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July 23rd, 2012 at 06:07 am

Ay-yi-yi.

All I can say is, after the weekend I had, I felt fortunate that I gained less than 2 lbs. at my weigh-in tonight. I knew I was going to be heavier, but I wanted to at least stick to part of my routine so I can hopefully get back on track soon.

Even though I didn't work out, I feel like I've been on my feet much of the weekend. Maybe that's why I didn't gain as much as the calorie counts and lack of workouts would warrant.

July 21:
10 min. workout: No. 10/21
Calorie counting: Yes, estimated (gulp) 2,824. 21/21
No night snacks: Sort of? No. I don't know, I felt like I was constantly eating until pretty late, so I don't know where dinner ended and snacking began. I'm going to say I did snack. 17/21

July 22:
10 min. workout: No. 10/22
Calorie counting: Yes, estimated 1,945. 22/22
No night snacks: No, I needed to eat something for my antibiotics. 17/22

It was a mostly fun if hard weekend. Saturday was haircut day, as well as having our friends over to celebrate their 5-year anniversary. I ran around lugging bottles of wine and a massive box of Chinese takeout food and we all ate at our place. Then we rushed out to catch fireworks; the best Minneapolis fireworks are always late July, rather than on the 4th.

Lil AA fell out of her big-girl bed very early this morning; second time it's happened. NT positioned a beanbag chair by her bed tonight so if she does it again, hopefully it won't be such a bad shock for her. We're thinking about whether we can do anything else to help. She REALLY travels in her sleep. Frown

Today we only had one Skype call to England, but I promised my parents one, so I spoke with them later in the day. We got a new bedframe and put it together; now we'll have more bedroom storage space. I made a new complex dish for dinner (seitan stroganoff; seitan is a fake meat made of wheat) that was a big hit with everyone, so I'll probably get practice getting better at it!

I don't really know why the weekend felt so overwhelming. Part of it was NT being somewhat out of commission after his surgery; partly the lost sleep due to AA falling; partly I had my own illness to deal with, along with antibiotics. Tomorrow is my last day of parental leave, so I'll try to take it easy, get back on working out and a sane amount of calories, and just generally find my equilibrium.

6 Responses to “"Fitness" tracking”

  1. LuckyRobin Says:
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    They have bedrails you can attach to twin beds. It can help keep the child in the bed. We used to keep a spare mattress on the floor, but if you don't have one, maybe one of those 4 to 6 inch memory foam mattress toppers would be good to put down the whole length of the bed until she gets used to it. And if she still has problems you can always just put her mattress on the floor and forget about the frame for now. She's only, what, 2? She just may not be fully ready, hasn't develped that edge of bed consciousness yet, and that can be dangerous, especially since she's not a still sleeper.

  2. Jerry Says:
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    Our daughter really moves around her bed, as well. A few times I have come in to find her head and shoulders on the floor, while her legs and feet lead back up onto the bed! We just moved and she has a higher bed, now, so I think something like the beanbag chair idea could offer some insurance against a hard fall to the floor.
    Jerry

  3. CB in the City Says:
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    My grandchildren have a foam mattress topper with high edges. Seems to help a lot.

  4. ceejay74 Says:
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    There's a rail but it only goes halfway across, so she can get up there by herself. We lay her down so her head and torso are behind the bar, but she scooches around a lot. I will look into the foam topper, thanks! The beanbag is a good stopgap; NT wedged it partway under the bed so it wouldn't slide if she did fall on it.

    She may be a bit young after all; but she is SO proud of her big-girl bed that I think we'll try to find ways to make it safe rather than converting back to the crib.

    She takes naps on a cot at daycare and the daycare lady says she's fine; but I think for some reason she stays more still during her daytime nap than at night (?).

  5. rob62521 Says:
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    Hopefully the bean bag chair will do the trick. What a busy weekend you had!

  6. Monkey Mama Says:
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    Maybe buy a bigger (longer) rail?

    I can relate - my eldest sleeps like a log BUT he is SO wild in his sleep. LOL. Not sure what it is. He is 9 and I think we had the bed rail until about a year ago. The younger one does not need a bed rail in the least. But was one reason I really drug my feet to bother with a real bed. He's had his real bed a few months and has yet to fall out. Phew!

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