Weightloss and pregnancy??

Question

So my best weight is 126 and normal about 140, i gained alot of weight die to stress this is my 3rd baby i dropped all the weight after my 2nd in 6 months but felt horrible this time around getting pregnant at 168. I jave never had such a high prepregnancy weight im only 5'2. Does anyone have any weight control or something to maintain while pregnant? Im 12 weeks 4 days and already 172. I know the heavier i get the harder the rest of my pregnancy will be please help!!

Answer

Well you hit the nail on the head when you said you lost the weight with your second child. It will come off!

During this time, we have to listen to our bodies more than anything. Our babies need us to listen. I have been eating way differently than normal.

I would just stay away from the scale. It is not your friend if you're feeling badly about your weight.

Eat healthy and don't try to limit how much, unless your doctor says too. Some things I do are: never get too hungry, eat the vegetables first; chew slowly; learn to love cucumbers, carrots & rice cakes for snacks, I allow myself peanut butter since I'm pregnant; do not allow junk food in the house, this pisses my husband off; stay away from calorie drinks.

I also exercise EVERY day. If it's a no gym or dance class day then I walk. Sometimes I even break it up in mini walks 😏 Gotta love pregnancy, apparently sweeping the floor counts as exercise! I also have an exercise ball, just bouncing on that is exercise.

I read that only a third of women gain the 25-35 lbs!!! Talk about unrealistic restrictions. Some gain less, this baffles me, but most of us more.

I've gained 6 lbs so far! I'm right on target but know I may miss the mark and that's okay. I'm human.

I gained too much weight with my first. I was overweight to start with too. I kept trying to talk about it with my doctor. His advice? Your young, don't worry, it will come off. And it DID!!! I was never so skinny as when I breastfed.

Growing a baby is important work! Be proud of your body!!!

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Eat healthy and walk walk walk it will burn all the calories your eating and u won't gain to much my sister with all 3 of her pregnancys didn't gain no weight at all but had a huge belly and 7lb babies roughly. She ate like a pig but worked at the red Cross and was constantly walking all day every day. All of her babies were healthy n happy.

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The best thing you can do now is eat healthy (balance diet: about 1/2 a plate of veggies, 1/4 plate of meat, 1/4 of carbs) and exercise. It's usually not recommended to be taking supplements or weight loss pills.

I read a really good article that made me think about my weight too. I'm 5'4" and started at around 165lbs when I got pregnant. It's said the worst thing that can happen if you don't loose the baby weight is nothing. It talked about how we often judge ourselves harder than others do. It's very unlikely that our family,  friends or kids will stop loving us because we don't drop the baby weight. Just something to think about.

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