60-Day Challenge Check-In 6/9-6-14

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[hedra]

Blogging going well. Better now that we've got the Summer Nanny, because I get home from work an hour to an hour and a half earlier, and OH GOD does that make a difference in my energy, attention, abilities.

Exercise not going well. I have taken the stairs (three flights) more often, and I'm still eating more intentionally, but the exercise thing in general... well, partly sucked under by the heat wave, partly just not started well. Focus, focus...

[Moxie]

Retainer = awesome. And someone this weekend told me I have a beautiful smile, with such straight teeth, so that's even more motivation.

Journaling, are you kidding? I'm trying to read my book club books, read review books for here, exercise, knit, and keep up with the Bachelorette.

[enu]

Swam my bare minimum (2 days) so am happy with that, also made it into the ocean (full immersion) I think this is earliest ever in New England. Still have dreams of joining the polar bear club some year...

Reading. No. well, I read a lot, newpapers, magazines, but no books this week.

[caramama]

Wait... 60-day challenge? What's that? Did I say I'd participate? Hmmmm...

Now that my big deadlines are over and I'm back from vacation, I hope to at least think about these things again. And actually, I've been eating more veggies/fruits, but probably 2 servings a day and not the 3 I was going for. Charting is crap. But my libido is way up (thanks, Vacation!), so maybe if we just have a lot of sex I don't need to worry about when.

That doesn't address the spiritual aspect of being in tune with my body and ready to start trying again. I will have to work on that. Just as soon as the little one is sleeping through the night again. Cause any night now...

[Lisa F.]

lights out by 10:30, 1 x last week (benadryl for reaction to bite & I was out by 9pm!)
journaling, here & there.

[ada]

I twisted my right knee doing something. T-Tapp is not helping. So I'm taking a break. I think it should be good to go by this weekend. I'm still walking 10,000+ steps most days. I've got my parents into T-Tapp now. Even my dad! So I'm feeling really good about that.

[Mommy-O]

Supplements and water going well and I added Calcium/Magnesium to my regime.

Journaling, well more like list making/goal setting. I find this helps on those days when I feel like I am getting absolutely nothing done and I can look back and see that I have accomplished more than I thought.

No TTapping but I ordered the Walk away the Inches on special for $10 free shipping!! We have also started an evening family walk at our house. We get the kids in jammies and ready for bed, just in case they fall asleep along the way (not yet but there's hope). Last night we did an hour.

[Melba]

I suck.

SUCK.

Failing miserably at the 60 day challenge.

[paola]

Physical is totally out the window. Why is it that in Summer I tend to need more sugar than in winter. This happens every year and I can't work out why.

Mental ok. My baby-break can last up to 3 hours if it's just her and me, but if someone else is home (dad, son), back to 40 minutes and don't get anything done. Usually get the chore(s) done, but am spending too much time on the internet rather than doing something really fun. Am still sloggin' thru 'Jonathon Strange and Mr. Norrell'. Have been reading it since the last Challenge!!(well it is 1000 pages, but still)Want to finish it by friday as when I go on my romantic night away with hubby I want something less cumbersome to take on the train.

[Katie B.]

doing anything with a newborn is a zillion times more difficult than I thought it would be. Must try harder! On physical, at least; I think I can keep up on journaling if I aim for a more or less weekly blog post - which I have motivation for in that certain people *coff*my Mom*coff* are REALLY anxious for baby updates.

[rowan+keaton+mama]

I am back on track this week after falling short the last two. My 2.5 year old was sucking the life out of me with crankiness and attitude which has magically lifted the last few days. It's so easy to get sucked into a bad pattern but I think I shook it off, for the time being anyway.
Lots of outside time the last few days in between thundershowers. Journaling is going okay- the biggest help was our parent topics a week or so ago, since my journaling was about getting to the root of my anger with my mom. Tons of useful stuff for me to work through-and though I was absolutely exhausted and wanted a drink by the time I was done reading the comments each one of those days, it really helped once I let some things sink in.
@Katie B.- Congratulations! Your babe's a beaut!!

[piccolo]

Moxie,
Would it be possible to put in the check in title what Day of the Challenge we are on? I've totally lost track and I think the motivation of knowing where we are in the 60-day cycle would be good. (At least for me.)

Maybe:
60-day Challenge Check-In: Days 5-10

Then the date it is posted shows up directly underneath.

Just a suggestion. Thanks.

[piccolo]

That said, as long as I'm in the old house (we're moving within town and slowly) I remember to take my vitamin in the morning and usually meditate at night. But if I'm in the new house, it ain't happening.

