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Watching your weight while Pregnant

Hello all,

I don't know how many of you feel like me but I am so afraid of getting obese that I always think about diet... I never do any of those fashion diet stuff like Weight Watcher or whatever. What I do is when I get too big I eat just fruit and veggies for a period and drink tons of water... that makes me loose approx. 1 pound a day, which is very encouraging...

I am 137 lbs. It doesn't sound bad but at 5"1" I am supposed to be 105 to 115 lbs... But I had 5 kids already so I want to give myself a break and would love to stay stable at 122 to 127 lbs max.

One of the reason I do that is that when I eat too much I get sick... not throwing up but stomac ache... so bad I spend lots of time in the bathroom after and have to go to bed if I want to get better ... and its takes hours to feel better... no fun at all.

I just registered here a few days ago and found out why I gain so much weight so easily... I can only have 1500 calories/day. No wonder... so that means since I always eat more then that slowly and slowly I will get one pound here and one pound there and one day I will wake up with 100 lbs to loose... I would be so discouraged to have to loose so much. So I want to watch it constantly so I don't get there.

The other reason I am so concern about my weight is the clothes I am trying to find. Nothing looks good... I have this big belly and the rest looks pretty ok but then with the belly nothing looks good so I can't buy any nice clothes...

Now my other problem is I am pregnant. I wanted to be so that's not bad news but I found out I gained 10 pounds the first month. I was 145lbs at my last check up which was still in my first trimester.

I am almost at my second now... 18.2 weeks pg due December 25, 2009.

So although I don't want to arm this baby I don't want to get fat... So I checked how many calories I should take daily and it says 300 more then your regular intake so meaning 1800 calories/day.

I find that hard to do but if I had someone that felt like me and we could help each other I would feel much stronger about it.

Walking for me helps a lot one time I was walking a lot and got down to 118 lbs without even noticing but now I don't have time to walk and besides I have a real hard time walking while pregnant. I get those handicap stickers at the end... my belly hurts so much then.

So I know its a long shot but is there anyone that is afraid of gaining weight while pregnant and is trying to watch and wants a buddy to help out?

Thanks and sorry for the long post...

Helene

Aww, I'm sorry to hear that. Hopefully they made a mistake on the test and he's fine. The docs said my niece had down syndrome while my sis was pregnant, but when she was born we found out that she didn't have it.

I've eaten a buttload of food today too! I don't even want to go near a scale, it'll just depress me. I worked today (at chilis) and after work I split a 3course meal with my coworker. We had nachos for an appetizer, a quesadilla salad for the entree and cheesecake with ice cream and chocolate sauce for dessert. I felt so bad afterwards that I didn't eat anything else until dinner time. I'll do better tomorrow and sunday because I have to take my glucose test monday morning.

Yes we will have days like that. Me too I know as soon as I got out to the restaurant I will be a mess after.

So yesterday I was super good eating ONLY the necessary and good thing I lost everything I gainned and then some. I was 138.2 lbs yesterday and now I am at 136 lbs. One more pound and I am at 135 lbs... then try and keep it.

We have to remember that we will have ups and downs and that's ok. Its an adjustment we have to learn to live with. I think one day we will be able to accept that we just can't eat like everyone else... I sure hope I learn that one day ... I will give myself some time and hopefully the frustration will desapear.

Keep it up Cams...

HElene

Sundays are my freeday, so I had a lot of "junk food". My coworkers cooked bunuelos (a mexican pastry) and hot dogs. Then after work we took the kids to chuckecheese and I had a lot of pizza and ice cream. At times, I forget that I'm only human and pregnant. Occasionally I'm going to want ice cream and hot dogs. I can't beat myself up about it. The good thing is that I got a lot of exercise today. I walked all day at my job, then I played all evening with the kids. I'm exhausted!

I have to go to the doctor in the morning for my glucose test, so hopefully I pass it. If not, I may have to go on a strict sugar free diet to avoid any further complications. Wish me luck. . .

Me too I can't pass icecream. Yesterday we went swimming and I get so dry that I had a float at DQ and then the kids wanted more so I took a strawberry sunday... well I gain over one pound... so I was careful the next day.

Today we wen to the pool again, didn't go to DQ but later in the evening we took a walk to the corner store where we had a cone again. But today I didn't eat much it was pretty low I only had like 980 calories so I though I should eat more I took a cheese bread and Pistachio nuts... so its better but I shoudl really eat something else to bring it up again just don't know what I am not hungry really. Like nothing really attract me?

Helene

No I'm not TTC. But I like to be educated on things that may effect me in the future like when I start having children. Like one of the other women said, during your pregnancy it's not a time to be trying to lose weight. Just make sure you make healthy choices most of the time. having a slurge meal isn't bad but try not to make it the whole day, you want to give your baby as much healthy food as possible.

This thread is being locked. Per the Posting Guidelines of Calorie Count:

• Promotion of starvation diets or habits that exhibit signs of an eating disorder ("pro-ana", "pro-mia", etc.) is prohibited.

Women should eat no less than 1,200 calories per day. Any less is considered starvation. Pregnant women should NOT be restricting their calories unless recommended by and under the constant supervision of their doctors.

Even women who are considered overweight or obese should gain weight during pregnancy, as recommended by the American College of Obstetricians. While it is okay to gain less than a woman within a normal weight range, losing 9 pounds during pregnancy is unsafe.

From Ohio State University:

If you are obese at the time of conception, don't attempt to lose weight during the pregnancy.

When your total kilocalorie intake is severely reduced, your baby may be smaller and lighter in weight than normal babies. Dieting during pregnancy, even for short periods of time, is very dangerous.

You have received a lot of feedback from others on the site, most of which advising against eating so little. Please consider the advice.

I'm sorry to hear about your child's diagnosis. I've known many children with Down's Syndrome and they are the most loving, happy kids! Here are a few links that may help you:

http://www.nads.org/pages_new/new_parents.htm l

http://www.ndsccenter.org/resources/package.p hp

http://www.ndss.org/

I guess I somehow miscalculated yesterday cause I gainned weight... so I guess I did eat ok...

How are you doing Casmi.

Helene