The scale has become my enemy!

Re: The scale has become my enemy!

• melanchitty member

  August 2014

  I wasn't going to post anything, but stuff like this really irritates me. I'm an ultra marathoner and about 3 weeks after running the LA marathon this year found out I was pregnant.
  
  Here I was thinking the coolest thing I'd get to do this year was running 2 marathons, but quite the contrary. The BEST and greatest and most amazing thing I will get to do is have a BABY. After years of being told I would never have kids. I chose fully and completely to stop training and tone down running to jogging--I didn't have to, but because I don't want anything to happen to this pregnancy I have been extra careful. I couldn't care less if that means I'll be starting all over again (training wise) PP. The most important concept here is that I will have a baby. I get to have a baby! How much cooler is it that we as women can grow LIFE itself in our uterus?! Can you not just stop for a moment and be in awe of yourself? This is not only an accomplishment but a privilege not all women are afforded.
  
  I don't care about your cellulite or your 14 lbs. Get a grip. Get some perspective. THINK about what your body is doing right now. If that doesn't shake you out of your vanity then nothing ever will. SHEESH

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• Shortstack06 member

  August 2014

  OP- while I can't fully relate to how you feel ( I never worked out) but I was relatively small. When taking into consideration my body made another human and it is really there when I feel the kicks I don't really give a shit how much weight I gain or that none of my clothes fit.  There are women on the board that have lost a vast amount of weight or have had an eating disorder and are struggling with the weight gain.  Those women I truly feel have a struggle on their hands and I can't imagine how hard that is, I would have searched back and read some of the weight gain threads before posting.

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• summererobinson member

  August 2014

  you should NOT be letting your heart rate go up like that. If you cant breath, the baby cant! 14 lbs at your amount of weeks is normal. your gaining in your legs to help hold up the big belly that is going to be coming. People who start off smaller tend to gain a bit more ( 25-35) becuase they NEED to

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• summererobinson member

  August 2014

  @Chelsbyrne for the people who you think are "all belly" remember they are wearing clothes most of them gain the same way, its just easier to hide when your not naked! Truthfuly, how fit you were is goign to make it so you go back pretty easy!

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