I started my weight loss journey, but then I got pregnant.

What everyone else said. Eat healthy and enough for your baby -somt worry about losing. I know some women who stayed in good shape and lost the weight birth after easily by keeping up a very moderated workout schedule. (Like they walked on treadmills at a reasonable pace). Or swimming /aquafit is popular with pregnant women. Let's you keep your body strong and then once you've had the baby you will lose quickly after .

Exercise as much as you were doing before - don't try to push hard to add a lot now, but keep moving!
Watch what you eat but dont' try to eat at a big deficit - its okay to not gain as much as the calculators suggest, but you do NOT want the baby to have to pull all of its calcium from your bones and its protein from your muscles.

(note: you'll hear people say that teenage girls need to get calcium for bone density because once you're done growing, you can't increase bone density. That's not 100% true. During pregnancy and nursing, calcium can be moved both into and out of bones, so now is the time to make sure you dont' lose any and stock up for the future!)

Congratulations! Put the weight loss goals on hold and be happy about the baby. Being pregnant is awesome. It is amazing what our bodies can do. Everyone is different... I hope you have a glowing pregnancy. I will just put it out there that sometimes we don't have a glowing pregnancy. Puking... crazy weight gain... feeling super tired and unable to move... Just take good care of your body and your baby and eat nutritiously, and enjoy this special time. Birth and the immediate post-partum time are a really big deal, so don't expect to jump on a big exercise & diet program right after birth. Personally I like to wait until 5 months or so. Then you can start losing weight. You can do it!!! You just have to wait until after that precious sweet baby is born! CONGRATULATIONS!

I agree with the rest don't worry about weight loss. I just had a baby 2 months ago. I would exercise about 4 days a week. I changed my eating habits. I ate healthier. I gained 40lbs. Since I had him I started back exercising mainly body weight exercises mixed with cardio about 30-45 minutes everyday. I eat healthier and I don't go over my calorie intake. I also breast feed. I've lost 27lbs so far. Since I started eating healthier I'm able to eat more because of less calories. I make sure I get the protein I need everyday and load up on veggies.

Congrats! Just do what you can for now and listen to your body. When I was overweight and pregnant with my first, the OB told me at the first appointment to go buy a scale and keep on top of my weight gain. I took her advice and only gained 14 lbs, which was gone by the time I left the hospital. Walking is a good way to get some exercise in without overdoing it (unless there's complications of course). Drink lots of water to stay hydrated (might help prevent stretch marks too), don't eat more than you need when the cravings hit. And everyone recovers differently, so you may feel like climbing back onto the wagon soon after birth, or it may take a few months (took two months after my first due to a rough birth, but was back to MFP/exercising a week after my son because it was an easy birth).

Hope you have a healthy pregnancy and baby! That's the main thing to remember right now - always time for weight loss later, and before you know it you'll be chasing them around all the time and getting in exercise that way, lol!

Congratulations.

You can continue doing whatever exercise you have been doing as long as you have a normal complication-free pregnancy. In fact it's healthy for baby. Just don't try any crazy new things.

For food and weight gain, depending on how overweight you are to start, you may not need to gain much. Your doc or midwife can advise you.

I found with o e pregnancy I was careful about what I ate (didn't cut calories but really watched sweets and portions) and I gained 25 lbs. At least half came out with baby . The next time I ate like mad and gained twice as much. Oops. Don't use pregnancy as an excuse to eat all the things- you barely need any extra food, as already mentioned.

Congratulations!

I ended up getting pregnant about 8 months in, after losing a little over 50 pounds (then I gained some back during a move and then holidays... then Happy Valentine's day! You're pregnant!). I still had 100 pounds to go!

Like @SusanMFindlay, I retained TONS of water when I was pregnant. After the doctor yelling at me at my 39 week check, and seeing that I had gained a total of 45 pounds... I lost all of that plus a few within 2 weeks of getting home from the hospital. Every pound I gained during pregnancy was baby or water retention!

I didn't get back to losing weight until my son turned a year old because I found restricting calories after he was born was affecting my milk production, and I was exclusively nursing. I gained a little over that year, and I'm just now getting back to my original "low" weight.

And of course, hubby is making "but our kid needs a sibling..." noises.

You take care of you and your new little one, don't stress your weight too much, continue your regular routine, and have fun!

This happened to me. I started losing weight about 3 years ago, and I lost 35 lbs using MFP (but still had more to go). I found out I was pregnant, and though I was excited about the baby, my disappointment came from the fact that I still had more weight to lose and I was worried that once the baby was born, I wouldn't be able to regain that motivation.

I started out the pregnancy wanting to be healthy and continue exercising, but somewhere around week 9 the extreme fatigue hit and carbs were the only thing I could keep down and eventually I just fell back into old habits. I ended up gaining around 50 lbs. I really beat myself up about the gain.

There's a happy ending though. I was able to get back that motivation after the baby was born, and I was able to lose 90 lbs in the next year. I've now been maintaining that loss since April of 2016.

So, congratulations! Enjoy your pregnancy, do what you can to keep up your new healthy habits, but don't beat yourself up about weight gain. You know how to lose weight now, and you'll be able to do it again.

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Congrats!!! That happened to me with my first, I didn't think the odds of getting pregnant while on antibiotics were that great, but it happened haha.

So you don't really need to be "eating for two". The baby will take what it needs from you, you really only need to add maybe 200 calories to maintenance. Eating healthy, exercising and drinking lots of water will keep the weight gain to only what you need for a healthy baby. Your doctor will go over all of that with you and monitor your weight and the babies weight to make sure you're on track. I gained 20 lbs with my first and 11 lbs with my second. They were both healthy, beautiful babies. good luck!!!

Unless you were on some very weird antibiotics (like for tuberculosis) it is a myth that they decrease the effectiveness of birth control.

To OP: talk to your obgyn: I'm not sure what your stats are but there is a point where if you are so obese it is not recommended to gain any more weight. Gaining a ton of weight while overweight can also put you at increased risk. Talk to your OB about this and see their recommendations on your diet and how much weight you sh

I tried to get pregnant for 3 years , I was 10lbs from my weight loss goal, and got pregnant. Both excited and upset! And I have cervical incompetencey, had surgery at 14weeks pregnant and was pretty much bed rest. I gained 50lbs!!!!! Now, I have a happy 11month old, it took almost a year, but I'm back at pre_ pregnancy weight. So in the end you will lose the weight. if able, continue moderate exercise and eat healthy, but do not focus on weight.

Yeah this happened to me but it was also the reason I wanted to lose weight. I tried to eat healthy during pregnancy but gave up counting calories. Still about 15lbs away from my pre-pregnancy weight. Hopefully the same thing will happen again ;-)

Just eat healthy and drink plenty of water! If you want to exercise, do it lightly - like walking, maybe stationary cycling just this early on, or even reps with one or two pound weights. Otherwise, enjoy your pregnancy and I wish you a happy and healthy delivery when it comes time!

@hekla90 I don't know what you tell ya then lol because I was on birth control, taking it as directed (same time of day every day) and managed to get pregnant. I have a healthy 4 yo to prove it. I assumed it was the antibiotics (for pneumonia) since there was no other explanation. Anyway thanks for your input.