[MandiK]

I am about 7 weeks pregnant and almost everything seems disgusting to me. I'm eating what I can, but I feel like if I continue this diet I will gain more than 20 pounds (that's my target weight gain). Does anyone have any advice?

Here's what sounds good to me:
breakfast cereal, waffles, juice, yogurt, PB&J, fruit, string cheese, cottage cheese, subway chicken breast subs, oatmeal

Here's what sounds atrocious to me:
VEGGIES, meat, soup, just about everything not listed above

[Riverite]

I am right with you on what sounds good to eat. I am 21 weeks now, and I eat mostly cereal, fruit, cheese and milk. I can eat some raw vegetables, but cooked veggies sound horrific.

I have just been trying to eat as much fruit as possible (fresh apples, oranges, etc) and trying to pack in whatever veggies sound good into sandwiches (subway can work for that).

I thought I would gain a ton of weight. Instead, I lost 10 pounds the first trimester and have gained back two pounds so far in the second trimester. My doctor is fine with this since I am over 200 pounds--she said an overall gain of 8-12 pounds for me would be about right.

I wouldn't worry about it yet. If I ate this way before I was pregnant, I would have gained a lot of weight. But since I've been pregnant, my body has been behaving completely differently.

My advice is to just keep weighing yourself and then bring your concerns up to your doctor if the scale keeps going up.

[sacha]

Is this your first pregnancy? One thing nobody told me is that you can easily gain up to 10lbs+ in the first trimester just from being bloated. At 7 weeks, I was at 132lbs (normal weight 118-120lbs), and now at 19 weeks pregnant, I'm still 132lbs!! (with baby!). Don't concern yourself too much with first trimester fluctuations, if you are gaining too much after that, your doctor will advise you. Eat your vitamins and try and eat well (I didn't touch a vegetable in 1st trimester personally).

[jahjah1223]

Im trying to be realistic and so my goal is to gain about 30-35 pounds

[mom4life]

I was feeling depressed today because I've gained 9 lbs since I found out I was pregnant. I'm on my 11th week. With my past 2 pregnancies I would get to my 20th week and already gain 20 lbs. I don't want a repeat of that with this one.

[jahjah1223]

Dont worry about it! just try to eat something healthy all the time and nibble on fast food just a tiny bit and youll be fine lol