Losing Weight in the Land of Chocolate and Cheese!

Hi Joh, "Dorky look" ?????? Never! HAPPY look!!!!!! I love it that Dunc makes you giggle. Giggling's great! WOW! - Beanie is the size of your fist. How exciting! That is lovely that you will be seeing your family <3 weeks! Sweet. (please excuse the over-use of exclamation marks lol) Everything in your last post is good news. Your body is telling you what it needs. It's good to trust your instincts & eat more when it says to, just like you ate less when you were sick. Follow your instincts sweetie. You're a smart cookie. Glad you've been enjoying kiwi fruit. They're little Vitamin C bombs( & filling). Sending you lots of happy, loving vibes, xoxo Cate
 
AOoooh your tummy is getting a definite bump! Do you find it liberating to flop your belly out sometimes? I loved doing that when I was pregnant. Although with Lily I was less far gone than I thought... I was convinced I couls feel her kicking, and my tummy was flopped out to the max (My old next door neighbour used to rub it every other day), and then it turned out I was only 9 weeks gone! So I had to start holding in my tummy again. God, so embarrassing!!!!!!

I agree with Cate- your body is desperate to refuel itself.... So give in to it! I agree that kiwis are super yummy. I need to go to a Christmas market soon! I am so jealous!

46 types of Schnizel?! How is that even possible! I love finding little places like that :D
 
AHeya Cheese monster or should i say Schnizel monster now.

:hurray: :hurray: So pleased you are feeling better now :) And look at your bump!!!! Like Ruthie said, definatly a proper bump now!!!

I want a photo of you guys curled up with the blanket and hot chocolate!!!

Love and hugs. Xxx
 
AHi gals!
I've decided to take a bit of a break from here for a while. I'll probably still come on here once a week or so to update you all and tell you how healthy (or not) I'm being, but it's just not really on the cards for me at the moment. I'm eating SO much and I feel like writing my food on here is detrimental to you all, and really serves no purpose for me either. I know when I'm being healthy or not at the moment, and unless I'm yelled at by the obgyn for putting on too much weight or something, I'm just going to let my body rule for a while. Don't you worry - I'll be back here with a vengeance when Beanie is born and I'll probably have to start all over again! And I know you guys will be there to help me out. xxx

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Cate - Thanks for your enthusiasm, darlin! :) you always make me smile
Rainbow - I still feel like if I flop my belly out I just look fat... people are still surprised when I tell them I'm preggers, so it's definitely not obvious. I think because I have a sizeable bum and legs (yeah whatever), and I've lost my barbie waist, everything just is kind of more in proportion (ie bigger) now. I really want a t-shirt that says 'I'm pregnant! This is a baby belly!'
Kate - :) Can you believe that there was a whole page of schnitzels that were 'uberbacken' - ie had cheese all over them and then grilled in the oven... omg... but I didnt get that. I fear it's just a matter of time though ;)

Love ya girls. x
 
AHeya sweetie

Please come on every week to give us an update on your life and post your bump pictures, you can't leave us totally :( I will sulk!! Don't care about your food, just wanna hear about your life :)

Love and hugs Xx
 
:iagree: with Kate (as usual
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) We aren't going to hear anything much about your life anywhere else, especially FB. This is where we say how we really feel & learn to share our innermost thoughts. There's no filtering out the bad bits here kiddo. We want to know EVERYTHING! Well....maybe not everything, but you know what I mean. We would lose a lovely dynamic without you here & would miss you wayyyy too much. Really!! I, for one, couldn't care less how much or what you eat while you're pregnant. Don't talk about food at all if that would make it better for you. I would sulk too if you don't come in here at least once a week, xoxo Cate
 
A:) I'll be on definitely once a week, lovelies. No one else gets to see my bump pictures! I had an FB friend ask about my bump pics the other day and I just couldn't post them... I worry that all people will look at is my bum and my thighs... maybe once my bump gets bigger. My body image ain't ready for REAL people to look ;) hehe. But you're right, here is where I get to be the real me, without the filter. I whine all I like (you might have noticed lately) and you get all those pics of me, you lucky ducks. :)

