25 pound weight gain in 2020

It’s so easy to talk about pregnancy weight loss, but we don’t often think about how we gained the weight in the first place.    Many in our society today use excuses and justifications to eat more than you need during pregnancy… thoughts like “baby wants a cupcake,” or “I’m eating for two.” Or maybe you dieted so frequently that being pregnant was like your free hall pass to eat anything and everything you wanted.    In today’s episode, I take you behind the scenes of my 25 pound pregnancy weight gain in 2020 and explain what I was doing and thinking that allowed me to only gain 25 pounds.    There’s no judgement or shame if you gained more (or less), but we need to get honest with ourselves if we want to lose weight in a healthy way (physically and psychologically).    What’s in this episode: My personal weight gain story   The #1 most important question I asked myself every day  Prenatal nutrition and how to eat to fuel your baby’s development  How to set yourself up for better postpartum weight loss    For full show notes, resources and links visit www.bodyyoucrave.com/blog/07   Ready to end emotional eating, lose excess weight and feel amazing in your body?  Head to www.bodyyoucrave.com/start-here where I share the counterintuitive reason why all your attempts to restrict food over the years has actually led to WEIGHT GAIN, and the mental “switch” you need to flick that’ll let you drop lbs, without sacrificing wine, carbs or the foods you love.