Our Little World: 18 weeks... and 1 day. Also WIC approved!

Oops, didn't get a chance to post yesterday. I was incredible busy the whole day. First I woke up and went to PSD to get a copy of David's pay stub printed out, then I went and woke up Lexi, and we went to my WIC appointment together, and set her up an appointment for next week. I got accepted to WIC finally! Yay! I was getting worried because I didn't think I was going to be able to get a job getting bigger and bigger. Not many people want to hire pregnant people. I know they can't discriminate, but let's be honest. We all know they will. As part of the WIC acceptance program, you go to their nutritionist and she talks with you about how your weight gain should look, and what you should be eating. She drew up a weight gain chart for me, and I am literally RIGHT on the line. This made me happy until she said I should expect to gain 25-35 pounds. I think my heart dropped right there. Haha. I also learned I am DEFINITELY not eating right at all.

I should be consuming each day: 3 servings of dairy [CHECK] 5 or more servings of vegetables [Um maybe in a full week?] 3 or more servings of fruit [Sometimes I get one in] 6 or more servings of grain [Whhhhaaaaaatt?? What is grain even in?] and 5-6 servings of protein foods [I'll take one giant hamburger please, skip the beans, eggs, and nuts]

How anyone eats this in one day seems impossible to me. I mean really, I want to meet the person who manages to get all this in every day. I feel like you would be eating all day long! But it is my goal this week to start doing this. So this morning, I got 1 serving of dairy, 2 servings of fruit, and two servings of grain. My meal consisted of a cup of oatmeal with 1/2 cup frozen berries in it, and a dash of milk, 1/2 cup OJ that I mixed the rest with diet sprite [Hey I'm trying to keep this low cal], and a little 2 oz slice of cheese. I feel stuffed and don't want to move.

So for the rest of the day I gotta squeeze in: 2 servings dairy, FIVE servings vegetables [seriously ppl this one is going to be the tough one], 1 serving of fruit [YAY apple. Got that one planned at least], 4 servings of grain, and 5-6 of protein foods.

After I post this, I am heading out to the gym to meet with my trainer. I think a more appropriate term would be roll out. I did take some quick pictures this morning, which explains why I was still in my pajama's. I had some massive weight gain this week. And I thought I was doing so good with the salt. However, I had some growth in the lower belly a lot too. This morning I weighed in at 167.2 pounds. Yikes. I measured around my belly button, and it is still 36 inches. My uterus is just under my belly button though, and that is where all the growth is, so I measured there and it is 37.5! That is nearly 4 inches from my before pregnancy waist! I wonder if I can stick to this new method of eating, if I will end up gaining more weight. There is no way I eat that much in a day, so it really makes me wonder how this "diet" would affect my body. Ok so on to picture time.