Low Fat Diet

I didn't think my entire Blog would turn into a pregnancy only discussion but CRAP! I just had my 23 week prenatal appointment and I gained 10 pounds in ONE month. What the CRAP!!?! So I cried. A normal person should gain a little less than one pound per week throughout the entire pregnancy. This equates to about 25-35 pounds of weight gain before delivery. Yup- well I've already added 37 pounds or so and I just hit the half-way mark 3 weeks ago. If I continue to gain about 1 pound per week then I will be looking at a total weight gain of 54 LBS! UGH. I know I haven't been as active as normal but it is really hard to 1)stay awake 2)find my inner drive to move 3)breathe 4)move my legs due to all the excess weight I'm carrying around 5)move due to all the muscle pains I get to experience as the baby grows. 

Anyway- It is really tough to be one of "those" people that pretty much weighs 125-133 all the time no matter what they do...and then be told by a Dr. that I should switch to a low-fat diet. Did I mention I cried? Mostly before he said that but then after he said that I obsessed over it for another 33 hours and counting... 

What adds to this is that pregnancy hormones already make me have girlie sad feelings more often than normal and I was already a little bit uncomfortable with the new shape of my body. Yeah- so I have a lot more respect for pregnant women out there knowing now what emotions and experiences take place. 

P.S. Don't ever respond to a pregnant woman's complaints with, "Yeah, but you'll soon have a baby!" or "It will all be worth it!" or "Just imagine how cute your baby will be". I know this may be hard to accept but those type of "reassurances" wear off after about the 15th week.... Why do they wear off? Because by then the woman has given up every comforting thing she ever enjoyed whether it be food, drink, clothes or activities and nearly every normal movement causes some sort of pain or discomfort. So yeah- I know that the day I have Avery I will be like- yay it is over I'm glad you are here- but from now until then- there is no way in the world that I am comforted by the thought of a cute, amazing little baby while I use handicap rails to get myself around.