When in 2nd tri should we increase cals beyond maint?
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cakesmooth
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Hello! I am thankful and happy to be entering my 2nd trimester on Tuesday. My starting BMI (and therefore weight) was in the overweight range so my target goal has been a 20 pound gain total. I'm on track for the first trimester and am wondering at which week should I add cals. I'm currently between 1800-1900 plus exercise cals. Which week did you increase cals and for all the overweight mommas how many cals did you add? Thanks!
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I'm 37 weeks and am still eating maintenance, plus my exercise calories (maintenance is 1800 or so for me, and if I work out, I eat around 2100). I've gained 28 lbs at this point, and hope to stay under my goal of 30.
I went into it thinking I'd add in more calories at some point, but I always feel full (even at maintenance) and was gaining the appropriate amount of weight so I decided to keep it as it was. Not to say there weren't days I didn't go over, ie: every weekend!:) It's really up to you- how full/not full are you feeling now when you eat at maintenance?
Sorry if this didn't help much- just wanted to add my 2 cents:)0 -
I personally upped mine at the beginning of the 2nd trimester, but I was so hungry I was eating over anyway. I don't think I needed to that early, maybe around 20 weeks when the baby actually starts putting on weight is my suggestion.0
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I ate at maintenance (2000 cals for me) all throughout the second and third trimesters, but on days when I was extra hungry, I went over without feeling guilty. This was my doctor's advice (I started out in the "normal" BMI range).0
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Keyalus posted the link below on another post. I'm a concrete numbers kinda girl! Thanks!
http://www.freedieting.com/tools/pregnancy_calorie_calculator.htm0