So, now that we'll be in the new house a bit more than the old house I am hereby renewing my commitment to myself to get these habits working again in a new environment. Go me.

[ada]

Congrats Katie B!!! Taking care of a newborn in physical enough!! No need to do anything else. Really make sure you go easy on yourself and enjoy this time, as crazy as it might be.

[hedra]

Ditto on the congrats to Katie B! Ands also ditto on 'your body is in recovery, your best physical activity is resting and letting your hormones do their work returning to normal-ish' Journaling, though, I'll say is kind of fun if you manage weekly. I found that putting up a calendar and just noting things like 'fussy' or 'holding head up' or 'mommy is cranky' or 'jaundice' or whatever helped me remember what happened all week. Otherwise, sleep deprivation = no recall of yesterday, let alone earlier in the week!

My mom printed out the emails I sent out (no blog at the time), and made them into books for the kids. I thought that was pretty cool. :)

[Joy]

Welll...

Let's just say the goals from the LAST 60 day challenge are going GREAT!! As for this one, not so much. Time on the elliptical is up to 45 minutes, 5x a week. (yes, me who's never excercised ever before in her life... I'm 32.) I go almost 3.5 miles and I can't believe it myself. (is it horrible that I plop my 19 mo. old and her 5 yr. old sister down on the bed in my room with me if front of Disney's Enchanted for 45 minutes while I excercise?) Anyway, drinking water like crazy, and I've lost 21 lbs. since April.
One major cleaning chore a day? Nope. Reading to my kids everyday? Nope. But the older two are reading to themselves a lot more. (I guess the 19 mo. old is out of luck.) Guess I'll go clean my bathrooms now.. no time like the present, right?

[Maureen]

Okay, haven't unwrapped the TTap DVD so no on that one... think I figured out where I stashed it so I guess I'm making some progress :)

As for organizing something once a week (I think that was my goal - might have to go back to check) - kind of mixed results. I think I've done three organizing binges since the 60-day challenge started, so that puts me 3 weeks behind (or 3 organizing projects).

[pnuts mama]

katie b- congratulations! so happy for you and have been thinking about you and the other mamas who should be mamas around now...and for the love of god, woman, forget physical anything as the nursing and recovering from labor and delivery are the most you should be concentrating on right now...i know how hard it is what with the hormones and the "i should be doing___" right now, but seriously, relax and enjoy the snuggling with your beautiful baby girl!!

i also agree w/ hedra- i kept a 'baby's first year calendar for the pnut that if i didn't write in the box each day (just milestones, who visited, where we went, etc) i'd jot a note on my day planner and fill in later...bought one for the bean and we'll see how it goes.

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i can't even remember my goals anymore. no matter what i do or eat i am swelling and getting the carpal tunnel pain in my hands and arms, dr appt tonight will tell us where we are for labor expectations i suppose- thought for sure it was last thursday, but here i am, cervix and placenta still trucking along, which is nice to get more things done around the house, that is, when i can feel my hands to do so...

emotionally, i thought i was doing better with my anger and being better to those i love the most. i imagine i've let go of a lot of stress now that the bean is nearly term. had a bad morning, am trying to do better. realized that my sisters impending move 2000 miles away is really bothering me more than i'm admitting to anyone (even me) and i need to get with it. i have to let go of my anger and disappointment with her and invite her to the labor/delivery of the bean already. part of me won't let it go, part of me knows i have to or that will be irreparable for us. i am a swirling mess of emotions here.

i wonder how many times i can ask God to give me grace before God tells me to hush up and feel it already. sigh.

[Madeleine]

Hugs to pnuts mama. The swirling mess of emotions is no fun.

I did T-Tapp last night, the way it was meant to be done -- in a hotel room! Admittedly, I might not have gotten around to it except that the hotel wireless was so terrible I couldn't read my favorite blogs.

I was home in time for putting my daughter to bed tonight, and I was calm but firm with her procrastinating, so that was pretty good.

[Catherine]

Water drinking is great -- it's totally second nature now, and I'm contemplating trying to just drop the diet soda altogether. I also love having something I know I can succeed at every day, especially at a time when other things aren't going so well.

Sex and intimacy -- okay. Not meeting my twice a week goal every week and am feeling it in the strain between me and my husband. I'm not succeeding in making the final revisions to my dissertation, and the stress is making me extremely prickly. It would be nice if I could let writing-related frustration just be what it is and not have it poison other things, too.