Don't worry, I'm not gone for good. Just not going to be a daily updater anymore. xxx
Thanks for being angels. :grouphug:
 
A:( I totally understand where your coming from, really, I do.... BUT DON'T DISAPPEAR ON US, GODDAMMIT, DON'T DISAPPEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!. I think what I am trying to say, is make sure you don't just go. I consider you to be a good friend, we've cheered each other on in the good times and given each other virtual hugs in the bad times, and honestly I feel like there will be a humongous Joh shaped hole in the fat forum. I am getting really emotional actually. SO DON'T JUST LEAVE US!!!!!!!!!!

And promise me that you'll spend all your time writing your novel that you are not spending on here xxxxxxxx

Ps. Sulk.

Pss. If it wasn't for all your encouragement every day in the beginning of my diet I would have left the forum and I would probably be loads bigger by now.

Pss. If my re-attempt at dieting doesn't work, I am blaming you.

Psss. Sulk.
 
ALove the new beanie and mom pic....you are too freaking cute!! ....keep us updated and enjoy your time how ever you need to....its such an exciting time!!! sending you nothing but hugs and best wishes for you to enjoy every last minute of it!!
 
ADON'T STRESS, Rainbow! One a week, darlin. At least. Maybe more if I'm feeling the urge :) I'm not leaving!

Tetes - you are an angel. Thanks so much for all your looking after - I always feel like you've given me a big cuddle! :)

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WEEK SIXTEEN

Well, team, I'm now officially 16 weeks preggers and doing great! I'm much healthier this week - the dreaded cold/flu thing that plagued me for three weeks has now been kicked, and though I'm still fatigued, it's nowhere near as bad. I'm looking forward to yoga tomorrow! I'm a much happier little bunny now too, now that I can wander around my new town a bit and try to get back into everyting.

Despite all that, I must admit that I am feeling like a HEFFER! It's like the only parts of me that were decent lookng before are now getting huge, but not huge enough yet to show without a doubt that I'm preggers. Once again, I feel like if I wasn't a foot taller than everyone else, I'd feel much better about it all. Still no scales and no idea of my weight... it's a weird feeling! But truly, I'm not TOO worried about it. Curious, more-so.

I'm going to guess that, considering how mcuh I've been eating and how much bigger I am feeling, right now I am... 85.2kg. Damnit! Now I really want to know!

Hubby is being brilliant. I feel as if ten times a day he is telling me I'm beautiful - sometimes he catches me looking at my body in the mirror and he always comes up and hugs and kisses me and tells me I'm beautiful. I think he knows that I'm worried about getting enormous. But Beanie in there is thriving, and I can't WAIT until Friday when I have my next ultrasound and get to see him/her again!

We've officially decided to not find out the gender. And I'm happy with that decision. :) We might change our minds, but that's where it's at for now. :)

Food hasn't been great, but I've been having stacks of fruit! So.... hmm... just starving al the time. Giving in to what I want most of the time... but it's not too bad. No fast food or anything. :) weelllll.... mostly. ;) We went on a little weekend trip to a teeny village to visit the famous christmas markets there on their first weekend, and there were yummmmy things everywhere! My man and I split a bratwurst, and I had a plate of 5 small apple fritters, which were SO gross but SOOO yummy! And right now I am eating 4 pieces of chocolate... but I promise, on the whole I've been okay! haha.

Here is this week's pic:
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Hi sweetie, you look awesome! You still look toned & fit & with a baby tummy. I have one just the same at the moment, but without the baby! Just kidding. No, I feel bloated from eating roast lamb 2 nights in a row. It's still sitting in there-ouch! TMI. Honey you are not going to shrink any time soon, just like my size 11 feet are not going to. Duncan adores you, we adore you, I'm sure your family and friends adore you & think the same as me. Shed your "fat goggles" sweetie & get some reality glasses so that you can see what we all see.

You look lovely!!

