HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

And I'd like to present... for your celebratory ammusement... my New Years Evening Snack:

Punkin Pie and a Pickle

I'm off to bed... sleep is a valuable asset in pregnancy... and with twins, more so than I ever knew previously!

Hugs, love, and best wishes to you and yours in the comming year, and many more to follow!

Back again...

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas Holiday and that those celebrating the Festival of Lights are enjoying their time with family. We had a REALLY mellow, nice Christmas. I baked home-made rolls (I love kneeding bread, its very therapeutic) and ham, greenbeans and salad... a rather healthy dinner if I do say so myself... I had Mart1nellis sparkling cider with the kids and made a full on caviar service for an appetizer for my hubby... he LOVED it (that was the bulk of his Christmas gift... he wanted food and food related gifts and while he was expecting Doritos... he should have known better!)

Our anniversary is tomorrow... I already gave him his gifts for that too... (he's a bit of a pocket-knife enthusiast, so I found him a couple of very unique/interesting knives) and he was thrilled.

Life in my little corner of the world is good. I am still gaining weight, the belly is growing and I'm becomming more aware every day of the beings within. They can push and kick pretty hard now, tho still not really detectable from the outside... except when one pushes out with a head or bum and you can feel the hard lump just under my skin.

I have updated belly pictures here... everything from week 10 on... I'm really developing a pregnant belly now, there is no mistaking it. We are 20 weeks today, and I've gained about 23lbs from the start of the pregnancy. I am pretty pleased with that as studies have shown that its important to gain weight EARLY with twin pregnancies to ensure good birthweights for the babies (even if they're early).

I am not walking every day, but 3+ times a week is average. I can't seem to motivate myself to continue lifting anything other than laundry, dishes and my own kids (heh... not even them anymore!)... so I know my muscle is diminishing *sigh*. I do walk 5-10 flights of stairs every day as I walk around the office tho, so that helps. Honestly tho... its not like I don't know how to get it back, hehehe... you're gonna see some intensity out of me post-pregnancy that you haven't seen since the early days of Lexysmash... prepare for it... ;)

As for the domain and blog and such moving, it looks like I will probably be able to stay put... I just need to get some revenue going for my host by pimping his server to other blog-owners who would be willing to pay a small fee for fairly unlimited services. Its a Linux based server tho, so if you only know winders, it won't be of much use to ya.

Ok... I'd better get some work done before they fire my ass.
hugs and kisses and here's some motivation for ya:

The most common new years resolution in the US is to "get in shape, eat right, and exercise" or some variation of that... and 90% of those who "resolve" in the new year, have stopped trying by March.

Don't give yourself a new years resolution... give yourself a new year goal... and then figure out what small changes you can make... one each month, or each week... to get you there by this time next year. Adapt, Improvise, Overcome!

*kisses*

Need new digs...

So my wonderful fabulous amazing (free) host is taking down his server... which means I need to find a new place for lexysmash and all of its related stuff (gallery, etc) to live.

I've been SPOILED by having a friend host my site and he's done anything I've asked and given me unlimited bandwidth and disk space which is just unheard of. And I totally don't blame him for it, I just need to find a new solution.

So... if anyone has any ideas, I'd love to hear about them!! I don't think I pull a lot of bandwidth each month, but I do have a LOT of pictures and such, plus 3 years of journal archives... so like I said, if you have any ideas for a new home for lexysmash... let me know!

Hoo Boy...

Ok... just gonna say it.

Its the holidays chickens (a favorite term of endearment to me). And I aint got time to compose lovely journal entries. So you will please forgive me as I disapear for the next couple of weeks into the joyous wonderment that is the holiday season.

I will bake, I will cook (even ham), I will decorate and entertain. I will shop (tho I'm mostly done now) and I WILL come up with another kick-ass anniversary present for my hubby, because despite it being 3 days after Christmas, our anniversary is more important to me than the big holiday and I want him to know HOW important it is, every single year.

Eat, drink, walk, play, take pictures, enjoy your family (if you can) and appreciate the days you have had on this earth and the days that are left to come.

Happy Holidays to all of my myriad friends!

