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What is exactly baffling to you?  The extra calories plus the baby, blood, water retention, amniotic fluid, etc., make up extra weight.

Or do you not understand how I am not understanding whypeople gain 50+ lbs when you are not supposed to eat over a certain amount of extra calories a day.  OBVIOUSLY people do but what I am saying is that when you gain that much more over what you normally eat and say a snack or two (500 cals) you are definitely over earting and its probably not healthy food.

To each their own....if people want to eat Mc D's multiple times a week thats their choice but the weight gain should not come as a shock.[/quote]

I think what's confusing here is that you seem to be implying that the extra calories are independent of the baby etc (maybe that's not what you mean, but that's how it's written).  The extra calories are what makes the baby, the placenta, etc.  Yes, if you eat too many extra calories some of them will convert to fat, not baby etc.  But it's not simple math, since your metabolism may also change when you're pregnant...so it's hard to know exactly how much weight you will gain (incl. both body fat and baby) for how many extra calories.

Some women probably eat more than the suggested amount leading to excessive weight gain.  Some women may not, but their metabolisms may get totally whacked and slow down.  This is not straightforward, nor is it rocket science.

What's more relevant is how quickly they lose it...since that's probably a better indication of whether it was too much or just what their body decided to do with all the pregnancy hormones.  Hopefully you won't fall into the 50+ lb category, b/c you seem to hold a lot of contempt for the people who do.  But I know people who gained that much and lost it quickly with very little effort...others gained less but struggled more to lose the extra.  Hard to know in advance.

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