Still Maintaining!

[Becka]

Well, gang, I'm still maintaining my weight. It fluxuates day by day
up or down one pound, but for the most part, it's holding. Seen as
how I'm approaching 4 months pregnant, that's a good thing!

I actually don't eat much, because certain foods spike my blood sugar,
but also, more importantly, there just ain't "room" anymore in my
belly for big helpings. Everything is being pushed upwards, making my
belly rounder.

Since my gutsky was round to begin with (lol) I'm not "showing",
unless you know what I looked like before. Before, my belly was like
a pear. Now, it's like an apple, even hard when I stand up rather
than jiggly. :P My pants are tighter than they used to be, but I can
still zip them. I'm sure my "skinny" pants wouldn't fit, and I
haven't tried them for a few weeks, but the pants I used to wear when
I was heavier do fit. It's funny, it fits around the waist, but the
legs are all ballooney from still being too big. Heh

I have a doc's appt. today, and if they happen to give me another
ultrasound (which they might, as my dr. mentioned keeping a close eye
on the development of the baby), I'm hoping baby is big enough to find
out what it is. Exciting! I'll let you know if/when that
happens. :D

I'm assuming eating a bit less and keeping consistent with eating
breakfast and drinking my diet green teas have kept any weight off for
the most part. I haven't been exercising, and I really need to start
that up again. Problem is, I do anything overly physical, I am
EXHAUSTED after and need to take a nap. Took the kids to the zoo the
other day to see their new dinosaur exhibit, and even though we didn't
walk around to see the whole park, I was still wasted when we got
home. Same with just going to Costco or what have you.

Perhaps my body is burning more calories just doing mundane things
than it would be normally. I dunno.

Anywho, just an update that I haven't lost nor gained. Holdin'
steady!

~~Becka

[Becka]

No baby gender yet - gotta wait 3 weeks for my "big" ultrasound at the hospital.  No big deal.

 

But the doc's scale said I'd lost 6 pounds since I'd last been in.  Huh, haven't noticed such a drastic change on my home scale, unless the loss has been so slow I never registered it...  Yes, I had my shoes on.  :P 

 

~~Becka

[Luann Hopkins]

Becka,

 

That is awesome!  You are doing great!  Good for you.  Keep it up.  Obviously you are doing the right things.  Four months pregnant with no weight gain means that you are actually still losing weight - you should be very proud of yourself.

 

I am waiting on pins and needles to see if you find out the sex of the baby.  It's sooooo exciting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

For the record, I am plateaued something fierce.  I haven't lost or gained anything in a good two months now.  I heard that fasting a day or two can break a plateau, so I may try that next week - just have diet green tea and water for a day or two to see if that will start me back on a losing weight path.  I've started adding weights to my exercise - doing the Leslie Sansone upper and lower body workouts with hand and ankle weights.  It's very tiring for me at this point, so I presume it's something I need to continue doing to build up my puny muscles.

 

I hope everyone else is still doing good on their weight loss/exercise plans.  I get my inspiration from all of your updates, so post some more already!  :-)

 

 

Mom/Luann

 

 

 

 

 

I hope everyone else is doing well.

[Luann Hopkins]

You go, girl!!!!   You are now my super hero!  Losing 6 pounds while pregnant . . . quite the achievement!

 

Love,

Mom

[Valerie Howland]

wooohooo beckabecks....i also have lost 6 pounds...im not sure from where but everything you described above is me!!!!!  thank you for writing the update onus!

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Valerie Howland

[Luann Hopkins]

Val,

 

Way to go!  You rock too!!!!!  :-)

 

Luann

[Becka]

Wow, stepped on the scale this morning only to find it's ONE pound
away from a 50 pound loss since Jan. 30th!!!

I was so shocked, I had to move the scale and step on it again :P
But, it read the same exact reading.

Sadly, I tried on my "medium" skinny pants this morning, and they
squish baby too much. :( Don't fit in them any more. Unless I buy
some maternity wear soon, I'll be stuck wearing the jeans that
moderately fit me around the waist with ballooney legs. LOL

I'm not sure I'm liking this bittersweet weightloss... I'm just
hoping it will continue as baby continues to grow. Then, I'll have
something to look forward to after baby is born. You think they'd let
me bring my scale into my room at the hospital? Heheheh....

~~Becka

[Luann Hopkins]

Good grief!  You are doing so great!  I'm jealous JEALOUS JEALOUS (in a good and admiring way)!!!  :-)