My version of the best bite diet
Categories: Just for moms, Pregnancy & birth
Here are some things I am not going to miss about being pregnant:• The sensation of having the only upper quarter inch of my lungs available for the task of processing oxygen
• Having to hold my arms out for counter-balance when I lower myself to the toilet, lest I collapse abruptly onto the seat thanks to the growing inadequacy of my quad muscles
• Misjudging the amount of space my belly requires while parking and being unable to get out of my car with one single shred of dignity intact
• The esophageal corrosion caused by acidic stomach burblings
• Having every vein in my body displayed in lurid bulging blue relief
• Experiencing a miniature foot pressing painfully outward from my thin-skinned belly button area until I am absolutely, 100% convinced it is going to burst through in a horrorshow geyser of blood just like that scene in Alien
One thing I will miss, however:
• Eating pretty much whatever I want, whenever I want
I know I'll have a lot of bad eating habits to break once the baby is here and it's time to start thinking about getting back into shape again, but what can I say, if having a bowl of ice cream every night at 10 PM during my entire third trimester is wrong, I don't want to be right. I can't even tell you how relived I was to pass the glucose test with flying colors, because oh, the SUGAR cravings with this pregnancy. In fact, I liked that glucose drink-how gross is that?
I normally spend a lot of energy thinking of foods as being "bad" or "good" (like most of us do), and it's nice to just put that all aside for a while and eat whatever the hell my body wants. Even if it's fourteen Peppermint Patties followed by a handful of pretzels. With some green olives afterwards. And, um, a donut.
Oh, don't nag, it's not like I don't take a vitamin each day. (With a cookie chaser.)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
biscuit 1-05-2008 @ 1:46PM
I had to take the glucose test 2x because my dad has type 2 diabetes. . . I liked the drink too.
I use Reeses as chasers to everything. God Bless Reeses with their celebratory Christmas trees + Valentines hearts. So meaty. *MONCH MONCH MONCH MONCH*
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queenoqueens 1-05-2008 @ 1:53PM
Mmmmm...forbidden donut....
I ate with complete abandon on my 2nd pregnancy, figuring that the nursing would make the weight all go away, because that's what happened with my first.
BUT (and it's a big but, no pun intended), what happened instead, is that the universe laughed at me and said "oh you silly human, of COURSE it's not going to work the 2nd time around". For some reason, nursing did nothing for me the 2nd time around. I thought perhpas my body got more "efficient" at it, and didn't burn as many calories. I know that I didn't seem to engorge as much either, although I seemed to be providing just as much for the 2nd as I did the 1st.
What a gyp.
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Jill 1-05-2008 @ 2:18PM
You're making me actually wish I were pregnant! I've no excuse to crave donuts now.
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Heather 1-06-2008 @ 10:47AM
You and I are in the same boat. I have had the worst sugar cravings from day 1 of this pregnancy. Chocolate apparently goes with everything or before everything including breakfast. I just polished off two s'mores and am ready for a third. I'm more than ready to have this baby (due any day), but I'm going to miss eating with (pretty much) wild abandon. I bet my husband is going to miss all the delicious treats, too!
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renee 1-06-2008 @ 1:04PM
oh maaaan, i liked the glucose drink too! i thought i was the only one...
and oh, the donuts!
i'm still working on losing the 15 pounds of donut weight, 5 months after giving birth. (but it was soooooo worth it.)
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karen 1-07-2008 @ 9:20AM
It took me a long time to figure out what that was in the photo. I thought it was a mouth and a tooth for the longest!
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Brooke 1-07-2008 @ 2:33PM
I like the glucose drink too (and I get one tomorrow, woot!), but having to pound it in five minutes or less kind of ruins it for me.
I have 3 months left of eating what I want, Hallelujah, but I am depressed by previous comment stating the breastfeeding weight loss program did not work the second time around. Bummer! I was hoping the weight would just melt off like last time. Oh dear, oh dear. I need a donut.
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booksunread 1-08-2008 @ 8:28AM
I'm just out of my first trimester and what a relief this New Year's to NOT vow, as I have every year since I was 13, to eat less and lose weight. Oh the joy of pledging to eat more and gain weight this year!
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