Whoops... There went Weds and Thurs...

Sometimes a girl just can't win.

Wednesday's workout was great - light legs and 30+ minute walk at about 3.5mph, some incline, some flat line.

Thursday - docs appts. all morning left me drained, so I took a nap and then went for a short walk in the evening.

Today - didn't sleep well last night, thus forgot the gym-bag, so its another walkin' only day for me.

Weekend plans - ACK!!! Its like 9 days until Christmas... are you freakin' KIDDING ME??? ACK!!!

Workout Update!

Day 2 - 30 minute brisk walk at lunch. It was chilly but clear and gorgeous out.

I'm concerned a little about the minor swelling I'm having in my feet and even a little today in my hands. It seems so EARLY for swelling!!! SO I've upped my h2o intake significantly - 3 litres so far today, working on #4 as I type... and upping my protein as well. I honestly haven't been keeping a close enough eye on my protein intake the last few weeks (darned holiday and work stress) and I've been eating WAY too many processed foods (too much sodium).

The babies are doing well. We have the followup ultrasound on Baby A on Thursday, and I am hoping we'll get some answers then, but chances are we will not have anything solid until the first week of January.

Honestly I wish I could stop working now and just focus on the pregnancy and these little guys... but that's not going to happen, so I keep taking my vitamins, supplements and eating as well as I can... I keep exercising and finding way to reduce my stress and in 10 or so weeks I'll be done working for a while and I'll be able to really enjoy the end of this... my last (probably) pregnancy.

Thanks everyone for all of the support!!!

Workout Update:

Hooray!!!

I know I've been lax in posting... and especially in posting anything fitness related, but I have committed (AS OF TODAY) to working out every week day this week and posting the efforts here. Its time again for some accountability... it's time again for some motivation... and its time again to get this fat (and ever growing fatter) ass in gear.

That said... please don't laugh at my workouts. My fitness has slipped I will admit... I'm also preggo with twins and required to keep my HR under 140 (blech!)... so like I said, NO LAUGHING!!!

Workout:
5 minute warmup walk on TM @ 3.8mph
Upper body circuit: 3 sets at 15 reps each, no rest between exercises 60 seconds between sets all with 5lb dbs.
Shoulder press
Chest Fly - on exerball
Overhead Tricep press
Bicep Curl
18 minute walk (gonna ramp this one up) at 3.5-3.8 and 2 incline.
2 minute cool down walk at 3.2mph

Day one - DONE.

Tomorrow I am going to just walk. Wednesday will be lower body and walk. Thursday I will be taking off as I have docs appts. all day long, and friday will be a repeat of today.

My goal is to get up to 45 minutes walking per workout 5 days a week (or better) and 3 days of weights.

Right now I feel very good... energized. Chicken for lunch and only 2 hours left to work... Gym-time makes the work go faster too! YAY!!!

Feeling Groovy...

Saw a Nutritionist last week who specializes in pregnancy and diabetes care. She was a lot of fun to talk to and was quite impressed at my food-log. She praised my choice to eat only organic produce and meats/dairy when possible... and she got a kick out of my stories about my kids snacking habits (Yesterday Val wanted a Banana, and apple and grapes for his after school snack). She has asked me to add a Calcium/Magnesium supplement daily (which is really a good idea for any pregnany woman as it helps keep mineral salts ballanced and muscles relaxed) as well as a small iron supplement "just in case" with a vitamin C chaser for absorbtion... but I don't like the black-tar of doom that tends to create in my colon so I'm gonna stick with my prenatal, which has 28mg of iron anyway, for now.

I'm really enjoying late afternoon walks with the boys these days. Its been cold and dry the last few days and getting outside is invigorating... I know, intellectually, that I should be lifting more consistantly as well, but my fears over this pregnancy are puting a damper on my enthusiasm. Nutritionist reminded me that I can do upper body lifts while sitting in a chair, and she's right... I can and I should. My arms, neck, shoulders and upper back really could use the work... so I am determined to give it a go this week. Tonight is armchair-lifting experiment number one.

I'll let you know tomorrow how it goes! ;)

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