Re: ketosis during pregnancy?

[Guest guest]

Hi Colleen,

I was in a state of ketosis throughout my whole pregnancy. I would

get all crazy feeling anxious and lightheaded.

The doctors told me to eat high fat foods with lots of carbs which

of course is like speaking a foreign language to a gastric bypass

patient!

I lost weight throughout my whole pregnancy and had my son 3 weeks

ago and am still dropping weight really steadily.

My husband literally filled the house with foods I cannot resist. I

kept protein bars in my purse and ate them when I thought about it

or when I felt ill.

Eating became like a job but no matter what I ate the weight would

still come off.

Just do the best you can and take your vitamins if you can. I'm

having a hard with food still but in the opposite way now....I'm

constantly hungry but then again I am breastfeeding a growing

bouncing baby boy!

Chrystal

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[Guest guest]

Hey Colleen,

How do you do with Carbs? Can you eat sweets (not candy, but

something like a muffin?) Usually upping the carbs will take you

out of ketosis...

[Guest guest]

> Hey Colleen,

>

> How do you do with Carbs? Can you eat sweets (not candy, but

> something like a muffin?) Usually upping the carbs will take you

> out of ketosis...

>

>

thanks and others who have commented.

They have me trying to eat 6 grain/pasta carbs, 6 fruit carbs plus 6

veggie carbs oh yes, plus 2 beans/nuts servings as well. that's in

addition to 11 protein servings and 4 fat servings daily. and these

are normal people servings not post-op size oh boy, this all adds

up to an all you can eat buffet that I could only have handled pre-op

hahah!

anyway mostly I don't like carbs. I've been doing okay snacking on

pretzels, and I started today with some cheerios for breakfast. a

muffin would just hurt my tummy I think, I can do toast if I cut it

super thin (like cutting a piece of bread in half widthwise first)

especially if it has cinnamon on it. that smell seems to calm my

nausea for some bizarre reason.

I read up a little bit more on the ketosis during pregnancy and one

site made it seem like it's the biggest risk to baby in the first 12

weeks and mine triggered at week 15 so I won't be kicking myself for

maybe hurting my baby. I'm doing my best now to eat everything I am

supposed to, but other new mommies, just do your best and be sure to

get enough calories in so you don't get in the same mess I'm in

Colleen

[Guest guest]

> Hey Colleen,

>

> How do you do with Carbs? Can you eat sweets (not candy, but

> something like a muffin?) Usually upping the carbs will take you

> out of ketosis...

>

>

thanks and others who have commented.

They have me trying to eat 6 grain/pasta carbs, 6 fruit carbs plus 6

veggie carbs oh yes, plus 2 beans/nuts servings as well. that's in

addition to 11 protein servings and 4 fat servings daily. and these

are normal people servings not post-op size oh boy, this all adds

up to an all you can eat buffet that I could only have handled pre-op

hahah!

anyway mostly I don't like carbs. I've been doing okay snacking on

pretzels, and I started today with some cheerios for breakfast. a

muffin would just hurt my tummy I think, I can do toast if I cut it

super thin (like cutting a piece of bread in half widthwise first)

especially if it has cinnamon on it. that smell seems to calm my

nausea for some bizarre reason.

I read up a little bit more on the ketosis during pregnancy and one

site made it seem like it's the biggest risk to baby in the first 12

weeks and mine triggered at week 15 so I won't be kicking myself for

maybe hurting my baby. I'm doing my best now to eat everything I am

supposed to, but other new mommies, just do your best and be sure to

get enough calories in so you don't get in the same mess I'm in

Colleen

[Guest guest]

Sorry you're going through a trying time, Colleen. Bed rest has got

to be maddening.

About getting in more cals, how about some nice homemade blenderized

soup or some fresh smoothies.

Hang in there, honey.

WlsMomma

> Emotionally this has been so difficult. it's bad enough to be

unable

> to exercise even gently, or just walk around the house much, but

now

> they are having me try to eat between meals, drink after meals when

> full to make more room in my pouch to try and get enough calories

esp.

> proteins in. part of me is feeling like this will undo all my hard

> work of the last 15 months and undo all my retraining to learn to

eat

> wisely after bypass. The baby is more important than my weight

loss

> efforts, there's no doubt of that. But I know I will have to work

so

> hard to relearn my habits and I have to live in this body long

after

> the baby is delivered. it is just hard to reconcile all this is my

> head. my daily food plan even includes " 2 cookies " on the premise

> that even bad calories are better than too few calories. I suppose

> that's true because the last 2 months if I couldn't get my proteins

> down I wouldn't allow myself any good carbs even, thinking I'd try

a

> little later for more cheese or meat or whatever, so obviously my

own

> food plan was NOT working out. I'll still grab fruit over cookies

> anyday, and my idea of a cookie is graham cracker or melba toast,

but

> this is just so against everythign we have taught ourselves to try

and

> succeed after WLS.

>

> anyway I welcome any insights. It's been pretty tough on bedrest.

the

> brain never shuts off and the stress just keeps climbing.

> thanks folks.

> Colleen

> open RNY 5-9-03

> 361/219/160

> EDD 1-23-05

[Guest guest]

Sorry you're going through a trying time, Colleen. Bed rest has got

to be maddening.

About getting in more cals, how about some nice homemade blenderized

soup or some fresh smoothies.

Hang in there, honey.

WlsMomma

> Emotionally this has been so difficult. it's bad enough to be

unable

> to exercise even gently, or just walk around the house much, but

now

> they are having me try to eat between meals, drink after meals when

> full to make more room in my pouch to try and get enough calories

esp.

> proteins in. part of me is feeling like this will undo all my hard

> work of the last 15 months and undo all my retraining to learn to

eat

> wisely after bypass. The baby is more important than my weight

loss

> efforts, there's no doubt of that. But I know I will have to work

so

> hard to relearn my habits and I have to live in this body long

after

> the baby is delivered. it is just hard to reconcile all this is my

> head. my daily food plan even includes " 2 cookies " on the premise

> that even bad calories are better than too few calories. I suppose

> that's true because the last 2 months if I couldn't get my proteins

> down I wouldn't allow myself any good carbs even, thinking I'd try

a

> little later for more cheese or meat or whatever, so obviously my

own

> food plan was NOT working out. I'll still grab fruit over cookies

> anyday, and my idea of a cookie is graham cracker or melba toast,

but

> this is just so against everythign we have taught ourselves to try

and

> succeed after WLS.

>

> anyway I welcome any insights. It's been pretty tough on bedrest.

the

> brain never shuts off and the stress just keeps climbing.

> thanks folks.

> Colleen

> open RNY 5-9-03

> 361/219/160

> EDD 1-23-05