fitness and putting on weight.

[~Leanne~]

I am 5 weeks pregnant, and I am really excited. I have only had a couple of days where I have felt a bit off, no real morning sickness yet, so it does not seem real.

In the last 4 months I have lost 10kgs, which I believe assisted in us falling pg naturally (I have PCOS so and last time had to take meds)

I am really worried about packing on the weight. Last time I had insulin dependant GD and I don't want to go down that road if I can help it.

Is there a safe way to continue to lose weight without affecting my baby?
I am currently eating 1400 calories a day and doing 30 minutes on the eliptical cross trainer or Wii fit every morning.

Can I continue to do this without risking bub's health.


Any advice would be appreciated.

[Tiff+2]

Hi Leanne,

Continuing with excersize you have previously been doing is no problems and very healthy for your pregnancy as long as you are not doing any high risk acitivies or weigh baring excersize. As for the caleries.... Hmmm I really thing you should be consulting your GP about that one, you have to be a bit careful with that sort of thing during pregnancy.

Congrats on your pregnancy! Wishing you a H&H 9 months!

[ladybird11]

Not knowing your height or weight - I can tell you that 1400 calories is a bit too low...I think maybe you should see your GP about that.

But keep exercising - if it feels good, do it hun!

[~Leanne~]

thanks girls ...... i will just see how i go with eating well and exercising and then talk to my ob about it when i see her at 13 weeks. they say that you should not really put on any weight in the first trimester,so I will do what I can (without being silly) to do that....

Happy Oz weekend to you all.

[Rommy'sMummy]

I agree with the others 1400 is probably too low. The average woman needs around 2300 cal a day. A preg one needs an extra 300. Preg is no time to loose weight.

I have also just lost around 10kg in the last couple of months and dont want to blow out and I still exercise but really moderately. The main thing to be concerned about is how hot you are getting. If you over heat you can damage the baby as its cells wont cope with being too hot. Too hot for me means sweating at the gym. So I might go on the bike next to the fan and keep my heart rate around 145 beats rather than up to my usual 185. Also remember that even early in preg we get that hormone relaxin in our blood with relaxes our joints and so we are far more flexible - that can mean that we are able to strain our joints without meaning too.

I am limiting myself to gently bike or cross trainer work and light yoga. Its frustrating as I love going to the gym and really working hard but I can do all that again once bubs is here.

Hope you have a H&H preg!

[misty]

Definitely talk to your doc, or a nutritionist. I started this pg 'overweight' and in my particular case, it is alright for me to try and 'maintain' my current weight for the first two trimesters and gain only a little in the last trimester. But not to loose it. I am eating the equivilent kj that a breastfeeding woman would need - Although I am not actually counting my kj, more just following a health eating plan and keeping full on fruit an vege. (although I will admit to downing quite a few paddlepops in the last few days ).

[Possums]

hi there, 1400 cals does seem too low, but maintaining your normal exercise routine (without overheating or pushing your heart rate too high) should be OK

Just on that subject, to pregnant women need extra calories even in the first trimester? i thought it was just after that once the placenta is fully working and the baby is bigger?

[Melbournemumma]

Hi,

I too have PCOS and have continued to see my Endocronoligist during this pregnancy. She advised me that there is actually no reason to gain weight during pregnancy and that she wants me to still be 90 kilos at the end of my pregnancy. She said the best way to do this is excercise and healthy eating. So, so far, I haven't put on any weight, although I haven't weighed myself in the last few weeks. I have been walking and trying to eat healthly as much as possible.

Apparently they are now revising the amount of weight that women should gain during pregnancy to be, for a healthy woman, 8-10 kilos.

anyway's, just thought I'd pass that one

[Possums]

how can you avoid gaining any weight though, when the baby, placenta etc all add to your weight?

[~Leanne~]

Possums - I wonder that too actually.
So far so good (i am only 6 weeks so should not have put on anything) - have actually lost 1/2 a kilo. But I think that is because I can not keep anything remotely naughty down! chocolate no, milo no, biscuits no.... oh well!

Thanks everyone for your advice. Only 7 weeks until I see my ob!

[Melbournemumma]

Well at first I wondered the same thing, but by eating healthily and keeping up regular excercise I have continued to loose some of the excess weight that I was carrying (thighs tummy fat etc) as the baby has gained weight. So that's how I haven't put on weight. Mind you, I am not on a diet and I still eat some naughty things sometimes, it's mainly through eating well normally and maintaining my excercise. The only excercise I've been doing is a 40 - 60 min walk. I try and go every day but generally it's 3 to 4 times a week. I think what they are trying to encourage women to do is not gain excess weight but just baby weight. The doctor did say that if I did gain some weight she wasn't going to stress too much but that she didn't want me to gain more than 6 kilos.

Realistically, I was talking to my Personal trainer and she was saying she put on 20 kilos during her second pregnancy and we all know that there is no way that the 20 kilos was baby . That's what they are trying to encourage women to avoid.

[Possums]

Ah I see, I don't have much excess to lose and am a good weight now, so I guess I will just try and only gain baby related weight