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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A lot of the weight you are gaining is not calorie weight- By the time you're done the baby weights 6-9 lbs on his/ her own, then add the weight of the amniotic fluid, your uterus gets bigger/ weighs more, your blood volume increases, your boobs get bigger.  The 300 calories aren't turning directly into lbs, they are nutrition for the baby, but the weight is coming from other sources than increased fat. [/quote]

Yeah, but the baby is made up of stuff which comes from calories that come from somewhere:  the food you eat.  Similarly with the extra tissue in your uterus and breasts etc.  The only weight gain that is not associated with the food you eat is the water weight (which is a few pounds).  So there is a correlation between how many extra calories you eat and how much weight you can conceivably gain...though as PP notes, 300 calories extra per day is sufficient to explain the amount of weight gain.[/quote]

So you're saying that if you were previously taking in the exact amount of calories to maintain your weight and you got pregnant and did not increase your calorie intake, you would not gain any weight while pregnant? Yes, there is a correlation (which is why I gained a lot more than 30 lbs) but I still think you would gain weight. [/quote]

Well, your body's metabolism may change to slow down/speed up the rate at which it burns calories so it's not precisely one-to-one...but generally yes, you wouldn't gain much more than the water weight.  The baby (i.e. its fat and bones and blood) is made of something.  It doesn't must materialize out of the air.  I'm talking about weight gain during pregnancy.  A lot of that isn't your body, as PP points out, it's the baby and the placenta.  Your food intake builds those things, but they are no longer in your body once you deliver.  You also lose some of the extra blood etc soon afterward as well.[/quote]

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