jessesgirl
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Gaining Too Much Weight!?!
Posted: 06-24-06 12:27pm
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I'm 22 weeks and as of week 20 I gained 20
lbs. My doctor told me that i'd probably
gain another 20. He said that he doesn't
want me to lose weight, but he wants me to
stop gaining so much. I've gained 3 lbs.
Since then. I'm scared that my baby
will be too big and i'll need a section.
I don't eat that bad though. I eat when
I feel hungry. I eat lots and lots of
fruits every day. I only drink milk or
water. I usually will have cheerios with
a banana for breakfast, a sandwich and
some baked chips for lunch, and whatever I
cook or my mom or husband's mom or sister
cooks for dinner. We eat out, but not as
much as we did before. I eat one sweet
thing a day, like ice cream or a candy,
but damnit i'm freakin pregnant. Can't I
have that? I feel like i'm watching my
weight now more than I did before I was
pregnant. I don't eat lots of veggies,
but I eat so much fruits I would think
that it would make up for it. Also, I
eat fried foods about 4 times a week.
Bottomline is I don't understand why I
keep gaining. I know the baby's getting
bigger and all that, but I have pregnant
friends that go a month without gaining at
all. I'm not going to go hungry, I need
to feed my baby. I don't know what to
do.
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Posted: 06-24-06 12:41pm
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I went to see my Dr. Yesterday and he
told me I gained 6 lbs in the last month
and advised me to slow down. Im 18 weeks
and I started at 125 which he states I was
underweight and im now at 143 and says due
to my height im still in good shape but
from this day forward he expects 3 lbs a
month not 6.....Im so upset I thought I
was doing well!!!
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Ingi
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Posted: 06-24-06 13:41pm
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Weight gain is calories in vs. Calories
out. Ultimately, the more you gain during
pregnancy, the more you have to lose after
you give birth.
Fruits are healthy but also contain
enormous amounts of sugars. Fried foods
are not healthy for you at all. And
sweets every day are also not good.
I'm not picking apart your eating choices,
i'm letting you know that nutritionally
these are empty calories. There is
nothing in ice cream that will be of any
benefit to you after you factor in the
calories and the sugar and fat loads!
Candy bars, soda pop, all are full of
nothing but junk. Read labels, start
informing yourself about what you are
eating. Drink fat free milk, or skim
instead of whole or 2%.
You can cut out some of the calories you
eat by watching what goes into your mouth
and moving more. Walking for at least 1/2
hour a day is excellent.
I know it is sad because cravings are so
out of control while you are pregnant, but
being pregnant does not give anyone a
license to eat whatever, whenever they
choose. Eat treats sparingly. You'll be
amazed at the difference.
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Posted: 06-24-06 13:51pm
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I know how you feel, diet is a four letter
word. I did great with being pregnant
with my son and then I got pregnant with
my daughter and we were alwys having pot
lucks at work and I think I must have
thought that chocolate and sweets was part
of the basic food groups, I used to munch
on grapes allot thinking that they were
okay and I found out that they are
fattening. I have never been a great
vegetable person when they are cooked but
I love salad, salad and baked chicken and
fish is practically what I lived on after
my daughter was born, sure, I would have a
little piece of cake or pie but not much
and drank alot of water and really took
off the weight plus I joined a gym. With
my son, I never felt that hungary I did
not have any mornng sickness but I had
some with my .Daughter.
Good luck to you as I know it is not easy!
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jessesgirl
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Posted: 06-24-06 15:41pm
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I know that fried foods and sweets are
empty calories and that being pregnant
doesn't mean that I can eat whatever
whenever. I just know people that ate
like pigs during their pregnancy and i'm
trying my best and I keep gaining. I do
drink 1% milk and have replaced my bread
and rice and things like that with
healthier choices. I don't ever drink
soda. I was just venting and trying to
see if anyone else went through the same
thing.
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sandyallen
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Jessegirl
Posted: 06-24-06 15:58pm
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A lot of us have been there! You are not
alone! There is nothing wrong with
venting, you are among people that
understand! I know that I understand!
The best to you!
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Ingi
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Posted: 06-24-06 16:17pm
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| jessesgirl
wrote: | | i know that fried foods and
sweets are empty calories and that being
pregnant doesn't mean that I can eat
whatever whenever. I just know people
that ate like pigs during their pregnancy
and i'm trying my best and I keep gaining.
I do drink 1% milk and have replaced my
bread and rice and things like that with
healthier choices. I don't ever drink
soda. I was just venting and trying to
see if anyone else went through the same
thing. |
oh, I didn't mean to sound high and
mighty. Sorry it I did.
When I was pregnant with my son, I gained
a lot of weight. There was
constantly food in my mouth. Sure, I
didn't drink soda pop, but I ate 1/2 a bag
of chips at a time! Usually about once
per day. Plus I had my fair share of ice
cream and cookies also.
I know what works for me (i'm not pregnant
right now, btw) is to seriously watch what
I eat and write it down. I have
discovered a lot of ways to knock out
calories that way! Like eating out. I
quit that and lost 5 lbs in a month. Just
from not eating out. I quit eating
processed foods and made from scratch,
another 10 lbs. That was without adding
in excercise.
We don't really think about what we eat,
and if you ask the average person, they
will say they eat healthy. When there is
an obesity epidemic, how in the world can
most people be eating healthy, you know?
Good luck. And don't worry about gaining
a few pounds. You can lose them later ;)
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Posted: 06-24-06 16:36pm
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My new favorite foods are low-fat cottage
cheese and chilled seedless grapes (but
not together). I eat them in place of the
sugary sweets i've been craving.
