Changes All Around

Okay so I feel like it has been ages since I've been on here and I guess in the blogging world it has been!  I promise I have a pretty good excuse, but I'll get to that in a bit.  So all of you know that I was working my way into a size 6 for an October wedding.  Unfortunately I am having to alter my goals after realizing that it will be impossible for me to be down to that size in just a matter of months.  Don't get me wrong I'm not giving up, but at six months pregnant it might not be very healthy to be as skinny as I would like to be.

A bit of humor :)

That's right.  I'm Pregnant!  Now as happy as I am I'm not getting super excited just yet because we are barely into this a month and I have told myself I cannot get completely excited until my birthday in July after I have moved into the second trimester.  According to the timeline we are due in the beginning of January.  The funny thing about all of this is that my husband and I decided on April 16 that we were going to start trying to get pregnant next month, expecting it to take months due to some problems I've had in the past, but lo and behold... we were already pregnant!  So I guess it is a good thing we talked about it!  I had even bought a predictor kit to start using next month LOL!  You should have seen my face when that test was positive!  I had only taken it for practice... you know kicks and giggles... and I almost didn't look at so convinced I was it would say "not pregnant" but when I finally got out of the shower and I saw that word PREGNANT staring back at me I was like, "No... we haven't even tried yet..." I swear you could have just knocked me over on my freshly cleaned rear-end and I wouldn't have known the difference!

All celebration aside, I did have an instance of panic last week with some cramping and spotting the day I found out so this is why I'm trying not to be too ecstatic about all of this, and I probably shouldn't be making the announcement yet, but I needed to explain why I have been AWOL the past week or so.  Thus I ask that if you pray you pray for the health of my baby :)

How does this effect my diet and work out plan you ask?  Well things will change but I still plan to continue working out and eating healthy!  Remember my ultimate goal was to be healthy and in my mind Healthy Mom = Healthy Baby.  I'm going to be increasing my daily caloric intake by about 500 calories (which puts me at 1800 a day) and making sure each calorie counts for both of us!  I'm also going to be concentrating on more low impact work-outs like yoga, stretching, and such in an effort to take it easy while remaining active.  My friends Jaren and Candace told me to look up Total Body Sculpt with Gilad (Spelling?) so I'm going to do some researching this week to see what I can find!  I'm not allowed to really be super active just yet until I get some test results back from last week but let me tell you - I am MISSING IT!!  I already feel like an elephant just from missing a week of working out!

So I WON'T be doing some of these but I'll be working toward it :)

So if any of you out there have any tips/advice/wisdom for me I would appreciate it!  I'm always open for wisdom and advice but ultimately, just like anyone, I chose the bits and pieces that will work best for my family and me, and incorporate those into my life!  I'm also looking for some good, healthy recipes to try so if you have any of those please feel free to send them my way!  I'm about to start making myself eat fruit (which I do NOT like) so if you have any ideas of how to make it more appetizing that would be pretty awesome!

I'm also thinking about changing the name of my blog to: Ginger With A Bulge...  I'm still going to continue my journey through the world of exercise and eating healthy I'm just bringing someone else along with me :)  So though you may be hearing about some baby stuff... i.e.  I'm exhausted and just want to lay down and sleep... or that I, thank goodness, don't have morning sickness but I am stricken with nausea between 5:30pm and 6:30pm most nights... this is still going to be more about getting healthy than anything else!

So in closing ~ Pregnancy is obviously not the only thing in life that can change our future goals up a bit!  What challenges are you guys going through that may have caused a change of plans for you?  This is one of the many reasons that being flexible is a great and healthy personality trait to have!  Don't be so set in your ways that you can't joy the blessing that come your way while you are working toward your ultimate goals!

Thanks for all of your support and well wishes in advance :)  Just please keep us in your prayers!  I've waited for this for so long I don't think I have come to terms with it yet, but I will soon!  I'll be talking to you guys again soon!

Don't forget to keep in touch through Texas_Ginger23@yahoo.com!