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

[JBM]

i have been good and i got some preg bathers today so i will be starting aqua next week. i have to take it easy after my little bleed a few weeks ago but the midwife said this would be great for me to do.
i have been eating well. need to do a weigh in tomorrow.

good luck to all

[beansbeans!]

Hi ladies,

Ive been pretty good.. Well its hard to be bad when anything naughty makes me sick!

But I had an ob appt this week and for once in my life I love the scales!!! For a while there I was getting frustrated with my weightloss, according to my scales I hadnt lost any weight in weeks, and in fact I had put on a kilo... But at the ob's I had actually lost weight, and I am now at the same weight I was at before I got pregnant with DD2!!!!! Which also means that in 5 weeks I have lost 6 kilos!!!!!

But on the downside, Im ony allowed to gain 4 kilos this pregnancy, but Im positive I can do that!

[misty]

BeansBeans - WooHoo!!!! that is excellent! Good on you! You can definitely stay within that 4kgs over your pregnancy if you work at it. Just don't look at the long term so much as breacking it up into smaller goals. I make each goeal between midwives / doctors appointments - and just focus on maintaining / loosing for that time period. Worry about the next block of time when it comes up.

JBM - Yay on the pregnant bathers. I have a pair from my second pregnancy, but unfortunately they are a size 10 - so I have no hope of fitting in them, and cann't justify going out and getting more when I only have 8 weeks left, and this is my last pregnancy.

Cranky Kitten good to hear you have had a good week.

AFM - I have already stuffed up today. I woke up and had a HUGE bowl of just right (11ProPoints by the time I added milk!) - not that bad, I could still work with that. But then I saw the left over birthday cake from my DS2's birthday yesterday, and I am ashamed to say, I had not one, but TWO very VERY large peices. And now I feel sick from overeating crappy junk food. 20 ProPoints blown on cake. Blah. What was I thinking?!?!? I am suppose to be eating about 35ProPoints worth of food in an entire day!!!! And here I have eaten 31 already, and it isn't even 11o'clock! Bummer to have to use up all my extra weekly ProPoints on the first day of my tracking week. On the bright side, at least I have all those weekly ProPoints there to use, otherwise I would be screwed.

[leckert]

Well, girls I think I should be joining you. only just pg (haven't got GP referral to obs yet) and I'm already about 6kgs over what I was when I fell pg with DS (I was 94ish then now 100ish) I know I'm classed as obese for my height (160cm). I've been using my pedometer (aim for 9000 a day atm) and tracking this online (great site walking with attitude - has walking challenges) so that I can try and be stable/lose weight. I was intending to lose more before falling pg but ... hey we are pg now so going to have to manage. I'm hoping that I'll manage not to put too much on this time. Last time round I lost all the weight I put on in the first couple of weeks after birth but I'm hoping that I won't need to be losing too much afterwards this time round.
Food choices for me are not that good always; main problem is I don't do salads - I can't stand the crunch (and taste) of salad veges. Last pg I could barely stand crunchy stirfry veg Hoping to not have that problem this time round. I also need to work on portion control. Be back later but need to try to get DS to sleep so I can finish writing job applications that are due on Monday/early next week...

[misty]

Hello Leckert. Not liking crunchy vege could certainly make things more difficult, but not impossible. Maybe you could do some warm salads, where the vege is cooked first, or just get you vege intake from cooked vege at mealtimes and fill up with fruit at other times of the day. Good luck with it all.

[JBM]

misty: we all have slip ups every now and then. another day and you can keep moving forward. :-)

AFM: well i have been sort of good. i did have bread today with homemade chick and corn soup, the bread was low GI but i had 2 slices. i had 2 eggs and half an apple for breaky this morn so that was good.
i will be doing my aqua on thur so i'll get some extra exercise then. and pregnastics on friday to work out my legs an importantly my pelvic floor. so off to a good week.

chat soon

good luck to all. this is a new week. we can be good. :-)

[misty]

Well yesterday I was fabulous (even if I do say so myself) and I now feel back on track and in control. I made DH give the rest of the birthday cake to the dogs last night. I was so tempted by it, and knew if it was still there I would cave at somepoint, so I told DH to give it to the dogs, and OMG he didn't even hesitate, he just threw it all out in the backyard! Is it sad to admit that even though I was the one to tell him to do it, I was still a little sad to see it happen. Gosh, the silly emotional attahcments we form with food, hey?

Hhhhmmm.....soup. Yummmo. I should make a big batch myself in the slow cooker. I haven't made soup for at least a couple of months and have heaps of veges in the fridge that are starting to wilt a little.

