This morning my alarm went off waking me from a wonderful dream. In that dream I was healthy and fit - long and lean - and running. Running like the wind. It was amazing. But it was only a dream.
Here in the real world, there is no running being done by this McFatty. Except if you count running to the bathroom to pee every 17 minutes.
I have been avoiding the scale like the Bubonic Plague but knowing that this afternoon the mid-wife would force me on it I figured I should prepare myself. But nothing, NOTHING....could have prepared me for the number that answered back.
HOLY SHIT.
I weigh what I weighed the day I delivered my now 3-year old daughter. And I am only 17 weeks pregnant. Not cool.
And...its not pregnancy weight. Its not water weight. It's just big, fat Ben & Jerry weight. And it's not okay.
So. Today I wrote down my caloric intake. Later today I am going to talk a walk. Tonight I am going to fight all the urges to eat, well...anything after 7pm. And tomorrow.
Tomorrow is another day.
Game Plan:
Eat less.
Move more.
Drink water.
Maintain weight until Baby #4 makes his/her debut...
I think I can...I think I can....I think I can...I think I can...I think I can....I think I can...I think I can...I think I can....I think I can...I think I can...I think I can....I think I can...I think I can...I think I can....I think I can...I think I can...I think I can....I think I can...I think I can...I think I can....I think I can...I think I can...I think I can.
I can't imagine fighting the weight fight while pregnant. I have a hard enough time doing it without ever having kids. Good luck, and remember it's OK to gain some weight, your baby needs it. I just know the minute I start refusing myself anything I get thrown into a binge/shame spiral worse than if I'd just let myself have the few treats here and there that I originally wanted.
ReplyDeletethe fight is the same whether prego or not...it's just that I have this "excuse" to eat - and it's BAAAAD - I have to limit myself to 20 peanut butter eggs a day:) ha ha ha
ReplyDeleteDon't beat yourself up too much. You're on baby #4! That body of yours deserves a few peanut butter eggs. ;-)
ReplyDeletethanks chica...I switched it up and had a Coconut Egg last night...Coconut is a fruit, right?
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