Anyone on a calories restriction while pregnant?

Question

I’m only 6 weeks and trying to watch how much I gain but I always seem to be extremely hungry😞. With my first 2 pregnancies I wasn’t this hungry this early idk what to do I really don’t want to gain a ton a weight since I’m already pretty heavy. With my first I gained 25 lbs and my 2nd I gained 40😫

Answer

Forget calories. Eat Whole Foods and focus on getting most of your nutrition through plants.  You’ll find it almost impossible to overeat when you’re primarily eating fruits and veggies.    Removing junk food and sugary drinks goes sooooo far when it comes to diet.  
Also you’re about to enter into morning sickness phase.  I was only able to eat one meal a day from 7 weeks until middle of my 15th.   I tried to make it as healthy as possible but wow, just keeping anything down was hard.  Lots of food lost it’s appeal.  I went from 272 down to 256 during this time.

Answer

I’m on the GD diet with my PCOS. And insulin, but cutting out sugar and refined flour has really helped keep my weight down. I also walk every night for 30mins on the treadmill.  I’m hungry all the time too lately, this baby has definitely sped up my metabolism, so I just choose healthy snacks like an apple with peanut butter, popcorn and cheese strings, etc and eat every 2 hrs pretty much! I just started gaining weight at about 23 weeks.

Answer

See if you can get an appointment with a nutritionist. They can help guide you towards nutrient rich, low-calorie, balanced eating. Eat lots of veggies. I will snack on frozen peas when I just can't stop eating because at least it's a vegetable. Get lots of fiber and protein in your diet to help fill you up. Don't restrict your calories too much because you want to be sure you're not damaging the baby's development (the baby can't really grow from stored day, they need sugar and carbs from the calories you're eating).

Anyone on a calories restriction while pregnant?

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