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Weight gain

blushingbride_08blushingbride_08 member
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I have a silly question.  I keep a food log and the amount of calories I consume should be enough to gain a .5 to 1 lb per week.  But I am actually gaining more weight per week than that and have been eating healthy and drinking lots of water.  My doc said I shouldn't gain more than 2 lbs per week but this week I gained more.  So my silly question is do you automatically gain weight when you are pregnant or does it come from the amount of calories you eat?  I am not sure if I should adjust how much I am eating to stay within the recommended weight gain.
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  • Dork_FishDork_Fish

    I didn't track calories during my pregnancy. I ate small frequent meals (Breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack) and tried to make sure I was drinking lots of water instead of sugary drinks. I ended up gaining 42 lbs my entire pregnancy. During my pregnancy, it didn't seem to matter what I ate vs how much I gained. Some weeks I'd gain 1 lb, others 3 lbs. I remember getting worried 1 week because I gained like 5 lbs (and had no clue why!) but my doctor wasn't concerned so I just let roll off my back and figured it'd even out in the end.

    Was your doctor concerned you gained more than the 2 lbs?

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  • iluvmylabiluvmylab member
    Honestly, if you started at a healthy weight, you and baby are healthy, your weight gain isn't causing any issues like high BP, don't worry about it.  I have always worked hard to maintain my weight.  I never diet, but I do watch what I eat, count calories on occasion, and exercise 5 times a week.  It's been hard watching the scale creep up on me, but my doctor says that it's not a big deal if I gain more than the recommended amount.  I started at a healthy weight and have exercised all throughout pregnancy.  You don't want to restrict calories during pregnancy.  Just try to make the best choices you can, exercise if your doctor oks it, and just remember that you can lose the weight after baby comes!
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  • blushingbride_08blushingbride_08 member
    imageDork_Fish:

    I didn't track calories during my pregnancy. I ate small frequent meals (Breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack) and tried to make sure I was drinking lots of water instead of sugary drinks. I ended up gaining 42 lbs my entire pregnancy. During my pregnancy, it didn't seem to matter what I ate vs how much I gained. Some weeks I'd gain 1 lb, others 3 lbs. I remember getting worried 1 week because I gained like 5 lbs (and had no clue why!) but my doctor wasn't concerned so I just let roll off my back and figured it'd even out in the end.

    Was your doctor concerned you gained more than the 2 lbs?

    I will see my doc next week.  The last visit he was concerned that I gained weight too fast.  He said it should be slow and steady.  But somehow at the end of my 1st trimester I ended up losing all the weight I gained and was the same as my pre-pregnancy weight.  Now I'm in my 2nd trimester and gained more than 2lbs in a week.  My weight is flucuating so rapidly.  I eat very similar to you except I eat 8 small meals a day about every 2 hours and drink 8 - 10 cups of water per day.  I'm just trying to find some consistency with the weight gain.

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  • IncogNeatoIncogNeato member
    Yes, you can gain more weight than is mathematically " possible." you're gaining amniotic fluid, water, blood, etc, and those don't require many calories. It still happens. I could eat the same thing for three weeks straight and lose one week, gain one week, and maintain the other. Eat healthy, drink your water, and try to enjoy the ride. You can only control so much!
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  • alkwalkeralkwalker

    My advice?  Throw away your log and stop counting.  I was super psychotic at the beginning about weight gain.  Started out underweight at 125 5'9"...counting EVERYTHING.   I just realized that it was wasted time.  Your body is going to gain what it needs to gain.   The other posters are right - you aren't accounting for double blood volume, a uterus that grows like a weed, amniotic fluid, excessive water gain.   

    Every pregnancy is a personal experience.  I am glad to have had more of a check on my weight at the beginning because it did help me keep it down.  My goal was to only gain 25, but I am at about 32 now with a week to go.   I figured my body knows best.  

    Eat small meals frequently.  Don't use the excuse I am eating for two.  Stay active.   Sure, go ahead and have that ice cream.....just do it once a week and not everyday.    If you do all of that - your body will thank you and the weight, which is mostly water anyways, will come off quickly once your LO is here.   

     

     

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  • PregsterDDPregsterDD member
    imagealkwalker:

    My advice?  Throw away your log and stop counting.  I was super psychotic at the beginning about weight gain.  Started out underweight at 125 5'9"...counting EVERYTHING.   I just realized that it was wasted time.  Your body is going to gain what it needs to gain.   The other posters are right - you aren't accounting for double blood volume, a uterus that grows like a weed, amniotic fluid, excessive water gain.   

    Every pregnancy is a personal experience.  I am glad to have had more of a check on my weight at the beginning because it did help me keep it down.  My goal was to only gain 25, but I am at about 32 now with a week to go.   I figured my body knows best.  

    Eat small meals frequently.  Don't use the excuse I am eating for two.  Stay active.   Sure, go ahead and have that ice cream.....just do it once a week and not everyday.    If you do all of that - your body will thank you and the weight, which is mostly water anyways, will come off quickly once your LO is here.   

     

     

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  • PregsterDDPregsterDD member
    This is the best weight gaining advice that I have read! 
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