Is it just me!?!?!

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Any other super health conscious mommas who overindulged during their first trimester?!🙋🏼 I know I'm not the only one!! Okay now any other mommas who get really irritated when people say "oh look you're showing!" When you know you've gained unnecessary weight from not eating well or being active? Baby is only the size of a pear! I've gained weight bc I was obsessed with ice cream and tons of other junk food the past few months and I haven't been a fan of it being pointed out :/ am I alone in this!?

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I’m right there with you!! I’m a personal trainer and group fitness instructor and I was SO sick during my first trimester that I couldn’t workout at all and all I could stomach was bagels and fried food. I knew I had I eat, so I ate whatever I could keep down. I’m 21 weeks and up 12 lbs already. It’s so difficult for me some days to see how much weight I’ve gained, especially knowing I have 19 weeks to go, but I also know that I’m growing a beautiful, healthy baby and if my body is strong enough to grow a human, it sure as hell is strong enough to bounce back after the baby comes! Stay positive and just love yourself every step of the way! 💪🏼💕

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I didn't necessarily go crazy with eating but I didn't exercise much at all (paranoid after a miscarriage). My weight gain has been great until about 29 weeks :( now I'm gaining just slightly ahead of schedule (still in a healthy range but I will be over the recommended in a few weeks if I don't slow down. So I'm working on eating better and adding light exercise back in.

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🙋🏽‍♀️ I always make sure I have veggies and a balance diet but since pregnant I eat all of the wrong foods and have no desire to eat many healthily foods which upsets me a lot because I know my baby needs those things 😭😭

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Awe cheer up buttercup! I feel your pain. It’s tough watching your once tight fit little frame balloon out and then try to fight cravings. At some point it became emotional eating for me. Like I gave in double to the cravings cause I was sad I gave in but I’ve changed my perspective to I’m giving in to the baby’s cravings and gaining weight for the baby and that helps. Body fat will help us breast feed and will fall off but for now the body packs on what it needs. I just control portions best I can. I’ve noticed I gain the same amount no matter how I eat. My body does what it wants   
Now I feel bad because I sit on the couch all day at 33 weeks and I feel that’s super bad but it hurts to walk from the pressure of the baby on my pelvic bone. So I’m trying to tell myself I’m listening to my body but it’s tough. Real tough.

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mee!!!!!! everyday i feel like a whale

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I gained a little more weight than recommended during my first trimester as well. The main reason was that my biggest relief from nausea was constant snacking. I still have a bit of nausea but have recently discovered that jello cups and ice breaker sours offer some relief without being as calorie dense... so hopefully I can slow things down in the second trimester. 🤞!

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Now that morning sickness is mostly over, I am hungry. All. The. Time. Still mostly health stuff, but I eat probably twice as much as I ever did before.

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I could eat meat or raw veggies from 6-16w so it was all carbs all the time!   For someone who's followed a low carb routine for years, it was a 180 from my normal healthy diet and I ended up gaining almost 15 lbs by 18w.  I'm off to the doctor tomorrow and hoping my weight gain gain slowed down since it was recommended I gain 20-25 lbs the entire pregnancy but given how big my belly is and how puffy my face is, I'm not expecting good news.

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You definitely are not alone. I went completely insane with food during my first trimester and even though I’ve been more cautious the 2nd and 3rd I have gained entirely too much weight during this pregnancy. I am extremely unhappy with my body right now and I am hoping to get back on track in a few weeks once she is born. Try not to stress yourself out over it!

Is it just me!?!?!

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