I have some serious uglies going on right now. I feel so gross and unattractive.
Just hold on to that feeling and let it crystallize into complete and total determination to get the weight off
as soon as possible after the baby's born.
Any time I felt fat and ugly during my other pregnancies, I'd just research and plan diets, exercise routines, etc.
I was only a teenager when I was pregnant with my first two, and it
bothered me that girls my age put on 50 pounds during pregnancy and never lost it again, and ended up looking 30 years old when they were only 18.
And then raved about how being a mother made it all 'worth it", as if being a mother required throwing your youth away and looking like a walrus.
I ended each pregnancy determined to get back in shape, and FAST... and i did it, too.
I hope I can find that determination again this time, although it's harder because I'm older, and no longer so driven by vanity as i once was.
If i can get back to looking like some semblance of my former self.... if i can get back to within ten pounds of my previous weight... I'll be happy this time.
After all, I'm nearly 40.
But that's my advice to any pregnant woman who is feeling bad about the way she looks: just use this time to plan how you will get back to the way you previously looked, and however bad you feel about yourself, just let it make you all the more committed to taking up a healthy calorie-restricted diet and exercise after the baby's born.
For what it's worth,
I don't think you look bad at
all... but it's not about what I think. It's about what you think, and how you want to look.
Best wishes!