friday, July 22, 2011
Week 4, Day 4
Just a public service announcement to kick things off: I noticed I skipped Week 4 Day 2, so I "edited" my posts by changing the days and re posting. So this is the REAL Week 4, Day 4 rather than yesterdays post which was actually Day 3. Thank you.... :)
1) Lose 10 pounds - I was a very naughty eater yesterday. First I stupidly went to the grocery store while I was hungry and my fried chicken kryptonite hypnotized me into eating THREE chicken strips :( Then for dinner, Mom, Dad & Rebecca came over, so I made some high fat/high calorie Eggplant Parmesan with pasta, but juxtaposed it with some steamed veggies & salad. For the first time in a long time, I actually made enough food for the company we had instead of enough for an army which means there was only enough for me to have a small portion of pasta and 1 1/2 small squares of Eggplant (which I shared with Lilah). In additional to being shocked that no one starved by me making 'just enough' food, I was also happily surprised that I only packed on 1 pound. Today I'll have to behave myself. So, poor eating aside I was still 159.6 this morning which keeps me in the 150's range :)
2) Diastasis class - The new exercises are continuing to be difficult and I find myself wondering if I'm doing them right. When I was with Kelly Dean on Tuesday, I clearly remember the physical feeling of the muscles coming together during the exercises, but now I just feel my back being achy (which is also supposed to happen). I'll need to re-read my informational packets to make sure I'm doing them right, then maybe e-mail Kelly. I only did 6 yesterday of the exercises yesterday, but 4 were done double splinted. Today I really will do 7 :)
3) Exercise - I had a lovely time going berry picking with my wonderful sister Rebecca, Ari & Lilah yesterday. Mostly it was fun because Ari was having SUCH a great time, but I'm also counting it as exercise. I've decided that anytime I'm doing something out of my house where I'm moving around, I will count it as exercise. It may not have been aerobic, but it was a lot of bending. Also, I pretty much had to carry Lilah the whole time w/o a carrier because she didn't understand why she couldn't eat the strawberries off the ground and got very upset a few times.
4) Get Ari in bed and asleep by 9pm - Despite being up until 11:30 the night before at the Timbers game, Ari woke up at regular time and didn't take a nap yesterday. We went berry picking and he spent the afternoon at Grandma's house playing trains and
5) Get Lilah to FINALLY sleep through the night - Last night was another breakthrough for the little miss :) Only ONE wake-up last night at 4am! I nursed and she went right back to bed. Granted she was up around 6:20 which was super early, but I'm thrilled that I went to bed at a reasonable adult time (10pm) and still got nearly 6 full hours of uninterrupted sleep. Boo-YA! I wish I could say I was doing something in particular so I could repeat it tonight.
6) Wean Lilah - Again, Lilah is continuing to be a rockstar. We had 3 nursings yesterday: 6am, 7:30pm and 4am. She truly doesn't seem to mind that we've given up ALL our daytime nursings. I think the next nursing we'll be giving up will be the bedtime nursing... but that's for next week.
1) Lose 10 pounds - I was a very naughty eater yesterday. First I stupidly went to the grocery store while I was hungry and my fried chicken kryptonite hypnotized me into eating THREE chicken strips :( Then for dinner, Mom, Dad & Rebecca came over, so I made some high fat/high calorie Eggplant Parmesan with pasta, but juxtaposed it with some steamed veggies & salad. For the first time in a long time, I actually made enough food for the company we had instead of enough for an army which means there was only enough for me to have a small portion of pasta and 1 1/2 small squares of Eggplant (which I shared with Lilah). In additional to being shocked that no one starved by me making 'just enough' food, I was also happily surprised that I only packed on 1 pound. Today I'll have to behave myself. So, poor eating aside I was still 159.6 this morning which keeps me in the 150's range :)
2) Diastasis class - The new exercises are continuing to be difficult and I find myself wondering if I'm doing them right. When I was with Kelly Dean on Tuesday, I clearly remember the physical feeling of the muscles coming together during the exercises, but now I just feel my back being achy (which is also supposed to happen). I'll need to re-read my informational packets to make sure I'm doing them right, then maybe e-mail Kelly. I only did 6 yesterday of the exercises yesterday, but 4 were done double splinted. Today I really will do 7 :)
3) Exercise - I had a lovely time going berry picking with my wonderful sister Rebecca, Ari & Lilah yesterday. Mostly it was fun because Ari was having SUCH a great time, but I'm also counting it as exercise. I've decided that anytime I'm doing something out of my house where I'm moving around, I will count it as exercise. It may not have been aerobic, but it was a lot of bending. Also, I pretty much had to carry Lilah the whole time w/o a carrier because she didn't understand why she couldn't eat the strawberries off the ground and got very upset a few times.
4) Get Ari in bed and asleep by 9pm - Despite being up until 11:30 the night before at the Timbers game, Ari woke up at regular time and didn't take a nap yesterday. We went berry picking and he spent the afternoon at Grandma's house playing trains and
5) Get Lilah to FINALLY sleep through the night - Last night was another breakthrough for the little miss :) Only ONE wake-up last night at 4am! I nursed and she went right back to bed. Granted she was up around 6:20 which was super early, but I'm thrilled that I went to bed at a reasonable adult time (10pm) and still got nearly 6 full hours of uninterrupted sleep. Boo-YA! I wish I could say I was doing something in particular so I could repeat it tonight.
6) Wean Lilah - Again, Lilah is continuing to be a rockstar. We had 3 nursings yesterday: 6am, 7:30pm and 4am. She truly doesn't seem to mind that we've given up ALL our daytime nursings. I think the next nursing we'll be giving up will be the bedtime nursing... but that's for next week.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Week 4, Day 3
1) Lose 10 pounds - I was down to 158.6 this morning! A new low :) This means that I'm only 5 lbs away from my pre-Lilah weight... WOO-HOO!! Now I need to just stay focused and keep eating good food :)
2) Diastasis class - The new exercises are really hard! I did 6 sets of them yesterday with 4 doing the double splinting, so I'm on the right track. Today, I'll try for 7 sets with 5 splinting.
3) Exercise - Alas, no exercise :(
4) Get Ari in bed and asleep by 9pm - Last night was a Timbers game and I'm suddenly wondering if it's a good thing for Ari to go. Back when he was going to bed at 10:30, he was sitting through the games just fine. However, now I think Ari is getting used to his 9pm bedtime and by the time he got home from the game with Lawrence at 11pm, he was eeeexhausted! In his whole 3 1/4 years, I don't think I've seen Ari so tired. He was whiny, and crying, and wanted daddy, and books, and soda, and juice, and bagels..... he was a tired cookie :( Even though I was already in bed asleep (I stayed home with Lilah), I got up to take charge of the situation because Lawrence was having a hard time too. I think tonight we'll get back on schedule.
5) Get Lilah to FINALLY sleep through the night - She did pretty well last night! She didn't wake up until 4am! She woke up again 6 and we thought it was for the day, so Lawrence grabbed her from her crib and we nursed in bed for a few minutes, but then we all fell back asleep until nearly 7:30 when Ari run into our room. I guess whe was technically up twice, but this is the first time she's slept until 4am I think so I'm totally cool with it.
6) Wean Lilah - Lilah's continuing to be awesome at this weaning thing. Again yesterday, she nursed at 6am, 8:30 (bedtime was late) and 4am. Next week I'll knock out one more nursing, but right now I think we're right on track.
2) Diastasis class - The new exercises are really hard! I did 6 sets of them yesterday with 4 doing the double splinting, so I'm on the right track. Today, I'll try for 7 sets with 5 splinting.
3) Exercise - Alas, no exercise :(
4) Get Ari in bed and asleep by 9pm - Last night was a Timbers game and I'm suddenly wondering if it's a good thing for Ari to go. Back when he was going to bed at 10:30, he was sitting through the games just fine. However, now I think Ari is getting used to his 9pm bedtime and by the time he got home from the game with Lawrence at 11pm, he was eeeexhausted! In his whole 3 1/4 years, I don't think I've seen Ari so tired. He was whiny, and crying, and wanted daddy, and books, and soda, and juice, and bagels..... he was a tired cookie :( Even though I was already in bed asleep (I stayed home with Lilah), I got up to take charge of the situation because Lawrence was having a hard time too. I think tonight we'll get back on schedule.
5) Get Lilah to FINALLY sleep through the night - She did pretty well last night! She didn't wake up until 4am! She woke up again 6 and we thought it was for the day, so Lawrence grabbed her from her crib and we nursed in bed for a few minutes, but then we all fell back asleep until nearly 7:30 when Ari run into our room. I guess whe was technically up twice, but this is the first time she's slept until 4am I think so I'm totally cool with it.