[Chaosgirl]

I feel like I'm in a confessional -- Like several others, I too have completely forgotten what I committed to doing, and I don't know what day of the challenge we're on. Greaat.

But I have been exercising every day for the past 10 days, eating better (no snacking), and trying to drink more water. I think I've even shed a few pounds. Yay me!

However, despite this gain, or rather loss, I haven't been taking my vits regularly and the dip in Vit B and omegas is killing my mood. I've also been forgetting to wear my mouthguard at night so the headaches are back.

Why is it some times so freaking hard to do the seemingly simple things that will make each day better?

I think I was supposed to also include some sort of positive affirmation to ward of the depresso-nasties. Funny, my horoscope this week offered the same advice:

"You really have no right to tear yourself down. Badmouthing yourself is a first-degree sin, and so is being mean to yourself or depriving yourself of the care you need to thrive. This is always true, of course, but in the coming week it's more crucial than ever that you refrain from even the subtlest forms of self-abuse. To be anything less than an imaginative lover and nurturer toward yourself could upset the cosmic equilibrium so profoundly that everyone else would suffer, too. Therefore, you owe it to the rest of us to shower yourself with blessings."

Thanks Rob Brezsny...those words are keeping me going...

Pnuts mama - I had the carpal tunnel at the end of my pregnancy too. Man it sucks. I hope the swirling mess has calmed a bit.

Catherine - been there. What helped me get it over with was; 1) making a list of everything that had to be changed, 2) setting a reasonable daily goal (set a small goal so you can reach it - like writing a paragraph, revising a table, whatever), and 3) victoriously crossing each thing off the list. At first, the list seemed enormous etc., but the satisfaction of crossing off that list was gold. Best of luck!!

[hedra]

@pnuts mama, hugs to you - emotional tangles are normal for late term preg, yes? Growly mama bear, not so happy. Anyway, even if not totally normal, at least the same as me for two of three pregs. Good luck with the appointment! (Or was that yesterday? Oh, wait, day before... now have to go see if you commented today at all...)

[pnuts mama]

thanks- had a productive conversation (the first in a long time) with my sister yesterday and went to see her today. definitely is helping me calm down in some ways but bringing up an awful lot of sadness in others.

my dr said "you may actually make it to 38 weeks!" which surprised all of us- she'll be away this weekend so we're hoping for another weekend- then whatever, seriously, i'm ready for this boy already! the numbness/pain in my arms and hands is getting silly- i had forgotten how long i had it with pnut and can't believe it! it's awful! oh well.

hope everyone has a great weekend!

[hedra]

@pnuts mama, woo for hopefully making it to 38! And I hope (for your sake) it won't be too much beyond that (you know the stories, 'you're so high risk, you certainly won't go past 34 weeks. Okay, you might make 38, wouldn't that be great? You're 41 weeks, we might want to talk about induction...' I even know some twin moms who were 41-42 weekers, and a very few who edged past the 42 week point, too!)

[pnuts mama]

@hedra- ha, a friend said last week that "wouldn't it be funny if you went a week over?" i was like, not really.
saw the doc today, thought maybe i started leaking over night, but no, although i am officially 100% effaced with no real dilation (same reason i had to be induced w/ pnut after my water broke) had a quick sono and another test to confirm the fluid is still intact and he's doing well and it could still be anyday now. so funny, as i never would have imagined after all that drama we'd make it this far. which is wonderful, but a little weird. i'm going to credit the fish oil, i think, and the new couch. job well done, there. will let you know when things change!

[hedra]

Stop taking the fish oil if you want labor to start.

Two reasons: 1) It is a blood thinner, and can increase the bleeding postpartum. 2) It may suppress prostoglandins, and actually SUPPRESS labor. This is currently being researched, but I know a few multiples moms who had to stop doing their overdoses of fish oil before labor would start.

My little sister can walk around fully effaced and 6 cm dilated for a week or more, and not go into labor. Whe she goes, though, she goes fast (1 hour or less)... she's pretty much all the way there, already. She doesn't even feel contractions unless her water breaks or she's near transition (or both).

[hedra]

Oh, and I found that the extra, um, juiciness was a pre-labor sign for me. 4-5 days before labor started. My GI tract would, erm, speed up about 3 days before. Those were my cues. (Though at the time, I was never SURE that they were 'it' for signs - only in retrospect was it obvious. Ep said that guessing pre-labor signs was like reading goat entrails - much easier to figure out what that meant after labor started, than before!)

[Madeleine]

Challenge? Am I doing a challenge?

Yeah. That good.

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