So last night was the big night. John worked the night shift, and I stayed home with Bubby. Luckily he slept pretty well- woke up at 11:30pm, 4am, and then finally 6:30 am. I’m forgoing my normal morning nap trying to get used to it (honestly, I got about 8 cumulative hours last night, I shouldn’t even be tired). I missed John. It was weird not having him next to me all night, but I think I handled it. Camper did pee out of his PJ’s- twice- which makes me think that it just might be time to up his diaper size again.
In other news, I was weighing in at -3lbs. (I’ll just share the total weight lost, ok?) last night. That makes me happy for 4 days! This morning I was at -5, but I think that’s just the difference in time I weighed myself. A late afternoon weighing is the most accurate, since that’s when I started. All in all, I want to lose the recommended 2 lbs. a week. Not crazy, just steady. Once I get to my goal weight (-18 total) I can just maintain from there. So far the food has been good. I’ll have to share some of my recipes and things I’m cooking. It’s a little difficult to make dinner for everyone and figure out how much of it I can eat, considering I have to measure everything, but figuring it out is the hardest part. I find the portion sizes to be filling. I think I’m eating a lot more healthily, too. I figure in a couple of months I’ll have a collection of recipes that I’ve figured out how to make/adapt for the family and eat what I need to, too. Tonight it’s WW’s recipe Chicken with Warm Bean Salsa. It says it makes enough for 4…so I’m going to double it to feed everyone, and hopefully they get full. I might have to set mine aside so that I can measure it out and make sure I’m not eating too much. Last night was Chicken and Broccoli Pasta- my own creation. Twas yummy. And tomorrow I’m going to figure something out besides chicken ;)
I think I know why some women love to cook so much. When you realize how much work it is to plan/execute good, healthy meals for your family, you either have to learn to love it and do it well or hate your life in general. With the planning, shopping, cooking, etc. a SAHM’s job is pretty well planned out for her. Seriously. I just hope that I get to the point where I can just make healthy, filling things without so much effort. I’ve seen it done. I’m sure I’ll get there.
So now we’re onto our first day minus the Daddy. Is this what it’s like for people who’s spouses have to go to work? There’s no running off to Costco or BabiesRUs together, no sneaking some secret chicken nuggets, no watching things on the DVR or going for a drive. It’s sad! John seemed to be ok when he got home this morning, cuddled the Bubbs and gave him a bottle, then went up to his lair to sleep for a while. He officially has his own bedroom now…we put a bed in the office so that he can sleep hopefully undisturbed, and it worked out perfectly for him yesterday afternoon. It’s the same twin bed that we had in Bubby’s room in Provo, which as I remember is rather comfy. A blackout curtain in the window, some white noise on the iPod…and I’m hoping we have a relatively well-rested husband/father. And since I’m sending him to work with 2 different kinds of veggies in his dinner…maybe he’ll be nourished as well. One can only hope.
So yes, I’m adjusting. Let’s hope everyone else is, too.
Hi, Hey with alot of experience with working midnights, I just thought I would pass an idea for Johns lunch. What worked good for me was to eat the “big” meal around 9break, then at midnight I would have crackers and cheese, and 3 was the fruit. See the 9 oclock would get mostly digested when my body thought it should still be awake, the carbs were starting to bottom out around midnight, and you really need an extra boost from the sugar in fruit by 3. It kept me going for the 27 years, it did take some time to get used to it tho. The lighter meals do help you working nights. My big meal would be breakfast, then I would not wake up starving after sleeping for a few hours. Hopefully he will find his own best plan, cause everyone is different, but I thought I would make a few suggestions. Love you all,P
Eesh. That would be a tough schedule. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could have every day with our hubbies?
Sounds like you guys have a great plan. Glad to hear that things went so well with John’s first night of work. I am impressed you are doing great with WW.