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Protein definitely helps. How about protein milkshakes if you don't like meat?
I would say to add "good" fats and proteins like nuts, avocados, eggs, etc. And maybe some ice cream, milkshakes...
Also, maybe cut down the walk a little? I'm not even pregnant and I don't walk that much everyday! (And I live in Manhattan and don't have a car!)
I took a sports nutrition class way back and I recall the prof saying the best way to put on weight is to drink lots of juices...you can aim for the healthy ones with natural sugars but don't go for the diet ones.
Hm. I have a friend who had to gain weight and it was really tough for her--to do it healthfully, anyways. Made me think about the other spectrum, ya know? She said she ate a lot of full fat, full sugar foods (switching from things like Splenda to regular sugar in her ice teas and stuff) and tried to make sure she always had some carbs in her meals. As women I think we shy away from carbs in general, but shoot, I'd use this as an excuse to have some french bread with pesto (olive oil is good for you!), a baked potato, etc with your dinner. A fully rounded dinner--salad, starch, vegetable, protein, some bread. I'd use a calculator to determine how many calories you need to eat per day and then add in, say, an extra 500 calories if that's what it is. 500 always seems reasonable w/o stuffing yourself. Two snacks or a bowl of ice cream in the evening. My friend switched from working out to JUST yoga. Which I'd imagine would be super good for you, since you're pregnant. I'd start having an extra glass or two of milk a day, too, if it doesn't make you sick.
Hmm, I second avacado and juices. Also pasta, cheeses, potatoes, pancakes. For snacks try less dried fruit and more waffles. Also maybe cut down on the walking (just for now, you could resume a little later in the pregnancy).
LOL Oh I can help you gain weight. Think donuts :D... and cookies!! All the yummy foods you have never really eaten. You maybe should increase your portion size as well.
Eating sweets and satisfying my cravings for everything and not being modest on ANYTHING helped me gain a lb a month since M and I started dating... oh yeah I don't do any exercise at all. (Yeah all this has to change).
eta congratulations on your pregnancy!!
I pretty much second everyone else...eat a little more of the good fats and proteins and walk a little bit less. :)
Stew! And if meat is hard to keep down try a different way of preparing meat? Something that will camouflage the taste? Meat is good for you in moderation and would probably help with the weight.
My girlfriend had the same issue in her pregnancy, she was able to increase her weight gain by eating lots of avocados (she became a guacamole junkie), and keeping ziplock bags of almonds to snack on all the time, she also switched to drinking fruit smoothies, and fruit juices instead of water and iced tea.
How about:
Boiled eggs for a snack (if you don’t especially like eggs, maybe try getting farm fresh eggs, we just got some and OMG they are WAY better than store eggs, even organic store eggs).
Fruit smoothies – low fat yogurt and fresh fruit (maybe w/ a scoop of icecream as a splurge)
Avocados – plain or as guacamole or in any number of tacos combinations, also good in salads
Nuts – plain for snacking, or peanut butter on toast.
If you don’t want to be particularly healthy, my favorite indulgences (and guaranteed to pack on some pounds!):
GRAVY (real gravy)
Mashed potatoes
Pasta
Risotto (made with butter)
Fresh made bread with butter
Think larger portions and well-balanced meals. Protein and healthy fats are great, if you can't keep down meat try eggs (best protein there is!), nuts, avocados, etc. Complex carbs are good too, and a great reason to indulge! While sugars are calorie rich, they aren't that great as they produce insulin spikes and increase the risk of gestational diabetes. Keep something you like around at all times to snack on, and good luck!
Butter in everything! Makes it taste better. Milk and half and half in your tea/potatoes/coffee. This is fun... (Sorry, I know this is a not so fun issue for you in real life, but it is fun to come up with suggestions).
Don't! My Dr told me the same thing while i was pregnant, and it ended up biting me in my HUGE ass at the end! I didn't gain any weight until the end, when i ballooned!!!! You may just not be gaining a lot right now, but you will start. I have had a couple girlfriends too whose wieghts were way low but ended up being perfect at the end.
Good work, ladies! I will definitely try to eat more protein and the suggestion about fruit juice was a good idea, too. My walks are afternoon/evening walks with my husband and the dogs, but maybe we could break the walks into morning and night, and I'll only go on one or the other.
As far as the proteins go, I'm having a hard time figuring out what to eat since meat doesn't stay down. I don't like tofu, or soy in general, but I'm not sure of my other options? Recipes and food suggestions would be very helpful! Also, I think eating more cheese is a good option for me; is there a type of cheese (like mozzerella vs. cheddar) that is fattier than others?
It's not exactly healthy, but when I got down to 90 lbs due to a bout of acute pancreatitis, my doctor told me to drink a milkshake with every meal so that I could gain back some weight (I'm 5'8", that was dangerously skinny). It worked!
Do you like edamame at all? I know those are soy beans, but I find they taste nothing like bean curds or tofus or anything like that. Can you do grilled fishes or shrimp? What about homemade lasagna? man homemade lasagna is super fattening. Can you do sausages at all? Like those lil smokies?
