(unintended) weight loss during pregnancy

[briggsy's girl]

i lost something like 20kg while i was pg. between ms, increased metabolism because of the baby needing food, and the extra increase of having to snack on healthy food alllll day to keep ms at bay alllll pregnancy, it just fell off me

Squid - don't weigh yourself daily - don't try to make up for weight lost. ideally, you shouldn't be weighing yourself more than monthly, though weekly is probably more normal for a pregnant woman. your weight varies day to day, even hour to hour depending on fluid retention etc. if you're focussing on the numbers you're not doing yourself any favours - it's that kind of behaviour that can lead to eating disorders (not saying that's where you're going, but it CAN lead that way). if younger kids see mum and dad obsessing on the numbers every day, it can mess with their heads

[squidipa]

Sorry cass to highjack but wanted to respond Hope you understand.

Bg i do agree with you but i find if i was to weigh weekly i could very easily gain 5 or more kilos my body is very strange like that i already don't fit into my undies bra's tops or leggings its terrible.I bought a couple of second hand bras in an op shop thats helped but cant find clothes cheaply and dont have loads to spend leggings are 16-25 each thats like heaps for me thats like a family meal over 2 nights to feed 4 kids and 2 adults here. i do retain alot of fluid yep and u are right about kids seeing this and thinking its bad. I in no way want to take that point away you are without a doubt 100% correct. I weight in the morning behind a closed door in bathroom.

As ya know hubbie has been dropping the killo's due to his sleep apnoea that caused him to end up in hospital via ambulance. The kids do see this, i hope and i try to let them know that this is a good thing because he needs to loose some weight because his body is struggling. My goal is not to go over 40 kilos in this pregnancy i know when past half way i can gain amazing weights. I am already quite over weight at 168cm and 82.9 kilo pre preg weight was 82.4 kilo. being alreday over weight and having prolaps issues, knee problems and i need to be very carful with my intake of food. I know i can afford to cut back on my eating to loose weight but i dont agree on doing this in pregnancy. I am already feeling run down.

I eat heaps for tea alone recently its been pretty much this quantity of food. Large plate of shepherd pie with a vegi bake and veg on side, 2 cookies 4 bannana's, juice water coffee and milk yes all of this, then 2 rows of chocolate and about 8 or more pancakes. This is an average dinner for me. Starting with the vegetables first. I consume 500grams -1 kilo worth of fruit daily i have even been know to eat a bowl of cereal after all of that amount on top. I do not normally eat this much but in pregnancy i do.