Pregnancy weight gain.......some are gaining too much

Currently 7 months pregnant total weight gain 8 pounds. Although I don't think this should have come from a male (who obviously has never gone through the experience and comes across ****ish) I completely agree. I hate it when women use pregnancy as an excuse to over eat and gain a lot of weight. It's not only unhealthy for the mother but also for the child. You're wrong though. In the 3rd trimester it's recommended that a woman eats about 500 extra calories a day. The 300 range is for the 2nd trimester.

I would think the pregnant ladies on this site are trying to have a healthy weight gain during pregnancy hence the reason for being on this site, and want to nourish their child in the most healhful of ways. 300kcals additional especially during second and third trimester is the current recommendation.

Might also be that some of these heavy ladies had actually been heavy prepregnancy and only gained the 11-25lb recommendation for overweight or obese preprego BMI. I suspect you wouldnt really know what their actual weight gain was compared to their starting pre-pregnancy weight. I guess if you had seen me in that OB room you would have judge me "as eating for two" even though I was very conscious during my pregnancy about the weight that would be safe for me to gain and the nutrients I needed to create a healthy baby.

You're right. I'm speculating that the weight gain happened due to pregnancy probably because most doctors don't recommend that females BMI's be too high before getting pregnant. And take solace that I'm not "judging" any of them, it's just what I observed and made an assumption on. Being in the fitness industry, being judgy of overweight/obese people would spell failure as a career since they are the ones who usually need our help.

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HA your in the fitness industry and here trying to lose weight. You OBVIOUSLY picked the wrong profession.

[/quote]This "jerk" is the same guy who assists many females in reducing that gain. As I iterated earlier, an observation isn't judging. If I judged overweight/obese people with a bad view, then I why would want to try to help them as a career? Working in a Wellness Center (it's a gym attached to a hospital) I am involved with people with myriad of health issues (cancer, reconstructive surgery, gastric bypass, heart patients etc.) and carrying a judgmental attitude towards bad health would mean failure.
I did mention that I was being assumptive (since I had no information on any of their histories), but my statements aren't condoning.................some are perceiving it that way. [/quote]


Unless you are preforming liposuction then you aren't assisting in the reduction of weight gain. You may educate or instruct, but each person must do the work themselves. I never thought your statements to be condoning maybe condemning. As for the assumption that everyone who works in a field automatically feels empathy for their clientele, well that is just laughable.

Interesting topic. I only gained 16 lbs with my son and 21 lbs with my daughter. I was EXTREMELY sick with both of them and my doctor actually fussed at me for not gaining enough weight. However, what I do find interesting is he never told me how many extra calories I should be eating while pregnant. In fact, we never discussed nutrition at all except he was worried I wasn't getting enough protein and to limit my fish intake. Also while in labor, the nurses told me I was a lightweight and a piece of cake ( I weighed roughly around what I way now plus about 10 lbs. while pregnant, my weight gain came AFTER going back to work and not nursing) and that laboring moms were getting heavier and heavier and 200 pounds was the norm. My point is, my doctor and I never discussed nutrition and caloric intake.

It is nice to know that as I am going to the doctor that some jerk is going to be judging the rest of my life by a single day. Thanks.:huh:

This "jerk" is the same guy who assists many females in reducing that gain. As I iterated earlier, an observation isn't judging. If I judged overweight/obese people with a bad view, then I why would want to try to help them as a career? Working in a Wellness Center (it's a gym attached to a hospital) I am involved with people with myriad of health issues (cancer, reconstructive surgery, gastric bypass, heart patients etc.) and carrying a judgmental attitude towards bad health would mean failure.
I did mention that I was being assumptive (since I had no information on any of their histories), but my statements aren't condoning.................some are perceiving it that way.

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then maybe you need some sensitivity training since the first thing that came to mind after reading this was... So it's totally okay for me to say rude things about black people and make assumptions about them because I work with inner city kids, and do outreach to jails, where most of my clients are black. I mean that's okay right? you know since I work with them I can't possibly be saying anything offensive if I point out a bunch of stereotypes about them. Oh or maybe you missed a history lesson on all those white people who helped the Native American's be more white so they would fit in, I'm sure that was based on respect not discrimination. Yup, I think jerk was pretty smash on.

While a lot of people are kind of pooping on this post (especially because it's from a man), it's good for people to know that it isn't healthy. There are a lot of people who were going to "eat for two", but once they hear information like this from any source will take a step back and be healthier (and make post pregnancy less stressful) by not gaining 60 pounds per pregnancy.

HA your in the fitness industry and here trying to lose weight. You OBVIOUSLY picked the wrong profession.

As you can see by my pics, I'm a body builder too. We do bulk up in the off season (that means gain weight). AD HOMINEM. Stick to the topic.

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Why stick to the topic? Touchy subject for you? It's okay for you to talk down about pregnant women but when you personally are attacked we should back off? Hurt your feelings?

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While a lot of people are kind of pooping on this post (especially because it's from a man), it's good for people to know that it isn't healthy. There are a lot of people who were going to "eat for two", but once they hear information like this from any source will take a step back and be healthier (and make post pregnancy less stressful) by not gaining 60 pounds per pregnancy.

I have no objection to the idea of educating what a healthy weight gain should be or educating on how to obtain that. If a woman wrote this post I would still have the same objections = the WAY it was written.
Doctors should do a better job in educating their patients on this topic. I had asked at my appointments what the weight gain should be and other related topics and was told that they don't really worry about it. So, while there does need to be better education (most of what I learned was from private study not a doctor), it can definitely be said in a much more constructive manner.

You're not a doctor. If you think that you have a right to comment on the pregnancies of women in general because you chose a profession that has you working with some women who recently gave birth, you are sadly mistaken and makes you look foolish.

Yes, some women again excessively while pregnant. Yes, some are overweight before they got pregnant. Let me ask you, Have you ever been pregnant? No, probably not. Let me clue you in: It's difficult to control your weight when you are pregnant. You are probably thinking "Oh she must have gained a ton!" No. I gained 13 pounds. I was profoundly sick the entire time. DO you know how many people suggested to me how BAD that must be for me and my daughter? A lot. Do you know how many of those people had ANY right to suggest that? 0. A pregnancy doesn't have to be "ideal" to be considered "healthy".

There is enough pressure on women to live up to arbitrary ideals set forth mostly by men who think their opinion matter simply because they have them.

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It's not always so black and white. I lost 80 pounds prior to becoming pregnant, and maintained that loss for more than two years. I went into pregnancy "planning" to gain the recommended 25-30 pounds, maximum, for my height. I'd been working out and weight training five days a week and never stopped. I never missed a workout through 9 months of pregnancy. I ate high fiber foods, more veggies and fruits than ever before, and plenty of lean meats. In fact, I ate BETTER during pregnancy than I had ever before. I slept well and wasn't stressed out. I had a perfect pregnancy and stayed active. In fact, my water BROKE when I was getting up early to do yoga.

I gained 50 pounds.

Judging someone you see in a waiting room without knowing the story behind it is kind of closed minded. Just my two cents.

It's eating for 1.2, not two. But as long as you are eating healthy foods and getting moderate exercise (not sitting on the couch eating fritos) then I'd worry less about pregnancy weight gain and more about overall health. My skinny-skinny co-worker gained 70 and managed to lose it a year after childbirth.