> I know I personally was reluctant to reply when I read that you're pregnant. I never have been, but I have heard (though honestly I can't name a source) that the body "first feeding the baby" is a myth. The body's first priority is feeding the mom. After all, she has to be healthy in order to have a healthy baby, so it makes sense from a nature standpoint.
Thanks for the response. :-) I can't say whether or not the "first feeding the baby" thing is a myth or not... The only thing I can say is that my rationale for not increasing my calories more during my pregnancies was that if I was gaining approx 50lbs (which is significantly more than is even recommended) then I must be eating enough. And my babies have been on the larger side. NOW I can see where that doesn't mean I was getting enough proper nutrients in spite of the actual weight gained, but that's not how I was looking at it previously.
My ability to gain 50lbs on 1000 cals/day + exercise does go to show that the whole simple "calories in, calories out" model of weight is soooo not true. It's more complicated than that.
>And regarding increasing cals early on MRM, I think the manual itself says that the slow increase is to avoid freak-outs. Leigh had some clients who said screw it and went straight to maintenance right away, knowing they'd have bloating and retention and weight gain.
Thanks for that info! I'm going to have to go back and reread again because I somehow missed that the first time around! I have had a fair amount of bloating but I'm assuming that will ease with time.
Michelle
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