Can't wait to see the new Beanie scan. How exciting!! I'm glad you have decided not to find out the sex of your baby. I think that's a lovely decision. xoxoxoxo Cate.
 
Good :) As long as you mean it!


Trust me, in 20 weeks time you will be absolutely LONGING for the slightly tubby feeling you have now! And I don't want to hear your weight again missy, the number is irrelevant!


Ach, I was looking forwards to the confirmation that beanie is a boy :)


Well done on the fruit :party: :D What sort have you been eating?


Are you feeling settled in your new place yet or is it all still a bit surreal?


So chuffed that Dunc is being all lovely and attentive to you, you are going to have such a happy little family soon :) Awwwwwwww!
 
A:iagree: With Cate


:iagree: with Ruthie too

You are looking gorgeously cute!!! And i'm so glad that you are finally feeling better.

Any 'bubbles' feeling yet? So can't wait til you realise that the bubbles (that feels like wind) is actually beanie!!!! And all excited about your next appointment for you, you will be so amazed at how much he has changed :)

Love and hugs sweetie Xxxx
 
A:) Thanks lovelies.

Cate - I KNOW - those STUPID fat goggles! I bet if I was teeny weeny I'd still have them. But we all do, to a certain extent... But you are right - I am going to try to be rid of them. I just wish it was obvious to everyone now that I was preggers, that's all! another month and I'll be good, I reckon! :) Thanks for all your beautiful words.

Kate - NO BUBBBLES YET! I simply can't WAIT! I have been sitting quietly and paying close attention LOADS but nothing yet. I've read it's usually between 18 and 20 weeks for the first bubba, but I'm arrogant enough to think that I'm enough in tune with my body that I should be able to feel it now. haha.

Rainbow - :) haha - I can't WAIT to be 20 weeks from now and wishing for the slightly tubby feeling I have now! At least then everyone will be able to tell I have a bun in the oven, as opposed to many buns of a different sort! haha. Thanks for the fruit congrats - I've been eating lots of kiwis, and surprisingly, I've been having a HUGE persimmon every day. I'm loving them! Not sure I ever really had them before... but they are YUM right now! And they must be good for me, because I've been eating them lots! And definitely feeling settled here. Wish we had enough stuff to actually BE settled, but that will come. It's daunting to think of the amount of money a person needs to properly set up a home though... so I think we're going to take a few years to do it. In the meantime, I finally bought a toilet brush and a vacuum cleaner today - big purchases!

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Speaking of PURCHASES

I came on here today because I splurged. We are going back to Australia in one week for a friend's wedding and for Christmas (we'll be away for 3 weeks), and I've been stressing about wanting to look really nice for the wedding. It's a formal affair for some very good friends of ours, and people haven't seen me for a year now... and now I'm preggers... so I want to look REALLY pretty! And shopping for clothes in Zurich is a bank-breaking endeavour... BUT the wedding is the day after we arrive, so I can't leave it until we get to Aurstralia.... SOOOO I splurged.

And by 'splurging', I mean, I spent a month keeping my eyes open, and eventually tried on a bunch of things in a discount outlet store, but then thought I'd expand a lot, so I'll wait... And so today, I went back there and I bought the dress. It fits me perfectly right now, and the wedding is in a week and two days, so I really hope I don't expand hugely between now and then!!!

Can't wait to get dressed up properly - do my hair nice and my face and put in my contacts and be all fancified and lovely-like :) I'm gonna feel PRETTY! (spot the fake smile, hehehe)
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AYou don't even look prego...which is good or bad?? not sure...what you want...lol....but you sure look cute either way!!! and that dress would be adorable with a bigger bump too..I think you have nothing to worry about if you expand a bit......and BTW I am so obsessing over your collar bones!! lol...I can't wait to have proper ones sticking out someday...lol.

Hugs to beanie and mom!! Keep on doing what you are doing because you look so radiant!! :) :) :)
 
Oh Joh, What a gorgeous dress! You will wow them at the wedding! Your friends & family must be over the moon, with the expectation of seeing you soon. How nice xoxo Cate
 
AOoooooooooohhhhhhh you look totally friggin gorgeous!!!!!!!!

