Overweight pregnancy weight loss, is it possible?

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For women who were already overweight before getting pregnant. Is it/ was it achievable to lose or at least maintain weight (when I say maintain I mean if you started pregnancy at 167 were you able to keep that same weight or you couldn’t lose it?)
Please share your successful stories if you have any!!

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When I got pregnant with my twins my starting weight was 227lbs. I got diagnosed with gestational diabetes at 11 weeks and was on a very strict diabetic diet. During the whole pregnancy I only gained 8lbs, But I also delivered them at 30 weeks. But after I delivered them I was 47lbs thinner than I was before I got pregnant. I was down to 180lbs. So if you eat healthy I’m sure you can maintain your weight or lose weight but you also want to make sure it is ok with your doctor.

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My dr has told me it’s ok if I want to continue to lose weight during my pregnancy, so far I haven’t really lost, been maintaining. I’m 24 w 2d

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I gained 5lbs throughout my pregnancy (from my start weight). Now that I’ve delivered I’m 15lbs less than my pregnancy start weight- it’s definitely possible

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I’m 16wks tomorrow and currently 10lbs down.

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I lost 15 pounds throughout the first trimester just by adapting better food choices. I am 34 weeks and still 1 pound down from pre-pregnancy weight.

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I was 167 when I got pregnant. Gained 40 and ended at 207. I was so disappointed that I was in the 200s. Two months after baby and I was back to 167. Now I’m 150 after diet and exercise. Honestly I did not enjoy my pregnancy being overweight at all. When we have baby #2 I’m trying to be 130 and eat healthy as possible.

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I am 16 weeks and have lost a total of 20 pounds. First baby I gained a pound and second I maintained.  Third one down 20

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I started dieting w a nutritionist in March, and found out mid April I was pregnant. I just kept going with it. (Nausea really helps with weight loss omg!) I was only eating about 800-1000 calories a day, comfortably, because I just wasn’t hungry. (Also I’ll add I was fresh off medical marijuana for the past month so that made my appetite plummet even more.) I lost 37 lbs from Mar 1 -Jun 7, (from 245 down to 208!!) but now I’m getting yelled at by my OB and nutritionist: no more losing weight!! (I wanted to break 200 so badly, but I just gotta be proud of myself and I’ll do it post baby.) So I changed MyFitnessPal to “maintain” and it upped my daily by about 600 calories. I’m so so so glad I lost a big chunk (literally lol) in the beginning though, I can’t imagine being what I was plus a baby.

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When I got pregnant with my daughter I started at 278. When I found out at 8 weeks 2 day that I was pregnant I was down to 258. By the end of the first trimester I was at 250. The morning I was induced at 40 weeks 2 days I was at 285. After my daughter was born I was down to 245. I had extreme loss of appetite in the first trimester and it was extremely difficult for me to gain weight.

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There’s no way you an maintain a weight. Pregnancy weight depends on so many factors. It better to lose the weight before getting pregnant, then not worry whole pregnant. You can always lose the weight after the pregnancy. Breastfeeding helps you lose weight as well.