advice on my diet please :)

[pacha]

Hi all,

I have never been a big eater...I eat very healthy..plenty of water, fruit, veg etc but hate take aways and unhealthy food. I have never eaten it and just dont enjoy it. I probably dont take in enough calories on a daily basis, this isnt because i want to be slim or watch my weight, its honestly because Im not a big eater and enjoy healthy food.

Im a size 8 and have a small frame..

I am worried that perhaps I dont consume enough calories for a baby.

can anyone offer me some advice? Im stressed that my diet would make my baby ill or that it wouldnt be able to grow properly on what I eat?

What do you think?..I would say i eat healthily, just perhaps not enough?!..

I have tried to eat more but really cant

 

[meandthebump]

Your diet sounds good and your baby will do well on it
If you are worried about your diet ask your midwife for advice. My mw told me that the baby will take from me what it needs and that if i haven't eated well, it is me who will feel the effects! I don't think you actually need many extra calories at this stage though (ha ha try telling my appetite that!)

 

[Chopsie]

I read somewhere that all the extra calories you need in the first trimester (about 250 a day) can be met by having a large glass of full-fat milk every day - could be an easy way to up your calorie intake? Or two glasses of semi skimmed if you can't stomach full-fat? Smoothies are quite calorific too - there's about 500 in a one litre carton of Innocent, for example, so again, this might be a bit easier than eating more, as it's liquid calories instead, and good and healthy too.

 

[maldives]

I don't think u need extra calories now! but generally speaking you shouldn't be LOSING weight now! and in the first tri your weight gain as an average would be 1-2kg!
So as long as ur eating healthy and enough that ur not dieting or losing weight ur fine!
later on I think in tri3 or maybe from tri2 not sure. u need to have extra 300 calories a day, they say it helps milk production i guess.
I am not sure how far u r in ur pregnancy and whether u have sickness and cravings yet! coz things might change once u have cravings.
Good luck

 

[pacha]

Thanks for the info, thats fab! I'll definitely start having a glass of milk a day then as i love milk anyway.

I defintiely am not loosing weight, I have been the same weight for as long as I remember but my friends etc always comment that I dont seem to eat enough. I just eat until Im full