The question is- is getting skinny while trying to (or thinking about) getting pregnant futile? I mean, you will just gain weight while pregnant, right?
I think there is no simple answer.
I FEEL THAT (and most doctors would agree) no one should gain 80 freakin' pounds in their face, arms, thighs, and ass while pregnant. That is just the result of using pregnancy as an excuse to eat whatever you want and not think about the consequences. It may feel awesome to eat yourself into oblivion and blame it on the child growing inside of you- oh yes, I get it, you're "eating for 2"- but in reality that's not the truth. When you are pregnant, you should be just as aware IF NOT MORE about what you are putting into your body BECAUSE IT IS ULTIMATELY ENDING UP IN YOUR CHILD'S BODY.
That being said, I read an article about two pregnant friends that had very different pregnancies.
The model on the left is 4 months pregnant and her friend on the right is 5 months pregnant. Yes, every woman carries differently. Every woman started off in a different place. Each of these women carried full term and gave birth to healthy babies.
Check out the model at 36 weeks (or 9 months):
Wow. You mean to tell me I can still work out while pregnant and not lose the baby? You mean to tell me I could see muscles while supporting my healthy baby? AND STILL LOOK GOOD IN YOGA PANTS??? I'm all about it.
So I am hoping, in my journey, that I will feel better losing a couple(if 30 is a couple...) pounds. I want to take some stress off my limbs and my mind, and I hope that it will ultimately help me to conceive. At which point I would like to continue a healthy lifestyle to bring a baby to full term. And to culminate it all, I would like to deliver a healthy baby and be ready to jump in to motherhood feet first (I mean because belly flopping isn't that great, it kinda hurts...). I don't want to be tired, sluggish, or self-conscious anymore. All of these things tie into my nutritional cleansing JOURNEY. I have been very worried to workout and keep to my shake regimen in fear that it's not pregnancy friendly. I almost fear everything is not 'pregnancy friendly', but this can't be true- plenty of people get pregnant and make it to full term every day, every year, for thousands of years!
Live your truth. Don't let people slam you for YOUR TRUTH.
I think there is no simple answer.
I FEEL THAT (and most doctors would agree) no one should gain 80 freakin' pounds in their face, arms, thighs, and ass while pregnant. That is just the result of using pregnancy as an excuse to eat whatever you want and not think about the consequences. It may feel awesome to eat yourself into oblivion and blame it on the child growing inside of you- oh yes, I get it, you're "eating for 2"- but in reality that's not the truth. When you are pregnant, you should be just as aware IF NOT MORE about what you are putting into your body BECAUSE IT IS ULTIMATELY ENDING UP IN YOUR CHILD'S BODY.
That being said, I read an article about two pregnant friends that had very different pregnancies.
The model on the left is 4 months pregnant and her friend on the right is 5 months pregnant. Yes, every woman carries differently. Every woman started off in a different place. Each of these women carried full term and gave birth to healthy babies.
Check out the model at 36 weeks (or 9 months):
Wow. You mean to tell me I can still work out while pregnant and not lose the baby? You mean to tell me I could see muscles while supporting my healthy baby? AND STILL LOOK GOOD IN YOGA PANTS??? I'm all about it.
So I am hoping, in my journey, that I will feel better losing a couple(if 30 is a couple...) pounds. I want to take some stress off my limbs and my mind, and I hope that it will ultimately help me to conceive. At which point I would like to continue a healthy lifestyle to bring a baby to full term. And to culminate it all, I would like to deliver a healthy baby and be ready to jump in to motherhood feet first (I mean because belly flopping isn't that great, it kinda hurts...). I don't want to be tired, sluggish, or self-conscious anymore. All of these things tie into my nutritional cleansing JOURNEY. I have been very worried to workout and keep to my shake regimen in fear that it's not pregnancy friendly. I almost fear everything is not 'pregnancy friendly', but this can't be true- plenty of people get pregnant and make it to full term every day, every year, for thousands of years!
Live your truth. Don't let people slam you for YOUR TRUTH.
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