6) Wean Lilah - Lilah's continuing to be awesome at this weaning thing. Again yesterday, she nursed at 6am, 8:30 (bedtime was late) and 4am. Next week I'll knock out one more nursing, but right now I think we're right on track.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Week 4, Day 2
1) Lose 10 pounds - My dinner with Rebecca didn't do excessive damage, but I did go up a smidgen with the scale at 160. I'll do better tomorrow.
2) Diastasis class - These new exercises are kicking my butt, but I'm trying! Kelly said I could move up slowly from 5 transverse contractions to 10 per day, then add in the double splint. Right now I'll try to do 1 set per day with the double splinting and the rest without.
3) Exercise - I went for a lovely walk with my mother, sister and little girl :) It was extremely low impact, but a nice walk of over an hour so I will count it as exercise.
4) Get Ari in bed and asleep by 9pm - Last night was a pretty good night for the little bird. Bath, bed and lights off by 9:07. I even remembered to make him go potty before we got into PJ's :)
5) Get Lilah to FINALLY sleep through the night - Lilah was a bit of a disaster last night. We had been concerned she might have an ear infection, but got a clean bill of health from the Pediatrician so I was planning on doing some hard core sleep training. She woke around 1:15am and I was going to let her cry and check in on her every little while, but by 2am it was obvious she was hungry. I know I was going against the advice of Suzanne Hanson at Ruby Sky Sleep Coaching, but it seemed like the right thing to do to get a sippy cup. She nursed for about 7 minutes, then drained the sippy cup. Once she finally went back to sleep, I also got a nice 4 hour block of sleep when she slept until 6am. So.... I guess she only woke once.... but it was for an hour....
6) Wean Lilah - Lilah is doing so great at this! She only nursed 3 times yesterday, 7am, 8:30pm and 2am. I can't believe I'm going nearly 12 hours without nursing :) I think I may actually achieve this goal :)
2) Diastasis class - These new exercises are kicking my butt, but I'm trying! Kelly said I could move up slowly from 5 transverse contractions to 10 per day, then add in the double splint. Right now I'll try to do 1 set per day with the double splinting and the rest without.
3) Exercise - I went for a lovely walk with my mother, sister and little girl :) It was extremely low impact, but a nice walk of over an hour so I will count it as exercise.
4) Get Ari in bed and asleep by 9pm - Last night was a pretty good night for the little bird. Bath, bed and lights off by 9:07. I even remembered to make him go potty before we got into PJ's :)
5) Get Lilah to FINALLY sleep through the night - Lilah was a bit of a disaster last night. We had been concerned she might have an ear infection, but got a clean bill of health from the Pediatrician so I was planning on doing some hard core sleep training. She woke around 1:15am and I was going to let her cry and check in on her every little while, but by 2am it was obvious she was hungry. I know I was going against the advice of Suzanne Hanson at Ruby Sky Sleep Coaching, but it seemed like the right thing to do to get a sippy cup. She nursed for about 7 minutes, then drained the sippy cup. Once she finally went back to sleep, I also got a nice 4 hour block of sleep when she slept until 6am. So.... I guess she only woke once.... but it was for an hour....
6) Wean Lilah - Lilah is doing so great at this! She only nursed 3 times yesterday, 7am, 8:30pm and 2am. I can't believe I'm going nearly 12 hours without nursing :) I think I may actually achieve this goal :)
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Week 4, Day 1 - Officially 1/2 Way
Wow.... I can't believe I'm officially 1/2 way already. The last few weeks have been pretty tough with a lot of ups and downs. This past week was perhaps the hardest because I was sick and felt awful. Overall I'm happy with my progress so far, but for sure the two areas which need the most improvement are my weight loss and exercise. I'm not going to be too hard on myself this time because I really did feel crummy, but starting this week I have no excuses!!!
As you can see above, I really have made progress which makes me happy. According to my 'plan' I should be 5 pounds down, but hey... I'm pretty happy with 3.2! Ari has been in bed mostly around 9:10 this past week without getting out of bed once the lights are off! However, I'm most proud of Lilah's continued improvement regarding sleeping through the night and weaning :) She's vastly improved with her ability to put herself back to sleep and I've been shocked at how well she's taken to the sippy cup when I've refused to nurse. In a nutshell...... Yay us :)
So now for my dailies:
1) Lose 10 pounds - I was down to 159.8 this morning. I did really well with food all day, but my wonderful sister is in town so we went out for dinner this evening and stuffed ourselves silly. I tried not to eat too much, but after having 3/4 glass of wine I just couldn't say 'no' to the home made saffron ice cream. We'll see what the scale has to say tomorrow and if my good eating during the day saved me from my large dinner.
2) Diastasis - Today was my meeting with Kelly Dean of the Tummy Team (www.thetummyteam.com) and she turned my world upside down!! First the scary stuff: 1) I have two NEW exercises to do 2) The one exercise I was doing getting good at before, I now have to do twice as many in a way which is twice as hard - AY CARAMBA!!! Luckily, Kelly was adamant about me not stressing myself out about it. Now the good stuff: 1) My waist has gone from 40 inches to 37 1/4!!!! IN THREE WEEKS!!! and 2) My diastasis measurements earlier were 6 (h), 6 (m) and 6 (l) and now they are (drum roll please.....) 3 (h), 3(m) and 3.5 (l)!!! This basically means that in three short weeks I've been able to cut my diastasis in half. It's absolutely noticeable when I'm not wearing the splint and I'm VERY happy. Today's session definitely gave me the boost I needed to keep going with this program and work towards getting my waist back.
3) Exercise - Still no exercise, seriously tomorrow - I swear....
4) Ari in bed by 9pm - Ari was in bed with lights off by 9:03, but I forgot to have him go potty before bed and at 9:15 he had to run to the bathroom. C'est Lavie... maybe tomorrow.
5) Lilah sleep through the night - Little girl was up around midnight last night and actually put herself back to sleep. I literally heard two little wimpers and then nothing.... ahhhh..... it was music to my ears. She did end up waking twice last night, but at least it didn't require my attention to make her go back to sleep which was pretty awesome. She got up at 1:30 and 4:30, then up for the day at 7am which was certainly better than yesterday's 5:30.
6) Wean Lilah - Lilah is being a rock star at this whole weaning thing. I think we're getting really close to being able to go all day without nursing. It is such an amazing feeling to know I can wear a real bra all day long. It also feels really good finally knowing someone else can take care of Lilah because she doesn't need a boob to eat :)
| Week | Weight Loss | Diastasis | Exercise x/week | Ari Bedtime | Ave. Lilah Wakes/Night | Ave. Lilah Nursings/Day |
| 1 | +.5 | + | 2/7 | 9:30 | 2.16 | 5.16 |
| 2 | -2.2 | + | 3.5/7 | 9:15 | 2.16 (less time awake, more consistency) | 5 |
| 3 | -3.2 | 26/35 | 1/7 | 9:10 – staying in bed | 1.85 | 3 |
As you can see above, I really have made progress which makes me happy. According to my 'plan' I should be 5 pounds down, but hey... I'm pretty happy with 3.2! Ari has been in bed mostly around 9:10 this past week without getting out of bed once the lights are off! However, I'm most proud of Lilah's continued improvement regarding sleeping through the night and weaning :) She's vastly improved with her ability to put herself back to sleep and I've been shocked at how well she's taken to the sippy cup when I've refused to nurse. In a nutshell...... Yay us :)
So now for my dailies:
1) Lose 10 pounds - I was down to 159.8 this morning. I did really well with food all day, but my wonderful sister is in town so we went out for dinner this evening and stuffed ourselves silly. I tried not to eat too much, but after having 3/4 glass of wine I just couldn't say 'no' to the home made saffron ice cream. We'll see what the scale has to say tomorrow and if my good eating during the day saved me from my large dinner.
2) Diastasis - Today was my meeting with Kelly Dean of the Tummy Team (www.thetummyteam.com) and she turned my world upside down!! First the scary stuff: 1) I have two NEW exercises to do 2) The one exercise I was doing getting good at before, I now have to do twice as many in a way which is twice as hard - AY CARAMBA!!! Luckily, Kelly was adamant about me not stressing myself out about it. Now the good stuff: 1) My waist has gone from 40 inches to 37 1/4!!!! IN THREE WEEKS!!! and 2) My diastasis measurements earlier were 6 (h), 6 (m) and 6 (l) and now they are (drum roll please.....) 3 (h), 3(m) and 3.5 (l)!!! This basically means that in three short weeks I've been able to cut my diastasis in half. It's absolutely noticeable when I'm not wearing the splint and I'm VERY happy. Today's session definitely gave me the boost I needed to keep going with this program and work towards getting my waist back.
