Pregnancy Week 31 Plan

You know how you calculate where you are in your pregnancy and then sometimes double check it? Well… It turns out, on my workout plan, I skipped week 7. So that made me wonder whether I was truly only 30 weeks pregnant and not 31. But then I check our ultrasound images, and based on that, I am 31 weeks and 5 days today. Well, it’s not an exact science, no matter what anyone says, but on one hand being only 30 weeks would give me more time to finish creating my prenatal course, on the other hand, being 31 weeks and 5 days means I’m that much closer to meeting Annabelle. 99% on the name. For now though, it’s 100% push time, and when Sophie came down with a fever, push time came early, my view at 6am last week:

Goals

Was it easy for you to pick a name for your child(ren)? Sophie’s name came so much easier, but we really struggled picking a second girl’s name. And for some reason, I sometimes have this feeling that Annabelle could be a boy. This pregnancy is just so different, in so many aspects, and anybody who sees my belly immediately says it’s a boy. I know, I know. The ultrasound said girl, but then again, it’s not like the ultrasound was never wrong – and you know how you start hearing those tales of people who were told it was going to be one and then turned out to be the other. My husband doesn’t want a 4D ultrasound, and I get it. But I so do. Haha.

Week31

So last week was tough. My husband was down with a stomach bug since Saturday the week before, and I could feel I was coming down with it. Neither of us had any energy, which is always bad, but especially when you have a toddler full of energy that wants to run around, ride her bike, play, and neither parent is in the shape to do it. We really felt so bad…. The worst day was Wednesday – my birthday. The stomach bug hit full on, which was really crappy (pun intended, and I apologize for my choice of words… kinda 😛 ) So I had to take meals easy that day, to keep my tummy safe… But that of course gave me an insane headache by 5:30pm, at which time I overate and was sick for the next 9 hours…. But at least I got to chat with my friend a bit in the middle of the night. 🙂

Then of course, Sophie came down with a fever, just for one night/day. I freaked out a bit, thinking it could be vaccine related. See, we’re in the catch-up phase (not to start a vaccine debate here, I believe in vaccination just not giving so many vaccines at a time so we’re a bit behind and have a new pediatrician), so by my own mistake I thought she got a 4th Polio (IPV) vaccine, so I frantically called her pedi’s office only to make them think I’m totally crazy. Haha. It happens, and I might just be a little bit in this pregnancy. But either way, Friday Sophie had a Celebration of Love Party where they exchanged cards and a ridiculous amount of candy and had a lunch party. It was the cutest thing. 

Sophie_Valentine

So back to last week: meals were not on track and I completed 2 out of the 5 planned workouts. #itsokay though. Being healthy is way more important and my body needed the rest. 

I finally feel a lot better though, I can’t tell you how amazing it feels to have the energy again to work out.

So with that, here’s my workout plan for this week:

Week31_WorkoutPlan

And our meal plan for this week:

Week31_MealPlan

Until next week: stay active, eat well, and be happy. 🙂 

My Fitness & Nutrition Sysyem

Ah, the last day of 2013. I promised I’d share how I stay on track, so here we go.

For fitness, I always have the workout calendar (I do workout programs that come with a calendar, and I create my own hybrids every now and then).

For nutrition, I plan. I plan using an excel sheet that took me about two months to create (wasn’t working on it day and night 😛 ) but it’s so worth it, because it makes meal planning a breeze. I have cookbooks, cooking magazines, and recipe books I love, so I just stroll through the pages, enter the recipe names with nutrition info in the excel sheet, and then I plan in advance, so I don’t have to improvise, which usually doesn’t turn out great. Here’s a screenshot for my “Mastersheet”, as I call it.Image

So let the work begin. Join me as I share my journey with you. Check this blog to see my:
Workout Plan
Nutrition Plan

Add me on MyFitnessPal to follow exactly what I eat: MomOfBalance

Follow my picture food diary starting January 6th at: https://www.evernote.com/pub/apple21hun/momofbalancefooddiary#st=p (if you have Evernote, you can sync with my notebook, Evernote is awesome, and I use Evernote Food for this diary).

Happy New Year, here’s to a fit, healthy, and happy new me and you! ❤