Not Gonna Cut It

Well, I missed Get Hawt #003 last week which was to write about which tools you use. Oh well. I missed this last one mainly because I wasn’t feeling all that great last week and weekend. I’m sure a lot of people are with me on this one but they really shouldn’t call it “morning” sickness. For me, it’s more like “all-effin-day-long” sickness. Luckily, it’s just nausea. I’m thankful it’s not worse than that. Still, it’s not a great feeling. Add in that I’m tired a lot, tender in places, and a bit moody which doesn’t help. Oh and can’t forget the increased headaches. Luckily, they’re pretty mild. Only about 2 more months to go before I should feel better, right? At least, that’s what I hear the norm is. I’m hoping it’ll be sooner than that.  Oh and can’t forget I’ve pretty much given up normal coffee. I’ve severely restricted my caffeine intake. Luckily, I haven’t gotten bad withdrawals from it. Crossing fingers and toes.

So for Get Hawt #004, we’re to write about what doesn’t work for you. Well… considering I’m preg-o, I’m not sure what I can write about this, but I’ll give it a try. In general, I’m supposed to increase my calorie intake by about 300 calories per day. I read that a good example is half of a peanut butter & jelly sandwich with some milk (forgot how much). At least that gives me some perspective. In the past when I’ve tried to lose weight instead of gaining, I’ve tried to log my daily food intake using something like LoseIt.com (I think that’s what it’s called). It seems to work great for some (which is awesome) but it didn’t work for me because it seemed too tedious for me. When I got busy, I forgot (quite often) to log my food intake. I’m not sure what to do now but I figured I’ll try the wait and see method. Meaning, I’ll try to eat frequent small healthy meals and see if that works. Hopefully I’ll think of something better soon.