mamaScarlett
Active member
I was wondering how many calories on average you consume per day?
And were you told by your doctor about how many you should be getting each day?
I ask because I'm one of those weird cfers that hasn't ever really had trouble getting weight on. My metabolism did pick up alot after having my daughter though. I can eat almost whatever I want and maintain my weight. But, I typically take in about 1600 per day and maintain a good 121 lbs at 5'3.
Now that I'm pregnant I'm even more focused on my nutrition and was wondering if you were ever given a target cal intake whether its for pregnancy, or for the average cfer. I'm getting between 1600-1800 cals a day now, and tons of protein.
With my first pregnancy I ate like a pig. Probably 2500-2700 cals a day and still only gained 17 lbs. I went full term and the baby was 8 lbs. RIght now bc of my major nausea, getting 1600 cals a day is the max I can do, without throwing it up.
And were you told by your doctor about how many you should be getting each day?
I ask because I'm one of those weird cfers that hasn't ever really had trouble getting weight on. My metabolism did pick up alot after having my daughter though. I can eat almost whatever I want and maintain my weight. But, I typically take in about 1600 per day and maintain a good 121 lbs at 5'3.
Now that I'm pregnant I'm even more focused on my nutrition and was wondering if you were ever given a target cal intake whether its for pregnancy, or for the average cfer. I'm getting between 1600-1800 cals a day now, and tons of protein.
With my first pregnancy I ate like a pig. Probably 2500-2700 cals a day and still only gained 17 lbs. I went full term and the baby was 8 lbs. RIght now bc of my major nausea, getting 1600 cals a day is the max I can do, without throwing it up.