3) Exercise - Still no exercise, seriously tomorrow - I swear....
4) Ari in bed by 9pm - Ari was in bed with lights off by 9:03, but I forgot to have him go potty before bed and at 9:15 he had to run to the bathroom. C'est Lavie... maybe tomorrow.
5) Lilah sleep through the night - Little girl was up around midnight last night and actually put herself back to sleep. I literally heard two little wimpers and then nothing.... ahhhh..... it was music to my ears. She did end up waking twice last night, but at least it didn't require my attention to make her go back to sleep which was pretty awesome. She got up at 1:30 and 4:30, then up for the day at 7am which was certainly better than yesterday's 5:30.
6) Wean Lilah - Lilah is being a rock star at this whole weaning thing. I think we're getting really close to being able to go all day without nursing. It is such an amazing feeling to know I can wear a real bra all day long. It also feels really good finally knowing someone else can take care of Lilah because she doesn't need a boob to eat :)
Monday, July 18, 2011
Week 3, Day 7 - Are we 1/2 way already?!?!?!
1) Lose 10 pounds - Starting to get a little frustrated with the food thing because I was back up to 160.8 again this morning. I know I'm still technically 2.2 pounds down, but I thought I would be doing better by now. Maybe I just have to wait until I'm done weaning Lilah, track my food, or exercise more, but right now I just feel fat :(
2) Diastasis class - Did all my exercises, which I'm glad about. I feel myself getting lazier and lazier and wanting to wear the splint less and less too. Tomorrow is my next meeting with Kelly Dean at the Tummy Team. Hopefully after tomorrow's meeting I'll feel more energized and be back on the horse.
3) Exercise - Again no :( I need to get on the ball about this...
4) Get Ari in bed and asleep by 9pm - Last night, I went upstairs to put Lilah to bed and when I came down, Ari was sitting on the table drinking caffeinated Diet Coke.....grrrrr. Despite his obvious caffeination, I still brought Ari upstairs for bedtime a few minutes before 9 (he was playing in the sprinkler which served as his bath). He was very unwilling to go to bed and didn't even want to read a book. Around 9:15 Lawrence went up and laid in bed with him again..... which again didn't help put him to sleep. Finally at 9:30, I pulled Lawrence out of Ari's bed at which time Lawrence and I went to sleep. Although Ari protested for a few minutes after Lawrence left, in the end he did go to sleep. I guess technically it was a successful bedtime because he was in bed at the appropriate time even if he didn't actually fall asleep until much later.
5) Get Lilah to FINALLY sleep through the night - Lilah was up at 1:30 and 5:30 last night. At 1:30, I let her cry for a few minutes, but she sounded like she was in pain... from teething or ear infection, I don't know. I gave her some Ibuprofen and nursed her for a little while. However, I think my milk supply is also dwindling because I ended up getting a sippy of milk which she drained and then fell asleep. I thought her belly was full, but when she woke again at 5:30, I couldn't believe she was up again. I tried ignoring her, but Lawrence eventually brought her to bed for a few minutes to nurse, then downstairs to start the day while I slept. Again, I know we're in a better position than a few weeks ago, but I'm reminded of how far we have to go. I'm going to bring her to the Pediatrician tomorrow to make sure she doesn't have an ear infection.
6) Wean Lilah - Yesterday I nursed her 4 times, which is ok with me. I think we're on the right track and with just over 3 more weeks to go, if she's not completely weaned by the end of this challenge, then we're well on our way and certainly on a more reasonable nursing schedule than when we started :) As I stated above, I'm pretty sure my milk supply is dropping even more. Maybe for my night time feeds I'll start bringing a sippy with me.
2) Diastasis class - Did all my exercises, which I'm glad about. I feel myself getting lazier and lazier and wanting to wear the splint less and less too. Tomorrow is my next meeting with Kelly Dean at the Tummy Team. Hopefully after tomorrow's meeting I'll feel more energized and be back on the horse.
3) Exercise - Again no :( I need to get on the ball about this...
4) Get Ari in bed and asleep by 9pm - Last night, I went upstairs to put Lilah to bed and when I came down, Ari was sitting on the table drinking caffeinated Diet Coke.....grrrrr. Despite his obvious caffeination, I still brought Ari upstairs for bedtime a few minutes before 9 (he was playing in the sprinkler which served as his bath). He was very unwilling to go to bed and didn't even want to read a book. Around 9:15 Lawrence went up and laid in bed with him again..... which again didn't help put him to sleep. Finally at 9:30, I pulled Lawrence out of Ari's bed at which time Lawrence and I went to sleep. Although Ari protested for a few minutes after Lawrence left, in the end he did go to sleep. I guess technically it was a successful bedtime because he was in bed at the appropriate time even if he didn't actually fall asleep until much later.
5) Get Lilah to FINALLY sleep through the night - Lilah was up at 1:30 and 5:30 last night. At 1:30, I let her cry for a few minutes, but she sounded like she was in pain... from teething or ear infection, I don't know. I gave her some Ibuprofen and nursed her for a little while. However, I think my milk supply is also dwindling because I ended up getting a sippy of milk which she drained and then fell asleep. I thought her belly was full, but when she woke again at 5:30, I couldn't believe she was up again. I tried ignoring her, but Lawrence eventually brought her to bed for a few minutes to nurse, then downstairs to start the day while I slept. Again, I know we're in a better position than a few weeks ago, but I'm reminded of how far we have to go. I'm going to bring her to the Pediatrician tomorrow to make sure she doesn't have an ear infection.
6) Wean Lilah - Yesterday I nursed her 4 times, which is ok with me. I think we're on the right track and with just over 3 more weeks to go, if she's not completely weaned by the end of this challenge, then we're well on our way and certainly on a more reasonable nursing schedule than when we started :) As I stated above, I'm pretty sure my milk supply is dropping even more. Maybe for my night time feeds I'll start bringing a sippy with me.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Week 3, Day 6
I feel a bit introspective today, so these may be a little longer than usual :)
1) Lose 10 pounds - I'm getting a little confused about when to post what day of weight.... Do I post yesterday's weight today or today's weight on the blog re: yesterday's activities? I think I'm going to go for the latter. Yesterday I lost my promised land and went back up to 161 (grrrrr......), but this morning under the 160's (barely) at 159.8. Although after I drank 2 cups of coffee and had a BM I was down to 159.2! I know that's probably TMI and it doesn't count anyway, but it gives me hope :) Another think which makes me feel good is my exercise of self control yesterday. We went to Chucky Cheese yesterday and I was very proud of myself for getting the salad bar instead of the pizaa. I did eat 1 1/2 slices, but got 2 big plates of salad with FF dressing :) Small victories - right?
I spent some time on the internet reading up on the connection between those last 10 baby pounds and breastfeeding. Apparently 1 in 5 woman's bodies hold onto those last 10 pounds until baby is weaned; so it is very possible I may not be able to lose those 10 pounds just yet. I want to be very clear, that I LOVE all that my body created: life, food, and it provides a soft pillow for babies to cuddle, however, my BMI is the 'overweight' category which I find unacceptable and I want to get into 'normal.' I've always been curvy and have no intention of giving up those curves, but I'm not going to complain if I could lose some of the curves around my thighs, upper arms or belly.
2) Diastasis class - I did 4 out of 5 of my exercises. I've been so good up to now that I'm kind of upset at myself for slacking. I feel like it's been nearly 3 full weeks and it's getting old, but I need to stick with this because I want don't want to look pregnant. Also, I've been bending down, getting up and down wrong and playing with the kids a little too rough. I hope I haven't done too much damage :( I have my next meeting with Kelly Dean of The Tummy Team tomorrow which should be interesting. In my first block I noted my inability to follow through on things like this, so I need to get back on the horse and follow through! This week, I will get back on track!!!!
3) Exercise - I excercised! It wasn't offical or anything, but I spent a good 45 minutes on the floor with Ari and Lilah yesterday being rough and tumbly. I was running around, throwing them into the couch, flipping them upside down and all around. The only downside is that I may have done some damage to my diastasis, but it was fun :) I'm going to ask Kelly Dean at my Tummy Team appointment tomorrow about which excercises are safe to do while I'm healing.
