I'm about 10 weeks pregnant again with my second child. I am finally through the nausea phase of the pregnancy (i think) so I am able to eat things that I would like to eat, instead of things that won't make me barf.
A little history, I've been a low-carber since 2001 and lost 45 lbs on Atkins (w/o counting calories) but could never get to my goal weight of (reasonable) 145 - 150 lbs. I've since looked into calories and realized that I do need to count calories to see weight come off (when I'm that small) but I got into the whole, I can eat whatever I want, phase and that of course did me no good.
I found out 3 days before I found out I was pregnant, that I had hypothyroidism and that in turn with my shifting diet was why I had skyrocketed to my all time high of 193 lbs. The doctor has me on synthroid and I'm trying my best to watch what I eat.
That being said, I'm curious what the definition of "low carb" is in pregnancy. (the carb count) I'm around 100 (not net) carbs per day. Still have some fruits and veggies, and due to some medical issues, I juice carrots (which takes up the majority of my daily carbs (high in carbs der...) but is really good for some of the other medical issues my body is going through right now.
Is 100 carbs per day a reasonable amount to be on while pregnant? I did semi low carb 25-30 or aimed at that during my last pregnancy but didn't really gain anything so then decided I could eat anything I wanted, and got HUGE.
So I'm trying to not gain more than 20 lbs with this pregnancy since I'm already considered OBESE from my OBGYN's point of view.
Is this terribly unrealisitc? I'm aiming for 2000 calories per day or so, but no more than 2500.
Thanks for the help and ideas.