That's great you haven't really gained!!! You are not alone!!!! I went from 237-150lbs in a years time RIGHT before getting preggo. .as a matter of fact I had actually met my mini goal of 150 after I knew I was preggo lol the fear of gaining too much was/is definitely there! I think the reason i have put on what i have is from being lazy and over endulging for my first two trimesters! Ive since been able to pretty much maintain in the third bc ive been eating better and working out but you are def not alone!! And dont feel bad, theres so many others out there that feel the same way!!! Oh yeah, i am 35 weeks and have gained 33.5 lbs. The important thing is that we are growing a human inside us so we need to eat more and put on a little weight ;-) after baby we can concentrate on losing and getting our bodies back so I wouldn't stress too much and feel free to add me!

While I think it's great too, in reality I am sure I can attribute that in part to not eating enough. Yesterday is a good example. I had a bottle of water during my work out, and drink water throughout the day. I had 2 pieces of whole wheat toast with peanut butter for breakfast with a glass of 1% milk. I was literally running around until about 1:30 yesterday afternoon and was starving so broke down and grabbed a small fry and a mcdouble from mcdonalds while I was out. I am in school for nursing and have 2 exams this week so I was studying last night. I ended up snacking on 2 or 3 of those 50-90 calorie chocolate bars leftover from halloween and that was it for the day. DH and the kids weren't home so I didn't have any motivation to make anything for dinner.

This is really pretty typical. Sometimes I will eat both lunch and dinner, but most times it's an either or. This isn't healthy

Oh girl! You need to be careful and get enough cals! My dr gave me 1800 when I first found out I was preggo!

This is my first pregnancy and I’m 20 weeks on Wednesday. According to the scale this morning I have gained 19lbs :..( The first trimester really messed me up. I was really hungry, needed to eat to make the nausea go away and was soooo sleepy I stopped exercising for a month and a half. Before getting pregnant I had been on MFP for a year, logged every day, worked out almost daily and had lost 31lbs so I feel really bad with this weight gain. My doc told me I should only gain 15lbs total cuz I started out obese.
I have an appointment with a nutritionist tomorrow so hopefully that helps and I’m determined to log daily again. I had stopped. Keeping it around 1800 and hope that works. Plus now that I'm in my 2nd trimester I feel a lot better. No more nausea and I have more energy to workout again (Zumba and bike riding)

hey don't stress out. I gained a lot my first and beginning of 2nd tri. Up until 24wks I had gained 20-21lbs. I am 30wks now and as of this morning I have gained 23.2lbs. It had slowed down soooo much and I am still eating the same as before! I actually don't exercise as much as I used to. I used to exercise 5-6days a week and now I am down to 3 days a week. last week I only exercised once. Lol. But I have a feeling the reason I am not gaining weight is because I am losing muscle mass and its turning into fat, my jeans have gotten tighter around my butt and thighs :-/ LOL. I will get back to doing total body workouts but maybe 2 days a week and then cardio for 2 days. I really want to exercise more, but I have been getting a lot of BH from it so I want to take it easy until I am closer to 40wks. I also keep my cals 1800-2100 a day. Depends on how hungry I am. I have days that I can never be full and days where I get at 1700 cals and I feel soooo full. Pregnancy calories is a guessing game. Just go by how you feel. I never starve myself.

30wks + 23.2lbs

This is my first pregnancy and I’m 20 weeks on Wednesday. According to the scale this morning I have gained 19lbs :..( The first trimester really messed me up. I was really hungry, needed to eat to make the nausea go away and was soooo sleepy I stopped exercising for a month and a half. Before getting pregnant I had been on MFP for a year, logged every day, worked out almost daily and had lost 31lbs so I feel really bad with this weight gain. My doc told me I should only gain 15lbs total cuz I started out obese.
I have an appointment with a nutritionist tomorrow so hopefully that helps and I’m determined to log daily again. I had stopped. Keeping it around 1800 and hope that works. Plus now that I'm in my 2nd trimester I feel a lot better. No more nausea and I have more energy to workout again (Zumba and bike riding)

