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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you only need 300 extra calories a day during pregnancy, how is it that they recommend a 20 to 30 pound weight gain?It takes way more calories that 300 to gain a. Pound .[/quote]

Yeah but 20-30 lbs is not 1lb a day for an entire pregnancy... [/quote]

LOL what is hard to understand about this?? A pound is 3500 extra calories. You are advised to eat 300 extra a day, which equals more or less a pound every 10-11 days. 40 weeks of pregnancy = 280 or so days. 280/10 is 28 lbs. nobody is saying 300 calories equals a pound a day or that you're supposed to gain a pound a day. It's impossible to tell what is going on in your head but this is not confusing! [/quote]

I know, I'm on your side. The OP said you are supposed to have 300 calories per day and gain 20-30 lbs, but "It takes way more calories that 300 to gain a Pound". that would imply that 300 calories per day= 1lb per day, which is totally wrong.  You aren't gaining that much weight. I agree with your calculation- it is not confusing. [/quote]

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