The Best Thing About Pregnancy is Gaining Weight…

Said no one ever.

I’ve mentioned before in previous posts that I am a big gainer when I’m pregnant. Sure, some of this has to do with choices I make, but I also think that some of it is genetic and also has to do with how big my babies are (10 and 11 pounds). This is my first pregnancy where I have worked out the entire time and feel that I have been mindful about my eating habits overall. Of course, around Christmas time I did get a God-awful sweet tooth that I feared would never abate, but other than that I’ve felt that my eating habits have been relatively balanced. That said, ever since about week 15 I have stopped weighing myself and have requested they not tell me the number on the scale when I weigh at the doctor’s office. I know myself well enough to know that it’s not information I need to have because I will have some feelings about it that I can do without; even though I work very hard not to tie my feelings about myself to what I look like or weigh, there are times that I find it difficult not to do this.

Well, today I found out exactly how much weight I’ve gained: 27 pounds. My doctor was like, “Okay, so at this point you’ve gained 27 pounds and we want to encourage you to do your best to only gain about 1 pound a week from here on out.” When she said that number at first I was like, OMG 27 POUNDS!!! And felt a moment of panic. But then I was like, OMG 27 POUNDS! That means that if I stick to the 1 pound a week recommendation then I will have gained 38 pounds, which is 12 POUNDS LESS than I gained with Archer and 22 POUNDS LESS than I gained with Troy. I was like HELL YEAH! I’m doing great. And If I gain more than that, I’ll be okay with that too. I’m trying my best to take it day by day and to be realistic and reasonable; I’m not going to change anything that I’ve been doing and I’m going to try not to  stress or worry about it. 

Then this conversation happened with my friend who is also a Nurse Practitioner:

Thank God for friends who make you laugh!

Here are my three goals that I’m going to continue to work towards for the rest of my pregnancy:

1.       A gallon a day. Most days I get pretty close, but there are days that I struggle.

2.       Gym 3x week.  Even if it’s just for half an hour.

3.       Eating mindfully.

Stick around to see how this goes!