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1st Trimester
Difficulty Eating Healthy
I have always been a fuller-figured woman. I enjoy some curves. However, after going through 3 years of infertility, I had eaten myself to 240 pounds. After 2 years, I was down to 160. Then sadly, I got off the bandwagon and got back up to 190 when I discovered I was pregnant.
M/S is making it very hard to eat healthy. Foods which I would love to eat (turkey breakfast sausage, scrambled eggs, fruit, chicken, etc.) are all repulsive to me. Right now its sugary items and carbs that attract me. I can't really eat in the morning, it isn't until the later afternoon I feel food is tolerable. Then once I start, I seem to bindge (maybe out of comfort and hunger combined). I'm struggling terribly. I don't want to gain 50 lbs during this pregnancy. I'd like to be the same weight I am now when I give birth. I want to eat healthy, but not overeat. Will this get better in the 2nd trimester? Anyone have any suggestions or advise? It isn't my goal to necessarily lose weight during pregnancy, but if I'm over 200, I will not be a happy mama.
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Re: Difficulty Eating Healthy
You seem to be looking at it from the "I don't want to gain so much weight" perspective, but I find it helpful to instead look at it from the "is this good for my baby?" side.
As much as I've so desperately wanted to lose weight at many points during my life, WANTING to do it sometimes isn't enough for me to curb the unhealthy eating. For me, though, wanting to eat healthy for my baby was what did it. Studies now show that eating a ton of sugary carby foods results in increased chances of children having blood sugar issues. (I don't have the study in front of me, read it in a medical journal.. I can find it if you want). Also, if you're craving a lot of processed food, think about what's in that food. Do you really want that for your baby, or should you be eating whole foods instead? They also are finding lots of chemicals, etc in baby's urine/blood after birth (check out "Raising Baby Green" from the library... lots of great information, even if you don't want to be a "green" family).
Again, I don't know if it will help you, but after years of trying ot lose weight, the thing that finally worked for me was knowing I was doing it for baby, not for myself.
This I couldn't give up caffeen until I was pregnant. I still use a small bit to stop my migraines but I was a 6 cup of coffee a day girl. Now It's water all the way. Not because I love water, I hate it but it's good for my baby, that's all it took.
If I were wanting sweets I would try to go with sweet potatoes, grilled peaches, steel cut oatmeal with honey. If you can handle nuts and seeds find some you like raw, season them sweet and roast them in your oven. Changing the texture of the foods may help, and grilling fruit is OMG good.
I can't tell you if this will ever end, this is my first time. =D
I've given up coffeee (acttually, even the smell of coffee makes me sick), and gave up all the diet soda I was drinking and replaced it with water. Except for an occasional 7up to help settle my nausea, I'm doing great in that regard. Every day when I get up, I try to tell myself its a new day and I can make better choices... then it just goes down hill.
I've lost weight, I know I CAN eat healthy. And I want to. I'm still sort've adjusting to the idea of having a baby growing inside me (a complete surprise pregnancy, didn't think I could get pregnant and my partner and I are not marrried).
I'm trying each day - just looking for some encouragement!
I found it very difficult to eat healthy, especially in the first trimester, with DS. I had all day nausea and many many food aversions. Things didn't taste the same and nothing looked good. In the first trimester I ate Burger King all the time and other carby, fatty, greasy foods because they were the only ones that felt good in my tummy. I lost 2 pounds in first trimester, even while eating crap. It was easier in 2nd and 3rd tri to eat better because I didn't feel sick all the time.
I don't think it's a reasonable goal to weigh the same at the end of your pregnancy as you do now, that would be rather unhealthy. A healthy weight gain is somewhere between 25 and 35 pounds (depending on the person). My friend was overweight when she got pregnant and due to severe m/s lost 25 pounds from weeks 4-25. She only ended up gaining 10 of those back. Not the healthiest way to go through a pregnancy, and not a fun way either.
Just do your best to eat the healthiest foods you can stomach, but if it's a choice between eating nothing, and eating something not so healthy, get something in your tummy.
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Eli 6.18.09 35.5w
Silas 1.25.13 35.4w 10 days NICU, allergies/asthma, gluten intolerant
This!
With DS, I was SO sick! So sick that i lost weight. Once the ms passed, I ate healthy again, but there was a period of time that I survived on lemons, water, and sour patch kids and I have the most beautiful 3 year old boy in the world
one day at a time...
Thanks for the support ladies.
I think I need to adjust to the idea that my body is no longer mine (at least not for the next 8 months!) Once a healthy baby arrives, off to the gym and regaining my body I'll go!
Thanks again. =D