I've lost 3 pounds in a week. Aren't you supposed to gain weight when you're pregnant? I know I'm not eating enough, but I can't figure out how to eat more (quite a conundrum, I know.)
Here's the deal - I've spent the last 2 years trying to lose weight, for my wedding and then so I'd be at my healthiest whenever I got pregnant. So for 2 years, I've been in constant diet mode. Not extreme diet mode - no pills or shakes or weight loss programs - but I pay close attention to what I'm putting in my mouth. I rarely eat more than 600 calories between the time I wake up and the time I get home from work - and this works for me! I just eat really low-cal snacks all day and I stay full. I've lost 35 lbs in 2 years, and I'm pretty damn proud of that.
But this mentality is hard to break now that I'm pregnant. I know I'm not getting enough in one day. What I'm eating is healthy, it's just not enough. The baby is taking all of it, leaving me with very little. Hence the weight loss. And now I'm starting to think this may be why I wake up around 3:30 every morning - the baby and I are hungry. And why I get a little light-headed now and then.
So Operation Eat Like A Horse is about to commence. Chipotle anyone?
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