Week 20 – Craving Misbehaving!

The comparison below shows… the cravings and hunger have officially kicked in!! I swore to myself that I would eat better than I have been, but it is not going so well. In three weeks (week 17 to 20), you can see how my belly has expanded a HUGE amount! I am mostly craving sugar. I have to have something sweet everyday and I hear that is what gets you fat in pregnancy. I have been trying to keep up with my walking, but the warmer it gets and the bigger I get, the harder it gets. I only managed about three miles total this week. On the list of bad foods consumed this week:

Frito Pie
Nachos
Two brownies
Three chocolate chip cookies
Beaver Balls – very bad fried brownie balls with ice cream
Two donuts
German Chocolate Cake
The deluxe plate from Chuy's
Berripop

Such badness! I try to counteract it with lots of fresh fruit, oatmeal and veggies. Hopefully Margo is still getting a good balance of healthy foods. I want her to be smart and healthy, but my self-discipline has officially flown the coop!

So… I cannot believe I am at the halfway mark! I am so excited that she will be here in another 4 ½ months! I am actually very impatient about it all and find that time is creeping by. I am feeling great though, after a terrible first trimester, and trying to just take it all in. I can’t believe how much she already moves and am thinking that she might be sleeping in the night and awake in the day—gosh I hope so! Cary finally got the chance to feel her kicks last night and it was a very exciting moment to share with him. Despite the shortness of breath that is already becoming an annoyance and the almost constant acid reflux, things could not be better on the pregnancy front—yaay! After I finish the novel I am reading, I am officially moving on to a slew of parenting books to help me get prepared. I want to be the best mommy I can possibly be to our sweet girl!