What’s considered vigorous on a stationary bike?

anabutterfly3 wrote: »

tiptoethruthetulips wrote: »

You feel you've gained too much what for your pregnancy but what does your doctor think?

Due to Covid, I haven’t had many in office appointments but last time I was in there at 22 weeks they said baby is growing fine and seem pleased with my weight gain (105 pounds pre-pregnancy) I’m 25.5 weeks now

So perhaps you haven't gained too much weight at all and you are being over critical of yourself?

Are you looking to lose or maintain weight? Maybe worthwhile talking to your doctor either way, particularly if you haven't exercised or exercised as much as you are planning to since before you were pregnant.

It was "a nice workout". Why do you need to know whether it was "moderate" or "vigorous"? To estimate calories for weight management? (You're not trying to lose while pregnant, I hope? I noticed you told us the weight at which you started pregnancy, but not your current weight. That worries me a little.)

Usually, I'd tell someone losing weight (but not pregnant) to pick the lower of plausible estimates, and eat it back. Since you're pregnant, I'd go the other way: Pick the higher estimate, and eat it all back. You started out lightweight for almost any height woman (maybe even underweight, if average height, at 105). Your overall risk (you and baby) is higher from not gaining enough weight, rather than gaining too much, in your circumstances, within a reasonable weight range, IMO. The number of calories difference between the two - probably around a couple of hundred - won't break you, in terms of weight gain.

Just my opinion, obviously.

Wishing you a very healthy pregnancy and baby!

anabutterfly3 wrote: »

AnnPT77 wrote: »

It was "a nice workout". Why do you need to know whether it was "moderate" or "vigorous"? To estimate calories for weight management? (You're not trying to lose while pregnant, I hope? I noticed you told us the weight at which you started pregnancy, but not your current weight. That worries me a little.)

Usually, I'd tell someone losing weight (but not pregnant) to pick the lower of plausible estimates, and eat it back. Since you're pregnant, I'd go the other way: Pick the higher estimate, and eat it all back. You started out lightweight for almost any height woman (maybe even underweight, if average height, at 105). Your overall risk (you and baby) is higher from not gaining enough weight, rather than gaining too much, in your circumstances, within a reasonable weight range, IMO. The number of calories difference between the two - probably around a couple of hundred - won't break you, in terms of weight gain.

Just my opinion, obviously.

Wishing you a very healthy pregnancy and baby!

My last pregnancy I was more active , I’ve been tracking my calories and just want to make sure I’m eating enough especially with exercising. I’m only 5’2 my doctors seem pleased just because I’ve been under 100 most of my life unless I’m pregnant obviously lol and thank you so much so far 25.5 weeks everything has gone great

Given the bolded, I'm going to double down on "use the higher estimate, eat all those calories" in your case. If you're off by 100 calories, say (which would be a fairly large amount to be off, on an hour's exercise), you'd have to do that exercise 35 times even if overestimating it by 100 (while eating exactly at maintenance calories, the whole rest of the time) even to gain a pound. That's just not a big deal, in your scenario, it seems like . . . but undereating could be.

I think going with the larger estimate would be erring on the side of thriving, but the lower one might be on the side of risk, to put it melodramatically (a little *too* melodramatically, really! 😉).

Best wishes!