Overweight-what did u gain

Just wondering what any overweigth girls gained and if you ate healthy, or pigged out...my friend gained 80 pounds, ate like a pic, she was about 20 pounds over to start....I am about 25 pounds overweight and im so scared of gaining a ton....

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I was about 30 pounds overweight and I only gained 17 pounds while PG. I didn't pig out. I was on a diet for medical reasons.

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I was about 25-30lbs overweight before getting pregnant.

I ate pretty much what I wanted - cause some days it was hard to eat and others - I could have eaten the house.

I gained 48lbs and lost 34 of them right away

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oh ok, because i am TTC and just got a plan from a nutritionist, if i follow it i shoudl be good u think??? Not gain a ton. is the wiegh when you gain 17 pounds just fromt he baby, water etc...what did u lose after giving birth?

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thanks so much for all this info

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Exercise - like walking is great too.

I think I gained alot cause I really wasn't allowed to do alot of exercising

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My last pregnancy I only gained 12lbs

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I was about 25 lbs overweight before getting preggers (it was right after my wedding and HM and I went to town ) I gained 47lbs when I was preggo I lost I think it was 34lbs by my one week post op (had a c/s)
I didnt eat a lot at all... I felt so full for most of my pregnancy that I physically couldnt eat too much.... it was a TON of water weight... it was during the summer and I was also super swollen.

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I was about 40 lbs overweight to begin with. I gained 15 lbs with my first pregnancy and 10 lbs with my second. I lost MORE than what I gained both times within a month after delivery. It came off especially easily with DD, because I breastfed.

ETA: I was more careful about what I ate while prego, but I did go to town occasionally

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I was a normal weight pre-baby the first time around. I ate pretty healthy and walked regulary and gained over 75 lbs.

This time around, I am very heavy to start out with, since I have a lot of baby 1 weight, and so far I have gained 5 lbs maybe.

I am not heavier than I was with #1 yet (thank god!)

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I started out overweight, gained only 9 lbs and since having the baby 6 weeks ago, I have lost 19 lbs.

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I was ALOT overweight and I ended up gaining 42 pounds. Honestly it was the one time in my life I decided I wasn't going to diet. I watched sometimes and other times I didn't. I think the one thing that would have saved me was to have stayed active. I just kind of gave up and that was a big mistake.