Previously on 1300 cal, and found out I'm pregnant

Your OB GYN should be able to tell you how much to eat to keep you and your baby healthy. And don't forget the prenatal vitamins!

You should google Kelsey Byers she is a fitness model and just documented her whole pregancy and her food and everything! I'm not a doc or nutritionist but i heard that an extra 300-500 cals is sufficient enough for you and the baby goodluck! and congrats! i hope you stick with your goals!

You're 27, unless you're completely sedentary, your maintenance is probably way higher than 1500 calories. If you eat 1800 you will probably still lose weight. Please talk to your doctor... Starving yourself is one thing, starving your baby is another.

Ok well as I said, unless you're completely sedentary, it's not enough, but it seems you are, so I don't see the problem. I just tend to assume that people exercise as well, my bad. Good luck with your pregnancy!

You're 27, unless you're completely sedentary, your maintenance is probably way higher than 1500 calories. If you eat 1800 you will probably still lose weight. Please talk to your doctor... Starving yourself is one thing, starving your baby is another.

I far from starve myself. Thats actually quite hilarious. I have a desk job and don't move much from 8-5. I am sedentary. And I had an extremely hard time losing weight at 1300 calories. Obvioulsy I am going to talk to my doctor. Please keep your negative attitude off my post. Thanks.

Showing empathy for your unborn child is not negative. Me asking you if you have a dictionary to look up the meaning of words is "negative attitude". :huh:

You're 27, unless you're completely sedentary, your maintenance is probably way higher than 1500 calories. If you eat 1800 you will probably still lose weight. Please talk to your doctor... Starving yourself is one thing, starving your baby is another.

First of all she didn't say her height and weight so there is no way that you could know what her maintenance is. You are throwing out number's without knowing the complete information-- so please just don't.
I am 27 and my maintenance at 166 pounds is 1500 calories at 5'0, she didn't say anything about starving herself

Anyways, I found this article to be very helpful and it made sense when I researched the subject. Maybe go over this with your Dr. to see if this is accurate information that could work for you.

http://www.webmd.com/baby/guide/healthy-weight-gain

Oh, ya, CONGRAT'S! :flowerforyou:

I would stay just stop counting calories! I mean of course listen to your doctor over any advice you get here, but I wouldn't bother with counting calories. Listen to your body. If you're hungry/tired (although tiredness is a hard thing to gauge while pregnant, as in the first trimester you will likely be exhausted anyway) or just not feeling right then you know you need to eat more. If you're feeling on top of your game then you'll know you're doing ok.

I lost over 10kgs when I was pregnant because I had such horrible morning sickness for the first 20 weeks, and then every second thing I ate gave me terrible heart burn for the rest of the pregnancy. I basically lived off oranges and mandarins the entire pregnancy, and the occaisonal chocolate milk. Not particularly healthy, but cleary I was needing something in the oranges! Had a healthy, normal sized baby, although she was a few weeks early. So while I defintiely wouldn't recommend losing weight while pregnant like I unfortunately did, I definitely recommend just listening to your body!

babyfit.sparkpeople would probably be a good site to check out. A lot like mfp only geared towards pregnant and nursing moms.

I'm 5'10" and was 229 when I got pregnant with #3. When I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes I was put on an 1800 calorie a day diet and restricted carbs. I'd been on a 1200 calorie a day diet when I first got pregnant, had dropped 30 pounds and BAM hello baby after 3 years of fertility treatments. Anyways, my midwife said that there wasn't a lot of concern that early but at a minimum she wanted me eating at 1500 calories during the first trimester. She preferred that I eat more but a 1500 minimum.

Good luck to you and congrats on the pregnancy!!

You're 27, unless you're completely sedentary, your maintenance is probably way higher than 1500 calories. If you eat 1800 you will probably still lose weight. Please talk to your doctor... Starving yourself is one thing, starving your baby is another.

First of all she didn't say her height and weight so there is no way that you could know what her maintenance is. You are throwing out number's without knowing the complete information-- so please just don't.
I am 27 and my maintenance at 166 pounds is 1500 calories at 5'0, she didn't say anything about starving herself

Anyways, I found this article to be very helpful and it made sense when I researched the subject. Maybe go over this with your Dr. to see if this is accurate information that could work for you.

http://www.webmd.com/baby/guide/healthy-weight-gain

Oh, ya, CONGRAT'S! :flowerforyou:

Just to be fair, I entered your stats and your maintenance should be 1830 calories as sedentary. So you must be a special snowflake (assuming you got it tested)... it doesn't mean OP is.

What is a special snowflake? I did get my TDEE tested actually at a clinic-- I know what I'm talking about or I would not have posted it. Just because you Google a calculator and plug in some numbers does not mean your right.