Body Image issues

[angelcake89]

I know I'm not totally alone but is anyone else having body image issues?!

Since being pregnant I've eaten much healthier things and lost a reasonable amount of weight (not sure how much in lbs because we don't have scales but when sat in the car my belly is 2 hand widths further away from my steering wheel) So it's a pretty big difference, but yet I feel huge!

 

[Manda&Thomas]

aww hun i think pregnancy does funny things to our minds,
i no some mega skinny girls who where happy with there body till they got pregnant and thought they looked huge right away!!
you aint alone hun in a few months when we have all got huge bumps instead of just looking "abit fat" you will feel much better

xx

 

[Frog99]

I'm looking forward to having a defined bump. At the moment I just look like I've eaten far too much over Xmas. My belly (which has always been reasonably flat) now looks flabby and saggy which I hate!

I have to admit I haven't been eating any healthier since I found out I was pregnant - mainly because to start with I could only eat crisps without being ill and now I crave burgers plus I need to eat little and often to deter sickness so I eat handy things like biscuits etc....plus my dog walking has gone from an hour a day to about 20mins which is awful but I get so tired!

 

[Jaded Diamond]

I was "fat" anyways, now i just feel fat and gross.
And the boy makes me feel worse by saying "you're not fat you're pregnant" and i'm like yeah but i was fat before, and theres no bump yet so that answer doesn't help lol.
I'm hoping when i get a bump that it pulls all the fat from elsewhere so i actually look pregnant and not like a penguin (thats how i'm currently seeing myself lol)
xx

 

[angelcake89]

I was "fat" anyways, now i just feel fat and gross.
And the boy makes me feel worse by saying "you're not fat you're pregnant" and i'm like yeah but i was fat before, and theres no bump yet so that answer doesn't help lol.
I'm hoping when i get a bump that it pulls all the fat from elsewhere so i actually look pregnant and not like a penguin (thats how i'm currently seeing myself lol)
xx

Yeah I think that's my problem I keep being told I'm not fat I'm pregnant, and I think I'm just going to look blobby rather than pregnant, and I want a lovely baby bump that makes me look pregnant no lardy.

 

[Jaded Diamond]

I recon it'll be there soon. You did a 10 week picture didn't you (hazy memory lol) and you could see it starting, give it time and you'll so look like a glowing pregnant woman!
xx

 

[Kerry&Rich]

I have always been a comfortable size 12. Now I cant even do my trousers up. I am having to wear skirts to work everyday!! and its freezing... Does anyone feel ridiculously bloated? I keep thinking I am further gone then I thought just because I look huge!!!

xx

 

[angelcake89]

I recon it'll be there soon. You did a 10 week picture didn't you (hazy memory lol) and you could see it starting, give it time and you'll so look like a glowing pregnant woman!
xx

Hmm I just think I'm going to look insanely obese rather than pregnant. a like like the half ton son

 

[Jaded Diamond]

In that case, you can sit next to me & i'll be the ton son and make you look slim haha.
xx

 

[angelcake89]

In that case, you can sit next to me & i'll be the ton son and make you look slim haha.
xx

I doubt it. I dunno, I've lost weight but my mind is just being ******ed.

 

[OverTheMoon]

hello, well i reached my target weight in mid December which meant that finally after five years i was quite pleased with myself, then the following week found out i was pregnant and KABOOM within days my stomach started to expand!!! I am about nine weeks ish now but look more like four months pregnant, even my friend commented on it today, but this is no 3 so i guess its all just turned to mush super quick this time! (in fact i think most of my bloat is due to the constipation, i haven't been to the loo in four days now so its probably waste rather than baby!) yum!

 

[louears]

just bobbed in from tri 2 because i am missing you all like crazy

i am the same, always had issues with my weight and looks and everything, and now i feel huge, i am eating more than i ever have in all my life, but not over eating, just eating as much as i really should have been for many years, i have a fear of gaining weight, and that is what i am doing, i do have quite a bump already, but i just feel frumpy and not very attractive at the minute and i am looking at fitness dvd's i can do while pregnant and looking at ways to get back to my size after baby is born, but i want to stick to eating good too. don't worry though we will all have lovely bumps

 

[angelcake89]

just bobbed in from tri 2 because i am missing you all like crazy

i am the same, always had issues with my weight and looks and everything, and now i feel huge, i am eating more than i ever have in all my life, but not over eating, just eating as much as i really should have been for many years, i have a fear of gaining weight, and that is what i am doing, i do have quite a bump already, but i just feel frumpy and not very attractive at the minute and i am looking at fitness dvd's i can do while pregnant and looking at ways to get back to my size after baby is born, but i want to stick to eating good too. don't worry though we will all have lovely bumps

Right that's it Lou you're responsible for making my bump nice

 

[gems]

Completely understand how you are all feeling I have never been happy with my body and have always thought I was fat but my last pregnancy made me feel even worse I have a phobia of gaining weight and of being weighed. My last pregnancy I gained loads and had really bad water retention so just felt like a huge balloon alo got lots of steretchmarks which made me feel worse. I did lose all my weight afterwards tho and the stretchmarks did fade. This time I'm not feeling bad at all really I think I'm too busy being a mummy to be bothered about what I look like. Everyone you will all soon have lovely round bumps xxxx

 

[babyblonde]

I'm dealing with it much better than I thought I would.

I'm usually quite skinny (always have been, it's genetic) and have definitely gained some weight - but not bothered as it's all in a good cause

Think the problem when you usually have a very flat tummy is you show much quicker (or that is my theory) - I'm only eight and a half weeks and already starting to show I think!!!!

 

[dina.marie]

i feel like a heffer lol so glad im not the only one

 

[Sal88]

I've been a 10/12 for a while but my extra comfy size 12 jeans are no longer comfy! I've put weight on round my face and arms, people are starting to notice I haven't been eating that healthy but can't keep much down so must be all water. Never mind eh?! Slimming world in 7 months

xx

 

[angelcake89]

I've been a 10/12 for a while but my extra comfy size 12 jeans are no longer comfy! I've put weight on round my face and arms, people are starting to notice I haven't been eating that healthy but can't keep much down so must be all water. Never mind eh?! Slimming world in 7 months

xx

Yeah I've already been looking into ways to get the weight off after the baby :