Fit mommies and their cute babies Mar 14-20

[Sweetpea1]

Hey! Just getting us started! Must've been something in the air yesterday cause we ate like crap for dinner (cheeseburger sliders and beer) and DH and I had "quiet time" too. And I am looking forward to some more today! I need TONS of water today. Neither one of us slept good at all and James slept through the whole night. Go figure.....

Mel- Good luck on your 9 mile run! You are so awesome with your training!

Lisa- Sorry about your night too. That is strange that Reese has had two colds already. J didn't get his first one til he was 3 months old.

Hi Susan and Christine! I was trying to remember what I read from yesterday but my memory fails me.... I'll check back later. Hoping to get in Disc 4 from STS and poss some cardio. We'll see how much energy I actually have.

[LisaMarie]

oops...posted on last week.

Jen-that's great James slept! doesn't that always seem to be the case--baby sleeps but mom and dad don't

Melanie-Hardees brings back such memories for me! I rarely see them around anymore, but my mom and I went there when I was little whenever we would go shopping. Hot ham and cheese, milk, and one of those yummy big cookies!

Christine-glad you and DH got to snuggle and stuff . I'll let you know about the HRM. It may be a way to see if I like to use one before I take the plunge and spend a lot of $$ on one. I'm nearly the only one bringing in $$ in our house, so I have to watch it a bit.

Hope you all had a much better night than we did here. Reese fell asleep late, was up a couple times through the night, and Caden was up at 5:30. Reese has another cold, so I'm sure that was why she was having such a tough time. I can't help but wonder about her immune system, since she's had 2 colds in her short 5 week life, even though she is breastfed 50-75% of her food.

I HAVE to clean up my eating today. I am super achy and swollen today, likely from all the carbs from yesterday and too much salt from the past several days. I'm doing a full one hour workout, despite how cranky the kids might be this morning, as DH is going to a friend's house to watch basketball this afternoon.

have a good Sunday...time for my coffee!

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ETA: Ok, I shouldn't be annoyed by Caden sleeping longer, but just as I was going to get him out of his crib, he went back to sleep! I guess I should have stayed in bed a little longer..I can never go back to sleep once I'm up at this time of the day.
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[Susank41]

Morning!
We had a pretty good night. K went down at 8..woke up at 10 then slept til nearly 5..then 8..not too shabby
Jen-sorry you and dh didnt sleep..but yayy for James sleeping! Have fune at nap time today!
Lisa-sorry R is sick..poor baby! Could Caden be brining it home from daycare? My friend has a baby K's age and 2 older kids 10,7...her baby, Madeline, has been sick a few times too.
Melanie-hope you slept well and have a grreeaat run!
Christine-how was your night?
Pricilla-I had dreams about you last night..we were talking about dental stuff in your office lol....do you have an accent?..in my dream you did lol
Waves to everyone. We are headed to Little Rock to shop

Ladies-lets have a clean eating and kegalthon of a week!

I will post my food to stay in line.
1-prot pancake, clemetine
2-banana, kashi granola bar
not sure of the rest yet since we'll be out.

[melanalyus]

Just fed baby #2 and I"m slamming a coffee. I'm hoping for one more BM before my run (had one super long one earlier).

I can't help but feel really far behind today...especially with the loss of an hour due to daylight savings time...and then losing a day/week due to work. Ugh! Spent much of morning cleaning up house from yesterday's workday (DH had a rough time).

Lisa~ I had to start REglan yesterday. As suspected, my BM production WAS decreasing...I only got 25 oz milk yesterday. You can request some from your ob/gyn....they should prescribe without an appt...it's commonly used. It can double your milk production...so BEWARE! lol Other things that can be tried (if you haven't already) is fenugreek, milk thistle, brewers yeast, increase dairy consumption, increase water consumption. Are you sure your weeone has a cold? I think itsy babies often get congested as part of their undeveloped respiratory system....especially in morning.

Good morning to all the rest of your marvelous mommies. I"m off to do my 9 mile run......get it out of the way, so I can focus on other things today.

[luprisi]

Hi fit mommies!

Susan, how funny you had that dream. I use to have dreams and nightmares about school, about failing my boards and all kinds of wear stuff. I heard it chases you up to ten years after you graduate. I do have a latin accent and the funny thing is that when I came to work here I thought I didn't have one LOL. I can't detected but most people do.

Melanie, you are gonna rock today! Lots of energy vibes for your run

Lisa, I often eat too much of a healthy food too!!! What's up with that? LOL I hope Reese get better during the day, the first few weeks can be hard for a newborn. Is she up for a pedi check up?

Jen, you didn't rest enough last night. We went to bed late last night (think 3:30am). We were at our Blble study and the host asked us to stay and even cooked for us that late! it seems like we all had our bad eating day yesterday.

Hi Christine, I was wondering how long are your workouts per day? You have so much energy, girl!

Off to church and then I'll squeeze a wokout in tonight

[melanalyus]

Well a couple of things going on here:

I only made it 6.75 miles without having to take a break. I then ran/walk to accomplish 9 miles. I am going to have to step back on the training. I was doing the intermediate training schedule...I'm going to step back to beginner (which is probably where I shoulda started, it being my first 1/2 marathon).

Secondly, I got the trots again. I've had the runs every since my run. No punn intended. I even took a Lomotil. I did take advantage of my run + diarrhea to weigh myself & do fat percentage. I got 137#, 26%....so that is cool.

The run was easier than the one I did Thursday so I think I"m getting stronger. I brought 1/2 L of Gatorade & drank some at each mile mark & I ate a Cliff bar an hour into it (maybe do it at 40 min next time). I burned over 1000 calories, so I gotsa be happy with that.