If you can't keep meat down i'd do yogurt smoothies. Maybe greek yogurt--it has more protein in it. And fiber to help you with all the extra food you'll be taking in.
I'd be careful with cheese--it might over constipate you. But yeah, cheddar is a fatty cheese, as is American. Mozzarella/goat is very low calorie tho. The creamy cheese (do you like cheese dip and crackers?) would be good.Then again, who eats just ONE portion of that cheese?
http://allrecipes.com/Recipes/Main.aspx
That's a site I use a lot to find recipes. I enter in the ingredients i have on hand and see what pops up.
I have to admit it's kinda fun to dream of all the bad foods =].I would SOOO gorge on pasta+pesto+cheese dishes with a huge hunk of french bread and a side of pesto to dip it in =]
OH, do you like malts? ice cream+malt powder+milk? Oh yummy.
I would also not worry about it too much. As long as you're healthy the baby will probably be just fine. Human bodies are very diverse and unpredictable and doctors often don't know any more than we do what is healthy for a particular person so they go with kind of the 'average' healthy predictability. I would trust how you feel.
Thanks, bees! All good info, especially about milkshakes and fruit smoothies. :) It's hard because I really want to gain weight, but I'm down about 15 pounds from pre-pregnancy weight, and at 17 weeks I'm still losing. It makes me feel kinda guilty, even though I know I'm doing what I can to stay healthy. I'm glad to know some of you (or your friends) have struggled with this in the past! All of the pregnancy books talk about limiting weight gain, which isn't really the information I need at this point.
I'm breaking my boycott from the 'bee to respond to this since my best friend had a horrible problem and was down to below 90 lbs (she's 5'7") and was losing her hair even. I gained a lot of weight that summer from eating WITH her. She would eat healthy fats like those mentioned- avocados, etc. For meats she chose red meat a lot- including black angus quite frequently. We also had a LOT of nuts and she did a lot of dairy- always a scoop or two of ice cream at night, and lots of healthy meals that had cheese (like a baked potato... yummmm!)
I would also restrict exercise to more walking-based, you'll retain your flexibility and activity level but it will be less weight loss for you. GOOD LUCK!
this thread is making me hungry! Everything sounds so yummie :) I wouls suggest a little less walking maybe 45 min to an hour and increase your portions. Throw in a couple milkshakes for good measure :D
I'm not a fan of nut butter myself, but adding some natural peanut or almond butter (really anything without hydrogenated oils) to your diet is an easy way to add calories. You could eat peanut butter sandwiches, peanut butter on fruit or veggies, add to oatmeal, banana bread, things like that.
I second the idea of fruit smoothies. I make smoothies with plain yogurt (you could use full fat), a banana (you could use 1.5 or 2 for extra calories), skim milk (again, you could use 2% to add calories), a handful of berries, and spinach (for extra veggies)! You could easily add protein powder for bulk/extra calories & protein. I would recommend asking someone in the vitamin/supplement area of Whole Foods if you have one nearby - they are very knowledgeable and could probably recommend a protein powder for someone who is pregnant with a sensitive tummy (you don't want anything chalky).
Good luck!
Oh true dat- my bestie used to make her own almond and cashew butter.
Thank you to everyone who replied to my thread... your suggestions worked! At my doctor's appointment yesterday, I had gained four pounds in the last 6 weeks. Woo-hoo! I really appreciate everyone's support; you made me feel a lot better about not gaining weight when I was really worrying about it. :) And thank you for all the food suggestions! I really attribute my weight gain to my increased consumption of avocados, nuts, and fruit smoothies. Good work, hive!
Sweet lord I would love to have to gain weight. I'd just make my self a big old pot of pasta every night (extra parm!) and dig in.
Maybe it would help if you tried to eat at restaurants more often? Their portions are off the charts so pretty much anything you eat there will be higher cal than cooking at home.
I had a friend who had to gain weight, and her doctor suggested the following:
One important thing is to not just go nuts pigging out on unhealthy items and sitting around with no exercise...though this could help you gain weight, you will still be unhealthy! Gotta take care of that baby!
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Well, I just had my latest appointment with my OBGYN and she is not very happy with my weight gain during pregnancy. :( I feel like I've been eating more and not throwing up as much, but I'm still losing at a point when I should be gaining. My doctor said I need to put on 2-5 pounds by my next appointment (3 weeks from now). I asked her about gaining weight, but she just said to eat healthy and not exercise strenuously... which is kinda what I've been doing. If I can't gain weight in the next few weeks, I'll have to go on a really specific diet that includes supplementing with weight-loss drinks like Slim-Fast (ew!).
Honestly, I've never had to gain weight before, so I'm not really sure how to do this. Anyone out there with a high metabolism or other weight problems that can give me some pointers? I try to eat healthy (but can't keep down meat), and most of my snacks (2-3 a day) are carbs like granola bars and dried fruit. Also, my daily exercise is one 1-1.5 hour walk and Wii Fit Yoga. Help, hive! :)