Another doctor visit….
Now it is getting down to the wire. My doctor visits are every week. I only have 2 weeks and 2 days left and I can’t wait. We are going in to the second month or so that I have gone and not gained weight. This is a great thing because since I lost the 65 pounds after having Isabel I have gained back 45 of them in 9 months and it makes me sad.
With Lil Tony and Isabel’s pregnancy I gained a lot of weight in the last 2 months. I gained enough each visit at the end that I had doctors not very happy with me, a little concerned even. This time I think the lack of weight gain has a lot to do with my inability to eat as often as I would like. I know I should be eating every couple of hours but then I would need to feed my kids that often too. I just don’t think they need to be eating all the time like that. Not only is that a lot of preparing food and such but it is a lot of food. Plus I just don’t have the time. I eat breakfast, lunch and dinner and an occasional snack somewhere in there. I think the lack of eating all the time is what is keeping me from gaining weight, in fact I would bet I am losing it because the baby is clearly getting bigger.
Again with the last 2 pregnancies, I at ALL THE TIME, and not the best of foods. I am really looking forward to getting back in shape, losing the 45 pounds I put back on and then some. I am not sure how I am going to be able to achieve that though. When I lost all the weight last time I had a gym at my apartment complex and I also had an elliptical in my house. Lil Tony slept a lot and so did Isabel. I don’t think I will need an appetite suppressant because the 3 lil ones are going to keep me plenty busy, I won’t have time to eat like I used to. The problem is that we now live in a 4 season state, so it’s winter now and I can’t really go out for walks. Not to mention, I don’t have a stroller big enough for 3 kids. In addition, I don’t have any exercise equipment in my house and the local gym I thought about going to had a fire last month and they are not sure when they are going to be able to reopen.
I think my only way to do anything about getting in to shape at first is to eat better. Watch what I eat. I wish I could afford a Wii because I would get a Wii fit and workout that way. Even if we could afford another exercise machine, we would have nowhere to put it.
When I lost the 65 pounds last time, I did it in about 4 months. I worked my butt off to do so though. At first I worked out several hours a day. Then I got to a plateau and I had to cut back, so I worked out everyday for an hour. Then I hit another plateau and I had to take a day or two off a week, but I still worked really hard. I counted my calories, it consumed my day. Making sure I ate the right things at the right time, drank enough water, logged my progress and food intake. It was a lot of work, but I did it in 4 months.
I just hope that I have some of the same great success as I did last time. I have a long way to go to feel healthy.
