What's safe?

Question

I'm a thick girl and I'm currently 4wks. With my 1st, the nausea was immediate and bad. I lost 10lbs in my 1st trimester, only gained a total of 25lbs, and came home from the hospital 10 lbs lighter than my prepregnancy weight. I am currently heavier than I was before my 1st pregnancy and I'm constantly hungry! I want to stay healthy, so I was looking for some safe exercises to help keep me on track. I haven't been consistently exercising, so I dont want to do too much and possibly hurt the baby. Any suggestions?

Answer

They recommend that you don't do any new exercises during your pregnancy that you weren't doing before it. I was always insanely hungry the first trimester. Like non stop eating almost, but still losing weight despite never getting sick. I say just listen to your body. Eat when you're hungry, and stop when you aren't (before you feel full. Even if it was after only a bite or two). Stick to a healthy variety and you should be fine. I was plus sized in both my pregnancies. Gained 20 lbs in my first (baby was 9 lbs 6 oz) and back to prepregnancy weight within a week and technically didn't gain any in my second pregnancy (lost a lot in the first trimester and just gained that back. She was 8 lbs 3 oz and I was 20 lbs under my starting weight within a week or 2)

Answer

Anything you were doing before pregnancy is considered safe (exercise) you could do prenatal yoga, more walks, housework is a chore that keeps you moving, swimming at a place like the YMCA. If you weren't exercising before pregnancy (of course listen to your dr) but I don't think starting with light workouts would be bad. You could modify just to get the movement in.

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