Reply #22: Add some bagels and low-fat refried beans and that was [View All]

[Clark2008]

pretty much what I lived on when I was a single Mom (with no child support coming from my ex). My son ate a little better than I did, but he was very small at the time and didn't require too much.

Now that he's 8 years old and outeats me (and is not fat - he's very active in sports and doesn't sit on his butt all day in front of a television), I don't know what I'd do to afford food if I wasn't remarried and making a little more money on my own.

But, yep - that was the diet I lived off of and will go back to after my baby is born to take off the weight. I was much thinner as a single Mom than I am now (well, minus this 8-pound kid in my gut). But, I've done well since I have gestational diabetes. I've only gained about 25-30 pounds with this one, despite her being so large and my having a lot of water-weight gain in my legs, hands and face. I probably have LOST weight in my own body as a result of this pregnancy, but I won't know until she's born (which NEEDS to be SOON. I'm wearing out! No sleep, baby-weight-induced vomiting from the pressure on my stomach, gestational diabetes and higher BP - not too high though - just high for me).