Substitution might work better for you
instead of trying to cut foods out of your
diet entirely. Good luck!
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sandyallen
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Posted: 06-24-06 16:47pm
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That beats pudding and sweet pickes and
potatoe chip sandwhiches with
mayonaise(lol)! That was my thing when I
was pregnant and got stressed out!
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 06-24-06 16:53pm
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I've been craving .Hersheys with .Almonds
just about every day for the last four
months. My poor husband would get an ear
full if he came home from work without
bringing one for me. But my face
seriously began to break out, so my vanity
won over.
It sucks trying to convince your body that
it wants a grape when it really wants
chocolate. As good as grapes are, they're
nothing compared to chocolate. *sigh* but
my skin looks great!
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Ingi
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Posted: 06-24-06 16:59pm
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Sugar free fudgesicles save my waist!
Seriously, those babies are only like 40
calories and taste like more. It doesn't
change the fact that I want to eat
chocolate fudge cake ~ but i'm the one
making the food choices so I don't buy
chocolate fudge cake (or i'll eat it
all!). I eat a fudgesicle and tell myself
that will cure my cravings ;)
it does not always work.
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 06-24-06 17:05pm
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Damn you .Ingi, now I want fudgesicles :(
*cry*
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 06-24-06 17:32pm
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Okay, damn you .B.O.T.H! Hungry now.
Wonder what the odds are of getting .Aaron
down to the grocery store for me...
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snowygirl
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Wow
Posted: 06-24-06 18:37pm
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All ur posts about food are making me so
hungry now lol. I need to go get a snack
now.
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Ingi
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Posted: 06-24-06 18:55pm
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| sandralynn
wrote: | lol im considering ordering
chinese.
I want me some egg rolls and crab
rangoons.
Mmmm. |
mm, chinese sounds good. Order me some
too ;)
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Posted: 06-24-06 19:07pm
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| ingi
wrote: | | sandralynn
wrote: | lol im considering ordering
chinese.
I want me some egg rolls and crab
rangoons.
Mmmm. |
mm, chinese sounds good. Order me some
too ;) |
we had chinese tonight and i'll be
snacking on the leftover rangoons later!
I've also gained my fair share so far and
I don't eat much more or differently than
I was before. I go to the doctor on
monday so I don't know exactly how much
i've gained but at almost 22 weeks it's
between 20-25 pounds. I just hate the
lecture I get from one of my doctors
(luckily I won't be seeing him this time).
I'm not too worried about how much I gain
though (as long as it's not crazy out of
control!), i'll be losing it as soon as
the baby is born. I figure you're only
pregnant a few times out of your life so
why not enjoy it and not worry about
gaining weight?
Oh, and I also hate all the weight threads
at babycenter. All the women there
complain because they've gained 8 pounds
or 12 and I just want to slap them.
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Re: Gaining Too Much Weight!?!
Posted: 06-25-06 10:56am
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| jessesgirl
wrote: | | i'm 22 weeks and as of week
20 I gained 20 lbs. My doctor told me
that i'd probably gain another 20. He
said that he doesn't want me to lose
weight, but he wants me to stop gaining so
much. I've gained 3 lbs. Since then.
I'm scared that my baby will be too big
and i'll need a section. I don't eat
that bad though. I eat when I feel
hungry. I eat lots and lots of fruits
every day. I only drink milk or water.
I usually will have cheerios with a
banana for breakfast, a sandwich and some
baked chips for lunch, and whatever I cook
or my mom or husband's mom or sister cooks
for dinner. We eat out, but not as much
as we did before. I eat one sweet thing
a day, like ice cream or a candy, but
dammit i'm freaking pregnant. Can't I
have that? I feel like i'm watching my
weight now more than I did before I was
pregnant. I don't eat lots of veggies,
but I eat so much fruits I would think
that it would make up for it. Also, I
eat fried foods about 4 times a week.
Bottom line is I don't understand why I
keep gaining. I know the baby's getting
bigger and all that, but I have pregnant
friends that go a month without gaining at
all. I'm not going to go hungry, I need
to feed my baby. I don't know what to
do. |
i'm 26w2d I have gained 27 pounds all to
geather my doc was not worried but I was
like oh no this going to be a big boy im
hopen not..
Mary 26w2dw#4boy
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Posted: 06-25-06 15:07pm
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I gained 70 pounds during my pregnancy =[
sigh.. And I gained it all within my last
4 months... I was 125 before and now
since I had casey jr. On the 7th I have
lost 20 pounds... Keep in mind he was an
8 pound baby... Lol... My doctor b*tched
at me too.... But even tho I gained so
much casey wasnt as big as I thought he
would be.. Im just stuck loosing all this
weight on my own now... I have started a
crazy strict diet now... Since im not
breestfeeding.
I hope all goes well for you... Just be
careful cause along with all my weight
gain I started to swell really bad.... I
bet some of you girls remember that... It
got really bad.. !!
Hope all goes well !!!
- jen
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Posted: 06-25-06 18:48pm
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Remember that milk is a carbohydrate. 2%
or not.
I have done pretty well with my weight,
but I have gestational diabetes and cannot
eat certain things. However, the diet is
easier than you'd think: I don't have to
cut out carbs completely or anything.
It's all about moderation. Like someone
else mentioned: substitute things for the
sweets and fried foods or carbs.
One thing i've had to do is not eat fruit
before noon. That's because of my blood
sugars, but it would most likely help with
weight gain, too. When you eat cheerios
with a banana, you have to remember that
you're getting carbs from the cereal and
the milk... Then you're getting sugar
from the banana. I'm not saying it's
horrid or anything, but that stuff adds up
before you realize it. It also is
important to watch portion sizes.
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