Week 9: April 6 - 12 (Prune)

Week 9 was alot better from the previous weeks because there was no vomitting and actual food cravings! I'd say i'm back by 50%...still not able to stand the site of meat, tomatoes, garlic, onion or peppers, but able to eat! I actually realized i'm not eating enough, mainly because the appetite is still small and what i'm willing to eat in any given moment will change. I realized I can't sleep at night when I haven't eaten enough during the day. I also can't sleep at night because my skin is so itchy I would make a crack addict wince with all the scratching going on. Especially on my womanly parts north of the equator. The skin is stretching and dry. This week I managed to host a baby shower for my friend Ashley and was able to fool everyone by drinking this apple/pear juice fizzies which looked like white wine. I was annoyed because yet once again people were asking me if I was pregnant, and I wanted to slap them (blame the hormones) because (1) i'm the one suffering, so i'll tell you about being pregnant when i'm ready, (2) all my skinny clothes are no longer fitting me and i'm sick of the pooch since I can no longer suck in my stomach, and (3) just shut up you gossip queens! I guess thats what I get for telling people Yoel and I plan on starting a family in 2010. Oh well, soon enough the world will know. Other things for this week included serious exhaustion. I guess you replace the morning sickness with heavy eyelid syndrome. It happens mainly in the afternoon and is miserable when you're a full-time career gal like me. I'm also trying really hard to stick to good nutrition, but today (the morning after realizing I haven't eaten enough in 3 days) I ended up at BK for a crossanwich, McD's for a biscuit and Fresh Market for lunch. I was supposed to get a salad and fruit, but ended up leaving with that AND chocolate cake, sugar cookies, chocolate covered peanuts, chocolate covered cookie dough, jelly bellys, and malt balls. All those books who tell you to eat well can suck it. They're probably written by men anyways.