Wow

I can't believe I have neglected this log for so long. Here we are in April, and I haven't blogged since October! Probably because things got very interesting going into Thanksgiving - as in - finding out we are expecting our 2nd child!! I am currently 24 weeks along, and we are having a boy. His name will be Samuel Anthony.

Now, I was battling with gaining a little weight BEFORE I got pregnant - now, I am ashamed to say I am about 30 lbs higher than my lowest (at last weigh in) about 15 of that was pre-pregnancy, and the other half has been since. Now, I hear a lot of people say "but you're PREGNANT!! Of COURSE you're going to gain weight!" and YES, that is true - BUT the fact is that I have been making really poor choices when it comes to food. I have been seriously hungry, but I also have a sneaking suspicion that if I had been sticking to my rules of the RNY, I wouldn't feel so hungry so often.

I took the licence of eating carbs beyond where it should be.

Sugar. My nemesis. My arch enemy No. 1. I have been indulging in this completely-void-of-all-things-nutritious substance way too much. (damn you Cadbury creme eggs!!) including Starbucks. So, not only a nutritionally ugly habit, but also a financially draining one. So, as I sip on my Starbucks solo, grande, non-fat, no whip, iced mocha, I make the pledge that it is my last one. Neither my wallet nor my waistline can take it.

I have to say, that some of my total lack of munchie control may also be contributed to the fact that I am really at a loss for information. I can find lots of info on eating for pregnancy, and lots of info on eating after RNY, but the two together? BAH!! Not so easy! There is ONE message board I have found, but when I ask what people are eating, I get answers like "everything!!"And even though I feel like I am in the same boat, it's NOT helpful.

So, my first step is going to be to get rid of the sugar. I mean, I think it goes without saying that too much sugar is not a good thing for RNY OR pregnancy. So, that has to be priority. Next, I feel I have to start putting my protein first again, and THEN if I am still hungry, my high fiber carbs. Of course, when you are pregnant, you can' be carb free. The baby needs carbs to develop properly, but lemme tell ya - this baby doesn't need THIS many carbs!!

Anyway, I have to take this a step at a time, because just like anything else, if I try to do everything at once, I will just quit it. I don't feel like over all I have been horrible, I just feel like I have to stop things before they get out of hand.

I'll be back on here much more often, hopefully to keep myself accountable. You'll probably hear the good, the bad, and the ugly... be prepared.