How can I lose weight while pregnant?

Question

I know the average is like 15-30 lbs in pregnancy weight gain...but I was trying to lose weight before I found out. I got to a 160 (5'10'') from 130 in like 6 months cause of school and work. Now, Finding out i'm 6 weeks, i don't want to end up at like 200 lbs in the end of my pregnancy.
How can i lose weight healthy without affecting my pregnancy OR how can I keep it that this will be my constant weight since technically I should've been back at 130?

Any ideas? I really don't wanna get to 200 lbs....please help!

Answer 1

find calorie/fitness calculator on the net, enter all your stats and it will tell you how many calories you need a day to maintain, take off 300-400cal off that number and thats how much you need to lose- considering that you are pregnant - women need about 300cal more so dont take off any calories of maintaining weight number
eat 5-6 small meals a day (eat every 2-3 hours)
5-8 servings of fruit and veggies a day
8 glasses of water
have complex carbs for breakfast - they give you energy
have lean meat (protein) for dinner - repairs muscle
cardio exercise 4-6 times a week for 30-50min, light weight training
dont consume foods that are made of white flour (white bread, cakes, past etc.), sugar loaded foods (cookies, icecream, candy etc) and nothing fried, oily.
ofcourse you can spoil yourself once in a while with a little treat:)

Answer 2

You cannot safely lose weight while you are pregnant. At every pre-natal visit you will be weighed to be sure you are gaining weight appropriately. You can still make healthy food choices while you are pregnant to keep from gaining excessive weight. There is information about nutrition during pregnancy in the What to Expect...Book.
After the baby is born there are lots of things you can do to lose the "baby weight" and pre-baby weight...

Answer 3

It is not healthy to lose weight while pregnant. You can do things like walk and drink plenty of fluids but it is not safe to try to lose weight on purpose until after the baby is born. The reason that people gain weight is because the baby is depending on you for nourishment for growth. If you want a healthy baby, I would suggest waiting it out. Is your physical appearance really worth putting your child in jeopardy for?

Answer 4

Two things to cut out, fat and salt. If you can be disciplined and avoid prepared foods like TV dinners and pizzas, cook your own meats (trimming the fat), fish and poultry (no skin) and roast veggies to bring out the flavor, you should do well.

Here's an example of what can be done: Lemon butter chicken. For each large frying pan of chicken parts use 2/3 stick butter and 2 tablespoons lemon juice. Cover and simmer over low heat turning occasionally for 25 minutes or until done. If liquid runs out, add water but no more lemon juice. Remove the fat from the pan juice and thicken with flour water for gravy. You can play with this by letting the liquid run down so the chicken skin browns a bit, or you can use dark meat and remove the skin from the start. When I do something like that, I'll still throw the skin into the pan to cook what flavor I can out of it. That gravy is wonderful over mashed potatoes, and it can be done without a bit of salt and all the fat removed. It's rare to make anything chicken without salt because it gets so bland, but this is an exception.

Soup is loaded with salt and best avoided. I started playing with the Asian concept of hot and sour (some kind of pepper and vinegar combined). I have sodium sensitive high blood pressure and should keep my weight right where it is now, so these are a few tactics I use. Garlic roasted completely soft doesn't seem to make me smell (I've asked people) but the texture is like lumps of fat and it's rather bland, so there's another possibility I have to play around with.

You won't stay in bounds by exercising, especially as your pregnancy progresses. What goes in has to be good stuff. I'm learning how to make veggies much more satisfying than they are when you simply throw them in a pot of boiling water. At the very least wrap those veggies in foil, drizzle with a little olive oil (or sesame oil or something even more exotic) and stuff it in the toaster oven. I found out that's good for those veggie side dishes, and toaster ovens are cheap. If you don't have one already, check the thrift shops.

Give yourself an occasional treat to encourage and celebrate your progress. One with what you crave, even if it's fat and salt. OCCASIONALY.

Congratulations and best wishes.

Answer 5

All I can say is exercise and healthy diet....But I would not suggest you try to lose weight just maintain what you have already and eat healthy and exercise. Walking and drinking lots of water. You can also do light aerobics. It will help so that you don't put on so much weight and make it easier for you after pregnancy. But please don't starve yourself or do anything that could take away from your baby. It will come off easy after pregnancy as long as you start a good routine now and eat right. :) Congrats!!!

Answer 6

Do a lot of walking. I know it's not easy, especially in the later stages, but it's a great way to burn calories without doing intense gym work outs. Also, once you have the baby, walking with the stroller is a really good idea because you will probably enjoy it as well as the baby. Of course you will have cravings, and those are hard to beat, but try to keep some sweet stuff like sugar free puddings and baked chips in the house (if you eat that kind of stuff). Good luck, and congratulations on the baby! :)

Answer 7

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Answer 8

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Answer 9

i bought a pregnancy work out dvd from big w .. it is called aussie fit, and the dvd gives u workouts to do following an instructer and other pregnant ladies.. you can do this whilst pregnant and after pregnancy too.
it keeps you active whilst u work at ur own pace. i was really happy with it, and had no probs with weight afterwards.

Answer 10

hit the stair climber for 11 minutes