Aye, Cap'n, It's the White Whale!
Greetings everyone from my new home in Preggersville. Thanks to all of you who have tried vainly to keep in touch and prompt me to keep blogging. I love hearing from you, but I just have not had anything on point (diet and exercise) to discuss.
Since my last post, I have swelled about 30 pounds and have stopped exercising almost entirely. The day after my post, I began bleeding, and my doctor put me on bedrest for a few weeks.
That got better, finally, but I had first-trimester stomach problems and could only keep down white processed carbs and dairy. And it wasn't even enjoyable! I think I ate my weight in Rice Krispies and cheese. The food shock to my system from a whole foods diet was dramatic and I gained 12 pounds in less than a month.
Since then, I've gotten back to eating a more normal diet, but I'm still just not real big on vegetables or fish (my previous faves). What I seem to want to eat when I'm pregnant just seems to have no basis in my normal food desires. I have returned to the world of fiber, however, and am doing my best to avoid anything with HFCS.
The exercise has been a real disappointment. When I first got pregnant I bought a book on prenatal yoga and planned to hit the gym at least twice a month. HAH! Right after I got off bed rest, I got a massive respiratory infection, which lasted two weeks. THEN, I started having these painful buggers known as round ligament pains that stop me in my tracks when I try to walk further than, say, 30 feet at a time. That's not all that's wrong with me, but it's all I feel like boring you with at the moment.
Basically, I've spent the last four months either in a rolling chair at work or in bed. Getting from Point A to Point B is all I can manage.
Now that the bleeding and ligament pain seem to have subsided, I'm so FREAKIN' HUGE, that I get cramps in my abs every time I try to roll over or pick something up off the floor. Boo. I went to a yoga class Monday and felt like a Weeble (remember those?), except I most certainly COULD fall down! I'm going to try again next week, however, because just being at the studio relaxes me, and I'm all about that right now.
For those of you who are interested, we finally found out that we're having a girl yesterday after FIVE sonograms. The baby was always asleep! The sonogram technician actually remarked on how round the baby's belly is. Oh, no!!!!! I had thought that before, but figured I was just projecting my own insecurities onto my unborn child. I really hope I'm not making my poor child fat in utero with all the french fries. Sigh.
Hope to hear from you all soon. I'll try to update more frequently. You know you can mark your calendars for sometime next summer when my all-new weight loss and exercise journey will begin.
