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Fact about me: I've lost 14 lbs since January! I still have a ways to go before I reach my goal' date=' but I lost this much with relatively no effort. I'll need to ramp up my efforts to break past this plateau though.[/quote'] I've probably gained that much in that same time...a diet of burgers, pizza and french fries will do that to you.
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Indeed it will Iceni' date=' I suppose it must be expensive to cook your own food though, I've worked out that when I cook it averages at between $7 and $10 a meal depending on what I cook which is very affordable. However I mostly cook stir-fry, pasta, curry and other easy things like that[/quote'] You cook, I use the oven. I can get three full-size pizzas for $10 at my local grocery.
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I have as well. My wife has had extreme nausea for her whole pregnancy, and she keeps giving me the food that she can't eat at meals. She's 6 months along now and has had a net weight gain of 2 lbs., whereas I would guess I have gained closed to 10. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
One of our friends went through that with both of her pregnancies, it sucks! My wife was the opposite; she was happy and hungry the whole time. I probably gained weight from trying to keep up with her at meals... With any luck, you'll be able to nurse the child yourself to help take some of the weight off.;)
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I have as well. My wife has had extreme nausea for her whole pregnancy' date=' and she keeps giving me the food that she can't eat at meals. She's 6 months along now and has had a net weight gain of 2 lbs., whereas I would guess I have gained close to 10.[/quote'] I'd make a joke about this but I'm really not sure I should make light of nausea and pregnancy... Anyhow, it's a fact that I'm thinking about making a cartoon-ish sketch of the forum members after the style of Scandinavia and the World.
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Ha ha, "make light" of nausea... I get it... very clever, Iceni. Pregnancy can feel pretty serious and scary for father and mother alike, I think jokes are helpful. But then I think a joke helps almost any situation.:D Fact about myself: I typically walk anywhere from four to twelve miles a day when I'm taking care of my kid, because he likes the parks and there are a bunch of them in various directions all over the city. But this morning I had to move my wife's car for her because of parking regulations, so we're sitting in the car instead - he's napping and I'm jamming out to some Soundgarden. If I keep this up all winter I'll get fat again too.:D

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Ha ha' date=' "make light" of nausea... I get it... very clever, Iceni.[/quote'] That wasn't even a joke.... crap, this happens to me an awful lot, I make jokes nobody laughs at and then make remarks that people interpret as deft puns. It's a miserable conundrum for the unofficial comedian. Fact; I can't grow anything more than what Devin Townsend calls a 'see-through beard'...
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That wasn't even a joke.... crap, this happens to me an awful lot, I make jokes nobody laughs at and then make remarks that people interpret as deft puns. It's a miserable conundrum for the unofficial comedian. Fact; I can't grow anything more than what Devin Townsend calls a 'see-through beard'...
I'm sensing a theme here: the bitter sweetness of unrealized potential. Ah, youth...:D
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