Word to the wise - before your weekly weigh-in it isn't the best idea to load up on sodium and carbohydrates. No, really it isn't. Because it WILL make you retain water and generally do wicked things to the scale.

Yesterday was a BAD food day. Not out of control, but not super healthy choices either. I gave in and ate what my husband makes the kids for Sunday breakfast - pancakes and eggs (I added the protein in for myself, he didn't make them any). Lunch was a beef soup (healthy but still salty), nectarine, and some lava cake (carbs and deliciousness, though only about 300 calories a serving). Dinner was sushi with lots of soy sauce and some unsweetened iced tea. Not a terrible day, no binges, but over my calorie preferences AND full of things that do not make the scale respond kindly.

But as with all things, I am far from beating myself up over this. As a daily weigher I could predict what this would do to me - I went from averaging in the mid 216's with baby weight bloated up to 218.0 with all of those water-retaining nutrients this morning. I know I didn't gain two pounds this week and tomorrow will likely see me back to my normal slow up-trending pattern, but there was definitely a rueful chuckle as I stepped on the scale this morning!

Though I have been sapped of energy lately, I am absolutely planning on doing a short workout this afternoon. I need to keep my base muscle tone up to help me with this birth, and slacking on moving isn't going to help me in the long run. So I will still be taking it easy, but vacation time is OVER right now, when it comes to my health! I am still going to gain, that's a feature of pregnancy I can't avoid, but I need to maximize my health in the meantime, So, I'm working on it :)

How did all of you do this weekend? On plan or off the rails?