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• [Deleted User] member

  

  March 2016

  @Swazzle Ugh I know how you feel. There just aren't enough hours in the day. I would definitely try to go to bed earlier in increments to see if that helps. Try going to bed 30 minutes earlier tonight and see if you feel better in the morning? Then maybe increase it to an hour earlier if you adjust well to that? 
  
  Ugh yesterday was so rough. I wanted to just hug my friend all day. I sent her some flowers and a card and just continuously pray for her. 
  
  I really really need to get my hair cut soon. I'll probably get my hand slapped when I go in because my ends are so bad. I also need to pluck my eye brows, shave my legs, and get my toes done....obviously I just need a make over in the worst way lol.

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• PamBeesly524 member

  

  March 2016 edited March 2016

  @Swazzle that is an insane schedule... I get up at 5am for spin but that's only once a week, every other day is up at 6 and at work by 7:10. I'm assuming the long work day is a necessity? It makes it so hard to get a good workout in. I usually try to get out of work by 4 but if I ever have to stay later it's so hard to get a workout in after because I just want to eat dinner and have some relaxation time! You are totally kicking ass, and it definitely warrants a vent!
  
  Last night I went for a 4.5 miler after work - I needed it so badly. I had the most frustrating work day yesterday and even though I've been having calf issues it felt so good to run out the anger. H and I made dinner and then I tried on all my overpriced StitchFix stuff... Besides the ugly shoes I liked ALL of it, which is so frustrating because I can't afford to pay almost $400 for 5 articles of clothing! H thought I looked bangin' in the dress though and kept telling me to keep it, and the expense was fine... I emailed SF to complain about the prices so we'll see what they say, and I'll make a decision then. 
  
   I have back to back meetings from 10:30-4:00 today.. How am I supposed to get any work done? Luckily I work from home tomorrow and I'll get some stuff out of the way then.
  
  ETA: @caseface5 let's see the haircut!!!!
  

  

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• LizzyTish88 member

  

  March 2016

  Good morning!! I'm sorry you are tired today @Swazzle, hopefully you can get into a good groove soon.
  
  I am in a SUPER mood today!! I chopped my hair last night and I love how it came out! I'm going to be a giant AW for a second.. sorrynotsorry!!
  
  So here is the before picture:
  
  
  I had enough to donate with that I was cutting off! So here are some during and side by side
  
  
  
  
  
  And finally the after! I just LOVE how it came out:
  
  
  
  So last night I was so happy with how everything came out. This morning the happiness continued when I got on the scale and am down -2.6 pounds for a total of 12 (or a bald eagle!) I broke my little plateau!! I'm feeling so great today! I feel cute too!!
  
  
  
  Tonight my cousin and I are going to take an exercise class at a trampoline park! Should be a riot but I am excited. Also, my iPhone SE comes today! Great things all around! 

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• [Deleted User] member

  

  March 2016

  Good morning!  It's almost Friday!!
  
  I had an appointment with my OB yesterday.  I had some good news, "eh" news, and bad news.  
  
  The good news is that she wants me to start incorporating yoga and light PiYo to help build strength in my back and core, so I'm not on quite the same restrictions as before.  YAY!!!!
  
  The "eh" news is that I gained 14-15 lbs in 4 weeks.  She's a little concerned due to some other things that have popped up, but she did say that she isn't quite sure she believes it because she doesn't see it on me.  She says I have only gained in my belly and that I don't look like I'm gaining too much.  THANK YOU, DR!  Anyway, we're going to watch it carefully.  Also, K measured 4 weeks ahead at this appointment, so we have to watch that as well.  So I'm measuring at 28 weeks instead of 24.  No wonder my back is hurting!!
  
  The bad news is that my BP was really high and concerning, especially with the rapid weight gain, swelling, nausea, pounding/rushing blood in my head, rapid resting heart rate (pre-preg I sit at 60 bpm; earlier in preg I'm at 70 bpm; lately I've been 80+ bpm).  I'm usually at 100-110/50-60 and my BP was 142/85 yesterday.  I have to go back in on Friday to get it restested and run some other tests to see if it's pre-eclampsia.  So, I'm crossing my fingers it was just a fluke!!
  
