27-10-2008 - chubba wubba

My mood while writing this blog: chubby

so up until now i've felt like i hadn't gained much weight at all. at 20 weeks i was still only 6lbs up from my pre-pregnancy weight, and i felt like i'd really be able to keep a handle on my weight gain throughout this whole pregnancy. well... i stepped on the scale this morning- just a little over a week from last time i weighed myself and WHAT ON EARTH?! i gained 7lbs since last time! at the end of 21 weeks i'm suddenly up to 13lbs! i haven't done anything different, haven't changed my eating or exercizing habits... i don't know what's going on. all the books say i'm supposed to be somewhere between 10-15lbs right now, and i'm right in the middle of that, which is fine, i know. however- why the $@#%! did i gain 7lbs that fast!?! i'm kind of freaking out that i'm just going to start gaining non-stop now.

my husband is leaving for colorado for a 12 day hunting trip on wednesday, and i'm all paranoid now that he's going to come back and i'm going to look like a cow. ugh.

well... i know that i need to keep eating healthy, keep exercizing, and not stress out about this, but it's still freaking me out. i'm going to cut back on sweets & sodium, and try and work out a little more and see if that halts this big gain. i guess ultimately i don't really care how much the scale says- as long as i feel good and my little baby boy is healthy. this is just my non-pregnant brain talking. it still sucks, though!