4) Get Ari in bed and asleep by 9pm - We had an unexpected visitor last night and Ari was in the yard playing nicely with the neighbor girl (who I think he has a crush on) rather than taking a bath. However, were upstairs by bookreading time and lights were off by 9:10. Once again he did a great job by staying in bed even though he wasn't tired. I checked in on him at around 9:40 and he was still rolling around in bed, but he was IN bed :)
5) Get Lilah to FINALLY sleep through the night - Last night Lilah did something she's never done before... put herself back to sleep without a smidgen of my help! She woke up around midnight and fell back to sleep on her own! SCORE!!!! She woke up again at 2am and before I could think about it I nursed her.... probably should have refused because I knew she would wake around 5ish and want to nurse again - which is exactly what happened. So I nursed her twice last night.... alas, I'll do better tonight.
6) Wean Lilah - Nursed her four times yesterday: 2:20pm, 7:40pm, 2am & 5:15am. Still better than last week, but I would like to see that number go down to 3 for this coming week. She is continuing to do better and better with the sippy cups and take in more food. I'm very proud of her :)
1) Lose 10 pounds - I'm getting a little confused about when to post what day of weight.... Do I post yesterday's weight today or today's weight on the blog re: yesterday's activities? I think I'm going to go for the latter. Yesterday I lost my promised land and went back up to 161 (grrrrr......), but this morning under the 160's (barely) at 159.8. Although after I drank 2 cups of coffee and had a BM I was down to 159.2! I know that's probably TMI and it doesn't count anyway, but it gives me hope :) Another think which makes me feel good is my exercise of self control yesterday. We went to Chucky Cheese yesterday and I was very proud of myself for getting the salad bar instead of the pizaa. I did eat 1 1/2 slices, but got 2 big plates of salad with FF dressing :) Small victories - right?
I spent some time on the internet reading up on the connection between those last 10 baby pounds and breastfeeding. Apparently 1 in 5 woman's bodies hold onto those last 10 pounds until baby is weaned; so it is very possible I may not be able to lose those 10 pounds just yet. I want to be very clear, that I LOVE all that my body created: life, food, and it provides a soft pillow for babies to cuddle, however, my BMI is the 'overweight' category which I find unacceptable and I want to get into 'normal.' I've always been curvy and have no intention of giving up those curves, but I'm not going to complain if I could lose some of the curves around my thighs, upper arms or belly.
2) Diastasis class - I did 4 out of 5 of my exercises. I've been so good up to now that I'm kind of upset at myself for slacking. I feel like it's been nearly 3 full weeks and it's getting old, but I need to stick with this because I want don't want to look pregnant. Also, I've been bending down, getting up and down wrong and playing with the kids a little too rough. I hope I haven't done too much damage :( I have my next meeting with Kelly Dean of The Tummy Team tomorrow which should be interesting. In my first block I noted my inability to follow through on things like this, so I need to get back on the horse and follow through! This week, I will get back on track!!!!
3) Exercise - I excercised! It wasn't offical or anything, but I spent a good 45 minutes on the floor with Ari and Lilah yesterday being rough and tumbly. I was running around, throwing them into the couch, flipping them upside down and all around. The only downside is that I may have done some damage to my diastasis, but it was fun :) I'm going to ask Kelly Dean at my Tummy Team appointment tomorrow about which excercises are safe to do while I'm healing.
4) Get Ari in bed and asleep by 9pm - We had an unexpected visitor last night and Ari was in the yard playing nicely with the neighbor girl (who I think he has a crush on) rather than taking a bath. However, were upstairs by bookreading time and lights were off by 9:10. Once again he did a great job by staying in bed even though he wasn't tired. I checked in on him at around 9:40 and he was still rolling around in bed, but he was IN bed :)
5) Get Lilah to FINALLY sleep through the night - Last night Lilah did something she's never done before... put herself back to sleep without a smidgen of my help! She woke up around midnight and fell back to sleep on her own! SCORE!!!! She woke up again at 2am and before I could think about it I nursed her.... probably should have refused because I knew she would wake around 5ish and want to nurse again - which is exactly what happened. So I nursed her twice last night.... alas, I'll do better tonight.
6) Wean Lilah - Nursed her four times yesterday: 2:20pm, 7:40pm, 2am & 5:15am. Still better than last week, but I would like to see that number go down to 3 for this coming week. She is continuing to do better and better with the sippy cups and take in more food. I'm very proud of her :)
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Week 3, Day 5
Still getting over this cold, but it's definitely getting better!
1) Lose 10 pounds - Yesterday morning I was 159.6!!! I've hit the promised land!! But the truth is that the weekend is coming and I have to be very cautious since I know the weekend usually involves me eating a ton. Also, I need to give a shout out to Rachael because I've seriously cut down on my carbs at her suggestion and it's obviously made a difference. We'll see if I can hold on to this :)
2) Diastasis class - 3 out of 5 for the day....better than yesterday, but not where I want to be :(
3) Exercise - Nunca
4) Get Ari in bed and asleep by 9pm - Ari's bedtime has become a mixed bag and I'm afraid my "bedtime challenge" is also going to turn into a "naptime challenge." Yesterday, Ari took a nearly 3 hour nap and didn't wake up until 5pm... so he wasn't remotely ready for bed by 9pm. He willingly went upstairs and had a nice bath at 8:30, we read books and lights were off by 9:07, but he didn't fall asleep until nearly 11:00!!!! On the positive side he only came downstairs ONCE at 9:45! Even though he was awake and no where near sleep, he stayed in his room & on his bed for nearly 2 hours until he finally drifted off which is awesome:) From now on, his naps are going to be limited to 1 1/2 hrs in the afternoon. He's not ready yet to skip his naps entirely, but (unless he's sick) a 3 hour nap is too long and effects his bedtime routine.
5) Get Lilah to FINALLY sleep through the night - Lilah only woke 2x last night! Again, we're moving in the right direction. She woke around 1am, but I did not nurse her. Unfortunately, it took her close to an hour to fall back asleep, but it's kind of my fault :( Every time she started drifting off, I would start coughing and she would hear me and start crying again. I'm not beating myself up too much b/c who can control a cough? She finally fell back asleep around 2am and didn't wake up again until 4:30am. I nursed her, but fell asleep in the chair for an hour and didn't get back to my own bed until 5:30. She was up for the day at 7am.
6) Wean Lilah - Another move in the right direction! I only nursed Lilah THREE times yesterday!!! Afternoon nap, before bedtime and once in the night :) She's doing really well with her sippy cup and I'm so proud of her AND me!!!! I can see the light at the end of the tunnel on this one :) There's a piece of me which wonders if I'll be able to drop those last 10 pounds until Lilah is weaned? From my observations, it seems to me that only about 1/2 the population actually loses weight by breastfeeding. The other half of us seem to hold on to that last 10 pounds until our babies are weaned. Although technically I know it's all about 'calories in/calories out' I think there's also something hormonal going on so we keep can continue feeding our wee babes with our fat reserves.
1) Lose 10 pounds - Yesterday morning I was 159.6!!! I've hit the promised land!! But the truth is that the weekend is coming and I have to be very cautious since I know the weekend usually involves me eating a ton. Also, I need to give a shout out to Rachael because I've seriously cut down on my carbs at her suggestion and it's obviously made a difference. We'll see if I can hold on to this :)
2) Diastasis class - 3 out of 5 for the day....better than yesterday, but not where I want to be :(
3) Exercise - Nunca
4) Get Ari in bed and asleep by 9pm - Ari's bedtime has become a mixed bag and I'm afraid my "bedtime challenge" is also going to turn into a "naptime challenge." Yesterday, Ari took a nearly 3 hour nap and didn't wake up until 5pm... so he wasn't remotely ready for bed by 9pm. He willingly went upstairs and had a nice bath at 8:30, we read books and lights were off by 9:07, but he didn't fall asleep until nearly 11:00!!!! On the positive side he only came downstairs ONCE at 9:45! Even though he was awake and no where near sleep, he stayed in his room & on his bed for nearly 2 hours until he finally drifted off which is awesome:) From now on, his naps are going to be limited to 1 1/2 hrs in the afternoon. He's not ready yet to skip his naps entirely, but (unless he's sick) a 3 hour nap is too long and effects his bedtime routine.