For lunch, we had some Susan's protein pancakes that were YUMMY to the MAX. Girl, you should submit to new receipes for $100 gift card!!! I added 2 scoops of vanilla protein powder & 1/4 cup of Splenda. I doubled receipe. The kids loved it too. I wrapped one medium sized pancake around 1/2 banana and ate as lunch with glass of chocolate milk.

So far so good:

B: steel cut oats, walnuts, 1/2 banana, coffee
S: Cliff bar + Gatorade G2 lime drink
L: Protein Pancakes + 1/2 banana + chocolate milk
S: 1/4 cup cashews
D: Not sure yet
S: strawberries + lite cool whip

[melanalyus]

WARNING, VIVID, DISGUISTING TMI LISTED BELOW:

Silly me, I forgot to comment about my hemrhoids. This last pregnancy really ripped my butt apart. Stupid Melanie decides to take a mirror down there to check things out after all that diarrhea. Not pretty. I have what looks like a cluster of grapes hanging around in a perfect circle around my anus. I may have to consider having surgery to have those removed at some point. They are just NASTY!!!!!

[23jimbean]

Melanie- Are they painful? If so, you can use topical lidocaine. Hydrocortisone works at shrinking them. Whenever I get teh trots, I get teh grape guys adn they last a few weeks. I find them so painful. You can get them excised at a proctologist office, they slice them and squeeze out the clot. IT is immediate relief, BUT, it weakens the vain adn you will have relapses... If you keep the stool loose enough to pass but not the loosy gooosies, you will have an easier time preventing more strain... I use Cirulax when I have flare ups... Not sure if you can use it nursing. The lidocaine really helps. I am sorry your run did not work out okay, I know that is frustrating. Try the beginner program, and maybe the diarrhea will pass too. I find that when I start runnign after takign breaks from it, I get teh poops a lot. I think it is partially the elecrolyte imbalance from heavy sweating as well as jostling around your insides... If it makes you feel any better, I had to run home to poop today. FOr some reaosn, I alwasy have to poop as soon as i hit the 10 mile mark.
Priscilla- I run with teh kids in teh mornign for about an hour and then when they nap in the afternoon, I try to squeeze in a DVD. Some days it works and some days it does not! How are you feeling? How is Daniel? Reading your post reminds me I need to get my teeth cleaned!
Jen- I hear you on the sleep mystery. The nights the kids sleep, I am awake. Go figure. What weight work out did you do? Did you check Craigs list for weights? Sliders and beer sound so stinkin' good! Jimmy wants sausage pasta for dinner.
Susan- You are the best eater ever. You do not buy naughty foods, do you? I get tripped up by the crunchy naughty stuff in the cupboard. THe tostitos and I had an intimate crunchy date here at the computer. I ate them all. Tacos next!
Lisa- I bet Caden is bringing it home. Jimmy got sick every other week when he tried out preschool. Even if Caden is fighting it off, maybe Reese is getting it... I would have the ped check her out, just in case. I am so sorry. There is nothing as tough as a sick kiddo on a mama. Did you get your workout in? Will Caden watch any shows? Jimmy loves Thomas, Chuggington, Handy Manny, Berenstein Bears, Go Diego, and you can get them for free on demand if you have Directv. Or if you go to itunes, you can buy them and he can watch on an ipod... It is how I get a workout in some days when there are no naps happening... I am happy to send you the timex. send me a message on FB, I never check on here, and I will pop it in the mail. I wight have an old Suunto one around. I will check. If so, you can have it!
Had a great run this morning, I ran 11.5 miles at a 8:32 pace. I had an argument with DH right before, and it was like a jet booster to my workout. We are okay now, so that is good. Jimmy is having a GREAT birthday adn it is wonderful. THis is the first birthday where he REALLY gets it. ANd is so happy. I got him sneakers with dump trucks that light up when he walks. ANd a carpenter set, some cars, and nowI need to bak the cake. John is snoozzing in my arms.
Catch you all later!!!

[Sweetpea1]

Melanie- I'm sorry about the hemis. I don't have any great suggestions like Christine. It is frustrating when your workout doesnt go as planned.

Christine- I used to take boxing/kickboxing and for some reason DH LOVED to get into argument with me right before the class. I LOVED it too! Guess whose face I saw on the bag???? Sounds like a great day in the Orr household. That is so cool that Jimmy finally gets his birthday. I did Meso 1 Disc 5 on STS. I am really liking the workouts. I did check Craigs list but the fitness warehouse by our house says they get in hex weights all the time used and he is supposed to call me as soon as they do. Sausage pasta? Recipe please...sounds yum!


Hi Priscila! Hope you had a good time at church!

Allison, are you okay??? Must be busy kegalin!

I made a veggie/spaghetti casserole and white bean chili today. I don't know which one I want for dinner tonight.

[melanalyus]

I couldn't make any of me new recipes b/c they all have beans in them! lol Have to back off of the beans for a while!!!!

Imodium kicked in, I feel much better. I spoke to cross country coach (and friend of mine) and she suggested beginner's schedule (she was irritated that I didn't start with that to begin with). Oh well. I'll have more freedom (and crosstraining) with that schedule.

Christine, I'll get some lidocaine to keep around for the rrhoids. I use tucks pads for cleaning, hydrocortisone ointment for swelling, and the warm bath helped lots. No proctologists up here in these parts....I'd have to take a 7 hour journey back to MPLS to see one of them! lol Hopefully it won't come to that. Running is notorius for 'loosening" thing up for me. I hope that doesn't happen on race day!

Uh Oh! Myranda's crying....coming honey!!!!