Checking In

Today is my rest day. I wasn't going to rest today because my work out yesterday was pretty "meh" but last night I realized that I probably need the rest day because I had a hard time moving around yesterday and I had to take Tylenol twice for my back. So rest day it is.

I am proud of my work out yesterday, as crappy as it was, because I actually got up and did it. It was a wet and rainy morning and I wasn't about to get caught in the rain on the levee with Bigby. So instead, I had a few pregnancy workout videos saved on YouTube and I tried a couple out. The first one was too hard on my wrists, so I had to stop that one about a third of the way through. The other one I had time to do was really just deep stretching. Still, I'm not working out to lose weight but rather to help prepare my body for L&D.

I hope taking a rest day today doesn't throw me off like it did last week.

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GETTING READY FOR BABY

PHASE #1: COMPLETE

• Get organized. 
• Clean out the crib space. 

PHASE #2: COMPLETE

• Get the crib + changing table assembled. 
• Wash all the baby clothes/blankets/etc. 

PHASE #3:

• Make appointment with pediatrician. 
• Buy a few more maternity pieces. – Check! Ordered some pieces online and they should be here Friday!
• Buy a couple of nursing bras. – I desperately need to go bra shopping because my belly is getting too big for my underwire bras. D:
• Baby showers – After last week's post, the date for the family thrown baby shower was settled on so now there are two on the calendar! I can't wait! :D

Meal Plan Monday

The Red Velvet Whoopie Pies we made last week were amazing. Although, I found the recipe made WAY too much of the filling. We ate saved it to eat on strawberries though. We stuck pretty faithfully to the meal plan last week. I hope we do that again this week!

Breakfasts

Yogurt, fruit, grits, coffee

Monday

Shredded beef tacos

Tuesday

Chicken and Spinach Pasta Bake

Wednesday

Ribeyes + potatoes

Thursday

Leftovers

Friday

Cereal or take-out (I had planned on cooking fish this night, but I couldn't find it in the store)

Lunches

Salads, crackers, cheese sticks, fruit with water

Snacks

Cereal, crackers and hummus, fruit

Goals – Keeping at it (Health & Fitness)

We started strong last week. Monday and Tuesday mornings, we got up early, got Bigby strapped in his harness and went up on the levee behind our house and walked for 30 minutes. It's not much, but that's all I can do at this point in my pregnancy. Then Wednesday came a cold front with rain, so we decided to have a rest day. We still got up early and enjoyed an un-rushed morning together. Then we never really got back on track.

I'm determined to go an entire week of walking in the morning, with a rest day of course, before I move off of this goal.

My daily tasks are:

• Make the bed EVERY DAY. 
• Put away the clean dishes in the morning.
• Spend 10 minutes a day on dishes.
• Do something laundry related every day.
• 10 minute pick up before bed.
• Journal
• Meditate

For my weekly task:

• Clean the bathroom (which consists of: putting away products, wiping down surfaces, checking shower for empty bottles–Mr. LL is notorious for doing leaving empty bottles in the shower)
• Dust (the first time I do this it's going to be a pretty big undertaking, but hopefully we can transition to maintenace mode after that)