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How to control weight during pregnancy

Asked by:Anne

Asked on:Mar 24, 2026 05:21 AM

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  • Armida Armida

    Mar 24, 2026

      female After pregnancy, in order to provide sufficient nutrients to the baby in the belly, nutrition must be appropriately increased.

      However, some people mistakenly believe that the more a woman eats and weighs more during pregnancy, the better.

      In fact, during pregnancy, women who eat too much and have improper proportions of nutrients can easily lead to overnutrition, which can lead to their weight exceeding the normal range, that is, excessive pregnancy weight.

      Pregnant women who are overweight can cause many diseases, such as gestational hypertension, gestational diabetes and complications, etc. It will also increase the probability of giving birth to a macrosomia, making it difficult to give birth naturally, causing a relative increase in caesarean sections, and making unsightly stretch marks even more difficult to avoid.

      How can pregnant women control their pregnancy weight? Experts have given some suggestions, hoping to give everyone a reference.

      1. Food diary:

      Record what you eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day to help you understand what you eat during the day. When you review, reflect on whether you have eaten anything you shouldn't have eaten. From the records, the dual purposes of weight control and health care can be achieved.

      2. Weigh yourself every day:

      Excessive weight gain is a worry for many pregnant women, and it is also a situation that obstetricians and gynecologists do not want to see.

      Therefore, how to control the speed of weight gain is very important. Not eating too much is one of the important rules. Measuring your weight every day can constantly remind pregnant women that they should pay attention to their diet to avoid eating too much food and causing their weight to rise.

      3. Set a day to lift the ban:

      For fear of gaining weight too quickly, pregnant women have to work hard to control their food intake every day. In order to reward yourself for your hard work, you can set a release day every week. On that day, you can eat with confidence and no longer calculate the food intake per pound or tael to satisfy your desire to eat.

      4. Understand the calorie content of food:

      Get knowledge about nutrition from books and magazines to understand the calorie content of food so as to control your calorie intake.

      5. Overeating and dieting every other day:

      Sometimes, people cannot resist the temptation of delicious food and accidentally eat it too much. After the food was gone, I started to regret it. It is recommended that you reduce the amount of food you eat the next day and eat light food, so as to control your weight.

      6. Weight curve:

      Measure your weight every day and make a graph as a warning

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