Our weight gain story!

We are a couple who met back in 1997. Hubby used to be on a swim team, soccer team, and also a swimming instructor. He was around 160 pounds. I was still in high school and I was first runner up for Best Female Player of the year of the whole school (which goes from Preschool to High School). I used to play soccer, softball, basket, volley, tracks, and I was one of the best players of each sport. We were young, we were healthy, we were happy.

5 years later, we decided to joined our lives forever and even though we were not as fit as we used to be, we were still fine. I needed to loose 5 pounds and he needed to loose 10 pounds.


I few months later I got pregnant with my first child. I wasnt letting myself out, but I wasnt on veggies all day long. I was eating like a normal pregnant woman, without over doing it. Hubby on the other hand started eating and eating and eating. He had a symphaty pregnancy, with nausea, headaches, and of course CRAVINGS! I started retaining liquids and he kept eating. I went from 128 pounds to 188 pounds! We never knew exactly how much he gained but it was probably around 60 pounds too.

We never lost what we gained with that pregnancy! After we moved to Dominican Republic we started a few diets programs and nothing happened. I was still retaining liquids, and I manage to loose 10 pounds for the first time around 1 year and a half later. The following month I found out I was pregnant again!! I manage to only gain 29 pounds this time, and 4 weeks after giving birth I lost 34 pounds with the South Beach diet. Hubby also lost around 20 pounds.

5 months later I got pregnant AGAIN!! This time I managed to gain around 17 pounds (cant remember exactly but I remember it was more than 15 but less than 20). After giving birth, I lost those pounds, and I was steady in 175 pounds.
In the last few months we have been eating and eating like crazy. I have never been addicted to sweets, but I have been wanting sweets, especially vanilla crackers. Also we have been drinking too much coke!!
As I had a tubal, I wont get pregnant again, so this is OUR YEAR, to become healthier parents, and healthier couple.