Poked and Prodded

So today was the glucose test -- I got there and was given a choice of orange or lime glucose cocktail. Since I'm a rebel, I got the lime since the orange seems popular. I was fully expecting to not mind it because people say its just super sweet. Well, my best description of this drink is a flat WARM Sprite w/2 extra tablespoons of sugar to give it a thicker texture and sweeter taste. I had to drink it within 5 minutes so I can fully understand how a lot of women get nausea's. You aren't allowed to drink so much as a sip of water to chase it down. The least they could do would be to give you a lime wedge and some salt. After 1 hour waiting, and a pinch in the vein, they'll give my OB the results on Thursday. I'm hoping to hear NOTHING. No news is good news, so unless I hear something from them, I'm considering myself golden.

Now the OB appointment was sorta a let down for me. I got the "Your going to wanna watch that..." comment about my weight!! EEK! I gained 7.5lbs since my last visit a month ago, and I guess they don't like that sorta thing? Its all I could focus on the whole appointment once she told me that. So I of course wanted to talk about it. I asked her how many calories I should be taking in because I'm really not THAT bad of a junk food eater and I workout twice a day 4 days a week. She then proceeded to brush her comment off and tell me how it's really not that big of a deal, my weight gain as a whole isn't bad and baby Troy is looking perfect, it's just 7.5lb weight gain is more than they wanna see in a matter of a month. Sooooooo, I have to cut down my snacking and empty calories (juices, my big bowl of ice cream, or big bowl of cereal (KASHI BTW!), etc.). After the OB, I took my sulking self to the gym for leg day and I did 40 minutes of cardio (20 minutes treadmill w/incline & 20 minutes with high resistance on elliptical). With all this water weight I'm carrying (blaming some of that weight on water!!), I sweat bad! I drip all over the machine, it's quite a site which is why I get the 'should I call an ambulance?' looks from other gym goers. While sweating myself thinner, I started to demise my weight gain plan for the rest of pregnancy. I have about 87 days till this little man is at his due date and 66 days until he is full term. He is measuring about 5 days behind my gestational calendar, so I'm making the best out of that time while he is in there. After the gym, I went to Target and stocked up on my old favorite dessert: Smart Ones! I used to get these things for desserts all the time when I lived in North Carolina and I got the bad without the guilt of calories. Since it's my sweet tooth I believe gets me in trouble (and all those PB&J's I've had in the past month!!), I figure this will be a better alternative to my bowl of ice cream. Now don't think I'm skipping my ice cream forever, I'm just putting it on the back burner for these delicious treats: (I was not given free products or $ to advertise this)

Key lime for that tangy/sweet craving hit

who doesn't love strawberry shortcake?!

For the chocolate/peanut butter monster in me

I figure if I nix out some of those PB&J's and the fatty foods, I should be golden. With keeping up my workouts, I BETTER not see this insane weight gain again. I see where that 7.5lbs went to - straight to my thighs. Not kidding ladies, their larger and more giggly. My running paid off and elliptical is laaaaaame. Don't get me wrong, I would do anything to carry a healthy baby, I'm just throwing myself a pity party and planning my attack so I don't have to hear this comment again from my doctor. This was my last month to month appointment and now comes the every 3 weeks, so I go back in 3 weeks exactly, lets hope it's a better time for me and my pride!