Amanda's Update

Happy Monday Ladies!  Here's my check in post and how I'm meeting my goals.

1.) Maintain healthy weight gain throughout my pregnancy. -  Met with my doctor and I am very much on track with my weight gain which was a huge relief.  I am allowed to gain about 1 pound per week from here on out and only gain overall about 25-35lbs.  So that means I can't go over 175 EVER!  Even typing that number makes me cringe.  My daily calories allowance should not go over 1,800 calories either. 

2.) Get to the gym 3-4 times a week for cardio.  - I have not made it to the gym, but I did buy a heart rate monitor since I can't get over 140bpm for a heartrate.  I'm not kidding myself though, that's not really meeting the goal.

3.) 10,000 steps a day.  - I haven't quite gotten to this number, but I HAVE been wearing my FitBit everyday and tracking my calories on myfitnesspal.com so I just need to get outside and start walking every day!  No excuses now that it's getting warmer.

4.) Try one new healthy recipe per week.- I have really dropped the ball on this one!

5.) Stay away from processed foods whenever possible. - I have made some real changes in this category during the work week.  I have been bringing in fruit and other healthy snacks to eat during the day and it has helped manage my nausea and keep me on track with calories.

Overall: I'm feeling a lot better these days and looking forward to a healthy and relatively comfortable 2nd trimester.  We even got to hear the heartbeat on Friday which was an amazing experience and really a motivation to keep myself healthy and active.  I actually bought my first maternity shirt yesterday which was really weird, but hopefully I won't be big enough to wear it for another few weeks!

Keep motivated everyone!  Summer is just around the corner :)