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Hello ladies,
First, I know that I introduced my self some time back, but I have lurked here everyday. I have obtained a wealth of knowledge from you all. I had my RNY on 1/7/08. The way I looked at that, was the best day of my life. It was the first day of the rest of my life. I hoped to never eat a candy bar, ice cream, cake or cookies ever again. I did just that until I received the best news of my entire life. After 10 years of waiting my DH and I are expecting our first child. I was at first nervous about the upcoming weight gain. That worry soon ended. I was starving all the time! I was physically sick if I did not eat every couple of hours. I quickly learned to turn to food, again. My wonderful coworkers insist that every pregnant woman needs ice cream. They keep my freezer at work stocked up. I mean literally. Right now there are 4 different kinds of ice cream in the break room with my name on all of them. I caved into this horrible habit.
I am a nurse in a forensic mental hospital. It is bad when a mentally retarded patient tells you how fat you are getting. Every day this wonderful soul has informed me of how "you are gaining all your weight back".
This has got me to thinking. I am 24 weeks 2 days preggo (for which I am thankful)! I have gained 21 lbs! I don't mind the weight gain as much as seeing the scales tipping to 202 lbs. This horrifies me.
Yesterday I was catching up on all the weekend reading that I missed. I read a post about feeding kids junk, soda only being a treat, etc..............
That is how I feel! I do not want my child to ever experience 355 lbs! I want them to active and healthy! So why have I allowed these horrible patterns to come back in to my life?
Today I started dieting. BEFORE ANY ONE LYNCHES ME I'm not really dieting, but rather eating healthy. Today is the first day of the rest of my pregnancy. I have had a very low carb intake, and you know what? First the first day in months, I have not had a candy bar, chips, cake, or ice cream. These were starting to be my daily snacks.
I hope to curb the weight gain for my remaining 16 weeks.
I know this is a lengthy post and with all all this said, the message is Thank you!
I hope to continue to get back on track. I do not want to ever again allow food to dominate my life. Thank you for making me remember that I am accountable for every morsel of food that enters my mouth. Even if I have to eat more often, and larger quantities of food, I pray God gives me the courage to make it healthy choices.
Take care,
Mary
First, I know that I introduced my self some time back, but I have lurked here everyday. I have obtained a wealth of knowledge from you all. I had my RNY on 1/7/08. The way I looked at that, was the best day of my life. It was the first day of the rest of my life. I hoped to never eat a candy bar, ice cream, cake or cookies ever again. I did just that until I received the best news of my entire life. After 10 years of waiting my DH and I are expecting our first child. I was at first nervous about the upcoming weight gain. That worry soon ended. I was starving all the time! I was physically sick if I did not eat every couple of hours. I quickly learned to turn to food, again. My wonderful coworkers insist that every pregnant woman needs ice cream. They keep my freezer at work stocked up. I mean literally. Right now there are 4 different kinds of ice cream in the break room with my name on all of them. I caved into this horrible habit.
I am a nurse in a forensic mental hospital. It is bad when a mentally retarded patient tells you how fat you are getting. Every day this wonderful soul has informed me of how "you are gaining all your weight back".
This has got me to thinking. I am 24 weeks 2 days preggo (for which I am thankful)! I have gained 21 lbs! I don't mind the weight gain as much as seeing the scales tipping to 202 lbs. This horrifies me.
Yesterday I was catching up on all the weekend reading that I missed. I read a post about feeding kids junk, soda only being a treat, etc..............
That is how I feel! I do not want my child to ever experience 355 lbs! I want them to active and healthy! So why have I allowed these horrible patterns to come back in to my life?
Today I started dieting. BEFORE ANY ONE LYNCHES ME I'm not really dieting, but rather eating healthy. Today is the first day of the rest of my pregnancy. I have had a very low carb intake, and you know what? First the first day in months, I have not had a candy bar, chips, cake, or ice cream. These were starting to be my daily snacks.
I hope to curb the weight gain for my remaining 16 weeks.
I know this is a lengthy post and with all all this said, the message is Thank you!
I hope to continue to get back on track. I do not want to ever again allow food to dominate my life. Thank you for making me remember that I am accountable for every morsel of food that enters my mouth. Even if I have to eat more often, and larger quantities of food, I pray God gives me the courage to make it healthy choices.
Take care,
Mary
Mary
No lynching here...today being the first day of the rest of your pregnancy is not a bad place to start....and as long as you're not restricting yourself on eating period...just making healthier choices...it can only benefit you and your baby both. 21 pounds isn't too bad of a gain for the point you're at...but you obviously don't want to gain that much again in the 2nd part of your pregnancy....so you're taking healthy measures to stop it now.
As for the co-workers...it's sweet that they want to treat you w/ice cream...but maybe tell them a little white lie and tell them you are borderline gestational diabetes or something similar....so you can't have all those goodies...ask them to bring you some veggie sticks or something more healthy.
Nothing I can say about the mentally ill patients. You'll just have to remind yourself that they are will and though they know what they're saying, don't have that filter in their minds to think that maybe it's not the most tactful thing in the world to say. When they say something...just remind yourself that you're not fat, you're pregnant...and thank God for it.
No lynching here...today being the first day of the rest of your pregnancy is not a bad place to start....and as long as you're not restricting yourself on eating period...just making healthier choices...it can only benefit you and your baby both. 21 pounds isn't too bad of a gain for the point you're at...but you obviously don't want to gain that much again in the 2nd part of your pregnancy....so you're taking healthy measures to stop it now.
As for the co-workers...it's sweet that they want to treat you w/ice cream...but maybe tell them a little white lie and tell them you are borderline gestational diabetes or something similar....so you can't have all those goodies...ask them to bring you some veggie sticks or something more healthy.
Nothing I can say about the mentally ill patients. You'll just have to remind yourself that they are will and though they know what they're saying, don't have that filter in their minds to think that maybe it's not the most tactful thing in the world to say. When they say something...just remind yourself that you're not fat, you're pregnant...and thank God for it.
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