Please, no horrible comments, just looking for advice and support. Background, I have always struggled with disordered eating, had bulimia in my 20s. Long since recovered from that but still struggle day to day and have always hovered either on the high side of a normal BMI or just on the overweight side. I eat healthily but have major issues with emotional eating and large portion sizes. I had several quite traumatic things happen to me last year and consequently put on a stone, tipping me into a BMI of nearly 29. I've just found out I'm pregnant. I'm nearly 2 stone heavier than I was when I was pregnant the first time and I'm terrified of ballooning during pregnancy. I spoke to my midwife but she really wasn't helpful, just told me to stay away from sugar, which I already do - I don't have a sweet tooth and I cook everything from scratch, generally stay away from UPF, but I massively overeat.
Has anyone started pregnancy being quite overweight and managed to contain it? Obviously I can't "diet" during pregnancy but I would really like to keep a lid on it and not gain too much more?