[peanutter]

nicely done, misty

[Lolpigs]

I'm going to be starting calorie counting again today, 32 weeks and I seem to have put on alot of weight on my thighs, arms and butt becuase of the baby. Not happy I have to buy some scales and figure out what my weight is now, beucase I just did measurements to track my weight before the baby was born and I was about a 14. All my fault however, I've indulged a bit too much over the last few months and been lazy so its come back to bite me.

My OB has never once mentioned my weight but I'm going to try and stop it getting out of control. I had my weight to where I was happy with it before the baby too sigh. Typical!

Is 1700 calories enough a day while pregnant?

[misty]

Lolpigs - Your energy intake in the third trimester is likely to be around what it should be if you were breastfeeding. It will depend on your age, weight and height as to how much you will actually need to consume. Unfortunately I have never counted calories - so have no idea how many you should be eating. I count ProPoints - which are a different kettle of fish altogether. Are you able to get into a dietician to ask them how many calories you should be consuming? There are some good websites out there to help figure these things out. There is one I have been visiting (it also has a forum attached to it), it is an american? or UK? site called "Babyfit". If you google that you should be able to find it. (sorry it is against forum guidlines to post a link to this site I am pretty sure - but it is - babyfit (dot) sparklepeople (dot) com ). The have a free food tracker and other tools, specificall geared towards pregnancy nutrition.

Edited to add:
Just looked at my nutrition tracker on Babyfit and it says 'I' should be consuming between 2360-2660 calories per day. It also outlined how much protien, calcium, etc, it should contain.

[misty]

Well, this weekend was a COMPLETE and UTTER write off.
On friday night we had cheesy pizza and pasta for dinner. Yummy but very very high in ProPoints.
Saturday, my sister had my DD, so we got mum to babysit the boys and DH and I went out to the movies (yes, with chips and other junk food), plus mum had been cooking all day, so I 'sampled' alot of it.
And then on sunday, it was my baby shower (which was why my mum had been cooking) - so I had all her homemade baked goods: macaroons, cheesecake, scones, gingerbread loaf with butter, rock cakes, etc.... lots of yummy induldgent stuff.

So, I had a great weekend, which resulted in a very bad weekend foodwise!

But that's alright. Back on track (again ) today. I see my ob on thursday, so have 4 days to undo the damage of the last three days - by eating healthy, and cutting out the junk food and salty processed foods.

[misty]

Well, I am very dissapointed today.
I had an ob appointment this morning and have apparently gained 3kgs in one week! It would mostly be fluid, as I have swollen up like a Balloon this morning - but it is still disapointing. I only have 1.4kgs leyway left before I reach that dreaded BMI cut off that I am supposed to stay under.

[Lolpigs]

Lolpigs - Your energy intake in the third trimester is likely to be around what it should be if you were breastfeeding. It will depend on your age, weight and height as to how much you will actually need to consume. Unfortunately I have never counted calories - so have no idea how many you should be eating. I count ProPoints - which are a different kettle of fish altogether. Are you able to get into a dietician to ask them how many calories you should be consuming? There are some good websites out there to help figure these things out. There is one I have been visiting (it also has a forum attached to it), it is an american? or UK? site called "Babyfit". If you google that you should be able to find it. (sorry it is against forum guidlines to post a link to this site I am pretty sure - but it is - babyfit (dot) sparklepeople (dot) com ). The have a free food tracker and other tools, specificall geared towards pregnancy nutrition.

Edited to add:
Just looked at my nutrition tracker on Babyfit and it says 'I' should be consuming between 2360-2660 calories per day. It also outlined how much protien, calcium, etc, it should contain.

Thanks Misty. I mention the weight gain to my OB who said "really" but that was it LOL. He's not concerned in the slightest. Was more worried last appt making sure I didn't have preeclampsia which is a good thing LOL

Perhaps its just me not happy I'm suddenly putting on all the baby weight now? I feel like I have tree stump arms and legs with a potato in the middle. My husband tells me to stop worrying about it, and that I just "look pregnant".

[EsJay]

well i got weighed at the gp yesterday and have put on 3kg in 10days. omg. i have been really good foodwise and not had any softdrinks or anything plus i walked 4 days in that time i just dont get it. so im pushing myself more on the treadmill and cutting back the amounts of the good foods im eating. i was already hungry all the time, lastnight and today is just hell. i used babyfit and it said i should be eating 3030cals a day, that doesnt sound right to me. i have been eating just over half that a day and have put on all this weight. having a big boohoo day here! mainly cos im sooooo hungry.

misty i hope things all go well for the next couple of weeks, at least you only have a little while for that 1.4kg. maybe you will even get a nice surprise at your next appt and the fluid has eased off. That would be nice.

lolpigs im sure you do just look pregnant. i found everything got massive in the last trimester, but the actual weight gain was the least of the whole pregnancy.