Pregnancy and calorie counting

mumsanutter
mumsanutter Posts: 3,134 Member
edited September 19 in Health and Weight Loss
My friend has just found out that she is expecting :bigsmile: and wants to make sure that she doesn't put on as much weight as she did last time.

Can anyone help please, by advising how many calories she should be looking at ie to eat whilst pregnant, so to try to avoid any excess weight gain?

Many thanks in advance

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  • mumsanutter
    mumsanutter Posts: 3,134 Member
    My friend has just found out that she is expecting :bigsmile: and wants to make sure that she doesn't put on as much weight as she did last time.

    Can anyone help please, by advising how many calories she should be looking at ie to eat whilst pregnant, so to try to avoid any excess weight gain?

    Many thanks in advance
  • TamTastic
    TamTastic Posts: 19,224 Member
    Hi there. Well I am pregnant (Will be 23 weeks on Friday).

    I used the first trimester to sort of ease into "maintenance" calories and set it up on here for that. I would eat at least 1500 and add more when I exercised. Now that I am further along, I have my calories set at 1800 and eat more when I exercise. I have gained about 13 lbs total so far and am almost 6 months..so I GUESS that's good. I am gaining enough but not going crazy.

    And I make sure to eat a ton of nutritious foods too. That is key!

    She may want to talk to her doctor though. Each person is different. :flowerforyou:
  • kbirky73
    kbirky73 Posts: 110
    Tam ... you are doing FANTASTIC!!!! GOOD FOR YOU!!!!
  • hahahollylol
    hahahollylol Posts: 160 Member
    babyfit.com should help you to help her.
  • dimplzz
    dimplzz Posts: 456 Member
    Hi there. Well I am pregnant (Will be 23 weeks on Friday).

    I used the first trimester to sort of ease into "maintenance" calories and set it up on here for that. I would eat at least 1500 and add more when I exercised. Now that I am further along, I have my calories set at 1800 and eat more when I exercise. I have gained about 13 lbs total so far and am almost 6 months..so I GUESS that's good. I am gaining enough but not going crazy.

    And I make sure to eat a ton of nutritious foods too. That is key!

    She may want to talk to her doctor though. Each person is different. :flowerforyou:

    Can I ask what kind of exercises you are doing?
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