Background, started my weight loss journey in April of 2024. 40f, Height: 6’1” (185cm), Starting weight: 240lbs (109kg), Lowest weight: 188lbs (85.5kg), Current weight: 192lbs (87kg)
I’m currently 13 weeks and my midwife wants me to gain 10lbs over my lowest weight by 20 weeks. I was eating 2100 calories for the first trimester and I’ve bumped it to 2300 calories for the past week. I’m really struggling mentally with not wanting to see the scale go up but I know it needs to happen. Doing the straight calculations, if I want to gain 6 lbs over the next 7 weeks I need to consume an extra 21,000 calories which is about an extra 430 calories a day. I’m currently not very active. I don’t have the energy but I am burning between 1900 and 2000 a day. I haven’t really been interested in eating the higher calorie things that I liked before getting pregnant. Sugary stuff without accompanying fat or protein makes me feel sick within an hour. I’m eating around 80-90grams of protein a day. It really feels like a mind trip to be trying to gain weight after all that work. I never counted calories or macros in my previous pregnancies. I was overweight or obese during my 3 previous pregnancies. I know a lot of it will come off once I have the baby (all my kids have been over 10lbs (I’m tall so it makes sense). It still feels weird. I don’t want to stop counting because I don’t want to get out of the habit and I think I’ll do better keeping my macros where they need to be if I do count. Has anyone else done this journey of pregnancy after weight loss and stayed on the train after delivery?
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