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How my 9 months pregnant wife is feeling these days.
She’s like:
I can relate so much to this!!!!
Today I will make better choices
Yesterday was baaaad, ate like a horse, and it wasn't healthy food. And got no exercise, lazed around on the couch. Do I regret it? No. I'm pregnant as all hell and some days I need to just not care about what food I'm eating and how much exercise I am getting. But today is Sunday, the beginning of a new week, the chance for a fresh start. So today, I will make better choices than I did yesterday.
This has been a continuous struggle..
I’ve been so on and off the health train through this pregnancy, it’s one of the biggest struggles I’ve had. Where my will power and motivation went I don’t know, but it was replaced by powerful hormones that made me okay with letting myself go. With 50lbs gained so far in this pregnancy and 7 more weeks to go, I am definitely struggling more now than I ever have.
Sometimes I sit and look at old photos of myself. Wondering how the hell I let myself get this bad? How I let all my hard work over the last 3 years disappear because eating chocolate, donuts or chips on an (almost) daily basis somehow felt better than being healthy and happy. I don’t get it, but all I can really do is keep trying to do better.
So, starting today I’ve made the decision to (once again) jump back on the wagon and give these last 7 weeks my all. I’ve got my fitbit to help me stay on track with my goals, which are:
- Track calories every day
- Drink 3L of water daily
- Get in at least 5,000 steps per day
- Average 70,000 steps per week
I’ve already managed to resist junk food temptation. Sean busted out a bag of chips, put them in my lap and I asked him to take them away, which he did immediately. NSV for the win? I know I’m pretty proud.
I have to keep reminding myself, I can do this.
Pregnancy weight gain blues 😢
I'm sure many of you have seen my previous posts, and the issues continue. My doctors have been giving me a hard time about my weight gain during this pregnancy, and gave me the goal to only gain 2lbs in 2 weeks between check ups. So, I bought a gym pass, started hitting the gym and tracking my calories every day. Somehow, I've still managed to pack on 6lbs in 2 weeks putting me at a whopping 48lb gain so far for this pregnancy. I had a good cry in my doctors office, and was preparing for another lecture. Thankfully this time she was really nice, said it sounds like I'm doing everything I can and to just keep on keepin on!
Being pregnant, preparing for a child, working full time and being a full time student is one of the hardest things I've ever done 😥
Feeling a bit overwhelmed!!
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Rough morning 😰
Went to bed at 9, woke up at 5:20. I got a solid 8 hours in (even if you minus the three pees in the middle of the night). Yet I’m exhausted.
All I want to do is crawl back into bed, call in sick to work and sleeeeeeep. I haven’t felt this exhausted since the middle of the first trimester.
I’m the opposite right now. I got about four hours of sleep but feel strangely alert and energetic. Also, I hate how many times I have to pee in the middle of the night!
I tried really hard to go, got up, had some tea, then some decaf coffee. Had my bagel. Came time to get dressed and had a total meltdown. 20 solid minutes of uncontrollable sobs. I took that as my cue to give up and go back to bed.
I seriously hate hormones.
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I stopped tracking my weight gain for a while, and now that I weighed myself again I'm disappointed.
I don’t know if it’s because of bad eating habits, which I admit I’ve not been eating the healthiest, or it’s just from being constipated (One of the joys of pregnancy, you don’t ever poop normally.) but I’m now up to 194 lbs. At 24 weeks I should be between 186 and 191lbs so I guess it’s not that bad, but I started this pregnancy saying I was going to do everything I could to make sure I stayed fit and healthy, and instead ended up eating fast food for almost every meal. I have about 16 weeks left if I carry to the full 40, and my doctor said to gain 15 - 25lbs so in theory if I stick exactly to this number I’ve still go 10 more pounds to gain. I’ve been trying so hard not to focus on the scale, but now that I haven’t I think I screwed myself more than if I’d been weighing weekly. BUT, today is a new day, and I don’t want to dwell too much on the things I can’t undo, so I’m going to start eating healthy again and saying ‘No, thank you!’ to all of the fast food.
I feel your pain!! I thought I'd be at my healthiest during this pregnancy but between food aversions and cravings it is just not happening. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if this child came out as icecream I've been eating so much of it lately.
I'm trying to keep in mind that if there's a problem with my weight, my doctor will tell me. Other than that, I stay away from scales, I even tell her not to tell me my weight at my monthly check ins.
Remember that when its all over, you can get any extra weight off! You got this! You are a bamf growing a mini human inside of you and that is amazing.
I can now SEE baby move from the outside
I was just hanging out on the couch, enjoying my coffee and bagel, and all of a sudden my belly was moving under my shirt. I sat and watched for a couple minutes while my belly moved as if there was an alien inside it. Not going to lie, watching it makes me a little queezy/nauseated. Not cool!
HOLY HORMONES!
So I'm watching Extreme Weightloss and the girl is revealing herself to her friends and fam after 90 days and I'm sooo jealous of her jean wearing capabilities. And then her boyfriend proposes finally and I start crying. Good lord what is happening to me?!?
TMI Warning ⚠️
That hilarious moment when your man feels baby move for the first time.. While you're having sex 😂😂😂
Well hello nausea
Haven't felt you since the first trimester. Is this baby trying to tell me he doesn't enjoy my morning cup of coffee? Because holy hell I feel nauseous and dizzy!
The heart burn has begun..
And it is just rude! 😅
the-incredible-shrinking-darcy really?! I'm all about maternity pants haha I've been wearing them since I was 15 weeks. But I normally wear mid rise pants so high rise maternity pants don't bug me.
I'm pretty sure one of my legs is hollow!
If not, I have no idea where all this food is going. Before noon, I had eaten enough food to feed a person for a full day. It's just one of those days I guess! Trying to simmer down on the food and just drink lots of water. I feel like even though I think I'm hungry, I'm not. I don't need to eat THIS much food.
So tomorrow is Mothers Day
And I don't know how to feel about it. Do I celebrate it? Am I a mom yet? Technically I guess? But baby isn't here yet. I don't know!
So, as some may know I'm having a hard time not eating junk with this pregnancy. I went into it thinking "I'm not going to eat anything I wouldn't want my baby to eat". Well, that hasn't happened at all. A week ago, had mcdonalds for the first time in a year, tonight I gorged at earls and got dessert on top of my giant meal. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for treating yourself. However, I've made this my phone screen to try help me stay in check. Instead of having this "treat yoself" mentality every day like I have for the past two months, I want to limit it to once per week. Hopefully having this reminder on my phone will help when temptation is thrown my way!
I'm feeling very... Thick today. 😅