Weight Gain (again...)

[Laur_250]

Ahh Ani, like everyone says im sure you will lose it just as fast if you are naturally slim plus maybe once we come into the summer and warmer weather you'll find it slows down a bit as i know the winters the worst time for being healthy for me anyway! Have you done a bump pic as I bet you look fab??xxx

Laura, I put up new photos today on my online journal (link below) and if you look at the ones from 8 weeks right up to now, you will see my progress... I just dread to think what I am going to be like in 7 weeks time when I am going to a wedding in Greece and will have to get into a bikini in front of about 150 people from my home town!!

Seriously Ani you look great, you look like you have a lovely baby shaped bump not fat!XXX

 

[Ani]

OK, thank you for the reassurance, both of you... I promise not to fixate on weight gain from now on.

 

[Ani]

I'd stop weighing yourself on a daily basis as weight can fluctuate by a couple of pounds a day due to water retention etc anyways. Its never a good idea weighing daily.

Weigh once a week, same day, same time, same clothes, if you must. I never bother and let the MW weigh me as and when. Outside of that I just don't see the point of fixating on it. I eat well, walk lots still and I am not going to starve myself or not eat certain foods because I might gain a few pounds.

Womens bodies when PG are designed to store for baby. So weight gain is natural. You are eating healthy decent food, exercising and doing all the right things, but it won't stop you won't putting on weight.

I don't think your doctor was helpful telling you you are putting weight on too quickly. Every woman is different. Some gain only a little, others more. I've put on over 3 stone during my pregnancy, others just about a stone. Most of that has come in 2nd and 3rd tri. First tri I hardly altered.

Also don't forget that your baby is growing and your body changing, so putting on some weight is to be expected.

I'd stop setting the bar to high and relax a little bit.

Sherlock, just FYI, I havent weighed myself since my initial post, according to your suggestion. And I feel much better for it!

 

[Sherlock]

Sherlock, just FYI, I havent weighed myself since my initial post, according to your suggestion. And I feel much better for it!

I'm pleased to hear it. Good you are feeling better for it. Daily weighing is such a harsh thing and even more so in pregnancy. Its good to give yourself some breathing room and relax a little