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Forget dieting!

Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 8:36pm

 

I can’t believe I didn’t blog this, but the other day I tried dieting. I just thought to myself, hmm, maybe it would be a good idea to start eating less. I never dieted when I nursed Kayla and it took a while to lose my pregnancy weight. So I thought maybe I can jump start my weight loss this time around. So for the day I just ate less oatmeal, didn’t eat my usual 2 whole eggs in the morning, and had a sandwich for lunch, with lots of veggies. It was definitely less food intake than the norm for me.

Well, guess what? After lunch I tried nursing Jonah and I literally had no milk to give him. I squeezed and squeezed my boobs — no milk. I waited and waited for a let down — nothing. And poor Jonah was crying and crying. I could hear his tummy rumbling. So I tried to fix him a bottle of formula. He spits it out. Go figure. I just thought if he’s really hungry he’ll accept anything. But he just wanted my milk. And stupid me, it wasn’t until later that I figured out why he was crying so much. He was sucking and sucking, but nothing came out. Once I figured it out though, I just ate a lot late in the afternoon. And milk started coming in. And that night Jonah woke up every hour to feed, I guess to compensate for the no milk earlier that day. What a nightmare. Never again will I deprive my baby just so I could begin to lose weight! I think I’ll just forget dieting and see how only exercising will do.

For the record, I was 197 lbs. right before Jonah was born. So far in 3.5 months I’ve already lost 25 lbs. And that’s only with nursing and walking here and there. I’m at 170 lbs. right now and would like to lose another 20… but of course, not anytime soon.

What’s funny is that with Kayla, I ended up to be 196 lbs., right before her birth. And right before I got pregnant with Jonah I got down to 158 lbs., just 4 lbs. over my pre-pregnancy weight. And losing those 38 lbs. of pregnancy weight took me 2.5 years! I remember I walked a lot with Kayla almost right after her birth. But now with 2 in tow, it’s kind of tricky taking a walk. When we do take walks, Kayla now is old enough to ask to go to the donut shop. She loves the donut holes (she’ll only eat 2 and I eat the last 4). I, of course, give in because I want to treat myself to a donut after exercising I know, I know the donut kind of cancels the calories just burnt through walking.

Before, I told myself that I will start exercising when Jonah sleeps through the night. He is not doing that yet, but I think I will have to start exercising consistently already. It’s depressing for me to wear size 16 pants (Yikes!). I had to get a whole new wardrobe just so I can feel comfortable enough through this transition phase. I would’ve shopped at thrift stores for clothes, but none here at this city, so I got some clothes at Wal-Mart. Not too bad at all. It’s really crazy how my body changes.

Even my feet! Pre-pregnancy my shoe-size was size 8. Then I had to buy a pair of size 10 during pregnancy. Now I’m a size 9.5. Crazy.

So yea. Now everytime my breasts fill up and sprays Jonah during my let-down (even though he hates the sudden shower of milk), I send up a quiet prayer to the Almighty God. It’s so amazing how God designed my body to quickly adjust to the baby’s needs. Definitely forget dieting! And hello again stationary-bike-that-we-got-cheap-because-we-know-we-wouldn’t-get-on-it-often-enough-and-won’t-feel-guilty-because-we-got-it-cheap

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HOT!

Friday, May 16, 2008 at 5:39pm

 

It is SO hot out here in Chino Hills. There’s a fire already in nearby Pomona, and Aris just called to let me know there’s a fire just 5 minutes away from us. I’m so thankful we have air conditioning, and central A.C. at that.

Me, Kayla and Jonah went to McDonald’s today, after the library. Her dance class was canceled, which turned out to be real good for us because I had to return library books. Now whenever we go to the library I check out just about 25 books for her and 5 books for me (30 max is the limit per card). So guess what. This was the first time we were overdue — and for a WEEK. AAAgh, it definitely hurt when I found out the fee and how much I had to pay. Ready? A whole whopping $64. That’s the last time that will ever happen again! Which reminds me, I should probably write down the due date on our main calendar… So hence the McDonald’s trip, to not only get the jitters out of Kayla, but also to treat myself too

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Yeay Marshall’s!!

Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 2:19pm

Jonah is right now pooping on my thigh. Of course he is fully clothed and diapered. Man, that’s a lot, baby boy! Kayla is asleep. We had quite an eventful morning! I got a lot of stuff done – Yeay! My mother-in-law is coming tonight and I needed to get rid of & recycle the 5 months’ worth of plastic bottles in our garage.

