Hello. I'm already classed as obese with a BMI of 35 from last time I got weighed at my midwife appointment. I've been up and down with my weight over the past few years, gaining a stone and losing a stone then gaining it back and more and losing a few pounds to being at my highest weight right now. Me and my husband had been trying for a baby for a year and I figured, after tests showed nothing wrong, maybe it was my weight, so I decided to do a crash diet to lose at least an initial stone and then try to diet the best I can after. I've done this before in the past and it worked for me. Of course, I did this diet for about 3 days and then I got my positive test, and figured a crash diet probably wasn't good right now.
As happy as I am, I'm constantly worried about my weight now. I know I shouldn't have let myself get to this in the first place, but I have and now I'm just trying to figure out how to not balloon up anymore than I should.
I struggled quite badly with nausea from week 6-8, and all I could really eat was crackers and cereal. I don't think I really lost much weight in this time, because I also wasn't doing any exercise because I was exhausted and off work with sickness, just moving from the sofa to bed. I'm back at work now and it's quite a physical job so I'm hoping all the walking I'll be doing might help a little. Although my nausea is better at 11 weeks now, I still struggle with cooked foods. The smell of food cooking just puts me off, so I'm mainly snacking throughout the day because I'm hungry but can't bring myself to cook. I've also got an awful stale taste in my mouth and, honestly, sometimes I'm eating just to try to get rid of that taste. At the same time though, I don't have much nausea but my stomach is always feeling like it's aching. It kind of feels like food poisoning but without the vomiting. I'm absolutely exhausted still, too, so the thought of doing any exercise apart from the walking at work just doesn't appeal to me.
I really want to do best by this baby and I am trying to add nutrients, I'll always have at least one piece of fruit and veg in a day, usually a banana and I'll often add spinach if I decide to cook something. I know this isn't enough though, and I know the weight is going to pile on if I can't stop myself from snacking on unhealthy rubbish, but everything else just puts me off.
Does anyone have any advice? I'm 12 weeks soon and I hear a lot of people saying you usually feel better at this point, so I'm really hoping that's the case for me and I can have some energy back to do any exercise, if anyone knows pregnancy safe exercises? I'm happy to follow a YouTube or app for these if anyone knows any good ones. Also any advice on diet and how to handle cravings and deal with food aversions? I find my cravings tend to change, but it's always the unhealthy stuff. It was cheese and tomato pizza and then kinder eggs and iced buns. I wish I was craving apples or something, but, no. Thank you for any help