And i also am totally jealous of the colar bones too :) you look lovely. You will blow them away.

Hope you have an awesome time and keep us informed if you can while you are away.........3 weeks is a long time for us go without Joh and Beanie :(
 
ABOO! I wrote a huge post and deleted it.... HATE THAT!

Tete - Thanks for the compliment, hehe. You say I don't even lok preggers - I do now! hahaha. I WANT to, but I'm still kind of at that in between phase! I feel like I have really popped in the last week though, so might need to make sure my dress still fits! EEK! And about my collar bones - :D this is one of those things about me that I have always loved - I have always had little shoulders and sticky-outy collar bones, even when I was 25kg more, so I think I can thank my genetics for that one!

Cate - thanks lovely! :) I can't wait for all those excited cuddles from my family :)

Kate - I'll do my best to keep you guys up to date but my folks only have dial up internet so chances are there will be quite an absence... I'll see how I go. And :) Thanks!!!

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17 WEEKS PREGNANT

SOOOO I got to see Beanie again! Here he/she is! - it's not quite as good a picture as last time, because Beanie was doing a headstand and wouldn't budge. But it's still cool! I really have to stop myself from referring to Beanie as a 'him' - it's weird. It's strange for me to think that it really might be a little girl in there!
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Beanie is doing really well, PHEW - I have been a bit worried because I was so sick, and what with all my crazy coughing... and then I actually got food poisoning on Tuesday (long story) so I've been a bit worried. And I can't WAIT to feel him/her move... it will be so reassuring to be able to keep tabs on things a bit!

WEIGH DAY
I know I know.. but I haven't weighed myself for a month!!!!! It's difficult, because I used to weigh myself every day. My morning routine: Get out of bed, go to the toilet, strip off and jump on the scales. THEN have a shower (I heard that once upon a time you absorb a lot of weight through inhalation of steam and skin absorption...), a glass of water, vitamins, then eventually breakfast. NOW I get up, have lots of water with my vitamins (because they test my pee,so I want to look very healthy and hydrated!), eat breaky, put on my bajillion layers of winter clothes, then go and get weighed. Hmm... Lat time I weighed in at exactly 2kg more than what I had weighed at home myself. Now I've moved house and have no scales so I'm assuming it's about the same... The result? Well I have put on 2.1kg in 4.5 weeks, which is apparently perfect. 87.1kg from 85. PHEW!!!!! I was worried because I've been eating like a maniac - or a monster - a cheese monster. And because I've been sick I have done no exercise at all... so PHEW! BUT the doc says my iron and my blood pressure are low, so I'm keeping an eye on that and taking some of my liquid iron supplements to try and top it up. The thing she's most worried about though is that I have no immunity to chicken pox, which is apparently a huge problem. So I have to be reallyl really aware.... and really hope that no little kid on the train is secretly harbouring spots...

We had our housewarming last night and it was SO nice. I forget how many friends we have here until they are all in the same room! So much love and laughter and GREAT food - YUM! I made some really yummy things - gingerbread, spinach and feta puff things, and lots of dips (hummus, tzatziki, spicy roast camspicum, olive) with stacks of veggie sticks... and everyone else brought something little to share. I made a huge pot of Gluhwein (umm... English word? Mulled wine I suppose?) and Dunc did a big mission to the local Brauhaus (shit. English word. umm.... BREWERY! haha) and got some great fancy beers, so it was just lovely. Everyone loves our place and my belly got lots of comments. :) I wore a dress that I borrowed from my friend Iida, and it really shows off the little bump which makes me feel lovely. :)

I looked at my 6 wks preggers photo today. My how things have changed!
BEFORE
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TODAY!
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AOMG...you did pop!!! lol.

you look so happy ....and love seeing beanies spine....so freaking neat!! ....seeing ultrasound pics never ever gets old...its always AWE inspiring to me!! To think those big monsters of mine were that size not so long ago!!
 
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