dieting/maintaining weight while pregnant

You've already got a lot of great advice. My only suggestion would be that you might want to consult with a nutrionist just to make sure you're getting all the nutrients to support a healthy pregnancy AND a healthy you. I think any pregnant person should do this, but particularly pregnant people that are trying to balance growing a healthy baby and not putting on too much additional baby weight. I personally was breastfeeding while pregnant, so I saw a nutrionist and learned my diet was lacking in vitamin D and choline so I changed things up to make sure I got more of both.

Hi. I am new to the Message Boards but have been tracking my weight loss on myfitnesspal for a few months now. I am 13 weeks pregnant now and generally interested in feedback about nutrition and fitness while pregnant. Fortunately, I was only a few pounds away from my goal weight of 145 lbs when I found out I was pregnant around Thanksgiving. I weighed 152 lbs the day I found out, and have actually lost 2 lbs over the course of the last few months.

My doctor has encouraged me to keep working out, although to track my heart rate when I run or do heavy aerobics. I just have a hard time keeping motivated given that I am EXTREMELY exhausted all the time. I know that might go away soon (cross your fingers).

Anyway, I was following a pretty strict goal of 1500 calories a day. I still have only been eating around 1600, which is below what my body needs to maintain my current weight. As long as I am getting enough protein, fats, carbs, calcium, and folic acid, is there anything wrong with keeping my lower calorie diet? Any thoughts?

Eat a healthy balanced diet and try not to worry about the scale. I gained 25lbs with my son (he is 3 mos old) and didn't once log into MFP (I lost around 13lbs prior to getting pregnant) I just ate what I wanted but all within reason. The 25lbs I gained was gone within 3-4 weeks after he was born and since then I've lost an additional 17lbs. Enjoy you're pregnancy and don't worry about weightloss until after your baby is born. Btw Congratulations!

I am also 13 weeks and wondering the same thing about calories. My guess was 1800 per day. (??)

Hi. I am new to the Message Boards but have been tracking my weight loss on myfitnesspal for a few months now. I am 13 weeks pregnant now and generally interested in feedback about nutrition and fitness while pregnant. Fortunately, I was only a few pounds away from my goal weight of 145 lbs when I found out I was pregnant around Thanksgiving. I weighed 152 lbs the day I found out, and have actually lost 2 lbs over the course of the last few months.

My doctor has encouraged me to keep working out, although to track my heart rate when I run or do heavy aerobics. I just have a hard time keeping motivated given that I am EXTREMELY exhausted all the time. I know that might go away soon (cross your fingers).

Anyway, I was following a pretty strict goal of 1500 calories a day. I still have only been eating around 1600, which is below what my body needs to maintain my current weight. As long as I am getting enough protein, fats, carbs, calcium, and folic acid, is there anything wrong with keeping my lower calorie diet? Any thoughts?