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.
Last edited by misty; September 8th, 2011 at 10:04 AM.
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