 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
| HomeDiscussion GroupsGeneral TopicsLow CarbWeightWatchers WeightAdviser.com Contact UsLink To UsSearch & Site Map |
Weight Loss Forum / WeightWatchers / April 2005ww and pregnancy
hi all this is a rhetorical question at the moment but are you allowed to attend ww meeting if you are pregnant. one of the reasons i joined ww this year and the gym was because my husband and i are were talking about having a baby. i really didn't want to contemplate being pregnant and 19 stone or having a toddler and being very unfit. but i also don't want to pile loads of weight back on being pregnant. so can you still follow ww while being pregnant?  SignatureMel ** It might look like I'm doing nothing, but at the cellular level I'm really quite busy. Don't know nowadays, but i joined WW three years ago, then i fell pregnant within a couple of months. My leader told me that i should not follow WW....Sadly i gained a great deal more weight during and after pregnancy, but now i am on the road to losing it all...20 lbs down since the beginning of the year...:-) As i say it might be different now, but if you are not able to follow WW, just make sure you follow a sensible diet, and do not go nuts like i did...Good luck...:-) > hi all > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > want to pile loads of weight back on being pregnant. so can you still > follow ww while being pregnant? > this is a rhetorical question at the moment but are you allowed to attend ww > meeting if you are pregnant. one of the reasons i joined ww this year and I don't think you're supposed to be on a weight-loss plan while pregnant, no. Your ob/gyn can probably give you a good eating plan while pregnant, to make sure you get all the necessary nutrition, and then you can try to stick as close to that as necessary, modifying it with your doctor's help as needed. You *can* be in WW if you've already delivered, and you're nursing. You'll have slightly different point goals, and you need more calcium, but it can be done. That may help getting the weight off after the baby's born. While the baby's in, tho, you need to make it as comfy as possible, and unfortunately for you, losing weight isn't comfy for the baby. But hey, just think, when the kid's a teenager, you can gripe about not only how long labor was, but how you had to suffer through not dieting and it's all the kid's fault ;) Tay >> this is a rhetorical question at the moment but are you allowed to >> attend ww [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Tay A friend of mine was advised to go on maintenance while pregnant: that way she'd only put on baby weight and not fat. It worked for her. She'd lost all the baby weight by a month after the birth, and breastfed successfully for more than 6 months while losing afterwards. Ask the docs and your WW leader. SignatureKate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! WW does not allow you to attend if you are preggo. But join now before you join and get all of the info on the program. Show them to your doctor. The core plan might just be what you want to follow while you are pregnant. Being pregnant does not mean that you should eat for 2+ people. Eating healthy can help you keep the weight down. Ask your doctor what changes you need to make to the ww plan so that you can have a healthy gain and a healthy baby. You can still post here or join online (I think) while preggo. > hi all > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > ** It might look like I'm doing nothing, but at the cellular level I'm > really quite busy. > hi all > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > toddler and being very unfit. but i also don't want to pile loads of weight > back on being pregnant. so can you still follow ww while being pregnant? You can follow the ww program on your own while pregnant, but you can't be an official member. One thing you need to remember is that babies need certain *fats* to grow their brains properly, so make sure you keep some quality fats in your diet. About 60% of the human brain is composed of fat, and you only get one chance to grow a brain, so pregnancy is not the time to be shortchanging yourself on your fat needs. Please note I'm not saying you need to eat a *high* fat diet, but if you choose to eat a *low* fat diet, make sure to include a couple of tablespoons of Omega-3 and some Omega-6 oils each day for your baby's brain. A very low fat pregnancy will *not* harm your baby, but the baby's brain will not reach it's maximum potential under such a diet. Here is a good website that explains the importance of fats in brain development http://www.fi.edu/brain/fats.htm eggs. Weight Watchers current policies do not allow you to continue when you are pregnant. But back in 1987, when I was a member, it was allowed. I actually was on plan for about 11 months and lost about 40 lbs before I got pregnant. I then asked my ob/gyn and he gave me a note to allow me to stay on WW while I was pregnant. That was all they required back then. I gained 28 lbs during that pregnancy and had a healthy baby girl weighing in at 8 lb 8 oz and nearly 3 weeks overdue. It was actually funny as my meeting night was Wednesdays. I had my daughter on Thursday evening. I never missed a meeting and weighed in 22 lbs lighter the next week and the other 6 lbs was off the following week. I continued on while breastfeeding. Following the program for the nursing mothers. I feel WW policies now do not allow pregnant women to stay on program due to all the law suits that people are nuts about filing these days. If your doctor allows you to stay on program, do that. Of course you need the extra milk servings and to increase your points just like you do when you are breastfeeding. The main thing is to maintain your weight while you are pregnant, not lose large amounts of weight. As you can see from my results that is what happened. I gained the recommended amount for healthy pregnancy of 25-30 lbs. You are not eating for