Salty foods pregnancy

Actually...I do eat healthy...but...I eat a lot...and have already gained 20 lbs. Yeah..so..I'm trying to cut back on the extra food I eat. But I'm hungry all the time.

A good way to curve hunger is to eat five or six smaller meals instead of three big meals. And always keep something healthy on-hand to snack on, like sliced fruit or carrot sticks or maybe some nuts. Stay away from greasy foods and excess salt, and remember to drink lots of water.

A lot of your weight gain is probably water, since you're having bloating problems. As your pregnancy progresses and your bloating goes away, your weight gain should level out. But remember to avoid the foods that make you bloat and some light exercise might also help keep things in check.

My last pregnancy I ate orange slices like crazy! They made a great healthy snack, and they don't have a lot of calories. Baby carrots are another great snack, and maybe some kiwi or strawberries.

Yeah, I do eat healthy, I just get hungry all the time. and I'm bloated. I'm a tall girl, so I don't know exactly what my weight gain should be, but I actually lost some weight around 8 weeks because I had such terrible morning sickness.

A normal weight gain for an entire pregnancy is anywhere from 15-30 pounds total. Gaining 20 in the first trimester is pretty excessive. Like I said, it probably has a lot to do with your bloating. Water weighs quite a bit, you know!

As far as feeling hungry all the time, try to eat fruit or veggies instead of heavier foods. And splitting your meals into 5 or 6 smaller ones instead of 3 bigger ones will shorten the time you have between eating and might help keep your appetite in check.

Seriously, orange slices saved my life during my last pregnancy. Apples are great too, and grapes. Carrot slices, some fresh kiwi or strawberries, and peaches. Watermelon is awesome too and in season!

..but everyone's pregnancy is different.
thats the recommended weight to gain in pregnancy,
some 15-35lbs is whats recommended but some do go over what the "recommended weight gain" is.
Im not 100% sure, but at my first trimester, i had gained...i think 10lbs, i was tiny before i got pregnant, i only weighed 105lbs.
But remember, everyone's body mass is different, so what they gain could be fine for their height and weight.
My family doctor told me when his sister had her first child she gained 40lbs. some was baby, amniotic fluid, the rest was her, and her baby ws healthy as ever and so was she, she just gained more weight than what was "recommended".

Amethyst, talk to your doctor and ask him or her if this is an ok amount of weight for you to have gained, he or she may just say cut down of sweets if your eating a little too many.
I dont think you need to be drinking gatorade...
although it can help morning sickness for some, sometimes water comes up with morning sickness and women can't keep much down and they can get what's called: hyperemesis where you get morning sickness all the time. Gatorade had the main amount of carbohydrates that we need, and the proper amount of sodium that we need to help our bodies absorb it.
Yes, drinking water is important, but Gaorade has a few more things in it that our bodies need, but Gatorade should not replace water all together.
So, you can drink Gatorade, but dont use this drink as a replacement for water.

..i dont think you should say thats impossible, she may just be carrying more water because she is bloated.

Gatorade is a sports drink. Unless you're pushing your body very hard, you don't need it. Water is much healthier for you.

..Like i said, you should not replace water for Gatorade, drinking it sometimes is ok, but you should still drink water.
Gatorade has MORE things in it that our body needs which actually makes it healthier for you.
Water has nothing but 1% of sodium.
Gatorade has the proper amount of sodium in it that our bodies need.
She shouldnt drink Gatorade only, but its ok for her to drink as long as its not all the time.

Our bodies get plenty of sodium from the foods we eat. Eating a balanced diet with water will provide all the sodium we need for our daily intake.

Excess sodium causes bloating. It is aggravating her problem, not helping it.

That is correct. There is no reason to drink Gatorade. It is a soda pop replacement and it is not healthy. Water. Water. Water.

She'll most likely burn off some of the weight she's gained now, thats what most women have said, they gained alot in the beginning of the trimester, then lost most of it.
She's walking with a baby that weighs now about 0.25ounces(7grams),
in an AVERAGE pregnancy, weight gain is distributed to the following:
baby 6-8lbs,
placenta 1-2 lbs,
an increased blood volume 3-4lbs,
encreased fluid volume 2-3lbs,
amniotic fluid 2lbs,
enlarged uterus 2lbs,
enlarged breast 1-2lbs

So as she goes along with her pregnancy, she'll have all that weight to carry, and will most likely burn off the extra weight she's carrying around.

If she keeps eating the way she is, she will have gained anough weight for 2-3 pregnancies. Adding the highest weight of each of the above, still only has a gain of 23lbs. As you said some gain more because every pregnancy is different but 20 lbs is far too much for her first trimester. She should gain the weight gradually, not all at once.

In a perfect world, Krystine, that might work. Here in the real world, when you gain 20 lbs in a short amount of time, you are asking for major health issues.

Are you aware of the health implications of weight on a pregnancy?

Gestational diabetes and preeclampsia (pregnancy-induced high blood pressure) are two major risks she's running with gaining this much weight this fast. If it continues and she can't get it under control, her and her baby will be at risk.

yes i am.
and if your thinking that i live inside my head in some fairy tale, im not!
im just saying that yes she may have gained this much, but could indeed lose some of it if she's walking and what not.
some healthy foods have ALOT of calories in them too. So she could be eating healthy, just some of the foods have high calories in them.