Surprise, surprise?

I am finding it MUCH easier to stay on plan and not overeat my calories at around 1900, as opposed to 1400 or 1750 - I know, you're shocked, right? ;)

It's been a good few days - still woefully absent on exercise, with the exception of pulling my kids around in the sled on Monday, but overall I have been doing well. I'm still mightily fighting nausea, and I admit my daily calories consist of too many saltines and too few slices of turkey, but if it gets calories in me and doesn't make me throw up, I figure it's okay for now. I am still doing my best to eat healthfully at every meal, and so far breakfast and lunch have been solid almost every day this week. For me, at least, morning sickness seems to strike the worst as I am trying to cook and eat dinner.

I'm still marching down the scale at a nice, reliable .8-1 pound a week loss, and I am very satisfied with that. I am hoping my OB won't give me grief about it, since I am eating mostly nutritionally dense foods and not going hungry. We'll see.

My goal today is going to be to get in half an hour on the bike. I KNOW I can do it, I just have to make it a priority. I'll check in later if I manage to do it, or if exhaustion or nausea floor me again.

In happy pregnancy news, I am 6w4d pregnant today, with no cramping or bleeding to speak of. YAY! It's in God's hands either way, but I definitely hope I don't miscarry and thus far the signs are all promising and things are progressing very normally. I can't complain (much). I've had some round ligament twinges when I move from sitting to standing, which is just a consequence of a growing uterus and my body adjusting to loosening connective tissues. I am still fighting some less pleasant gastro-intestinal side effects beyond nausea, but I'd say I feel about 85% normal for most of the day. By the evening I am definitely fried, and I feel badly for my hard-working husband to pick up the slack, but we're both just doing the best we can. He doesn't really seem to mind, so I am grateful for his help.

Hm... I can't really think of anything else to post about, other than my shock at all my maternity clothes fitting and filling out already. I am in a bit of a predicament with my pants, because the ones that fit in the waist are all new and WAY too long, but the person I would have help me pin and hem them, my mother-in-law, hasn't yet been told I am pregnant! She and her husband are some of the last people to find out, just by the way things worked out this time around.

Peter is planning on breaking the news to them this weekend, so pray for a positive reaction! And maybe after she knows, I can get some help with altering the sad state of these maternity jeans! I can deal with two inches or so of excess length - a shoe will take up that slack - but four or five?! That just looks comically unkempt!

Off to start another busy day!