  @Swazzle - How many days do you work out?  It might help to have a couple days where you don't get up early and let yourself sleep in.  And I know you don't want to work out after work, but maybe those evenings you can just do some yoga in bed.  There are a lot of night-time stretches you can do in bed that also help prep your body for sleep.  Don't want you to wear yourself out, you've been on such a roll!

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• PamBeesly524 member

  

  March 2016

  @caseface5 OMG!! Your hair looks fantastic!!! Does it feel sooo much lighter? And you look fantastic today as well! Congrats on the weight loss.
  

  

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• [Deleted User] member

  

  March 2016

  @southernpeach89 - I need a makeover, too.  I'm going to try to get a mani and pedi this weekend.  Hopefully you can have some time to beautify yourself this weekend, too.
  
  @PamBeesly524 - Woo-hoo on the run!!  I was cleared to do some light yoga and PiYo, so I did 20 minutes of PiYo yesterday.  I was so creaky but it did stretch out my hips some and felt really good.
  
  @caseface5 - LOVE the hair.  And you look great.  Congrats on meeting your first goal!!

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• PamBeesly524 member

  

  March 2016

  @CocoBellaF yay for the good news! As for the eh and the bad news.. Here's hoping Friday produces better results. I can't believe she's measuring 4 weeks ahead!!
  

  

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• [Deleted User] member

  

  March 2016

  Oh, and today is my work baby shower day!  CAKE FOR EVERYONE!!!!
  
  
  

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• LizzyTish88 member

  

  March 2016

  @southernpeach89 I vote you have a pamper day!! 
  
  @CocoBellaF I'm glad your Dr is lifting some restrictions and I hope your tests results are good when you go back. 
  
  @PamBeesly524 Congrats on the run! I need to get back into running, I just feel so bad because I want to bring Tess but she stops all the time and I trip and almost fall on my face. 

  

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• [Deleted User] member

  

  March 2016

  LOL @caseface5 I definitely need one. It's hard to get a day to myself with DH's work schedule. Weekends I'm full time Callie and during the week I'm working and then at night full time Callie. DH works so much. Ugh maybe next week when DH is on Spring Break I will find time.

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• [Deleted User] member

  

  March 2016

  @caseface5 - We like to take the dogs on the warm-up and/or cool-down of our runs.  That way they can stop and sniff and we aren't trying to run.  Maybe Tess would like that!

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• jenna8984 member

  

  March 2016

  @swazzle Wow, your hours really stink, you have to start that early? I applaud you because I die if I get less than 7.5 hours of sleep...most nights is closer to 9! (yea I know, this baby is going to turn my sleeping world upside down lol) Is there any part of your getting ready routine that can be shortened? If you're doing the T-25 from 4:20-5 and then quick shower maybe you don't need an hour before heading out?

  @pambeesly524 Nice job on your run. That stinks that the SF items are too expensive. I thought of you this morning- did you catch Stow 5-0? My favorites were- someone's Adirondack chairs were stolen, and someone's horses escaped their barn. hahahaha

  So last year when all the drama went down over on Chit chat with the bannings and the catfish and yada yada, there was a group of like 10 of us that went off and made a private facebook page where we chat daily (none of the fucking bitches that you'd probably remember). We slowly recruited a few others later on. Well last night, I got home and there was a package- the group had sent me 2 awesome items off my registry! I was practically in tears, it was the nicest thing. The 2 other pregnant members received one too! People can be so kind!!

                                                                   

  
  

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• [Deleted User] member

  

  March 2016

  @jenna8984 - Yay on gifts for baby!!  Getting something unexpected like that is really special.

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• untouchablets member

  

  March 2016

  @swazzle don't feel bad for not finishing your workout!! You are allowed to be tired and take a break and sleep a little later. You SHOULD be doing that. Like I said yesterday, I am SUPER proud of you for everything you're accomplishing. It is probably more productive for you to skip a workout if you're not feeling it rather than try and feel bad about it.
  
  Hello everyone!
  
  I am feeling good! Alternate side parking ends today which means when I get home at 10 tonight I can park wherever the hell I want and probably not have to walk two blocks!! Yay!
  
  I also picked out my new gym, it was the UFC gym that I talked about yesterday. I loved it! The weight room was exactly what I wanted, I can even deadlift which isn't allowed at a lot of gyms. The price was right and if I want to do classes I can, just not all of them which is fine because I don't want to do Brazilian jiu jitsu anyway!
  