hey don't stress out. I gained a lot my first and beginning of 2nd tri. Up until 24wks I had gained 20-21lbs. I am 30wks now and as of this morning I have gained 23.2lbs. It had slowed down soooo much and I am still eating the same as before! I actually don't exercise as much as I used to. I used to exercise 5-6days a week and now I am down to 3 days a week. last week I only exercised once. Lol. But I have a feeling the reason I am not gaining weight is because I am losing muscle mass and its turning into fat, my jeans have gotten tighter around my butt and thighs :-/ LOL. I will get back to doing total body workouts but maybe 2 days a week and then cardio for 2 days. I really want to exercise more, but I have been getting a lot of BH from it so I want to take it easy until I am closer to 40wks. I also keep my cals 1800-2100 a day. Depends on how hungry I am. I have days that I can never be full and days where I get at 1700 cals and I feel soooo full. Pregnancy calories is a guessing game. Just go by how you feel. I never starve myself.

30wks + 23.2lbs

^THIS.

I've gained more than I should so far, and I'm only nearing the end of my first trimester. I am trying not to let it stress me out. Right now my body doesn't need much in the way of extra calories (and I was eating a lot to keep nausea at bay), but as I get further along, it will need more and more... Meaning if I keep eating the same way I am now, my body will be "using" more of those extra calories to put towards the baby, and more of my weight gain will actually be baby, not my butt. Or at least I hope that's how it goes!

11w2d, +7 to 9lbs, depending on how nice the scale wants to be to me

Updated monthly breakdown:

May (weeks 1-4) +0
June (weeks 5-8) +0
July (weeks 9-12) +4.7
August (weeks 13-17) +4.7
September (weeks 18-21) +7.4
October (weeks 22-26) +23 <- at school for 3 weeks and ate out more than normal and crazy class hours limited working out :blushing:

Here I am for my weekly update yet again - starting my 3rd trimester now! I guess this is where the scale is supposed to sky rocket?! Strangely enough, I saw more of a gain this week.

At 8 weeks pregnant I was +6lbs
at 10 weeks pregnant I was +11lbs
at 11 weeks pregnant I was +10 lbs
At 12 weeks +8lbs
At 13 weeks +10lbs
At 14 weeks + 12 lbs
At 15 weeks + 9lbs
At 16 weeks + 10.5 lbs
At 17 weeks + 12.5 lbs
At the never-ending 18 weeks + 16lbs
19 weeks + 14.5 lbs
20 weeks + 20 lbs
21 weeks + 17 lbs
22 weeks + 18.5 lbs
23 weeks + 17 lbs
24 weeks + 18 lbs
25 weeks + 17.5 lbs
26 weeks + 18.5 lbs
27 weeks + 21 lbs

All I can say is, pregnancy is weird.

Yeah, I gained 3 lbs in like 3 days (15 total at nearly 20 wks) that is sticking around. It is very weird. I'm trying not to care, but it is hard.

It kind of makes eating well difficult for me as well as I kind of think 'well, I'm gaining a ton of weight anyway, might as well choose the popcorn chicken over the lean fish!'

Here's the thing. How many times are we going to be pregnant in our lives? (Unless you're my grandmother, and the answer is 10/half your life...) The point is, I think if there is ever a time to not beat yourself up so much about indulging ***a little*** it's now.

Don't get me wrong, I swear I am still tracking my calories and making an effort to stay within nutrient requirements, etc...but I am just not going to begrudge myself the ice cream I want.

Dammit. :-)

I like this motto....I also like your profile pic

Here's the thing. How many times are we going to be pregnant in our lives? (Unless you're my grandmother, and the answer is 10/half your life...) The point is, I think if there is ever a time to not beat yourself up so much about indulging ***a little*** it's now.

Don't get me wrong, I swear I am still tracking my calories and making an effort to stay within nutrient requirements, etc...but I am just not going to begrudge myself the ice cream I want.

Dammit. :-)

I think I love you.

But seriously, you're right. Assuming all goes to plan, this is probably the second and last time I will be pregnant. I went apesh*t the first time, and I paid for it by having to bust my butt to lose all that weight. This time, even if I gained the same amount of weight I did last time, I'll still be much better off than I was the first time, and I know *exactly* what I have to do to lose it.

So yeah, I say enjoy yourself! Indulging a little here and there is hardly the worst thing you could do.

Now I just need to take my own advice!