Week 5: Food and Sleep

It's all I think about. :)

My biggest fear about being pregnant is that I will gain a ridiculous amount of weight and never lose it. I probably have this fear because I love food. I only exercise so I can eat what I want.

But in reality, I do watch what I eat - or more like, how much I eat. And this week, that has not been the case. I've just eaten whatever. And I only exercised three times - as opposed to every day. So my goal for next week is to make a meal plan of sorts for my days. I'm going to get some healthy snacks and plan out what I eat during the day.

Before I got pregnant, I was eating 1200 calories a day and I lost 10-12 pounds. That is estimated because I don't regularly weigh myself. Anyway, for the first trimester I'm only supposed to be at 1500 calories. So that means I really have to watch myself and keep with my exercise regimen.

Honestly I think all the hunger is just in my head right now.

One of the reasons I have not been much into exercising is that I am tired - every.day. I could come home and take a nap everyday. But the only day that I did was Wednesday. I slept hard. So I've been trying not to nap so I can sleep well at night. And I can tell you that I haven't had a problem with that.

That's about it.

Much love,

Kels & "belly" (that's what Brian likes to call it)

Two Pink Lines

Well, I guess there isn't much to say after I put that picture up here! :) I know it's kind of TMI but I wanted to commemorate the moment. We're PREGNANT!! Sunday, March 20th I needed to take two pregnancy tests to make sure and I still went to the doctor on Monday for more confirmation :) I just couldn't believe it - it was surreal. Brian and I had planned on the baby time but I just didn't think it could happen so soon. But here we are! On 3/25 (Friday of this week) we will be at 5 weeks. That means the baby is the size of an apple seed.

I haven't had many symptoms, just nauseous sometimes. I've been nauseous on and off for about a week and a half but haven't thought about it. Now, it's pretty much every morning but it's not severe and (knock on wood) I hope it stays that way. I am usually feeling fine by mid-morning. Other than that, it's just the same ole stuff.

We are moving right along with the house. Brian went out today (while I was sleeping) and took pictures. They've got the entire thing framed and started on the roof. This is huge because now weather will not be a factor in finishing up. And it seems that things are moving pretty fast so I'm hoping we will be in the house mid-May.

I will be doing lots of traveling this summer, especially in June, so I'm hoping to be in the house in May to have a little time to settle in.

Well, that's about it. It took a pregnancy for me to get back on this thing but I really hope to keep it up and update regularly throughout the pregnancy.

P.S. At this point, we have only told my sister about the pregnancy. We are planning on telling our parents in two weeks. Trying to come up with cute ideas for the "tada" moment has been hard but I want it to be special.

Much Love,

Kelsey & appleseed :)