   I got a weird reaction from my roommate though. She basically tried to talk me OUT of getting fit. I told her about my day and how excited I am that I'm losing weight and that I can't wait to see my abs and she was like "the problem is you can't maintain that... And lifting weights doesn't make you strong." I was like what???? And then she tries to explain it but couldn't. So idk what that's about but I told her she can say that to my abs of steel sometime next year lol. 
  
  Today is super nice but I'm working 13 hours so I don't get to enjoy ANY of it
  
  

  

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• minskat30 member

  

  March 2016 edited March 2016

  @swazzle - I'm sorry you are frustrated...you are doing GREAT though!  Try sleeping a little earlier and see if that helps.  
  
  @southernpeach89 - Ha!  I'll join you in the "need a makeover" department.  My hair is a mess, my eyebrows haven't seen a tweezer in months and I'm not counting shaving because if I can't see it anymore because of the Ani-belly, it apparently doesn't exist.  
  
  @caseface5 - Love, love, LOVE the hair!
  
  @pambeesly524 - $400 is a lot for the clothes but it depends on if you need them of course.    AW the dress?  Is it in the other SF thread?  If so, I'll check that one out. 
  
  @CocoBellaF - I'm very happy for you that you can re-incorporate some light exercise.  As to weight, you know where I stand on that...in the same boat.    Don't take too much stock in the belly measurements (unless your doc is measuring you via ultrasound)...I was actually doing quite a bit of research on it since I found out I was measuring 1-2 weeks ahead consistently and the measurements are usually wrong (especially for shorties) and just to provide a going-forward base of how much you are growing.  
  
  @jenna8984 - Too sweet!    I love it.  
  
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  Yesterday was fabulous.  After work H picked me up and he bought me the most beautiful flowers and the sweetest card.  He also said something crystal (3rd anniversary is leather/crystal) is coming.    We went for a walk before dinner then I ate ALL the things at tapas...goat meat empanadas, asian pork salad,  patatas bravas (tapas not full on entrees of each obviously)...yum!!!
  
  Today is busy at work, nothing really exciting going on.

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• jenna8984 member

  

  March 2016

  @caseface5 WOW! What a difference, it looks fantastic! Makes you look older, not in a bad way, in a mature way- I love it!

  @cocobellaf Oh wow 4 weeks ahead is crazy! I always hear that plus or minus a week is normal but I haven't heard someone being that far ahead. I hope it's not pre-e and your health is ok! Have a great time at the work shower!

  @untouchablets sounds like someone is definitely jealous!!

  
  

                                                                   

  
  

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• Swazzle member

  

  March 2016

  @southernpeach89 - That's a really good idea. I feel like I already go to bed so early but if I start in small increments, that'll probably make it better. Thank you for the idea! You sound like a really hairy person right now LOL You're such a good friend, I'm sure your friend really appreciates everything you've done for her
  
  @PamBeesly524 - Yea, I work for a brokerage and those are trading hours. Before my coworker went out on maternity leave, she and I would alternate leaving early. Certain days I'd leave at 4, etc. I miss her lol Forget work, how are you supposed to knot with all of those meetings?!
  
  @caseface5 - Your haircut is incredible and you look freaking AMAZING! Congrats on that loss, you should be so proud of yourself!!!!! 
  
  @CocoBellaF - The program I'm following is 25 minute workouts Monday-Friday, Saturday is a rest day, and Sunday is a stretch workout. I hope you have an awesome time at your shower! 
  
  @jenna8984 - I'm usually in the shower a little after 5 and I finish getting ready at 5:50, then I take 10 minutes to do animal children things before heading out. Unfortunately there's really nothing that I can cut out or do faster except maybe picking out my clothes at night but really that only takes 5 minutes in the morning so not much of a difference, sadly. 
  
  @untouchablets - Thank you I'm glad you found a gym you like! Your roommate sounds like she doesn't know what she's talking about. Weights don't make you strong? Oh.ok. 
  
  @minskat30 - Ooooooooooooooooh! I can't wait to see what your H got for you! 
  

  
  
  

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• untouchablets member

  

  March 2016

  @caseface5 your hair looks awesome!!!
  @cocobellaf so glad your doc is lifting some restrictions! I hope everything checks out!
  @jenna8984 how nice of your friends!!

