My Pregnancy Weight (So far)

I am 19 weeks pregnant. Around about. My dates are 6 days different and I can't remember which one I am following.

My pre-pregnancy weight with #2 is 90kg (198 lbs). I am currently sitting at 98kg (216 lbs) ish. For someone that is already overweight, I am only supposed to put on 8-11kg (17-24 lbs). So I really need to get back on track.

With my first pregnancy I started at 64kg (141 lbs) and went up to 111kg (244 lbs) right before Grace was born. That was a lot. I may have been addicted to Chocolate Self-saucing Pudding. There needs to be a support group for that.

My goal is to stay under 100kgs (220lbs) this time around, so I need to lose a bit of this extra weight. NOT by dieting or extreme exercise but just by eating healthy and keeping moving, which I did neither of with my first pregnancy.

My Goal for this week is to up my water intake. I currently drink about 1 litre of water a day. I want to double that number. Next week will be something like "STOP EATING BISCUITS". But let's not get ahead of ourselves.

I am also starting to measure my thighs, they seem to be where the fat comes and goes fastest, apart from boobs and tummy, but it would be silly to measure those areas!

ZOODLES

I was thinking about labeling this post "Toddler Food" as Grace devoured this meal when I made it last week. Zucchini noodles with carrot noodles too and mushroom with some fancy sauce.

What child doesn't love noodles? Even better when they are GREEN and ORANGE!

This week she wasn't interested in the slightest. She had 3 pieces of mushroom and said, "I don't like it, mummy" drank her (very diluted) cranberry juice and jumped back to her room. She's a busy body.

It's the middle of Winter here and I miss salad and strawberries and basically every other Summer fruit. These ingredients were a little expensive this kind of year, but zucchinis are my thing. I have a zucchini loaf in the pantry that is almost all gone. It is the coolest vegetable.

I will make it again sometime soon and I bet she will eat it. She better, I love it! Mostly because it literally takes me 10 minutes from start to finish. What mummy doesn't love cooking a quick, healthy meal?

Hola

Welcome to my blog. No habla espanol. I may have taken Spanish at high school but that's all I can remember, somehow still my preferred greeting!

My name is Charlotte, I am 19. I have a 2 and a half year old daughter called Grace and one on the way, who I found out yesterday is a BOY. I may or may not be single. For now. I make some bad choices sometimes. Shoot me.

Some good choices I have made are using cloth diapers, or cloth nappies as we call them over here in NZ.

My daughter has just been toilet trained, at nigh-time too. Hate to brag, but it only took 1 week for daytime and 2 weeks before I realised she only had ONE wet nigh-time nappy that whole time. I do plan on using the same little stash for number 2.

My problem is now, I only purchased 15 OSFA cheapies when Grace was 7 months old. They do not go small enough for even big newborns. And I mean BIG. Grace was 10.4lbs. BIG.

Newborn nappies are far too expensive to spend an extra $50 to ship them to NZ. So I am going to attempt to make them.

But do you think I could find PUL fabric at spotlight, the only fabric shop in town? NO. My creativity is going to be in full swing to get something that works. AAAAHH. HELP ME!!!!

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