Pregnant Jane let my secret out of the bag in an earlier blog post about how I’ve managed to lose weight while my wife is pregnant.
Little did she know that I was planning on blogging about this today and she stole my thunder! That’s OK.
I’m glad that she didn’t reveal my top secret weight loss method I’ve been using to watch the pounds just melt away.
Now we all know what happens to the soon-to-be father while their wife gets pregnant, and proves your boys can swim, right? They usually gain a lot of weight because their wife buys all sorts of sweets, snacks, and other food you don’t normally have in the house.
On top of that, those midnight convenience store runs and afternoon fast-food runs usually leads into the father piking up a snack or two himself. Or three.
In previous blog posts I’ve written about pregnancy and weight gain (along with my new and strange ice cream addiction) people have replied with shocking news about how much weight their husband gained during their pregnancy.
20 pounds here, 30 pounds there, 40 pounds here, etc. I admit, I have been a little concerned about gaining all those extra pounds while Jane’s pregnant.
However, those worries have melted away after I weighed myself today.
When I stepped on the scale I had to do a double-take. How much weight did I lose?
I’ve lost 13 pounds since I impregnated Jane! She’s 14 weeks pregnant, so I’ve been losing nearly a pound a week.
So I did some thinking while in the shower to try and figure out how I have been able to mange this. And today, for the first time ever, I’m going to share my revolutionary weight loss program for soon-to-be fathers with you. I call this new weight loss method…
S.P.A.W.N.
S is for Stress. As many of you know, I’ve been super highly crazily massively stressed out lately because of the whole money situation. Business sucks, the economy sucks, we don’t have maternity insurance, and on and on. So if you’re a father to be and you’d like to lose weight but you’re not stressed out, you may want to read the bottom of my baby size guide for Dad’s to be.
P is for Pregnancy. Whew. A lot to this one, but I’ll choose just one factor here. Jane’s pregnancy has forced me into fending for myself for dinner, which usually means that I go with cereal 9 times out of 10. It’s fast, easy, and I don’t have to cook anything. Fellow soon-to-be Dad’s, here’s a hint for you… load up on cereal and hide it somewhere.
A is for A lot. A lot of what? A lot of everything. Dealing with Jane’s pregnancy hormones when they are flaring, a lot of rubbing her back, a lot of running to the store, a lot of reading about pregnancy, a lot of thinking about fatherhood, a lot of thinking about sex, a lot of big decisions to make, a lot of thinking about what to name our baby, a lot of worrying, a lot of soul searching, a lot of stress, a lot of wondering, a lot of talking about things we’ve never talked about before, a lot of new feelings, a lot of things we need to buy soon, a lot of running around… all of which burns calories!
W is for a White hair. Awhile back I wrote a pregnancy blog post about a single white hair I found on my body. Sadly, it was connected to me. That single white hair really made me take a step back. And it’s something that I think about sometimes as crazy as that my sound. That white hair made me think about life. It made me realize that I’m getting older. So no, I’m not on a health-kick and I’m not exercising like a mad-man or anything, but maybe deep down inside I’m being more careful about my food choices? (Besides ice cream of course.)
N is for the horrible word, NONE. Meaning that’s much much sex you’ll have for a long time once you get your wife pregnant. If I had to choose just one factor that made me lose 12 pounds since Jane got pregnant, I would have to say that this is the # 1 reason. Sounds crazy, but I think I figured out why…
They say that if you think really hard, you can burn some calories. (Who are these ‘they’ people anyway?) So I think that sex is constantly on the back of my mind and my subconscious is thinking about it so much that it’s causing my body to burn calories. They say you burn a lot of calories having sex – but I’m starting to think that you burn more by the lack of it!
You might also want to read:
- Pregnant wife gets larger, while dad-to-be loses weight. What’s wrong with this picture?
- Secrets on how to lose weight and belly after pregnancy: Tarzan interviews Jane about weight loss after your baby
- Postpartum weight loss update… if you want to even call it an update
- Hair Loss? Oh no.
- A story about a sandwich & pregnancy weight
= a post from Mommy Jane 
= a post from Daddy Tarzan
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ha, ha. sorry for ruining your thunder.
this is a funny blog post – you made me laugh about the SPAWN acronym. congrats on losing another pound – i’m guessing you didn’t tell me about it in fear that i might post another pissed off blog post about the pregnant wife’s husband losing even more weight. Grrrr.
Pregnant Jane, Jane, Jane… glad you liked my SPAWN.
No more “grrrrring” at me losing weight. You’re pregnant, you’re supposed to gain wait. I know we do a LOT of things together, but jeesh… I don’t want to go on this journey with you pound-for-pound! ha ha ha!
Hey, I know that this is not condusive to weight loss at all but as for the girl scout cookies I have news for you Jane! (and maybe Trazan as well) Edy’s slow turn girl scout cookie ice cream. They have it in Thin Mint and Samoas. I bought the Thin Mint and while I have never really loved those cookies (but definatly liked lol) it was heaven. Best ice cream ever with lots of cookies in it! Best of luck and hope you feel better soon.
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Lanea, OK… now that does sound good and I KNOW that is something Jane will jump on!
Hey Bill, NO WAY! How cool is this! You guys have been around since 1996 – this is like winning a Grammy or Lifetime Achievement Award! This is HUGE! Thank you so much!