I am just fascinated by what my body is going through already.  for about two weeks, I had a more extreme nausea than I’ve ever felt in my life.  luckily, I haven’t actually gotten sick (yet) but the nausea is pretty darned intense.  also, it’s way worse at night.  smells trigger a lot of it and there doesn’t seem to be anything I can’t smell.  grapefruit are the most vile odor I’ve ever encountered.  the last couple days have been better but I still feel awful at night.

I’ve lost two pounds, presumably because I haven’t been able to eat much.  Although I must have lost more than that because i’m pretty sure I’ve gained about three pounds of boob… holy cats, they’re huge already!  I have been trying my best to at least eat right when I can eat.  I’ve been trying to balance my nausea with a good mix of veggies, proteins, wheat, and calcium.  actually, eating well hasn’t been too big of a problem because sweets are sickeningly sweet to me and I just can’t tolerate them.  so much for my dream of living on pickles and ice cream for nine months!

they suggest that you snack-eat every couple of hours throughout the day…  I have no choice on that.  I go from horrid nausea at worse or general *blech*iness about food at best to spontaneous starvation.  seriously, there’s no middle ground.  I don’t get hungry, I don’t feel “I guess I could eat” – i’m either turned off by the thought of food or in absolutely desperate need of it RIGHT NOW.  I’ve never felt anything like it.

I am exhausted by everything.  I’ve been trying to get at least 45 minutes of moderate cardio every day by walking or biking and I usually make it through that okay but then i’m just wiped out after.  we went shopping the other night and I actually had to sit and rest for a while in the bedding section of kohls because I just couldn’t make it the rest of the way around the store.  I’ve been standing around doing practically nothing and suddenly i’m just out of breath.  it’s crazy.

can’t wait to see what next week has in store for me.