losing weight in pregnancy?

Eleanor
Hey guys, so I'm 6 weeks roughly and I recently had my first appt with my midwife. I knew one of the major things they would say is that I am overweight, by a lot. My BMI is high and I really want to do what is best for my baby, and avoid gestational diabetes and all that great stuff. Does anybody know of any safe ways to lose weight in pregnancy or have any tips? My cravings are literally everything and I feel massive, I'm at the biggest I have ever been and I know that to give my baby the best chance and have the best pregnancy I can I need to try to lose a bit of weight but I've never had to do that whilst being pregnant so also don't want to hurt my baby either. 🙈