Sympathy Weight

During this first trimester, Helen has naturally gained a little bit of weight. The temptation to eat what she eats, when she eats it is great, and I have found is that it is quite a challenge for me to maintain a healthy diet and continue to exercise portion control in meals. Since I don't have the excuse of/need to eat for two I know that if I followed Helen's pregnancy diet, it would have dire consequences to my waistline and turn my already-forming double chin into a quad chin.

In recent days, she's lost a bit of her appetite and says that food lacks flavor to her. As long as this is normal and she and the baby are OK, I will selfishly say it is a bit of a relief, since it prevents me from having to resist watching her snack multiple times during the day or eat larger-than-normal meals, and having my stomach say 'Dude, are we getting some of that action, or what?' I am sure many of you already know that it's really hard to not partake when someone else is eating something that looks. so. damn. good.

One thing I told her once we found out we were having a baby was that I would handle my own meals and she could be in charge of hers (before the pregnancy she would cook meals for the both of us, and I'd do the cleaning.) I knew that we'd each want to eat different things at different times of the day. So far I think it's working out, and I am getting used to having Lean Pockets and Morningstar Farms Chik'n Nuggets for dinner.