Weight gain is bound to happen
So I am a little worried. Last year in August I began the long process of losing weight. I went in to it full force. I cut out all sweets and did major portion control. I counted calories like crazy. From August to December, I lost 60 pounds. That’s freakin’ great! Bad part is then came the holidays. I behaved myself for Thanksgiving, I even made a low fat/low calorie apple pie that I got the recipe from a Biggest Loser cookbook.
Then Christmas came and I decided to just enjoy myself. We made a large breakfast feast. No portion control for me. All the candy and sweets, WOW! I told myself I would get back on the wagon for the new year. I mean I even stopped working out. See the problem is I hit a plateau the last month, Nov-Dec. I was very discouraged. I was working out and eating right and saw no results.
Well the beginning of the year didn’t start like I wanted. I wasn’t working out like I had been and I wasn’t keeping up with portion control. So from January-March, I gained back about 13 pounds. Then I got pregnant. I wanted to get pregnant, it was planned. Now this pregnancy seems to be between Bubby and Bel’s pregnancies. I haven’t gotten sick but I feel like utter shit. I feel that I have to eat often to keep from getting sick. It seems like every hour I have to munch on something. I went to the store the other day and bought a bunch of fruit to try and help but I keep craving sweets. I have however, since getting pregnant been drinking a lot more water. So I foresee gaining some weight over the next 8 months, aside from baby weight. Maybe once my “morning sickness” months pass I need to focus on taking walks and such to try and stay active.
This is however, my last baby, so January 2010 I can focus on getting in to shape, being healthy and losing weight.
May 1st, 2009 at 6:40 pm
I know how you feel – I’ve always had to watch my weight or else I’d easily be overweight. So imagine how happy I was when I lost 35 of the 42 pounds that I gained while pregnant last year all within two weeks of having my son (without doing anything). The rest came off by two months post partum and I even lost an additional 5 (still without doing anything). However, once I stopped breastfeeding the end of January the weight quickly came back on. I’m now up 15 lbs just 3 months later, even though I haven’t been eating more/worse and I am more active now with a one year old than I’ve ever been. It’s really frustrating. . .but I know I need to get my butt in gear and actually start changing things now so as to get rid of these 15 extra pounds. At least being pregnant you have an excuse
I’m sorry you are feeling icky, though – I had horrible all day sickness for my first four months of pregnancy so that is actually what scares me the most about getting pregnant again. I have to actually decide if I’m ready to feel awful for 16 weeks again 
Here’s hoping that yours goes away soon!