two, you are a healthy diet to maintain the pregnancy and deliver a healthy baby. At this point, before you start trying, make sure you are getting a sufficient amount of folic acid. That is crucial to having a healthy baby and it is needed even before you get pregnant. Debbie > hi all > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > weight > back on being pregnant. so can you still follow ww while being pregnant? thanks to everybody that replied you've all given me somewhere to start. I'm at ww now and have lost 20.5 now. I'm doing the no count plan where i eat 3 healthy meals a day. i think it may be still able to do that as i feel no count is not really a diet. It stops you eating rubbish and makes me cook proper healthy meals as no processed food is allowed. so when it happens i think i will take my no count plan to midwife and see what she says. i think i may be all right with it just maybe need to add back proper milk etc. i don't think it'll do a baby any harm if i snack on fruit all day as i do now instead of a bar of chocolate. i used to now a girl who lost 4 stone while pregnant as she ate better while she was pregnant than when she wasn't! SignatureMel 275.5/255/247.5 Someone said it already but just make sure to eat some healthy fats !! that baby need a healthy brain ;o) SignatureWill~ 196.2 / 131.8 / 137 lbs 89 / 59.8 / 62.1 Kg Personal goal 125 lbs / 56.7 Kg > thanks to everybody that replied you've all given me somewhere to start. > I'm at ww now and have lost 20.5 now. I'm doing the no count plan where i [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > lost 4 stone while pregnant as she ate better while she was pregnant than > when she wasn't! > thanks to everybody that replied you've all given me somewhere to start. > I'm at ww now and have lost 20.5 now. I'm doing the no count plan where i [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > lost 4 stone while pregnant as she ate better while she was pregnant than > when she wasn't! Don't worry about going back to full fat milk: skimmed milk has more protein and calcium per pint as there are no fat molecules to bulk it out! See if you can talk it through with a friendly midwife and/or dietitian before you get preggy, and then you know what you have to look forward to! :) SignatureKate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! The 25-30 lbs is only for women who are in a healthy weight range when they begin they're pregnancy. I was about 30lbs overweight when I was pregnant and was advised to only gain about 12 lbs. http://www.babycenter.com has a pregnancy weight calculator if you want more info on acceptable weight gain. Sarah 198/198/132 On 1/4/05 16:12, in article 3b472vF6e36maU1@individual.net, "Deb in Northern California" <d.kester@NOSPAMcomcast.net> wrote: > If your doctor allows you to stay on program, do that. Of course you need > the extra milk servings and to increase your points just like you do when [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> weight >> back on being pregnant. so can you still follow ww while being pregnant? Re: ww and pregnancyYou need to read that site a little more thoroughly. 12 lbs is not enough at all. Here is a quote from the site. How much weight should I gain if I was overweight when I started my pregnancy? You should gain between 15 and 25 pounds by the end of your pregnancy, at a rate of approximately 2 to 3 pounds a month. (Experts advise women of average weight to gain between 25 and 35 pounds.) As you can see it says 15-25 lbs by the end of the pregnancy if you are overweight. My OB/GYN advised me who weighed over 225 lbs when I got pregnant all three times to not gain more than 30 lbs. I will say that I delivered a healthy 8lb 8 oz baby and lost 22 lbs when she was born. I had gained a total of 28 lbs during the pregnancy and had the remaining 6 lbs off the following week. It is not a time to lose weight it is a time to maintain the weight you have and gain at a healthy rate so that is all for the baby and not excess being left on your body. You can not restrict your diet as you will be restricting important nutrients for a growing fetus and you want to have a healthy child more than anything. Debbie The 25-30 lbs is only for women who are in a healthy weight range when they begin they're pregnancy. I was about 30lbs overweight when I was pregnant and was advised to only gain about 12 lbs. http://www.babycenter.com has a pregnancy weight calculator if you want more info on acceptable weight gain. Sarah 198/198/132 On 1/4/05 16:12, in article 3b472vF6e36maU1@individual.net, "Deb in Northern California" <d.kester@NOSPAMcomcast.net> wrote: > If your doctor allows you to stay on program, do that. Of course you need > the extra milk servings and to increase your points just like you do when > you are breastfeeding. The main thing is to maintain your weight while you > are pregnant, not lose large amounts of weight. As you can see from my > results that is what happened. I gained the recommended amount for healthy > pregnancy of 25-30 lbs. You are not eating for two, you are a healthy diet > to maintain the pregnancy and deliver a healthy baby. > "able99" <able99@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:d2h8ob$kg3$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk... >> hi all >> >> this is a rhetorical question at the moment but are you allowed to attend >> ww >> meeting if you are pregnant. one of the reasons i joined ww this year and >> the gym was because my husband and i are were talking about having a baby. >> i >> really didn't want to contemplate being pregnant and 19 stone or having a >> toddler and being very unfit. but i also don't want to pile loads of >> weight >> back on being pregnant. so can you still follow ww while being pregnant? >> >> -- >> Mel >> ** It might look like I'm doing nothing, but at the cellular level I'm >> really quite busy. >> >> > > |
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2012 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.