5) Get Lilah to FINALLY sleep through the night - Lilah only woke 2x last night! Again, we're moving in the right direction. She woke around 1am, but I did not nurse her. Unfortunately, it took her close to an hour to fall back asleep, but it's kind of my fault :( Every time she started drifting off, I would start coughing and she would hear me and start crying again. I'm not beating myself up too much b/c who can control a cough? She finally fell back asleep around 2am and didn't wake up again until 4:30am. I nursed her, but fell asleep in the chair for an hour and didn't get back to my own bed until 5:30. She was up for the day at 7am.
6) Wean Lilah - Another move in the right direction! I only nursed Lilah THREE times yesterday!!! Afternoon nap, before bedtime and once in the night :) She's doing really well with her sippy cup and I'm so proud of her AND me!!!! I can see the light at the end of the tunnel on this one :) There's a piece of me which wonders if I'll be able to drop those last 10 pounds until Lilah is weaned? From my observations, it seems to me that only about 1/2 the population actually loses weight by breastfeeding. The other half of us seem to hold on to that last 10 pounds until our babies are weaned. Although technically I know it's all about 'calories in/calories out' I think there's also something hormonal going on so we keep can continue feeding our wee babes with our fat reserves.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Week 3, Days 3 & 4 - Sick Daze
Before I start off, I just want to thank the people who have been telling me they've been checking-in on my progress :) This has been a difficult process and knowing people are reading this blog helps me by confirming you are out there & will give me a hard time if I quit or slack.... so thanks! Please feel free to make as many comments as you want i.e. "Naomi, stop whining so much and take action!" or "Will you stop making so many excuses and just take action" or even "You're an awesome superstar and I want to be you when I grow up." Thanks :)
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I've been fighting a cold for about a week now and yesterday my cold won. For about 3 nights in a row I was up all night coughing, sneezing, & nose dripping in between nursings. Finally yesterday, the cough threw me down the stairs and I decided to take the day off - from everything. Being a sick momma while taking care of two little ones was enough of a challenge without attempting to accomplish anything at all. But here's where I stand for the last two days:
DAY 3: Pre-Sick Day
1) Lose 10 pounds - 160 even - YAY!!!! (down 3 pounds!)
2) Diastasis class - 5 of 5 - YAY
3) Exercise - Nope.
4) Get Ari in bed and asleep by 9pm - I asked Lawrence to put Ari to bed because speaking for too long made me start coughing which made reading a book kind of tough. Despite explaining the "Bedtime Routine" consists of two books then turning off the light, Lawrence ignored me and laid down in Ari's bed trying to get him to fall asleep by "modeling behavior" which consistently doesn't work (what's the definition of insanity again???). At 9:25, Lawrence deemed the bedtime attempt to have failed (again) and brought Ari into bed with us (because maybe if he sees both of us sleeping he'll fall asleep except that doesn't work either). So, I had to take Ari back to his own bed and shut the door with him crying for "DAAAADDDDDYYYY." But, lo and behold he was asleep in less than 5 minutes. It seems that regardless of how sick or crappy I feel, I will always need to be responsible for Ari's bedtime :(
5) Get Lilah to FINALLY sleep through the night - Lilah was only up 2x!!
6) Wean Lilah - Back up to 5x yesterday with 2 in the middle of the night. When I feel better I'll start working again.
DAY 4: Sick Day
1) Lose 10 pounds - I felt so crappy yesterday I didn't even weigh myself because my head was pounding too hard to look at the little numbers and I couldn't stand still on the scale anyway from all the intense coughing.
2) Diastasis class - Not a chance.
3) Exercise - My exercise yesterday was letting the kids jump up and down on top of me while I lay there incapacitated.
4) Get Ari in bed and asleep by 9pm - Weird thing last night..... if you remember, Ari had been sick with a cough too, but was feeling much better the last 2-3 days. However, despite not coughing all day, just at bedtime Ari had a coughing fit so terrible that he nearly threw up :( He was so upset that he was crying and almost started hyperventilating. We had given him cough suppressant just a few minutes before so after another 10 minutes it finally kicked in and he was able to fall asleep, but I felt bad for the little guy :(
5) Get Lilah to FINALLY sleep through the night - Lilah has started waking up earlier again and last night she woke up at 11:30 and despite feeling like crap I told her to go back to sleep instead taking the path of least resistance and nursing her. It took about 15 minutes, but she eventually did :) After that she slept until 3am, then woke again at 5am and was up for the day at 6:30. My lovely husband took her downstairs and let me sleep until 8 :)
6) Wean Lilah - I haven't the foggiest clue of how often I nursed Lilah yesterday.
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I've been fighting a cold for about a week now and yesterday my cold won. For about 3 nights in a row I was up all night coughing, sneezing, & nose dripping in between nursings. Finally yesterday, the cough threw me down the stairs and I decided to take the day off - from everything. Being a sick momma while taking care of two little ones was enough of a challenge without attempting to accomplish anything at all. But here's where I stand for the last two days:
DAY 3: Pre-Sick Day
1) Lose 10 pounds - 160 even - YAY!!!! (down 3 pounds!)
2) Diastasis class - 5 of 5 - YAY
3) Exercise - Nope.
4) Get Ari in bed and asleep by 9pm - I asked Lawrence to put Ari to bed because speaking for too long made me start coughing which made reading a book kind of tough. Despite explaining the "Bedtime Routine" consists of two books then turning off the light, Lawrence ignored me and laid down in Ari's bed trying to get him to fall asleep by "modeling behavior" which consistently doesn't work (what's the definition of insanity again???). At 9:25, Lawrence deemed the bedtime attempt to have failed (again) and brought Ari into bed with us (because maybe if he sees both of us sleeping he'll fall asleep except that doesn't work either). So, I had to take Ari back to his own bed and shut the door with him crying for "DAAAADDDDDYYYY." But, lo and behold he was asleep in less than 5 minutes. It seems that regardless of how sick or crappy I feel, I will always need to be responsible for Ari's bedtime :(
5) Get Lilah to FINALLY sleep through the night - Lilah was only up 2x!!
6) Wean Lilah - Back up to 5x yesterday with 2 in the middle of the night. When I feel better I'll start working again.
DAY 4: Sick Day
1) Lose 10 pounds - I felt so crappy yesterday I didn't even weigh myself because my head was pounding too hard to look at the little numbers and I couldn't stand still on the scale anyway from all the intense coughing.
2) Diastasis class - Not a chance.
3) Exercise - My exercise yesterday was letting the kids jump up and down on top of me while I lay there incapacitated.
4) Get Ari in bed and asleep by 9pm - Weird thing last night..... if you remember, Ari had been sick with a cough too, but was feeling much better the last 2-3 days. However, despite not coughing all day, just at bedtime Ari had a coughing fit so terrible that he nearly threw up :( He was so upset that he was crying and almost started hyperventilating. We had given him cough suppressant just a few minutes before so after another 10 minutes it finally kicked in and he was able to fall asleep, but I felt bad for the little guy :(
5) Get Lilah to FINALLY sleep through the night - Lilah has started waking up earlier again and last night she woke up at 11:30 and despite feeling like crap I told her to go back to sleep instead taking the path of least resistance and nursing her. It took about 15 minutes, but she eventually did :) After that she slept until 3am, then woke again at 5am and was up for the day at 6:30. My lovely husband took her downstairs and let me sleep until 8 :)
6) Wean Lilah - I haven't the foggiest clue of how often I nursed Lilah yesterday.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Week 3, Day 2 - Two Steps forward, One Step Back
Am I allowed to use being sick as an excuse to be not so awesome? I'm sick and I don't feel like improving my life today! More like, 'I'm sick and I don't have the energy to fight." Oh well, hopefully tomorrow I'll be on the upswing and do better. In the meanwhile, I pretty much failed in all my challenges yesterday :(
1) Lose 10 pounds - Hit 160 even today!! Which basically puts me close to being back on track. But we'll see how tomorrow does on the scale because generally when I'm sick I pig out. The saying goes, "Feed a fever, feed a cold" right? Well.... that's always how I did it. It's been really tough today to not eat everything in sight when I'm feeling icky. Hopefully my efforts will shine through on the scale tomorrow.
2) Diastasis class - I did all my exercises, but the splint is really annoying me. My waist is definitely getting smaller, but my hips aren't, so it keep riding up into my ribs. I get my next Tummy Team appointment in 6 days, so I can address this issue with her then. Also, since I've been sick, I hope I'm not blowing out my diastasis every time I cough.
3) Exercise - Again with the feeling sick thing.... I don't really feel well enough to exercise, so I'm not gonna!
4) Get Ari in bed and asleep by 9pm - Last night was a bit of a set back in this area too. Ari was in bed at the assigned time, but storytime went over until 9:10 when I finally turned off the lights and walked out. Then at 9:23, Ari asked for some cheese because he was hungry, which I definitely believed because he refused dinner.
