Onto better days!

Okay well here goes! I'm now pregnant just a few months after Lynee has had her beautiful baby Jay!! I am so excited that our kids will be growing up together! 

He thought his expression was hilarious! ;) really he is ecstatic! 

I have been told a lot about being pregnant but you never really understand until it happens to you! One thing is for sure that it is definitely hard to stay on track with your weight loss, or healthy eating goals!

Being pregnant has made me very picky about my meals and very nauseous. You know how hard it is to eat toast or crackers when u have the flu? Well think of it like that but I've been dealing with it for two months now. Yup I'm 8 weeks pregnant!! 

The only thing I can eat is usually junk food which makes you more sick, I've been trying to stick to healthy snacks and it is definitely making a big difference! So we will see what happens. Starting weight for me is 164 lbs and I now weigh 162-163 so haven't gained anything but I hear it is normal to lose a little weight at the beginning. 

My goal is to gain the right amount of weight, which for me is about 30-35 lbs throughout my pregnancy! I hope to only gain the 4-5 lbs in the first trimester and seems how I'm 2/3rds of the way through it, shouldn't be a problem!! 

Here is a photo of me starting out so excited!! I'll post more as the pregnancy progresses and keep posting about my diet and excercise! As of now short walks and working has been my excercise. Maybe I will be able to do more once the nausea goes away! Happy baby!! We couldn't be more happier!! 

Also went to our first doctors visit yesterday and it was so cool! We were able to hear the heartbeat and see the baby!! This is now confirmed to be real and not just in my head! I feel so much better!! 

One more thing that has helped me through this pregnancy is taking my prenatal vitamins and drinking my zeal! Sometimes all you need is a little bit of vitamins to help you stay healthy and energetic for the days! My vitamins are the gummies because I hate swallowing pills and I love sugar.. One of my weaknesses.. But they seem to do the trick!! 

The zeal is a whole foods supplement drink that gives you all the nutrients we should be getting everyday in our whole foods, but are being robbed of in this day. Foods are not as healthy as they once were.. The zeal also has folic acid one of the main things to help baby's development! I don't have a picture of my zeal but it is a very important part of my pregnancy diet as well as everyday after baby will be born!

One last thing I want to talk about is flax/fiber!! 

When you start taking your prenatals and all the vitamins, you can get backed up! This has helped me be able to have a regular bowl movement.. Part of the aches and pains in your tummy come from being constipated and I know it's embarrassing to talk about, but this is the hardest thing I've had to deal with being pregnant so far! Usually I am very regular and it is important to me to keep eating fiber and add flax to whatever I can so that I don't have to take Imodium or other over the counter drugs. I am sort of the anti-drug person and hate taking things unless I have to. This is why it is important to eat plenty of fiber or flax to help both with the constipation and gas in your tummy! 

That is all I have for now, hope this was helpful and that you enjoyed it! :) until next time! 

Cassie 

-Proud baby mamma!