You say 'weight', I say 'bleh'

I always imagined that I would stay within the 20-30 pound weight gain during my entire pregnancy. Ok, ok, probably more closely to 30. Up to 20 weeks, I was doing great - only gaining 11 pounds. Then I go in for my 24 week check up last week and I gained 7 pounds in ONE MONTH! What?? So of course my doctor says weight gain is fine but a little on the high end, so watch this and that and blahblahblah. Bryon jumps on board and starts throwing things out there like "so no cereal, no sweet tea, no this and that." Thanks for throwing me under the bus, dear! And the fact she threw in there that my glucose test is at the next appointment, in four weeks, and that I should be 'careful' because 'we'd want me to pass the test.' Really? Are we THAT worried?

So I freak out. I've never really had to watch my weight, except when I discovered I gained - and then immediately lost - 12 pounds in one month before my thyroidism was diagnosed.

So what do I do? Pick up my workouts, of course. Sure, I can tell I'm losing some muscle mass and the legs are getting flimsy, but I've cut out cycling and spinning (the hips are just not allowing that) and cut out full-on runs. So now I'm focusing on fast walks with some runs splattered in there intermittently, weights and swims.

What I've done since my dr's appointment last Wednesday:
Thursday: I can't remember, but I think I did weights and cardio? I've already forgotten...
Friday: 1800m swim
Sunday: 1h5m walk/run covering 4.5 miles
Monday: 45m walk on treadmill, on incline
Tuesady: 2000m swim

Six days later, I've actually lost about 1.5 pounds. Call me crazy, but "yay!" My baby's still kicking and I felt great the whole time, so I don't see an issue.