Overeating & weight

Does anyone else feel like they are eating soo much but can’t help it? I am having such bigger portions at mealtimes and didn’t think anything of it, until my partner made a comment about how big I’m getting and saying “you better lose that after you’ve had the baby”. He obviously saw that he touched a nerve and hurt my feelings, as he straight away backtracked and said he was only joking. But now I keep catching sight of myself in the mirror and I do look very, very big for only 27 weeks.. I was originally just blaming it on being my 2nd pregnancy, but maybe I have been overeating and indulging more than I would have before. Do you try to cap how much you eat while you’re pregnant or do you just eat until you’re full? Starting to think maybe it’s best to start portion control to try and not put on so much extra weight

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Firstly, that’s poor of him to even joke about that! Secondly, I just eat what I want 🤷🏼‍♀️ I’m very much of the opinion that I’m only going to eat this much in pregnancy and not feel guilty (or mostly). When I’m not pregnant focus is on being healthy and losing weight but for now I’m just enjoying food where I can and not worrying too much. I get married in January so probably should care more but I’m cranky when hungry 😂 x

I’m sorry he made that comment 😕. I feel the same. I’ve put weight on in areas other than my bump and it’s making me sad too. I am eating A LOT but I can’t control it! I am trying not to worry…….. it’s not easy but I’m just clinging on to the hope that my appetite will return to pre pregnancy when the baby is here and I’ll naturally lose the extra pounds. Try not to worry too much

Nope I eat what I want when I want it! I also cannot look in the mirror atm, it’s natural to gain weight in pregnancy but it’s hard as I don’t recognise my body

I eat what I want but sometimes I just don’t fancy dinner so I’ll sit and have a pot noodle. Don’t feel guilty your body is currently growing a human!!

I'm trying to make a conscious effort to make healthier choices at the moment as I slipped into having extra chocolate etc. Last few days I've been putting the slow cooker on in the morning so I can have a healthy meal in the evening and making and effort to have 3 decent meals. I've already noticed a difference in heart burn symptoms improving so that's going to motivate me to keep going. We do need to gain a certain amount of weight when we're pregnant. For baby, water, placenta, fat stores for breastfeeding. But we can do things to try and help prevent unnecessary excess gain on top of that.

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