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kristinc06837
kristinc06837 Posts: 630 Member
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Hello ladies I am 13 weeks tomorrow and am trying to get my macronutrients on par I feel like i am taking in waayyyyy too many carbs. While I was dieting before pregnancy I always did 40% carbs and 30-30 for protein and fat, well now at 2000 calories a day vs 1200 that is around 134 g of protein a day and I just cant hit that. I talked to my dr and she said protein shakes are okay as long as you read the ingredients and try to stay away from as much artificial as you can but what do you ladies think? Any one have a good pregnancy macronutrient percentage equation? lol

I should add I have had morning sickness problems so that would be the problem making sure keeping everything balanced when nothing seems to balance in the old tummy lol

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  • Kamikazeflutterby
    Kamikazeflutterby Posts: 770 Member
    In to see the other answers.

    I've been going off of this http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/pregnancy-nutrition/PR00110 for absolute minimum amounts on protein and iron as well as to help me pick which macronutrients are important to track. I don't worry about the vitamins or folic acid because the multivitamins fill in whatever the veggies don't, and I could probably quit tracking calcium just because tums count as a calcium supplement (who knew?) and I drink a ton of milk.

    If I were you I'd ask the doctor what counts as an artificial vs natural ingredient in protein shakes and how many artificial ingredients are too many. I am honestly curious and not trying to call protein powder "bad" by any stretch, but since you cannot stalk the wild powdered whey proteins of the Serengeti what makes one powdered protein more natural than another?
  • kristinc06837
    kristinc06837 Posts: 630 Member
    I am going to ask for sure but the protein is a whey protein powder that comes from dairy. I would like to try and find a hemp protein powder. I mainly judge it by ingredients that I know what they are and can pronounce. I loved Jillians protein powder as it was sweetened with Stevia but I can't seem to find it any more. Wish I would have stocked up on it!
  • kristinc06837
    kristinc06837 Posts: 630 Member
    Here is a great link I was shown I wanted to share that roughly gave me the same formula I was told before about .5g for every pound you weigh.

    http://www.unjury.com/store/usage/pregnancy_protein.shtml

    It lets you know how many grams you need per day for a 125lb would you need 71g of protein a day and 99g for a 200lb.

    Just in case any one had the same question :)

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