Shifting Gears. How do you do it?

I'm newly pregnant but even before the BFP test the scale was all over the place without rhyme or reason. Well now I have a reason, but I am having a hard time dealing with the fact I will be watching the scale go up instead of down.

I was so goal driven that I am now having a difficult time changing gears. The pregnancy still hasn't completely set in, even after several positive pregnancy tests.

I just feel like "I was just so close to reaching my next goal!" that it's kind of taken away some of the baby excitement. I was only 10lbs away from being below 200! I was 10 lbs away from fitting perfectly into size 16 jeans, instead of squeezing into them. blah, blah, blah. I just wanted to see 199.8 on the scales at least ONCE before getting pregnant again!

Did anyone still lose weight for a little bit before they started gaining? If so how much?
For those of you who are further along in their pregnancies, how much weight have you gained? Was it difficult to gain, or have you not gained any and just maintained?

I'm not going out of my way to lose weight, of course. Nor am I thinking "Oh great! An excuse to eat 'normally' again!" Even at 210 lbs, the smallest I've ever been for ANY pregnancy, I am just not looking forward to seeing 220 or possibly 230 again. Especially before the 3rd trimester!

I'll be seeing the nutritionist and bariatric doctor this coming week. But I still wanted to know if it difficult for others, besides me, to change gears like this?

Also, with this being my last baby, I am kind of having some bitter sweet moments with everything. None of my old maternity clothes fit, so I'll have to get some new or used ones and I am elated to know I can shop the normal stores and not online for maternity clothes, but I also see it as another expense. Especially one that will only be used once, in this case!

Are there any other VSG pregnant mama's around here? I just keep seeing RNY and feel alone. :(

well I am still losing weight but I am also bigger then you. I had the RNY on April 14th so were close in surgery dates... I started at 519 and now I am down to 369 I am starting to slow down with the loss, but my doctor says I should start losing right after the babies are born as long as I keep doing what I am suppose to... they said i shouldn't gain more then 15 but thats when they thought I was having 1... I have no idea whats to happen with twins...I am 12 weeks and my belly is getting huge already... I am just bracing myself for weight gain :(

I was further out than you when I got pregnant with my first.  I didn't gain much weight with him until later in my pregnancy.  Initially the doctors would be on my case about trying to gain more but he kept measuring big so they were fine with it.  I had gained less than 20 pounds by 36 weeks and then ended up in the hospital the last week of pregnancy and gained 17 pounds in one week from the fluids they were pumping into me.  I hadn't eaten in a week so it was all fluids.  I had a healthy 7 lb 10 ounce boy at 37 weeks.

This pregnancy I was heavier starting out than I was with my first, thanks to rebound weight and poor choices.  Initially I lost 10 pounds and now at almost 30 weeks I have regained those 10 plus and additional 5.  The doctor is very please with my weight this pregnancy.  He didn't say anything when I was losing, holding steady, or when I started to gain. 

Being early out, you will probably still lose a little at the beginning even if it is unintentional.  That is common in many pregnancies, not just woman that have had surgery.  Good luck with your journey.

I was ten months post op when I got pregnant with my second child.  I was about 15 pounds from goal weight.  I had lost from 312 to 165.  I gained about 35 go 40 pounds....lost back down to the 170s.  But I am 192 now.  Just finding out I am pregnant again. 

I hardly gained anything until after 20 weeks.  So you probably will lose some more before you start gaining.  Or you will maintain your weight.  Just don't get into the mindset that you can eat what you want because even non WLS women aren't suppose to do that.  Not that I am preaching...lol

I am a bit worried about gaining weight myself...I am dreading getting back over 200...but I know that it's best for the baby and I will lose it once I have the baby!  That's what I tell myself!!!

take care,
Bambi

Congrats on the new bean, Bambi!!!

Thanks Valena,
I just found out on Thursday.   My family doesn't know yet, so that's why I haven't said anything on Facebook yet.  Planning on telling everyone on Thanksgiving!!!  Hope I can hold out until then!

Bambi

I didnt have the VSG...but I never did get to my goal weight. I got to 199 and then proceeded to gain.  On my own.  The carbs did it(with a lot of help from me).  But anyway, I started out pregnant at 228...I have only gained 5 lbs and I'm now 16wks.  So hopefully that helps.  Considering that you just had surgery and you are still in your "honeymoon time" I am betting you don't gain much if any until the last trimester.  Don't try to lose(of course you know that), but the restriction will help you.

Easier said than done, but just try to eat the healthy foods and don't let the bad stuff slip back in as a habit.  I did, and thats why I started gaining and not losing(and thats before being pregnant).  I still lost way over 100lbs and so I'm still proud of myself and you should be too.  You will no doubt continue to lose even after delivering the baby.  I continue to lose even almost two years out when I eat correctly.  :)

HTH,

Anne

Thanks everyone.

I guess I am still trying to change my mindset the most as far as scale numbers go. I got down to my lowest weight of 210.4 lbs and got excited that I could reach my next mini goal of 199 lbs by the end of the year at the latest.

But the next day, even after eating all the right things, avoiding all carb, like normal, etc etc etc the scale jumped up 3 lbs! I was like WTH is going on! After a few days of the scale being erratic despite being consistent with my eating habits, that's when I decided taking a preg test might be worth a shot. I thought AF was due any day as it was so I wanted to rule out pregnancy as a cause for the oddness. Unfortunately it didn't eliminate it pretty much diagnosed the oddness in weight behavior.

So I am having a hard time watching the scale jump around these 3 pounds without food as a reason. I see the scale go up and I just panic a bit and that scares me for later when the scale will go up higher and higher as the pregnancy progresses.

I'm wondering if anyone else dealt with these types of feelings. Trying to come with terms that I am no longer in true weight loss mode and that I can probably kiss that 199 reading good-bye for at least a good year! It's disheartening to be this close and know I have to wait another yer before reaching the goal I was so driven to achieve. :(

Congrats on your pregnancy! I am also very nervous about gaining my weight back. This is my first post op baby and i think a lot of us go through different feelings. I keep saying my skinny days are over but it's important we just eat heatlhy and hopefully keep active. I know i am going to get over 200 again when all is said and done and the thought of that terrifies me because i have worked so hard. The worst part- i only feel nauseated when I am NOT eating. I am trying to keep carrots, apples and celery at my desk for me to grab instead of the saltine crackers. Hopefully that will work. I had already regained about 20 pounds from my lowest and was trying to get back on trach when i found out i was pregnant.

Started my 2nd pregnancy at 220, ended my second pregnancy around 175. 15 months later, I'm still at 175. I continued to loose weight while being pregnant, however, I did pick up some bad eating habbits while pregnant that have stuck with me to this day and are contributing to me not being able to get off this plateau I've been stuck on since my son's birth. Just be careful not to let pregnancy become an "excuse" to let it all go. Stay healthy, that's the most important part for both you and your baby, and by doing so, you should stay right on track!