Weight gain

vanessa2685

Good morning ladies,
I weight myself two weeks ago and I was 139 and I weight myself again today and I'm 146. I'm gaining too much too too soon?
Thanks :-)

bhjones1980

I am sure most of that is water weight, gaining 7 lbs (of fat) in two weeks is really hard to do.

that would be 3.5 lbs a week, 1 lb gained is approximately 3500 extra calories consumed, so you would have to have an excess of almost 1800 calories a day to do that.

maryxc1

That sounds like a lot to me. I gained 50 pounds with my first pregnancy and don't want that to happen again. I found several sites online that will show you what your weight should be on a weekly basis. Those may be a good source. Through about week 11 it said I should only gain a pound or two.

JessicaxLynn87

With LO #1, I gained 60 lbs. It did not matter what I did, I constantly gained.  I am very health conscious and I stayed stressed the entire pregnancy because I ate healthy and exercised daily, yet I continued to gain at every appointment.  I was blessed to have wonderful doctors who told me to not even worry about it.  Upon leaving the hospital, I lost 30 lbs.  I believe half of it was water weight! Anyways, I am trying to tell you to please not concern yourself with weight gain.  You are pregnant! Embrace everything and do not beat yourself up over weight gain.  It's so trivial in the end! I promise you won't be thinking about that weight gain when you are holding that precious baby in your arms.  I wish I had not stressed with my first pregnancy.  I promised myself that I would not let the number on the scale bother me this second time around.

larhun3

I agree with pp! I try to eat healthy and drink lots of water but I gained about 35-40lbs with my son. I lost it all pretty fast pp! I think it's more important to be healthy than to stress about weight.

jaztastic

The way my appetite has been lately, coupled with the foods my body is allowing me to tolerate I wouldnt be surprised at all about that kinds of weight gain. I just decided to stay off the scale for now. Im hoping this week is better for me.

one2andnow3

I gained 60 with my first. I get really swollen towards the end. Not looking forward to that. I am buying compression hose this time around

rslilly1

If you don't weigh yourself often, A large part of that could just be normal fluctuations, also. I find I can fluctuate at least 4 pounds in a day. (I'm about your size, also.)

amt0312

JessicaxLynn87 said:

With LO #1, I gained 60 lbs. It did not matter what I did, I constantly gained.  I am very health conscious and I stayed stressed the entire pregnancy because I ate healthy and exercised daily, yet I continued to gain at every appointment.  I was blessed to have wonderful doctors who told me to not even worry about it.  Upon leaving the hospital, I lost 30 lbs.  I believe half of it was water weight! Anyways, I am trying to tell you to please not concern yourself with weight gain.  You are pregnant! Embrace everything and do not beat yourself up over weight gain.  It's so trivial in the end! I promise you won't be thinking about that weight gain when you are holding that precious baby in your arms.  I wish I had not stressed with my first pregnancy.  I promised myself that I would not let the number on the scale bother me this second time around.

This was me to an extent, although I overindulged and wasn't very health conscious. I gained 50-55 lbs. Anyways, enjoy your pregnancy, make healthy food choices and don't worry too much about the weight gain. A lot of my gain was also water weight because I also lost so much weight right away and I was within 15 lbs of my pre-pregnancy weight within a couple weeks. I didn't know I had so much water in me because I wasn't all that swollen, but I am tall and can hide it well I guess. 

vanessa2685

The problem I'm having it that water makes me so sick, I can't drink without running to the bathroom :-(

ambmama

@vanessa2685 I don't do well with water, either. Can you try some of the packets you can add to water (crystal light, hi-c, or whatever helps you get it down!). Or try flavored water, or even coconut water. The mixes and coconut water have carbs but will at least help get you the water you need!

vanessa2685

Thank you @amberhoon‌ I will try that