Our baby girl is 25 weeks in the womb and has quite an active kick in her. This evening, I made my wife some Zone Pasta Mac-N-Cheese. (1 packet of Zone Fusili Pasta, 1/3 cup of Lite Alfredo Sauce, 1/3 cup of 2% Mexican blend cheeses, heated and served hot and stringy) It wasn't perfectly zoned, but she's pregnant and it was a treat because she went to the gym today with me

The best part was after dinner. our daughter kicked and kicked like I've never seen her do before, she had so much energy and excitement, I saw her little feet pop up my fingers for the first time. It's our first child and as a new dad to be, I'm just so excited! Getting and staying in the zone has been a huge lift for me, as all of my clothes is fitting totally loose now, almost to the point I'll need to retire my XL RL Polo's!

I'm Just in a sharing mood this evening. I see alot of people here struggle with their diet, day in and day out, week in and week out. I hope that each of you find a fire burning inside to motor your engine of convictions, and keep up the good work making good choices every day. I admit, with a child on the way, I've gotten a sense of dedication as I've not seen before and I'm using every pound losing day of it to the fullest! This morning I'm still at 227, that's after drinking very liberally at a birthday party this weekend and eating home cooked Chicken Mole all day Sunday, which I was able to actually zone out with less sauce, more chicken, and a Zone Flatbread If you haven't had home cooked Mole, I really suggest you try it. It's a special occassion meal in my family and it zones very well with Whole Wheat Tortillas from the store as well. I buy my wife the Mission Balance one with DHA in it, so our baby girl can get extra of the good stuff.

Question: How soon after my wife has our child should she consider starting to supplement with Omega RX? Right now she's on Prenexa and we're not wanting to do much more due to nausia, but I believe she'll be open to 1-2 caps of OmegaRx when she starts breast feeding.

Hi Steven, Glad to hear everything is going great w/ the little bundle of joy. You wife should start asap... Here are some articles not just about FO but about breast feeding...

http://www.drsears.com/tabId/399/it...-safe.aspx

http://www.drsears.com/tabId/399/it...nancy.aspx

http://www.drsears.com/tabId/399/itemId/10325/Breast-feeding-intelligence-and-obesity.aspx

http://www.drsears.com/tabId/399/itemId/10880/Effect-of-increasing-breast-milk-docosahexaenoic-a.aspx

http://www.drsears.com/tabId/399/itemId/13273/Genetic-variants-of-the-FADS1-FADS2-gene-cluster-a.aspx

http://www.drsears.com/tabId/399/itemId/14591/Breastfed-babies-may-become-smarter-teens.aspx

http://www.drsears.com/tabId/399/itemId/14591/Breastfed-babies-may-become-smarter-teens.aspx

Very exciting Steven!  It's so much fun, isn't it?  My little unborn grandson is very active too, and he's constantly sticking his little butt out (just like his mom used to do, hehe).  Omega Rx is important for your wife and daughter right now, not only after the birth.  The suggested amount is 4 capsules daily for pregnancy; it's the same amount used for maintenance in a healthy person with the ideal AA/EPA level.  She can also take that amount of Omega RX while breastfeeding.  It's very important for fetal brain development.  My daughter is only a few weeks behind you wife, in her second pregnancy, and takes 4 capsules Omega Rx daily.  She is the patient of an elite OBGYN surgeon's practice that specializes in high risk pregnancies (in the greater DC area) and they advocate taking ultra-refined fish oil concentrates during pregnancy, even for their surgical patients.

The loose clothes, I hear you.  Your enthusiasm will take you far in whatever you apply it too.  My tip is don't buy too many shirts in the size L's because you might just end up at a M.  I used to wear XXL and a size 22-24 ladies plus size pants, and ended up  S or M and 6 or 8 (all depends on the brand, you know...).  It's still unbelievable to me even though it happened 15 years ago, and I still have the same high level of enthusiasm about the Zone and my weight loss as I did back then (can you tell, lol?). 

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Thank you all so much! The support on this board is always a big help to keeping goals in sight. Today was no exception, I had a wonderful morning after stepping off the scale it read 225.0 ! Keep the good keepin' on!

I'll have to pass those articles to my wife to read

Steven, how nice! This is such a special time for you both. Enjoy every minute...it slips by so quickly.

Good for you on the weight loss and thanks for the encouragement. I'm inspired this week, doing really well and feeling good! You're right. The support here is priceless!

YES, Steven - enjoy it - it does go by quickly - it seems (at times) only yesterday our 23, 22, 21, & 19 year olds were so little . . . . .