So that’s what we did! First time ever I recycled with both kids. Kind of challenging. I kept the kids contained in our double stroller. And I still can’t believe we only got $3.39 for all that plastic! I think the guy jipped us. But he was real nice and helped me quite a bit… maybe because he saw I got two little ones tagging along Ok, let me change his diaper first.

Where was I? Oh, yes. Then after, I decided to go to Big 5 to get me a pair of good running shoes
on sale. The ones I have are not suitable for running anymore or for the walk/jog that I do. Anyway, the plan is, to get the shoes so I would exercise more Right now my form of exercise is walking with the kids in the double stroller for 45 minutes. Thanks to Kayla who demands to walk in the morning, we go almost every day now.

Anyway, afterwards I decided to visit the Marshall’s next door and do a little window-shopping. The last time I went to a Marshall’s was back in college. So I went in and ooooh how I like it! It’s my new favorite store now. I think it’s just right: a smidge above Ross, but a tad below Nordstrom Rack. I looked at their children’s shoes section and found some cute ones and the right brands! So I ended up getting Kayla a princess tennies and a StrideRite sandals, at a better price than the Mall’s! And I saw their women’s shoes section… oooooh I was drooling at the mouth The walkways and the aisles are larger than Ross, it’s cleaner and more organized than Ross, and in my opinion, more affordable than Nordtrom Rack. So, we got the shoes and were done! Of course I had to nurse Jonah in the shoe section for 10 minutes or so hehe…

On the way home, the little ones fell asleep. After unloading everything, which took about 20 minutes, I took a nice long shower and after that, organized our entryway, putting away the new shoes. Ok, gotta go, Kayla’s awake and gotta feed her lunch!

9:55 pm

Oh. my. gosh. Look just how much I’ve written(!) I wonder if it’s just a phase or if blogspot really got me blogging. We shall see….

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The 2 Drama’s before 10

 

Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 9:05am 9:07 A.M.

I love to journal. Blogging is new to me, so bear with me. It’s so much different than writing secretly on a piece of paper. But writing is definitely a release, no matter what shape or form. More to come later, since Jonah is restless on my lap now. Let me put him down for a nap.

9:39 A.M.
So while I was writing earlier, Kayla decided to poop in her diaper. I was waiting for her to get uncomfortable so she can let me know, so I can change her diaper and clean her up. Lo and behold, when I got done with the earlier blog I found her putting herself into the Ariel swimsuit I just got her (who said we’re going swimming, little girl?), complete with her Care Bear undies on. And yes, I found some poop marks on the carpet and I had to go hunt for the missing poopy diaper. I hope you understand, dear Reader, I was furious.

Here I am ready to put Jonah to sleep, which is about a 20 minute process and I couldn’t. I had to clean up the mess Kayla made first, so I had to put Jonah in the crib and leave him crying for about 10 minutes while I yelled at Kayla (“Where’s your poopy diaper??!!”). I’m looking at the clock and it’s only before 10 in the morning and we’ve already had 2 dramas in the day. I hate yelling at Kayla, but I am just exhausted from the night feedings, which gives me very little patience the next day (like today). All I need for her to do is to just listen to me every once in a while, you know? If she doesn’t, I start yelling. I try my darndest to not, though.

The first drama was when Kayla woke up. She came to our bedroom where I was feeding Jonah, to say good morning. I just finished nursing him so I was making my way to their room to put Jonah down in his crib. He fell asleep feeding. Then Kayla comes rushing in the room, caught sight of a card on top of the dresser and starts talking really loud “I want…” I just grabbed her and put her out of the room, explaining to her that Jonah is sleeping. She knows he just fell asleep because I told her, and she knows to be quiet when he’s sleeping! She starts to cry. She’s crying because she’s not getting what she wants (that bloody card). I told her “Mommy is going to get really really mad if you don’t stop crying right now.” And so she proceeds to cry in a high-pitch voice. And Jonah starts waking up. I put her in time-out in the living room and go to Jonah who is fully awake now. Kayla’s time-out was just extra long, longer than her 2-minute one. Grrrrrrrr!! That girl, sometimes! So yea, that was our first drama.

Maybe a day at the park is what we need. Okay, I’m going to get ready now.