  

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• [Deleted User] member

  

  March 2016

  @minskat30 OMG shaving while pregnant is the absolute worst! I hate to admit this but Sean actually had to shave for me once because I couldn't reach around my belly lol. SO EMBARRASSING. BUT! If he wants me to shave then that's what had to happen lol.

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• minskat30 member

  

  March 2016

  @untouchablets - Ugh, I hate people who try to discourage you from being healthier.  Is she unhealthy?  It usually stems from a sense of competition, which is really sad if that is where it is coming from.  I mean, I'm a walking walrus lately and H got P90x for his birthday because that is what I know he wanted .... if that ain't love, I don't know what is.   

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• minskat30 member

  

  March 2016

  @southernpeach89 - Ha!  I thought about calling in the reinforcements (i.e., H) for shaving but decided against it.  As I get closer to labor, I don't want hairy everything so he might get called into active duty then.  

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• PamBeesly524 member

  

  March 2016

  @jenna8984 I did tune in this morning! I tuned in a little early and I see what you're saying about the hosts - they were complaining about the new plastic bag ban in Cambridge and callers were being so ignorant. And then afterwards they said coming up next was "Inside the crazy female brain" or something stupid like that. But the segment was funny!!
  
  @minskat30 Here's the dress:
  
  
  I didn't take any pics of it on me but it fits like a GLOVE and is so flattering - I'm just not sure I can justify the $140 price tag.
  
  @Swazzle your hours make sense now! H has a cousin who lives in Hoboken who works for a brokerage and he has similar cray cray hours. I hope your co worker comes back soon! And yeah I'll prob be a little MIA from NEY today.. blah. 
  
  
  

  

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• untouchablets member

  

  March 2016

  @minskat30 Yeah she is unhealthy but she's into fad diets. She knows what I'm doing is working (tracking calories by using a food scale, exercising) but insists that she just CANNOT do that and she's lost weight in other ways before so she'll do it again. Except it all came back before. So I'm going to treat it like politics and not talk to her about it...(she's a republican!  )

  

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• [Deleted User] member

  

  March 2016

  @minskat30 UGH....I went into labor being hairy and when the doctors decided that I needed to have a c-section they totally shaved me down there lol. I was totally not even caring then but it makes me laugh now because it was pretty hairy.

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• LizzyTish88 member

  

  March 2016

  @PamBeesly524 The price is steep but I love that dress!!

  

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• Swazzle member

  

  March 2016

  @PamBeesly524 - Ha! Now I can't help but wonder where he works. I won't be a creepy stalker though so you don't have to tell me  
  

  
  
  

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• PamBeesly524 member

  

  March 2016

  @Swazzle I would tell you but I honestly have no idea! And H is driving to NJ right now so I can't ask him... I'll try to remember to find out!
  

  

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• Swazzle member

  

  March 2016

  @PamBeesly524 - Remind me again where you're from? You're in/around Philly?
  

  
  
  

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• MissKittyDanger member

  

  March 2016

  Morning ladies,
  
  P&R this morning I'm in such a crap mood after having what feels like the worst morning and I just need to vent
  
  Run down of what happened
  - almost missed bus {legit ran out of my apt to it right there - luckily it stayed}
  - since it's raining, bus had drips every where and couldn't get another seat
  - packed {makes me feel claustrophobic}
  - went to Starbucks and burnt thumb because when trying to grab my drink my hand got really shakey {left over nerves from the bus}
  - almost fell trying to climb the hill to the sidewalk
  - splashed twice because PEOPLE DON'T WATCH WHEN TURNING CORNERS
  - tripped twice getting upstairs of my building because my boots are wet
  
  Urg .... I'm hoping the rest of the day is better!
  
  I'll be back later .... I have a bunch of photocopying to do for a file coming in later

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• minskat30 member

  

  March 2016

  @PamBeesly524 - Honestly $140 for a dress isn't too, too bad if it is quality.  Most of the dresses I buy are around that price point and they last for years...I have dresses in my closet that go back 10 years and are still wearable if they are classics...that one looks like a classic to me.    Enabler here though.
  
  @untouchablets - Yeah, just leave the subject alone from now on and let the scale/your clothes do the talking.  
  
  @southernpeach89 - That is hilarious (the shaving part not the emergency c-section obviously).  It would have been even more hilarious if they line-item charged you for it like a spa.    Don't feel bad though, I bet they would have done a quick shave for good measure even if you were semi-shaved already.  

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