Feed Me, Seymour!

Before I got pregnant, as many of you know, I was trying to lose weight for my nutrition class and just to get back down to my normal weight since I've gained a bunch since getting married. I cut my calorie intake pretty much in half and had lost about 5 or 6 lbs but that's about as far as it went. However, I wasn't eating anywhere near as much as I had been before and I was trying to make healthier food choices which are both good things and in the long run would help me lose more weight.

Now that I'm pregnant and supposed to be gaining weight I just can't seem to do it. Understandably, the first several months I lost weight because I couldn't keep much down, even water most of the time. But even now that I'm on a medication that's working and I'm getting further into the pregnancy and I'm starting to feel better I can't seem to eat enough to gain weight. I'm supposed to be eating around 2,000-2,300 calories a day and no matter how hard I try I just can't seem to consume that much!

Part of it may be that my body got used to only getting about 1,200 calories and any more than that makes me full. Also, I'm trying to eat healthier for the baby's sake and fruits and vegetables just don't add up to a lot of calories. I haven't really had any weird cravings yet or the desire to eat in the middle of the night. I guess I'm just waiting for those to kick in and then I'm sure I'll gain plenty of weight. Hopefully not too much.

And I really shouldn't complain that I'm losing instead of gaining because there's still plenty of me for the baby to live off of even if I'm not getting as many calories as I think I should. Maybe I won't have much to lose to get down to my normal weight once the baby gets here! That would be very nice.