5) Get Lilah to FINALLY sleep through the night - Lilah woke 3 times in the night before she got up around 6:30am. The first time was 10:30pm which was kind of a weird time for her. I had already been sleeping for a while at that point, so only looked at the clock after I had walked into her room and started nursing her. She also woke up at 2am and 5:30 which are much more normal for her. She does have a tooth which is going to pop through at any second, so maybe that's why she was up earlier than usual?
6) Wean Lilah - Do I sound like a broken record yet? Because, we went backwards on this one too :( 6am, 8am, 12pm, 7:30pm, 10:30pm, 2am and 5:30am, which puts me up to 7.
Alas, better luck tomorrow...
1) Lose 10 pounds - Hit 160 even today!! Which basically puts me close to being back on track. But we'll see how tomorrow does on the scale because generally when I'm sick I pig out. The saying goes, "Feed a fever, feed a cold" right? Well.... that's always how I did it. It's been really tough today to not eat everything in sight when I'm feeling icky. Hopefully my efforts will shine through on the scale tomorrow.
2) Diastasis class - I did all my exercises, but the splint is really annoying me. My waist is definitely getting smaller, but my hips aren't, so it keep riding up into my ribs. I get my next Tummy Team appointment in 6 days, so I can address this issue with her then. Also, since I've been sick, I hope I'm not blowing out my diastasis every time I cough.
3) Exercise - Again with the feeling sick thing.... I don't really feel well enough to exercise, so I'm not gonna!
4) Get Ari in bed and asleep by 9pm - Last night was a bit of a set back in this area too. Ari was in bed at the assigned time, but storytime went over until 9:10 when I finally turned off the lights and walked out. Then at 9:23, Ari asked for some cheese because he was hungry, which I definitely believed because he refused dinner.
5) Get Lilah to FINALLY sleep through the night - Lilah woke 3 times in the night before she got up around 6:30am. The first time was 10:30pm which was kind of a weird time for her. I had already been sleeping for a while at that point, so only looked at the clock after I had walked into her room and started nursing her. She also woke up at 2am and 5:30 which are much more normal for her. She does have a tooth which is going to pop through at any second, so maybe that's why she was up earlier than usual?
6) Wean Lilah - Do I sound like a broken record yet? Because, we went backwards on this one too :( 6am, 8am, 12pm, 7:30pm, 10:30pm, 2am and 5:30am, which puts me up to 7.
Alas, better luck tomorrow...
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Week 3, Day 1 - Trending Positive
Ok... Week 3, Day 1!! So how how is my progress? Well, I decided to make a chart b/c that's just what I do! There's obviously some progress, but I wished there was more movement in all categories. I guess this is a process which is why I'm giving myself six weeks - right? RIGHT!
1) Lose 10 pounds - This morning I was down to 160.8 which is certainly not my lowest, but I've been told a million times that you should choose 1 day per week to be your 'weigh-in' day, so I guess Tuesday is as good a day as any. It's not the 3.5 pounds I was going for, but I'll happily accept 2.2 pounds and do my best to improve upon it by next week. Yesterday I ate a lot of meat, fruit and veggies and very little carbs. I'll try to repeat today.
2) Diastasis class - It was another struggle to do the exercises, but I prevailed. I'm supposed to do 2 sets in the AM, 2 in the afternoon, and 1 set at night, but I seem to be doing 1 in the AM, 1 in the afternoon and 3 at night. I'm going to have to work hard to do the exercises when I'm supposed to.
3) Exercise - No exercise yesterday. I have a cold and don't feel so great, but I should still be able to take a leisurely walk or something. I'll make more of an effort today.
4) Get Ari in bed and asleep by 9pm - As I promised myself, Ari was in bed with the lights off BEFORE 9pm!!! I turned off the lights at 8:56, kissed goodnight and walked out. He didn't fall asleep until around 9:45, but stayed in bed :)
5) Get Lilah to FINALLY sleep through the night - Lilah did pretty well last night. She went to bed at regular time, woke and nursed at 3:30 and went back to bed until 5:45. I tried to put her back to sleep at 5:45, but she was up for the day. Unfortunately, I'm a little sick and was coughing and wiping my nose all night long because I thought we were out of Robitussin. Hopefully tonight I'll get a bit more sleep since discovering we have a full bottle :(
6) Wean Lilah - I'm not sure whether to count this mornings 5:45am nursing in yesterday's count or today. If we could it for yesterday, then I nursed her 5 times, but if for today then only 4. I think I'll decide tomorrow :) but either way, it's an improvement since week 1.
| Week | Weight Loss | Diastasis | Exercise x/days per week | Ari Bedtime | Ave. Lilah Wakes/Night | Ave. Lilah Nursing/Day |
| 1 | +.5 | + | 2/7 | 9:30 | 2.16 | 5.16 |
| 2 | -2.2 | + | 3.5/7 | 9:15 | 2.16 (less time awake, more consistency) | 5 |
1) Lose 10 pounds - This morning I was down to 160.8 which is certainly not my lowest, but I've been told a million times that you should choose 1 day per week to be your 'weigh-in' day, so I guess Tuesday is as good a day as any. It's not the 3.5 pounds I was going for, but I'll happily accept 2.2 pounds and do my best to improve upon it by next week. Yesterday I ate a lot of meat, fruit and veggies and very little carbs. I'll try to repeat today.
2) Diastasis class - It was another struggle to do the exercises, but I prevailed. I'm supposed to do 2 sets in the AM, 2 in the afternoon, and 1 set at night, but I seem to be doing 1 in the AM, 1 in the afternoon and 3 at night. I'm going to have to work hard to do the exercises when I'm supposed to.
3) Exercise - No exercise yesterday. I have a cold and don't feel so great, but I should still be able to take a leisurely walk or something. I'll make more of an effort today.
4) Get Ari in bed and asleep by 9pm - As I promised myself, Ari was in bed with the lights off BEFORE 9pm!!! I turned off the lights at 8:56, kissed goodnight and walked out. He didn't fall asleep until around 9:45, but stayed in bed :)
5) Get Lilah to FINALLY sleep through the night - Lilah did pretty well last night. She went to bed at regular time, woke and nursed at 3:30 and went back to bed until 5:45. I tried to put her back to sleep at 5:45, but she was up for the day. Unfortunately, I'm a little sick and was coughing and wiping my nose all night long because I thought we were out of Robitussin. Hopefully tonight I'll get a bit more sleep since discovering we have a full bottle :(
6) Wean Lilah - I'm not sure whether to count this mornings 5:45am nursing in yesterday's count or today. If we could it for yesterday, then I nursed her 5 times, but if for today then only 4. I think I'll decide tomorrow :) but either way, it's an improvement since week 1.
Monday, July 11, 2011
Week 2, Day 7
Admittedly, this weekend was a bit of a whirlwind and even though it was just yesterday, I find myself struggling to recall the events of just a few hours ago. I had been doing a really good job of logging my progress throughout the day and I need to get back to the logging. I'm glad to say that with the exception of my weight loss goals, the weekend wasn't as much of a disaster as I was expecting. I like to think it's because I was thinking ahead. Well, here I go!
1) Lose 10 pounds - Not great not terrible. I've been doing well for breakfast having FF yogurt with blueberries and strawberries. From there, it seems to all go downhill. Yesterday it was the Timbers game, so we went to Hot Lips Pizza for our pre-game slice. My FIL kept feeding us M&Ms, yet at the end of the game I once again found myself hungry and ate the cheapest thing in the stadium - a kid's hot dog (which is really just a normal sized hotdog w/o a whole load of other crap on it). For dinner my MIL came over and we ate too much Thai food. I'm not exactly sure what the calorie/fat intake was for the meal, but none of our choices were breaded or stir fried so it may be naive, but I think my food wasn't toooooooo terrible. I guess the scale will tell tomorrow as I begin Week 3. If I had really wanted to lose 10 pounds, I should be about 3.5 pounds down which would have put me at the 159.5 mark.... I think I'm not even close.
2) Diastasis class - I think I missed one, but I was really trying to focus on keeping my stomach in the whole day, so I hope it helped in lieu of doing the actual exercises.
3) Exercise - It may not have actually counted as exercise, but for the 2 hours of the Timbers game, I jumped up and down, did all the hand movements to the chants, yelled, screamed and carried on. It may not have been aerobic exercise, but I'm pretty sure I burned calories :)
4) Get Ari in bed and asleep by 9pm - Ari skipped his nap yesterday, so bath was at 8pm and bed @8:30. He yelled, screamed, and insisted he was up and not going to sleep... until I shut the door behind me and he was unconscious within 2 minutes.
