Freshmen 15

A colleague came up to me and commented that she had thought I had put on weight until someone corrected her and told her I was just pregnant! My immediate, instinctive response was "oh no!" because now it was obvious that I was growing some!

It's come as a huge shock how much I've exploded in the last few weeks. It's very sudden and it's very in your face, all this sudden growth. I weighed myself a few days ago and almost fell off the weighing machine in horror. In the first trimester, I gained 3 kgs from my emanciated, puke my guts out all day state. From week 13 to now (a day shy of week 17), I've gained 3 kg !!!!!!

So, 3 kg in the first 3 months and then 3 kg in the last month. That takes me to a weight I've never been at and it's just downhill from now, till the offspring appear. My friend who's my height, put on 8kg and my sister in law put on 11 kg. I'm guessing neither of that's going to be me so part of me wants to just eat pizza all day.

The other part of me, the part that's dieted most of my life, won't let that happen. I guess that's how I'll find a compromise.

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