...when she sits on a rainbow, Skittles pop out!
Mmmm...Skittles...
Ok, so I've been busting my tail trying to get the rest of my baby weight off. Between my 10-year high school reunion on the 29th of this month and a cruise in November, I have plenty of motivation. It's been 18 months (tomorrow) since I had Jonathan and I'm down to the weight I was when I found out I was pregnant. This is wonderful, however I was 6-7 weeks along when I found out. I remember calling my mom crying, wondering "why was I gaining so much weight?". Her response - "Honey, sometimes people gain weight once they get married. It's completely natural." I refused to believe I was one of those people who got complacent with themselves just because I'd found my soulmate, but she had a point. My mom's good like that.
That's the beauty of getting pregnant on birth control, 30 days after you get married. We had no idea until I was further along and my friends had me take a pee test on a hunch. The smell of coffee made me want to yak which is weird because I've always loved the smell of coffee. I swore to them up and down I wasn't pregnant because "Joseph and I had a 5-year plan." I was at work and it was my turn to go pick up lunch. As I was collecting everyone's money, my wonderful friend Naomi included a pregnancy test coupon along with her cash. Very subtle... I went to Target to grab the preggo test because it was closest to the deli we ordered lunch at and wouldn't you know that the coupon I had was the same brand that was giving two tests for the price of one! I hurried back and wasn't allowed to eat until I took the test. Sure enough, the pink line revealed itself. That was a Friday afternoon, so just to be safe I took it again Saturday morning, first thing. They say the first pee of the morning has the greatest amount of protein in it, or whatever it is that pregnancy tests pick up, and I'll be danged if that pink line wasn't HOT PINK!
This brings me back to the present. I'm going to be brave and take a page from my friend, Paige's book (no pun intended) and post my weight. Are you ready? Drumroll, please..............
132.
This is first-thing-in-the-morning, naked-as-a-jaybird, before-I've-brushed-my-teeth weight. I'm not responsible for what it is once clothes have been put on. In a perfect world I have about 10 more pounds I'd like to lose. We'll see how it goes. The kicker is, as soon as November rolls around, we're going to start trying again. I'm getting skinny just to get fat again! But I'll do this next pregnancy so much different. I'll actually exercise!
Mmmm...Skittles...
Ok, so I've been busting my tail trying to get the rest of my baby weight off. Between my 10-year high school reunion on the 29th of this month and a cruise in November, I have plenty of motivation. It's been 18 months (tomorrow) since I had Jonathan and I'm down to the weight I was when I found out I was pregnant. This is wonderful, however I was 6-7 weeks along when I found out. I remember calling my mom crying, wondering "why was I gaining so much weight?". Her response - "Honey, sometimes people gain weight once they get married. It's completely natural." I refused to believe I was one of those people who got complacent with themselves just because I'd found my soulmate, but she had a point. My mom's good like that.
That's the beauty of getting pregnant on birth control, 30 days after you get married. We had no idea until I was further along and my friends had me take a pee test on a hunch. The smell of coffee made me want to yak which is weird because I've always loved the smell of coffee. I swore to them up and down I wasn't pregnant because "Joseph and I had a 5-year plan." I was at work and it was my turn to go pick up lunch. As I was collecting everyone's money, my wonderful friend Naomi included a pregnancy test coupon along with her cash. Very subtle... I went to Target to grab the preggo test because it was closest to the deli we ordered lunch at and wouldn't you know that the coupon I had was the same brand that was giving two tests for the price of one! I hurried back and wasn't allowed to eat until I took the test. Sure enough, the pink line revealed itself. That was a Friday afternoon, so just to be safe I took it again Saturday morning, first thing. They say the first pee of the morning has the greatest amount of protein in it, or whatever it is that pregnancy tests pick up, and I'll be danged if that pink line wasn't HOT PINK!
This brings me back to the present. I'm going to be brave and take a page from my friend, Paige's book (no pun intended) and post my weight. Are you ready? Drumroll, please..............
132.
This is first-thing-in-the-morning, naked-as-a-jaybird, before-I've-brushed-my-teeth weight. I'm not responsible for what it is once clothes have been put on. In a perfect world I have about 10 more pounds I'd like to lose. We'll see how it goes. The kicker is, as soon as November rolls around, we're going to start trying again. I'm getting skinny just to get fat again! But I'll do this next pregnancy so much different. I'll actually exercise!
