Losing weight in pregnancy

[hellobeautifulsoul]

Hey! I'm just wondering if anyone knows a thread on here for help losing weight while pregnant. Or at least maintaining.

I was starting weight loss a couple of weeks before I found out I was pregnant and would really like to continue. I have about 2.5 stone to lose to get to where I want to be, which is still bigger than I should be for my height. I want to do it healthily so would like some advice if anyone knows!

Thanks!

Hi OP. It’s not safe to try to lose weight during pregnancy, as can prevent the baby getting enough nutrients to grow properly.

But if you have health concerns about your weight I would ask for a referral to a nutritionist who may be able to help you avoid putting on excess weight during pregnancy while still eating a healthy amount of calories and a balanced diet.

Unless you are very obese though, you will put on some weight. So you need to make peace with that.

It is actually safe to lose weight in pregnancy if you're obese - usually this is seen as maintaining weight throughout because as baby grows (and all the gubbins like placenta etc) it is obviously adding "weight" but you're eating at a calorie deficit and therefore losing fat but staying the same on the scale. Your midwife or consultant will be able to advise you. They often recommend slimming world.

As above, it's not considered safe to do while pregnant. I'm classed as obese and even though at any other time a doctor would encourage me to lose weight, the advice while pregnant is to try and minimise weight gain. You can ask to be referred to a dietician or see if there's a nutrition in pregnancy course available to you, if it's just about making the best choices for your baby? But calorie deficits or other diets are not recommended.

Also bear in mind that pregnancy is a rollercoaster of food aversions / cravings / having no appetite / feeling sick / feeling like you could eat the entire fridge and still be hungry. Don't be too hard on yourself if you don't always have healthy eating days while pregnant.

Thank you everyone, I'm classed as obese but I'm going to make healthier food choices instead of depriving food while I'm pregnant.

I'm 14s6 although I've put on a couple of pounds already, and I am 5ft3 so I'm classed as quite overweight. I am a size 14 and would like to get down to about 12 stone which is where I was happiest and healthiest.

I will just make healthier food choices until the baby comes and then I will look into this again.

Thanks everyone ☺️

Hi OP 👋 I’ve gained a lot of weight throughout this pregnancy (37 weeks now) and I’m trying to not necessarily ‘lose’, but maintain my weight gain for these last few weeks. I’ve found changing my eating habits has helped - I’ve swapped snacking on chocolate and sugary things with having antipasti instead. I’ve swapped sugary breakfasts for eggs. Basically low-carbing it. Would that way of eating be of interest to you? I’ve not put on any extra weight for the past 2 weeks which is great as I know the baby is still putting on weight.

I have gestational diabetes and have to follow a specific diet which involves lower carbs paired with more fats/protein but more importantly I can’t have rubbish like sweets, pastries etc. I was worried at first about ‘restricting’ my diet but am actually eating lots of calories thought more healthy fats but have also lost weight and feel really well. But I have been really strict - no cheating and just swapping healthy calories for crap calories. Midwife isn’t concerned about my weight loss as baby is growing well BUT with GD you get extra growth scans and checks for ketones (can appear if you restrict carbs and are dangerous) etc which every pregnant women doesn’t get. I would suggest to push for a dietitian appointment, if you get a good one they should be able to help you instead of just saying watching diet is dangerous when loads of women with GD have to follow a specific diet anyway and a lot tend to lose weight and still have healthy babies.

Lost weight in both my pregnancy's but I was overweight In the first place. Wasn't actually trying to loose weight but I did make healthier choices because I massively craved fruit 😂 both babies came out 8lbs +

I lost over 3 stone when was pregnant with my last child it was really weird. I could hardly eat I could not eat full meal at all. I could not even eat 3 fish fingers with about 10 chips. It was as if the baby was laying on my stomach and made a kind of gave me a gastric band 🤣. Anyway baby was born and I put it all back in pretty fast 🤬 baby was bike fine and healthy.

I lost weight when I was pregnant and feel like I am second time round too. I only gained in the last few weeks and then it all went when he was born. I just couldn't eat as much as I did before, I was sick at first but later on I just didn't feel like it , I wasn't starving myself. If you were overeating you can easily make sensible choices and cut back without depriving the baby of nutrients. I can only see it as a positive thing if you want to do it.

I lost weight when I was pregnant with my third DC. I was in the obese category, three back to back pregnancies and very large babies.

I decided that I didn't want to end the pregnancy bigger than ever as I would have had 3 under 4 so needed to be able to run around after them.

I cut out all takeaways, fizzy drinks. Didn't touch them at all. If I really wanted a treat I had a fun size packet of buttons or low calorie crisps. I had three healthy meals a day and two healthy snacks plus lots of fruit.

I lost 4 stone during my pregnancy and my DS was born 11lbs 8oz, so he definately got all the nutrients he needed.😁

At my 6 week checkup I had lost another stone and felt better than ever.

Wow that's amazing @LosDolses!! That's what I'm trying to do here, after my first child I lost the weight quite quickly but he was Prem and it was stressful. My second I piled on the weight as we were in lockdown and I was made redundant. This time around I really don't want to do the same as I was so miserable and unhealthy.

I'm going to make better food choices cut out the take always etc as said and see how that goes. Hopefully I can lose a bit or at least just maintain I'd be happy with that.

Thanks guys!