I just thought I would write a quick post today. I am sure no one reads this blog any more since I never update so this would be a good place to complain :) (If you're dealing with IF please don't read this or you'll hate me, I would hate myself if it were me)
Anyways, I took a quiz last night that wanted to know my pre-pregnancy weight and then what weight I am at so far and what week. The results it said that I am gaining to much weight and started off over weight. I am embarrassed and feel like I can't do anything about it at this point. I LOVE being pregnant and I am so grateful for this blessing!!! BUT I am also very vain and want to be thin as well. Thin and pregnant would be great...oh how sad I am writing this! It only goes to show how week I am! I should just be happy to be pregnant and not care about how large I get. But I do and that's the ugly truth :(
This post put me over the edge! styleberry.blog
Don't worry. I think everyone gains a different amount. You will lose it in the end. But I can sympathize. I always think that if I every got pregnant again, I would be on a very strict diet.
ReplyDeleteOh hun, I'm right there with you. You are real and you are beautiful and no ridiculous quiz can change that.
ReplyDeleteI know its so hard but try not to worry about it, offer it up for those of us that want to be pregnant!! I deal a lot with my vanity and vainglory. Lord help me! I am sure you are beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteI agree with E. I recently tried offering up my anxiety and it actually helped. I also spend waaaaayyyyy too much time not liking the way I look and it's a terrible feeling, isn't it? It's like I know what a waste of time it is but I just can't shake it. But, for what it's worth, you are GORGEOUS, pregnant or not-pregnant. I've never once thought of you as being overweight, that's crazy! But I know we are our own worst critics. And remember - that extra weight is there for a reason! Our babies want to feel cozy cuddling with us :)
ReplyDeleteWhatever Amber! Ignore those numbers, you look fabulous! In that book club picture you look so thin!!!!
ReplyDeleteSeriously, her bump is me bloated after I ate something I should not have....
ReplyDeleteI think I might have read that blog after I had just given birth and she talked about how it was so easy to shed the 4.5 pounds she gained. Yeah, she has none of the health issues we have.
First of all, I think you are gorgeous! I have never seen you pregnant but I can only imagine how even more beautiful you are pregnant!
You can delete that blog from your sidebar for now! LOL :)
I can relate I'm 5wks and some days pregnant and already in maternity clothes! Oh its gonna get fun! ;) Thank God we have long hair! LOL ;)
Chin up lady!
Hey, still reading and happy to hear from you always! hey, don't worry. I did one of those as well and it said I was gaining way too much as well with AJ. Well, that stupid quiz can suck it! I gained the same 50 lbs I did with Charlie. With Charlie it took 9 mos or less to lose it all without working out, and with AJ it took a year. Its so worth it. I don't mind waiting to be skinny until a yr post baby. So worth it. But I must say, I do (in the back of my mind) really want to get back to skinny eventually. So far I have and you will do. Skinny and preg just don't go together in my case, but I am happy to settle for skinny after pregnant. Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteBelieve it or not... I can relate ;)
ReplyDeleteMy Dr last year told me I should gain 10 lbs because my BMI was too low for optimal fertility. So, I did. (Anything for a baby, right?) It took a while to actually get the weight on... but once it was on, it stayed on. I HATED the way I looked. I had fat around my midsection that I couldn't suck in, and it didn't seem to me to be a healthy weight gain. I knew my body. I knew that my optimal weight was the same one I had maintained since I was 18. So, I decided to lose it. Only, it didn't come off. FINALLY, about 6 months later, with the low GI diet, it came off and stayed off.
Now if/when someone mentions how thin I am, I tell them it's how I was designed to be. I don't think I'm supposed to be 10 lbs more.
For me, skinny and infertile NEED to go together. I wouldn't be able to handle fat and infertile, it would send me over the edge.