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Monthly Stats Update Time!  

I always knew October was one of my favorite months and this progress just seals the deal for it this year.  I’m SO proud of all the effort that went into this massive 12lb loss and 90 miles of walking.  I feel like the loss is also visibly showing on my silhouette and I’m finally making progress towards feeling good in my skin again.  

We’re coming up close to my sweet spot of feeling comfortable in my body (210s) while also encouraged to keep losing.  I felt damn good at 200lbs and while my Ultimate Goal Weight has always been 150 I love that I can truly enjoy the journey on the way down.  Not that I actually ever expect to hit 150.  I got to 165 for my wedding before quickly gaining 100lbs back when I moved to Virginia in 2016.  

I’m honestly surprised I’m losing this quickly and attribute it to all the walking, counting calories, staying keto and eating Factor75 for dinners almost every night.  Having macro and portion controlled meals easily accessible (that only take 2 minutes in the microwave) has made an incredible difference.  Also, being able to easily log the meals by just typing in the name of the dinner instead of having to list every ingredient makes the logging that much more convenient.  

Oh hai there!  We’ve just been off in our own little summer world of wake, play, eat, sleep repeat!  Thank you to the kind anon for checking in on me today.  If you don’t mind, I’ll give an update here rather than answering the ask.

In the past 2.5 weeks since my last post, here are a few highlights worth mentioning:

Kevin officially started his intern year of residency!  Which means he’s been at the hospital more than at home and his first stretch of shifts were all night shifts so he’d leave at 8:30 p.m. and get home around 10 a.m. then sleep until 8 p.m. the next day and do it all again.  We only saw him for maybe two 15 minute blocks, once in the morning and once at night. This has been extra hard given that he was at home with us non-stop for months prior to this.  

I had the week of July 5th off work!  Have I mentioned lately how much I love my job?? SO MUCH. 

During the week off erp and I met up with @nannyturnedmama and her little one!  We went to the zoo in 95 degree humid heat!  Thankfully she was extremely conscientious of my very pregnant overheated self and we had such a great time!  

I’ve started making cold brew!  But that’s only because I accidentally ordered a bag of ground decaf coffee instead of whole bean and I wanted to put it to good use.  It’s strange to me that the cold brew process is all done outside of the fridge.  Room temperature water mixed with grinds left out on the counter for 24 hours? No cold necessary. Weird.  

Making the most of my inclination for laziness while still wanting to be a good wife and provide meals for my husband, I signed up for Factor75 meal delivery service!  We cancelled Hello Fresh a few months ago because that was way too effort intensive for my liking.  I chose Factor due to the fact they have a great variety of keto options and it’s all ready to go meals!  While I’m not currently keto, Kevin is, and I do plan on getting back to keto quickly after baby August is born.  We’re now on our second week of meals and, I’ve gotta say, we’re really happy with it!!  The meals taste great and they’re ready in four minutes (two minutes in the microwave and two minutes of rest).  My only complaint is I want more after I finish eating, but that’s always the case with me unless I eat to uncomfortable levels.  

During the end of my week off work, Kevin also had a few days off so we decided to drive to North Carolina to visit my aunt, uncle, cousins and their kids!  We try to see them at least once a year since moving out to VA but obviously that didn’t happen last year due to covid.  It was SO FUN introducing erp to them all!  And, amazingly, my shy babe did SO well!  She loved being with my cousin’s 12 and 14 year old daughters and I loved letting them follow her around keeping her safe!  I actually got to kick back and put my feet up during non-nap times!  So this is what it’s like living near family?!  Sign me up!  

It’s CRAZY to me that I’m 35 weeks pregnant with baby August (who I think I’m going to start shortening to just August, Aug or Auggie. Which, obviously, is just a tumblr nickname and won’t be her actual name. Erp and Aug? Are we fans?)  

Knowing that I gave birth to erp at 37w0d is making my brain insane knowing I could possibly have less than two weeks left of this pregnancy.  But, this time, I actually packed a hospital bag!  I even pulled out my breast pump and got that ready to go to the hospital, too.  I had quite the time remembering how it all works though, apparently I blocked out that part of my life.  In fact, I’ve blocked out most of how to care for a newborn so I’m really glad my mom (retired NICU nurse) will be here in two weeks to help me navigate the first few weeks with August.  

Given that I now live in a three-story townhouse, where I sleep on the third floor and the nursery is on the second floor, I’m thinking of putting the pack and play in my bedroom so I can easily care for and nurse August without having to climb down/up stairs while still recovering from delivery.  As such, that means I should get a comfortable chair for the room, right?  Right now there’s nowhere to sit other than the bed and it’s a tall bed without any back support so the idea of nursing in bed sounds challenging at best.  But I’d also hate to waste money and buy a chair for just a few weeks/months before transitioning August to her crib in erp’s room?  But it wouldn’t be a waste if it’s helpful.  Also, the chairs I’m looking at would be around $150 which seems like a worthwhile investment if it makes my life easier for any period of time.  

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