Anyone else who needs support with weight control during pregnancy??

[[M]umma[M]ia]

Thanks for the welcome Good ol Weight Watchers

I did have my tuna toast for lunch, was pretty good actually and has given me a good energy boost. Im about to go cut up some fruit and toss it in a bowl with a spoonful of low fat yogurt I have found, especially now, I need to have morning tea and afternoon tea to stop me snacking on junk food. The gap between breakfast, lunch & tea is too much to handle atm.. is anyone else finding that?

Working tonight, which means Im weighing in aswell. Those scales never fail to make me nervous!!

What did you end up having for lunch misty??

[misty]

Ended up having a tuna cheese and lettuce sandwich - was too lazy to grate the carrot. Unfortunately, I also ended up having some apple pie as well - not good, especially when I looked it up and it was 10 Propoints!! yikes. Lucky I have a really good healthy dinner cooking. The last of the pie is in the freezer.

I know what you mean about weigh ins. Mind you when I know I have been good all week, I usually cann't wait to stand on those scales - it's those weeks where I haven't tracked properly that I feel like avoiding them.

I have had such a 'lazy' day today. Sitting down most of the day, trying to recover from yesterdays activities. At least I'm not stiff and sore any more - but I find when I don't keep busy I am more likely to simply snack all day.

[misty]

Well you girls should be proud of me, I am. i just went and took the rest of the apple pie and fed it to the dogs! I realised that I was just kidding myself about being able to keep it in the freeser and not touch it, so it's gone.

How is everyone else doing???

[peanutter]

not too bad today.

an up'n'go for brekky with a small banana (pricey, but worth it!) then half a sandwich and some soup and juice for lunch, a naughty custard scroll for arvo tea, and sausages with salad for dinner.

bedtime for me. The m/s is so heavily reduced if I pack in a good 9-10 hours per nigh ...


but for healthy and minimal effort, can you stomach those lean cuisine type meals? not the greatest, but the thai curry ones for eg is only 3 points or something... as is the cottage pie WW one...?

[JBM]

i really felt sick all day yesterday and hardly ate anything. half my lunch and half a small bowl of chicken and veggie soup for dinner. just felt sick all day and even untill 12.30 this morning i was awake feeling sick ?!
i had a nice breaky though as i am feeling ebtter this morning. chicken sausages with tomato, mushroom and egg. i hope i keep feeling good today.

[misty]

I am going off track again... sigh. Weekends are not my friend, nor is a messy house and a lack of motivation.

DH gets home late sunday night (so really, monday morning), so FX things are easier again once he is home and can pick up a bit of the slcak with the kids. He has next week off work - so I plan on letting him do everything for the week; I need a holiday, pity we cann't afford for me to actually go anywhere at the moment.

[JBM]

misty: yeah for a break, i am sure it'll be just what you need. btw i loved your thing about getting into the icing sugar. lol . so cute and funny. but as you said it's another day so keep moving forward.

afm: well i have been good ! can you believe it ?!. but i made some yummy chicken brest snitzels with stem veg last night. still not leating much only ate half my dinner but i figure why eat when i am not hungry ?
still getting sick most days
:-(
i also made some exra yummy tassie salmon dip. it's cooked salmon and i use low fat phyllie cheese also and have it with rice crackers. mmmmmmmmmmmmmm so so yum and healthy.


keep up the good work guys.

chat soon

[peanutter]

yup. is the dietician standard there?

and is it standard to have so many appointments? it looks like I'll have to go in every 2 weeks

[EsJay]

hi ladies i need to join in here. prior to last pg i had lost 20kg which put me at about 12kg overweight, but i gained 28.9kg while pregnant (mostly 1st & 2nd tri) have since lost this weight and back to where i started. had my last weigh in at weight watchers tonight and have put on 0.8kg in 2 weeks, at that rate im looking at at roughly 20kg for full term pregnancy. no, i say no. How this has happened i dont know as i have been really good the last fortnight, for god sake i was following ww arrrgggghhh!

