We are pleased to announce that as of March 4, 2025, an updated Rich Text Editor has been introduced in the MyFitnessPal Community. To learn more about the changes, please click here. We look forward to sharing this new feature with you!

Pregnant and MFP help

rileyjen1977
rileyjen1977 Posts: 2
edited January 4 in Introduce Yourself
Is there an option on here to include being pregnant when you fill out your profile? I want to make sure that I am consuming the right calorie intake but not over exceeding. Thanks!

I am 24 weeks and have gained 11lbs so far.

Replies

  • vegasmari
    vegasmari Posts: 120 Member
    Hi there.... I'm 19 weeks and when I found out I was pregnant I did update my my account, but there was not a pregnancy option. I changed my calories from 1300 to 2030, which came from me telling MFP that I wanted to gain 1/2 pound a week. I usually will hit 2030 or go up to 2200 a day, which my doctor is encouraging. You're doing good at 10 pounds up..... I'm up 11 pounds already, which is really good for me consideringI gained 50+ with my first.

    Have you checked out the pregnancy forum yet?
  • dbaumgarn
    dbaumgarn Posts: 111
    You can change the profile to gain weight, which is what I have done...I am 18 weeks and have gained 10lbs so far...
  • LisaBeateith2012
    LisaBeateith2012 Posts: 346 Member
    bump for later
  • VelociMama
    VelociMama Posts: 3,119 Member
    Hi there. 26 weeks here.

    There is no option to include "pregnant" but I eat at maintenance plus 1/2 lb per week, and I have since the beginning of the second trimester. MFP works really well for tracking healthy pregnancy intake.

    My plan is:

    First trimester: eat at maintenance
    Second trimester: eat at +1/2 lb per week
    Third trimester: eat at +1 lb per week

    Sofar so good. I'm only up about 14 lbs in 26 weeks, so I'm right on track for a healthy gain.
  • CoachJake83
    CoachJake83 Posts: 108
    If I'm not mistaken pregnancy only increases your maintenance calories by a very small amount. Somewhere in the range of 250-300 per day. But I'm not a doctor! I just know it's definitely not a huge amount.
  • VelociMama
    VelociMama Posts: 3,119 Member
    If I'm not mistaken pregnancy only increases your maintenance calories by a very small amount. Somewhere in the range of 250-300 per day. But I'm not a doctor! I just know it's definitely not a huge amount.

    This is correct. The whole "eating for two" thing is nonsense. You really only need 300-400 calories max extra per day to maintain a healthy pregnancy. It is, however, far more important to get micronutrients like calcium and iron in during pregnancy than before.
  • milk_shakes
    milk_shakes Posts: 46
    Hey everyone. I'm very newly and unexpectedly pregnant with second (my son is 4 in January)
    I actually just hit my "prepregnancy weight" of 238. I'm down to 232 now and boom guess that's my magic number. I wanted to lose more weight as in down to 180 before I conceived but alas. My first pregnancy was healthy but I got a bag of **** about obesity from my assortment of residents that oversaw my appts last time around and I gained total 25 last time. However I was only supposed to gain 10-15 so obviously I'd have to lose first? I'm only 5 wks along right now and my first appt is in 3 weeks. I changed my calories from 1450(set to lose 1.5 lb sedentary) to 1700 (set to lose 1lb a week) and im keeping the exercise light until i talk to a doc...for now and I'm hoping as a still obese pregnant person, this is the right move. Any thoughts
This discussion has been closed.

Categories