any woman titled as "over weight" while you were pregnant....?

Question

tell me what you ate durning your pregnancy to not gain massive amounts of weight? fruit for breakfast? salad for lunch? small regular meal? and how much weight did you gain following what you did. (plus excercise)
Thanks for your thoughts?

Answer 1

with my first pregnancy I was so sick I lost 30 lbs in the first 20 weeks, so there was never a worry about gaining too much.

With this pregnancy I have had to be more careful. I have gained only 15 lbs, and I am 36 weeks so its all good. I eat alot of fruit and salads, but I love them anyway. grilled chicken, fish (in moderation), and lots of water. rmember, you only need an additional 500 or so calories a day while pregnant, its not an excuse to overdo it.

Answer 2

With my first, I was underweight. I ate what I wanted, which was a lot of pickles, McChicken sandwhiches, and tomatoes with ranch dressing. Didn't seem like a lot at the time, but I gained 65 lbs. Took me a year and a half to lose it.

Now, I am 26 weeks into my 4th pregnancy. I am 5'7" and weighed 188 at my first prenatal appt (6 wks) I lost 5 lbs in the first 20 weeks, and have now gained back the 5 lbs and 4 more. I guess it isn't a big concearn, as the Dr hasn't said anything. I really don't eat a lot. I eat smaller portions through the day and a regular size dinner. The only thing I am doing different is that I don't eat as much red meat. I can't stand the taste of it.

Answer 3

While pregnant the first time I actually ate more but nothing special and just not a ton of junk. I only gained about 32 lbs and lost it all by the time the baby was a month.
I did however gain it back over the next year by staying at home too much with a baby.
I'm that much heavier this pregnancy but not at all worried about gaining too much. Just eat like normal. Maybe make a few switches for healthier versions. You don't need to "diet" per say as much as not go wild.

Answer 4

I have gained about 24 pounds during my pregnancy and we are at 37 wks 4 days. Mostly all i have done is eat smaller meals. I have eaten whatever i want, but i have not had super cravings for chocolate etc either. One of my cravings was for a nice green salad with grape tomatoes, cucumbers, shredded cheese, onions,peppers etc with blue cheese dressing. Yumminess. I have had cravings for pasta with sauce and spaghetti with butter and shredded cheese. When i had the cravings for pasta sometimes i would eat half a box by myself, but i would not be hungry for most of the day after.
Just take it easy and don't eat a whole box of cookies or a whole cake etc. I have not done much of anything for excercise. The doc said if i didn't do it before not to start doing it now. We went for walks for a while, but then walking on anything but a level surface for more then 5 minutes or so started hurting. Even walking in walmart for grovery shopping starts to hurt. As for hurting i mean the muscles near the bottom of my stomach they get tight.
Anyway, I drink water, milk, juice and sometimes soda. I eat ice cream here and there, the doc is happy with my weight gain so i am not worried about it.

Answer 5

OMG, my normal weight is 130# I am 5'8" tall

on my first pregnancy, you name it I ate it. Ice cream, soda, pie, cake, chips, chilli dogs. pototoes everything.

I gave birth weighing in at 260# WOW!!!! I know I was huge, got pictures to show it.

After she was born, I didn't eat those things anymore, I just ate normal. Played with my new baby and the weight just came off mostly on its own. I have 2 kids now, I was overweight on both and I still am a size 6 130# and 33 years old. my kids are 9years and 7 years.

Keep in mind, it takes 9 months to put on all that weight, you need at least 9 months to loose it too.