Pregnant Ladies--Focused on HEALTH. <3

Hi! I'll be 31 weeks on Sun, and this is my third.

I haven't weighed myself since I was 12.5 weeks, and that was only because I had to step on the scales for the combined test! In England no-one is really bothered abut your weight,unless your BMI is too high or too low at the booking appointment with your midwife. My midwife knows I'm healthy, knows I exercise, and my blood pressure is low, so she has no concerns.

I don't like the 'how much weight have you gained' thread on the pregnancy forum. There are some women on there who are stressing over gaining 25-35lbs by due date. That's what recommended for a start, and how do they think it's worrying to gain that much when you consider how much a baby weights full term, plus placenta, plus fluid, plus extra blood etc.

Don't get me wrong, I don't want to end up looking like a beached whale after this baby, and I want to keep my fitness up, but I'm not going to starve myself!

I aim for 2000 calories now and I'm working out an average of 4 times a week. I'm fairly sure I will gain at the top end of recommended, but I'm hoping it'll be a lot of fluid lol. I mainly want to stay in shape and be fit, so after I've had the baby I'll find it easier to lose the weight, and get back into the exercise.

I'm so glad to see this thread! I'm a fatty. Seriously, like I need to lose *a lot*. Anyway, I'm sick of the interwebs being all like "obese women have unhealthy pregnancies!" And I'm not down with all the counting and restrictive notions passed around.

This is my philosophy while preggers: eat natural whole foods that I want; avoid soy, caffeine, and fake sugar; try to be active when I'm not passing out at 6:30pm.

I want to be healthy for me and for my baby. I have to make healthful changes to my habits because I'm going to be a role model for the LO. I had gotten to the point recently (before finding out I was pregnant) that I was culling natural foods, like apples or carrots because they were "too high in sugar." I'm trying to get back to where I was food wise when I felt better (again, natural whole foods) and was more in touch with my body. I think that is part of the reason why I'm still fat and why I really need to get back to the place of health. If anything, I think that this pregnancy is really getting me to re-examine my health habits.

So, speaking of health, I'm thinking about prenatal yoga. Have any of you done it? Opinions? Experiences? I've never done yoga but I definitely need to do something to help keep me calm. Plus, I'm more into weight lifting and OB didn't want me going up in weights, so I figure why not challenge myself in another way.

Cheers!

PS - OP: I'm 16 weeks too! *high five*

I agree with Dawnie about the weight gain suggestions. For me, being told how little I can gain (10-20lbs) by websites was scary. I can retain so much water that I can lose 10lbs in a week by sticking to being gluten free or watching some carbs. Silliness. I was happy when my OB said that I'm going to gain weight, try to be reasonable, however if I get near 40+lbs we'll have a talk. I didn't feel constrained by him where it was going to trigger me to binge. That was nice.

Eventhough I hate feeling nauseated, part of me is jealous of all the women who complain about the morning sickness and losing weight in the first trimester. I didn't really have nausea, just some strong food aversions and a tooth brush problem... So I feel cheated not losing weight during that time. But, I haven't gained much at all.... since Thanksgiving not even 10lbs. I'll take that as some type of victory... haha

I swear salad and fruit have never been this amazing...

Hi guys nice to see this thread I am 24 weeks currently and trying to keep up some type of routine. I do not want to have a hard time losing once I give birth so I keeping a log and a varied workout schedule. add me

Well, today has gone well. I'm noticing that I get really winded while working out now. I still get in about an hour 5-6 days a week but it's so much harder than pre-pregnancy workouts ever were.

I'm not counting calories because I want to trust my body and eat to satiety. I think that calorie counting distorts hunger signals and just reinforces the belief that you can't be trusted with food. Screw that. So, I don't count them anymore. Some days I know I overeat but I'm okay with that. Other days I'm sure I under eat which probably is what prompted the overeating in the first place. This is only my 3rd week of not counting so I'm interested to see how much I'm gaining because an appropriate amount would only reinforce what I already believe. I guess I'll know in 2.5 weeks.

I'm 31 weeks so I definitely feel it when i work out now. I'm planning on going to the gym until 37 weeks as I'm taking a payment holiday from the start of April, just until July. May as well save some money while I'm on maternity leave! I've got an antenatal exercise DVD I can do when my gym payment holiday starts, and I'll go on walks.

Every time I go to the gym now I have someone come up to me and comment on how well I'm doing, and asking if I'm ok to be there! It's my third baby so my bump is quite big!

I do still calorie count, but sometimes I eat something in the evening if I'm still hungry after I've logged for the day. I am generally under my calories anyway, and MFP still tells me every day that I will lose weight in 5 weeks!

I have no idea how much I weigh now! To be honest, I don't want to know. If I were to find out I'd put on more than I'd like, there's not much I can do now.

Hey there! Anyone feel free to add me I'm currently 9 weeks with my second. With my first i started at a healthy weight and gained a bit, not sure what the final number was but I'd say around 40-45lbs. I did manage to lose it all within 7 months after I had my DD. started this pregnancy off at the same as I did with my last one, just really don't want to gain as much this time and want to try to eat healthier and stay more active! And it's going to be summer and I really don't want to be extra hot all the time! I've been trying to go to the gym at least 5 days a week, hoping that now it's finally getting nicer out that i will be able to get out for lots of walks with my daughter.