i'll go back and read a bit to get to know you all and hope to be able to help each other out with a bit of motivation and tips

[The[cookie]Doctor]

yup. is the dietician standard there?

and is it standard to have so many appointments? it looks like I'll have to go in every 2 weeks

I got referred to the dietician as well as my BMI is over 40 (yet most people I know wouldn't believe that I look 'that' fat / overweight ... I guess I must carry it semi-proportionately).
I felt a bit ripped off about it because they didn't bother to discuss with me if I understood my weight issues etc beforehand, just that they needed to refer me. I was a bit annoyed about it but I guess the referring Ob / Mid can't 'know' everything.

In my case, my first (and only) appointment with the dietician went like this...
"Why are you here / did you request it / did they force you etc?"
I replied that although it wasn't offered as optional I understood my weight was of concern and was happy to partake in the appointment.
For ME, I was able to say - I "know" the things I am supposed to do, I am just not good at committing to doing them - and she said that is most people's problem.
Then we basically talked about things to avoid - lollies, chocs, ice cream, sweets etc. Balacing your intake at meal times, reducing portion sizes, drinking water.
All stuff i know but not good at putting into practice... lucky DH had gotten off his butt and decided he was in the mindframe to lose weight as well and we had already started a good routine etc. And i had already lost weight during pregnancy so she didnt see a need to make another appointment.

I had the opportunity to explain that i put the weight and developed bad habits from PND etc.
I dont know how many dieticians they have but mine was lovely and in no way judgemental or unapproachable and it was really refreshing.

With the appointments, I am not sure how they do it as my first one wasn't until 23 weeks.
Then i had one at 26, 29, 33 (actually ended up being 34), then 36 is the next one.
I also had to have an appt with the anesthetist which i thought was to guage dosage requirements etc to be on your file for if required in labour but all
the guy i saw talked about was pain relief options - totally pointless.

Sorry to be a bit OT everyone

[misty]

Dragoncookie - it is interesting to read about your experience with the dietician and the referral. I understand you about not looking as big as you BMI as well. I am the same. I carry my weight well, so although people might look at me and think "oh she is a little overweight" or "she could probably do to loose a few kgs". Most people are shocked IF I tell them just how high my BMI actually is. And then they usually launch into a spiel about how BMI is a load of rubbish - which I don't believe. I KNOW I carry my extra weight well, but i also know how I look and feel at a healthy BMI. I don't want to be in denial about my weight, denial about my size is one of the reasons I let myself get so big the first time round, and I wasn't happy with my weight or myself. (Not that I want people telling me I look like a hippo either...)

Jen82 - hello. Good to have you here. I am another Weight Watcher. One of the hardest things to get your head around with being pregnant is that even when you are trying to minimize or control your weight gain, it IS going to happen and it IS OK: and there will likely be no apparent logic to it. You may be fabulously behaved one week and gain 3kgs, and then terrible for then next two weeks and somehow loose 500g. Are you attending meetings? Or are you doing it online? Or at home? If you are at meetings you will have to let your leader know about your pregnancy (they can hold you membership for 12months for you to return 6 weeks after bubs is born) as you will no longer be able to attend meetings and weigh in whilst pregnant. I always tell my pregnant members to take their program material along to their midwife or Ob and ask them to refer you to a dietician who can then tailor the plan to you specifically throughout your pregnancy - as what you will need to consum at different stages will be very different to the basic program. I have been following ProPoints (more often then not ) through out this entire pregnancy. It is a fantastic program to follow in pregnancy, much better then the old points program simply because you can eat as much fruit and vege as you want - so you will never go hungry. (and I certainly get more hungry whilst pregnant).


Well, I have been going well - although tonight I blew out a bit. A friend asked me to go to the movies with some other people (we saw "the Help"; great movie) So I had a small popcorn whilst there and some bikkies on the way home. But oh well - I rarely ever go out, and although I went a little over, I didn't pig out. Just not looking forward to weighing in at maternity tomorrow afternoon. Lets hope with all that salt on the popcorn I don't retain too much fluid.