Pregnancy calorie deficit losing weight

[Lynn0097]

I’m 5 foot 2 lost 100 pounds I workout do CrossFit , I’m now 162 , I eat Whole Foods and I was not done with my weight lost journey found out I’m 6 weeks pregnant I don’t want to maintain or gain weight like I did with my last 3. Anyone successful been in a slight deficit? I’m think 1750 instead of my 1600

Please don’t try to lose weight while you’re pregnant, at least don’t make that explicitly the goal. Nutritional needs increase a lot during pregnancy, much more than calorie needs, and it’s nigh on impossible to get all the nutrients you and baby need while maintaining a calorie deficit.

What you can do is focus on the most nutrient dense options and a good workout routine. Loads of eggs, fish (check which species), beef & dairy, dark green veg etc. You can also get nutrient panels privately that go beyond the standard pre natal tests, that will help you to figure out how to eat so you are both well nourished without upping the calories too much.

If you have the funds, a personal trainer who understands pregnancy can help you to maintain strength and muscle tone safely throughout. Or there are online pregnancy workout plans you can sign up for.

This is not the time to be in a battle with your body and I really doubt it would be good for you to focus a lot on the scales. Staying strong and fit and giving your baby everything it needs is a healthier mindset and will very likely have the side effect that fat gain is minimal and more easily reversed afterwards.

And congratulations on losing 100 pounds already, that is an incredible achievement!

Very very blunt question, but do you actually want this baby? You've already got 3 and it sounds like you were just starting to get some time to work on yourself. It's ok to say no or consider your options.

It's not a blunt question it's down right rude. If she didn't want the baby she wouldn't be messaging on mumsnet!

Grow up

Congratulations on your pregnancy! Also pregnant after a large weight loss, and I found trimester one survival mode. Emotionally it was hard to gain some weight back, but I knew trimester two would be easier from experience.

Trimester two I've been super mindful of food, and find it easier to maintain a slight calorie deficit. I've definetely had to break this in to smaller meals throughout the day though or I get nauseous / starving / uncomfortably full. Eggs, turkey rashers, babybels, yoghurt and strawberries are the lowest cal snacks that still feel like proper meals to me!

A walking pad has made a big difference for steps, and trying 2-3x30 min workouts a week.

Would you be this rude in real life? It's incredibly incredibly foul to promote abortion with no indication that's what the OP wants.

Wow! I wasn't pushing abortion, I was saying consider your options. The OP is in a place where something else in her life is very important to her, which pregnancy gets in the way of, to the extent she's asking questions about something that could potentially do her baby harm. That is a good enough reason to ask if she is 100% sure she wants to continue and to me sounds like she might have doubts. It's ok to have doubts, and it's ok whatever she chooses, but it's better to think things through and make an active, informed choice, knowing she had a choice and that considering alternatives is also ok. That's the grownup thing to do.

And yes, I would ask a friend the same question in similar circumstances, because giving people the option to think about things when you suspect they have doubts rather than just affirming whatever they say is being a good friend in my book. Would you blindly agree that of course he loves you when a friend's boyfriend buys her flowers after hitting her, rather than saying are you sure about this?