Worried About Weight GAIN Due to Morning Sickness

Re: Worried About Weight GAIN Due to Morning Sickness

• k.martell member

  January 2012

  As idiotic as it may sound nutrition doesn't play a huge roll in the first trimester.  Most people develop food aversions, unable to eat anything, or only able to stomach a few things.  It's normal, don't worry and just try to make good decisions when your appetite returns.
  

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• nerdbaby member

  January 2012

  If it's any consolation, I had the same food aversions and cravings - only wanted carbs, white bread and the like, ate buttered toast 7-8 times a day, couldn't stomach vegetables or meats, too tired to work out, "supplemented" my white bread diet with anything salty or greasy - McDonald's french fries with frosties were a regular.  I was disgusted with myself but that and ginger were what got me through those first few weeks.  Slowly my appetite for whole foods began to come back, my nausea subsided, and my energy levels came back enough to make it to the gym 2-3 times a week.  I gained seven pounds the first three weeks I knew I was pregnant but when I went for my 12 week appointment I was only up 3lbs from my baseline - so between my first appointment to confirm a viable pregnancy at 7 weeks and my 12 week nuchal I only gained 3 pounds.. I lost 4 just in the two weeks I was feeling better and able to eat well and work out.

  Everyone is different of course, but if you make the effort to get back on track once you're feeling better, and don't leave out exercise, I think you'll find that you'll level out. Right now it's about survival!  You'll get to a better place soon.

  

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• DisneyFan33

  January 2012

  amyred777:

  I am so frustrated right now I feel like I could cry (and probably will). I don't know if anyone else feels like this or not but I am super worried about gaining unnecessary weight during my first trimester because of my nausea and morning sickness. This sounds conflicting but it's because nothing 'healthy' sounds good to me. It seems like only plain white flour items (tortillas, bread) sound good over whole-grain which I normally eat. It's hard to eat in any sort of balance way and I feel like I am eating mostly just white carbs and some protein. Vegetables gross me way out and even whole fruit grosses me out which is way opposite of how I normally am.

   I haven't weighed myself in a couple weeks so I don't know exactly where I am. I haven't been able to workout like normal either which makes me feel worse I am sure.

   Any tips or similar experiences? 

  Don't stress, I am going through the same exact thing. I was very health conscious before getting pg. The first couple fo weeks after my +, I was eating so well, greeny leafy veggies, lean meats, whole grains etc.

  Now all I can stomach are carbs and I have developed quite the gut b/c all my weight goes there when I eat too many carbs. I have mostly wanted potatoes and pasta. I've been to the dr and they haven't said my weight gain has been terrible or dangerous, but I have gained and more than I would have liked to. But I am hoping that when my nausea and food aversions stop, and I go back to eating healthy like I used to, it will all level off. So don't worry about it too much.

  I have been exhausted but I try to work out 4-5 days a week to keep fit, but my carb heavy diet is sabotaging that.

  

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• SBmomma member

  January 2012

  I'm right there with you. I had Taco Bell 2 days in a row and today I wanted a donut for lunch! It seems when I eat carby things my stomach seems to settle...so I am also concerned about gaining weight so early on. I'm normally very healthy and active....so this is very different for me.

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• mrsdomesticity

  January 2012

  I am the exact same way. I work in the fitness industry and am extremely health conscious. Before and just after my BFP I was working out 1-3 hours a day (depending on whether i taught classes that day) and eating healthy. Now, I'm 6 weeks PG and am down to working out 3-4 days a week for 30-40minutes AND am only able to stomach "bad" foods. 

   I've been extremely tired and nauseas and I'm just listening to my body and doing as much or as little as I feel I can handle on any given day. 

  I'm a control freak and it's hard, but I'm learning to work with my pregnancy and loosen my need to control everything.  

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• pamelaine923 member

  January 2012

  During my first pregnancy all I could stand to eat was carbs. (mainly mcdonalds french fries and mini-ginger ale and root beer.) I gained like 10lbs my first trimester but ms was gone by 14 weeks and I really turned my eating habits around and my weight kind of evened out throughout the 9 months. 

   You are in survival mode sister! Hang in there. No stressing. 

  
  

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• j&j060708

  January 2012

  Don't worry about it.  As long as you gain 25-35 over the course of the pregnancy you are fine.  i lost 6 lbs my first tri because I didnt want to eat anything, but ended up making that up by gaining 36 by the end.  With #2 I am already up 3 lbs in the first tri, so I will just try to space out the rest of the next few months!

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• leanna0127 member

  January 2012

  I'm in the same boat too. All I want is chicken nuggets. Dairy makes me gag. Red meat makes me gag. Fruit and veggies just sound horrible right now. If I stop liking chicken nuggests I have no clue what I will eat.

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• VanessaB24 member

  January 2012

  Same here. I was sick this morning around 5am...fell back asleep and woke up nauseous again...but i didn't get sick. i had 2 crackers and 3 sips of tea then before work I had a raisin bagel with butter on it this morning... and i was saving my chips for lunch but i started eating a couple.. now i feel crappy again so i dont want to see or smell any food!
  

  
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• Alyjane9

  January 2012

  I feel very similar, but feel better knowing there are a lot of others who are not eating as well as they did pre-pregnancy. I just want carbs and tons of orange juice. I thought I'd be sad giving up wine, but at least that part is easy--it's the last thing I'd even want!

  

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• amyred777

  January 2012

  I am so glad I am not the only one going through this! Thank you ALL so much for your kind words and encouragement. It means a lot!!!

   Last night my husband and bro-in-law were both saying how I wasn't eating enough/wasn't eating enough protein and I just started crying. I feel like a bloated whale right now and I cannot handle the extra stress!

  I am just going to try to chill out and deal with my weird body/stomach right now and hope for the best .

  

  
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