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So here I am at 38 weeks pregnant and 35 pounds heavier than when I started. My (pre-pregnancy) plan for pregnancy nutrition: Eat lean proteins, very limited sugars, healthy snacks like fruit and cheese, no cokes whatsoever, drink lots and lots of water. Um...then I got pregnant. I couldn't stomach grilled chicken or veggies, still can't. I did drink lots of water and eat lots of fruit. But I also became obsessed with Dr. Pepper-probably had close to 1 a day, craved sugar (cookies, candy, DONUTS) all the time, and pretty much lived off of burgers. That being said, I still feel like I gave Cambri lots of good stuff like milk, OJ, yogurt, healthy cheeses, etc. I just had junk to go with it. I also didn't work out much at all...not because I'm lazy. I miss it like crazy. I was just super paranoid that I would do something to jeopardize a healthy pregnancy and baby. Still I achieved my goal of not going over the recommended 30-35 pounds, granted I arrived at the top of that small window. My thoughts: if that's the recommended, then that's all baby, blood, placenta, yata yata and it will all fall right off. I hope that is true!

Pre-pregnancy weight: 128

Final weight: 163