3rd Trimester
Advice on weight gain from now till January!
Hey! I am due the 1st week of january and i am starting to notice that this trimester I have already started to eat like CRAP with halloween around the corner, my birthday, etc. I seriously FEAR for Thanksgiving and Xmas with all of the feasting that goes on!
Anyone have some brilliant plan for how they are going to control cravings/urges? I am 29 wks and last week had to stop running/elliptical because it just got too uncomfortable. Now that I am just walking for exercise, I am starting to think about food more and more! Don't know what that's all about!
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Re: Advice on weight gain from now till January!
instead of one big chow fests, i have been eating small meals spread out through the day.
i say this now, but get that thanksgiving dinner infront of me and i'll go to town!!
I fully plan to enjoy it while I'm still pregnant haha because once baby comes out i can't make excuses
I'm totally in the same boat with no brilliant answers. My plan is to keep walking & cut out sweets [boo!].
Self control? Allow yourself to indulge in the goodies when they are around. Just make sure you don't keep them in the house and you eat sensibly most other times. I start with a healthy sensible breakfast to get my day started right.
I have noticed that I still burn around 650 calories in a workout even though I can't run any more. This helps me feel better about feeling like I'm not getting a proper workout.
Hope you end up like me. My baby is transverse (sideways) making eating difficult. He's so high up that I can barely eat a full meal. I'm very much a one egg, one small pancake, and one piece of bacon or a salad and a few bites of salmon for dinner. It's all I can do yet somehow I always find room for cookie dough. Hmmm... I was kidding about hoping you end up like me. It's pretty miserable having a 6lb baby inside your rib cage.
Spluging for a few days over the next few months isn't going to hurt anything. Honestly, I'm not worrying about it too much. I'm just happy that I can eat again.
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Remind yourself that you're not outta the woods for GD yet! If you get crazy w/ the feasts, and the candy, you'll end up with a glucose issue.
I'm Type II Diabetic, so I don't eat tons because it makes me feel horrible, and I pay $800 a month for insulin/testing supplies. If I eat tons, it costs more. Trust me, small meals is worth not getting GD.
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Mind if I ask for ideas on a workout? I would LOVE to still burn that many calories without running! I honestly never real did anything other than run or the elliptical cuz I never had the need to! I'd love suggestions! Signed up for yoga, but it's only 2x/wk and too $$ to do more!
Well, since I've gained 49 pounds as of today, I'm probably not the best person to give advice, but there are certain foods I just CANNOT have in my house. Figure out what the bad foods are and keep them out of your house, and figure out what healthy snacks you'll actually eat (I can buy cucumbers and tomatoes all day long, and I like them, but if I never actually cut them up and eat them, they don't do me any good) and buy those.
I am due in mid-January, and I have already gained 22lbs! I started out at 98lbs, and I was worried about not gaining enough weight. Now it seems like I'll gain too much!