5) Get Lilah to FINALLY sleep through the night - She was still up twice last night, but I remember back to 2 weeks ago, she was up 4-6 times per night.... so once again, I think we're going in the right direction. Now we have another 3 weeks to get there! I have to keep reminding myself this is a process. She got up at 1:30 and 5:30 which isn't too terrible. If I wasn't having such a hard time sleeping last night I would have gotten TWO 4 hour blocks of sleep.... alas, the world conspires against me.
6) Wean Lilah - My memory of yesterday's nursings are first thing in the morning, before nap, at the game, bedtime and twice during the night. I know I had decided only to once during the night, but I'm wondering if I'm taking the wrong approach? If I nurse at 5:30am, she'll still go back to sleep for another hour or so which is preferable for me. Also, she seems more willing to skip daytime nursing than nighttime. When she starts making like she wants to nurse during the day, I've been handing her a sippy cup and she's been doing well with it. Maybe I should start taking away the daytime nursing?
1) Lose 10 pounds - Not great not terrible. I've been doing well for breakfast having FF yogurt with blueberries and strawberries. From there, it seems to all go downhill. Yesterday it was the Timbers game, so we went to Hot Lips Pizza for our pre-game slice. My FIL kept feeding us M&Ms, yet at the end of the game I once again found myself hungry and ate the cheapest thing in the stadium - a kid's hot dog (which is really just a normal sized hotdog w/o a whole load of other crap on it). For dinner my MIL came over and we ate too much Thai food. I'm not exactly sure what the calorie/fat intake was for the meal, but none of our choices were breaded or stir fried so it may be naive, but I think my food wasn't toooooooo terrible. I guess the scale will tell tomorrow as I begin Week 3. If I had really wanted to lose 10 pounds, I should be about 3.5 pounds down which would have put me at the 159.5 mark.... I think I'm not even close.
2) Diastasis class - I think I missed one, but I was really trying to focus on keeping my stomach in the whole day, so I hope it helped in lieu of doing the actual exercises.
3) Exercise - It may not have actually counted as exercise, but for the 2 hours of the Timbers game, I jumped up and down, did all the hand movements to the chants, yelled, screamed and carried on. It may not have been aerobic exercise, but I'm pretty sure I burned calories :)
4) Get Ari in bed and asleep by 9pm - Ari skipped his nap yesterday, so bath was at 8pm and bed @8:30. He yelled, screamed, and insisted he was up and not going to sleep... until I shut the door behind me and he was unconscious within 2 minutes.
5) Get Lilah to FINALLY sleep through the night - She was still up twice last night, but I remember back to 2 weeks ago, she was up 4-6 times per night.... so once again, I think we're going in the right direction. Now we have another 3 weeks to get there! I have to keep reminding myself this is a process. She got up at 1:30 and 5:30 which isn't too terrible. If I wasn't having such a hard time sleeping last night I would have gotten TWO 4 hour blocks of sleep.... alas, the world conspires against me.
6) Wean Lilah - My memory of yesterday's nursings are first thing in the morning, before nap, at the game, bedtime and twice during the night. I know I had decided only to once during the night, but I'm wondering if I'm taking the wrong approach? If I nurse at 5:30am, she'll still go back to sleep for another hour or so which is preferable for me. Also, she seems more willing to skip daytime nursing than nighttime. When she starts making like she wants to nurse during the day, I've been handing her a sippy cup and she's been doing well with it. Maybe I should start taking away the daytime nursing?
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Week 2, Day 6
1) Lose 10 pounds - Good day for food until dinner time when I fell victim to the McDonald's $1 Menu and ended up having a Mcchicken sandwich and french fries. Although I think I saved myself a few calories by not eating the half of the bun with all the mayo on it... I was like an open faced fried chicken sandwich. In my head it's better.
2) Diastasis class - Did all the exercises again which makes me happy. But I'm getting lazy about holding my belly in.
3) Exercise - Went to the Mississippi Street Festival with some friends and walk, walked and walked some more. It was a leisurely pace until it was time to go back to the car and then I had to power walk to keep up with Lawrence. I think sometimes he forgets I'm much smaller and slower than him, but it's good I got a bit of exercise for a change.
4) Get Ari in bed and asleep by 9pm - Again it was more like 9:15, but for now I'm going to be proud of moving his bedtime to a reasonable hour and will work on moving it to 9pm when we start week 3.
5) Get Lilah to FINALLY sleep through the night - Can I reiterate Lilah is killing me? She ended up going to bed an hour later than normal due to a late nap, but was still up at an hour which gave me less than a 4 hour block of sleep which was around 2:30am/ Although I guess it didn't really matter b/c around 1:30am one of my neighbors (who I don't know) decided to call her dog in for the night, then about 15 minutes later someone climaxed loud enough to wake me up again. I assume it was the same neighbor's boyfriend, but the results where the same..... that I was up. Going back to Lilah, I nursed back to sleep around 2:30 and then she was up again at 5:15. At first it seemed like she was up for the day, but I nursed her and she actually went back to sleep until 7am which was awesome.
6) Wean Lilah - To be honest, I wasn't keeping track of how often I nursed her and I have no idea. What I do remember is nursing her in the morning, once at the street fair, before bed, 2:30 & 5:15 which is a minimum of 5 for the day. Hopefully I'll do better tomorrow.
2) Diastasis class - Did all the exercises again which makes me happy. But I'm getting lazy about holding my belly in.
3) Exercise - Went to the Mississippi Street Festival with some friends and walk, walked and walked some more. It was a leisurely pace until it was time to go back to the car and then I had to power walk to keep up with Lawrence. I think sometimes he forgets I'm much smaller and slower than him, but it's good I got a bit of exercise for a change.
4) Get Ari in bed and asleep by 9pm - Again it was more like 9:15, but for now I'm going to be proud of moving his bedtime to a reasonable hour and will work on moving it to 9pm when we start week 3.
5) Get Lilah to FINALLY sleep through the night - Can I reiterate Lilah is killing me? She ended up going to bed an hour later than normal due to a late nap, but was still up at an hour which gave me less than a 4 hour block of sleep which was around 2:30am/ Although I guess it didn't really matter b/c around 1:30am one of my neighbors (who I don't know) decided to call her dog in for the night, then about 15 minutes later someone climaxed loud enough to wake me up again. I assume it was the same neighbor's boyfriend, but the results where the same..... that I was up. Going back to Lilah, I nursed back to sleep around 2:30 and then she was up again at 5:15. At first it seemed like she was up for the day, but I nursed her and she actually went back to sleep until 7am which was awesome.
6) Wean Lilah - To be honest, I wasn't keeping track of how often I nursed her and I have no idea. What I do remember is nursing her in the morning, once at the street fair, before bed, 2:30 & 5:15 which is a minimum of 5 for the day. Hopefully I'll do better tomorrow.
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Day 2, Week 5
A real quickie today since it's already nearly 9:30 and I'm really tired.
1) Lose 10 pounds - I'm proud of myself for being pre-emptive and freezing 2 of the 4 challahs! Last night we went to Mom & Dad's for Shabbos dinner and while the food was delicious, I have a terrible tendency to overeat when I go there. Mom did a great job of providing steamed veggies and sweet potatoes as side dishes rather than the much fattier and more caloric foods she used to serve, but I ate enough for 5 people and the Hydrox cookies after dinner didn't help. If I'm going to be honest, I'll have to admit I ate pretty terribly all day and most of my 'meals' were eating Ari & Lilah's leftovers which is something I'm going to have to stop doing if I plan on losing weight.
2) Diastasis class - Did all the exercises which is good, but in the middle of the night I had a terrible pain in my back which actually woke me up! I wonder if I've been wearing the splint too tight and maybe it konked my back?
3) Exercise - Still gotta figure this one out :(
4) Get Ari in bed and asleep by 9pm - Again it was more like 9:15, but for now I'm going to be proud of moving his bedtime to a reasonable hour and will work on moving it to 9pm when we start week 3.
