F/u to appointment

[sarack]

So I just got out of my appointment and I'm waiting for blood work to be done. My doctor said 1200 calories is too low and she doesn't know many people who could survive on that. She said my weight gain in the past couple weeks is great, and I shouldn't stress. I asked if I should lose weight and she said no. Which seems weird considering I'm now up officially 12lbs and she said I'm about half way to the 25-30 lbs she wants me to gain.

My plan is to get active, eat when I'm hungry, and eat salad for dinner and lunch. That should do the trick. If I lose weight and I'm not hungry, I'll re evaulate, but for now, this is it.

I broke down and cried in the room, my doctor felt really bad, then her pager went off! Lol.

Anyway, I feel much more relieved after talking to my doctor and all my scans will be there.

[picksthemusic]

Glad it went well! Also glad your doc told you the calorie restriction was too much. Did she give you a different calorie count?

And seriously, there is no reason for you to try to lose weight right now. Just stay active if you can and listen to your body.

I know this has been a huge emotional rollercoaster for you, but you're doing great!

[niq]

awww ... see you're totally doing fine!

[cdmay]

Glad she agrees you are doing well.  Eating well and being active are the best you can do -- while weight is an indicator, it's not the important part (even though it sounds like you are right on track!).  Keep up the good work!

[karebear219]

Hugs sarack. I'm glad it went well for you.

[jennlin]

<3

[sarack]

Thanks ladies and gent.

So I actually did my blood draw this morning, it was taking forever yesterday so I left. I somehow have lost 8lbs in the last 2 days. I started to be active (yesterday, i went to spin), but i'm eating the same.. except before i went to the gym yesterday i had some bad stuff for dinner. but i felt like i deserved it. i had an ice cream drumstick and a bagel and a hard boiled egg. but i hadn't had bread for a long time so i felt ok with it.

My doctor said that I know how to listen to my body, and as a doctor, she has to trust that I know what I'm doing. The weight monitoring is really for me, so that when I'm done being pregnant, I don't have a hard time losing all of the weight that I've gained. She also commended me for not gaining a ton in the past couple weeks and said that I obviously know what I'm doing, I just need to keep at it. Even though she said not to lose weight, I was sure that I'd lose weight if I worked out, and I'm seriously so happy that I did.

Sweating/working out yesterday felt so amazing. I almost felt like old Sarack, minus every time i stood up on that bike, my pelvis was cursing me out. but otherwise, it was fab. My friend who is skinnier and not pregnant couldn't keep up as well as i could, so that made me happy. maybe i'm not as out of shape as I was thinking.

It was a good day yesterday!

[Deleted]

(hugs) Also I'd do what you are planning to do. Eat healthy when you are hungry etc.

For what it's worth: When I was pregnant I literally lived on canned peaches for the first 5-16 weeks. Then I started eating like I usually did pre-pregnancy, but by the time I was 25 weeks I went to a Low fat diet (literally chicken breasts, fish, salads w/no dressing) for my gall bladder attacks. I lost 10lbs at the beginning of my pregnancy, barely gained it back and I lost 5 due to gall bladder. By the end of my pregnancy due to diet and everything I barely gained 20lbs. In the end T was perfectly healthy at 8lbs 8oz. What I'm trying to say is you can have perfectly healthy babies as long as you are taking care of yourself. Don't starve yourself but be reasonable about what you eat etc.