300 calories?

I understand that we really only need 300 extra calories a day when pregnant. Do you think you consume more than 300 extra calories? I definitely do! I'm so damm hungry all the time!!!

Re: 300 calories?

not usually. Sometimes I find it hard to get enough. I've been eating very healthy so healthy food tends to be low in calories. That and I'm still working out and need to make up for everything I burn.

Re: 300 calories?

i think i pretty much eat the same way i did pre-pregnancy (3 meals a day with 1 or 2 snacks). but on the rare days that i do feel extra hungry and need to eat more, i try to choose healthy snacks.

Re: 300 calories?

i eat a lot more than 300 calories. but i almost always diet when im not pregnant so im always counting calories. being pregnant i def let that go, but i still eat a lot of healthy foods, especially fruits. ive gained a little more weight than i would have liked so far - but nothing crazy. i also started off 10lbs heavier than i would have liked so i think that's helped me no go completely overboard.

Re: 300 calories?

The very first few weeks I think I ate more than 1,000 extra calories. I was starving all the time. Now the nausea and food aversions have kicked in and I am pretty much eating the same as pre-pregnancy.

Re: 300 calories?

That whole only need 300 extra calories seemed like a joke to me.

I think I eat closer to 500 extra calories a day and I think in the beginning it was much more than that as i was always hungry and sometimes eating two extra breakfasts.

I also am pretty active and need to replenish burned off calories as well.

Re: 300 calories?

I have never actually calorie counted this pregnancy.

I will say in the first trimester I had m/s so I probably didn't consume the extra 300 calories a day.

But made up for it in the second trimester where I literally ate everything in sight and NEVER actually felt full. I probably ate 4,000 calories a day

Now in the 3rd trimester I am a combo of both. Some days its all I can do to force food down my throat where as other days I'm a bottomless pit.

Re: 300 calories?

I have no idea!!! I'm 20 weeks and my weight is pretty much the same as before I got pregnant. A lot was due to morning sickness, but that ended at 13-14 weeks. Ever since then, I find that I naturally get full VERY quickly - and sometimes I feel full for no reason whatsoever since I hadn't eaten in awhile!!

I wish I had this little of an appetite before I was pregnant!!!

Of course, sometimes I do have my cravings and give in to them. I do worry about not getting enough veggies in sometimes since I'm not usually hungry.

Oh - and I work out with my personal trainer twice a week, so maybe that makes up for any extra calorie consumption...