5) Get Lilah to FINALLY sleep through the night - Lilah is killing me :( For the third night in a row, she woke up almost exactly at 12:10. This time it took her 1/2 hour to go back to sleep. Then she was up again at 3:30ish (nursed and went back to sleep) and up for the DAY at 5:30 :( I'm happy I only nursed her once in the night but I'm losing my mind when she's going to get this whole sleeping thing down :(
6) Wean Lilah - We did well again yesterday. I think I only nursed her 4 times which is really great :)
1) Lose 10 pounds - I'm proud of myself for being pre-emptive and freezing 2 of the 4 challahs! Last night we went to Mom & Dad's for Shabbos dinner and while the food was delicious, I have a terrible tendency to overeat when I go there. Mom did a great job of providing steamed veggies and sweet potatoes as side dishes rather than the much fattier and more caloric foods she used to serve, but I ate enough for 5 people and the Hydrox cookies after dinner didn't help. If I'm going to be honest, I'll have to admit I ate pretty terribly all day and most of my 'meals' were eating Ari & Lilah's leftovers which is something I'm going to have to stop doing if I plan on losing weight.
2) Diastasis class - Did all the exercises which is good, but in the middle of the night I had a terrible pain in my back which actually woke me up! I wonder if I've been wearing the splint too tight and maybe it konked my back?
3) Exercise - Still gotta figure this one out :(
4) Get Ari in bed and asleep by 9pm - Again it was more like 9:15, but for now I'm going to be proud of moving his bedtime to a reasonable hour and will work on moving it to 9pm when we start week 3.
5) Get Lilah to FINALLY sleep through the night - Lilah is killing me :( For the third night in a row, she woke up almost exactly at 12:10. This time it took her 1/2 hour to go back to sleep. Then she was up again at 3:30ish (nursed and went back to sleep) and up for the DAY at 5:30 :( I'm happy I only nursed her once in the night but I'm losing my mind when she's going to get this whole sleeping thing down :(
6) Wean Lilah - We did well again yesterday. I think I only nursed her 4 times which is really great :)
Friday, July 8, 2011
Week 2, Day 4 - Impending Doom
So yesterday went just fine, but I realize the weekend is upon me and am fearful for all the progress I've made in the last few days. Usually what happens on the weekends is Ari's bedtime gets pushed back past mine, I eat everything in sight (including 4 homemade challahs), and the thought of exercise becomes laughable because I would rather hang out with my family at home than take a walk.
I've noticed that when I sit around the house, I eat much much more than when I'm running around doing stuff.... so my goal for the weekend is to really try to get out of the house as much as possible. Here in Oregon, the summers are amazing! It's warm without the heat or humidity and Oregonians know how to take advantage of it by having multiple fairs/festivals/carnivals every weekend from July through the beginning of September! The plan is to go to at least 1 fair or festival per day over the weekend with the hope that if I don't just sit home and eat, I'll get some fresh air & exercise :) Also, I'm going to freeze 2 of my challahs for next week so I don't eat them all and also have less work for next week!
1) Lose 10 pounds - Did pretty well with food today. Once more I managed to keep mostly away from carbs and emphasise veggies over the rest of the meal. The scale didn't budge.
2) Diastasis class - I'm going well getting the exercises and movements, but I know I'm picking up the kids too much. Walking around with a kid on the hip pulls the muscles apart which is why I'm not supposed to pick them up, but if I have to I should be holding them chest to chest and pulling them in tight.... which is hard! What's really killing me is that Ari has taken a sudden dislike to walking up and down the stairs himself and when Lilah sees me carrying him, she needs wants to be carried too. So instead of not carrying any kids, lately I've been carrying two kids. I need to figure out a way to make it into a game so I don't undue my hard work.
3) Exercise - Exercise????? what exercise?!?!?!? Still need to come up with a solution to this. Any ideas?
4) Get Ari in bed and asleep by 9pm - Doing well with this one. Last night he had his "Daddy Goodnight" a quick pee and in bed by 9:15. Although it's not the 9pm on the dot I was hoping for, I'm much happier with 9:15 than 10:30. Since he really seems to be getting the idea that bedtime is for realsies now, I'll try to push that up to 9pm for this coming week since I'm not going to push my luck over a weekend when things are so much harder anyway :)
5) Get Lilah to FINALLY sleep through the night - Lilah went to bed at 8pm last night and woke up at 12:10, but instead of nursing her, I told her to go to bed and she refused :( It took her close to an hour to fall back asleep and I had to check and console her 3x, but I have to consider it an accomplishment for not giving in and nursing her. Listening to your child cry is one of the hardest things in life, but I know it's the best thing for her to put herself back to sleep and it's certainly the best thing for me to finally get some sleep. That being said, she fell back asleep around 1am and slept until 5am! Unfortunately, I guess my body is now used to her waking every 2-3 hours because I was up again a little after 4am and ran into her room to make sure she was still alive, then laid there in bed waiting for her to wake up until 5am. After nursing she went right back to sleep and slept until 6:30. It's only been two days, but I think the blackout shades are helping :)
6) Wean Lilah - FOUR NURSINGS!!!!! She basically nursed for 1st nap, 2nd nap, bedtime and ONCE in the middle of the night! YAY ME!!!! And the most surprising thing was how much she drank from a sippy cup when I actually gave her the opportunity. All this time I thought she had trouble with sippy cups when it seems the truth is really I was giving her most of her liquids and she didn't need a sippy cup..... What an eye opener! Of all the challenges I set for myself, this was the one I was least confident in achieving because I didn't know if Lilah was capable of getting her liquids from another source. I even took the poor kid to a Speech Language Pathologist b/c of this issue!! Now I have a new ray of hope.
I've noticed that when I sit around the house, I eat much much more than when I'm running around doing stuff.... so my goal for the weekend is to really try to get out of the house as much as possible. Here in Oregon, the summers are amazing! It's warm without the heat or humidity and Oregonians know how to take advantage of it by having multiple fairs/festivals/carnivals every weekend from July through the beginning of September! The plan is to go to at least 1 fair or festival per day over the weekend with the hope that if I don't just sit home and eat, I'll get some fresh air & exercise :) Also, I'm going to freeze 2 of my challahs for next week so I don't eat them all and also have less work for next week!
1) Lose 10 pounds - Did pretty well with food today. Once more I managed to keep mostly away from carbs and emphasise veggies over the rest of the meal. The scale didn't budge.
2) Diastasis class - I'm going well getting the exercises and movements, but I know I'm picking up the kids too much. Walking around with a kid on the hip pulls the muscles apart which is why I'm not supposed to pick them up, but if I have to I should be holding them chest to chest and pulling them in tight.... which is hard! What's really killing me is that Ari has taken a sudden dislike to walking up and down the stairs himself and when Lilah sees me carrying him, she needs wants to be carried too. So instead of not carrying any kids, lately I've been carrying two kids. I need to figure out a way to make it into a game so I don't undue my hard work.
3) Exercise - Exercise????? what exercise?!?!?!? Still need to come up with a solution to this. Any ideas?
4) Get Ari in bed and asleep by 9pm - Doing well with this one. Last night he had his "Daddy Goodnight" a quick pee and in bed by 9:15. Although it's not the 9pm on the dot I was hoping for, I'm much happier with 9:15 than 10:30. Since he really seems to be getting the idea that bedtime is for realsies now, I'll try to push that up to 9pm for this coming week since I'm not going to push my luck over a weekend when things are so much harder anyway :)
5) Get Lilah to FINALLY sleep through the night - Lilah went to bed at 8pm last night and woke up at 12:10, but instead of nursing her, I told her to go to bed and she refused :( It took her close to an hour to fall back asleep and I had to check and console her 3x, but I have to consider it an accomplishment for not giving in and nursing her. Listening to your child cry is one of the hardest things in life, but I know it's the best thing for her to put herself back to sleep and it's certainly the best thing for me to finally get some sleep. That being said, she fell back asleep around 1am and slept until 5am! Unfortunately, I guess my body is now used to her waking every 2-3 hours because I was up again a little after 4am and ran into her room to make sure she was still alive, then laid there in bed waiting for her to wake up until 5am. After nursing she went right back to sleep and slept until 6:30. It's only been two days, but I think the blackout shades are helping :)
6) Wean Lilah - FOUR NURSINGS!!!!! She basically nursed for 1st nap, 2nd nap, bedtime and ONCE in the middle of the night! YAY ME!!!! And the most surprising thing was how much she drank from a sippy cup when I actually gave her the opportunity. All this time I thought she had trouble with sippy cups when it seems the truth is really I was giving her most of her liquids and she didn't need a sippy cup..... What an eye opener! Of all the challenges I set for myself, this was the one I was least confident in achieving because I didn't know if Lilah was capable of getting her liquids from another source. I even took the poor kid to a Speech Language Pathologist b/c of this issue!! Now I have a new ray of hope.
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