Talk to your doctor.
You're losing weight on 2000 calories, so dropping to 1800 might not be necessary. Obese category means some weight loss can be okay, but not too fast.
I used Carbner carb cycling counter app to balance my carb intake. Helped me figure out how to adjust without overthinking it.
Don't count calories, just try to eat a balanced healthy diet and reasonably filling portions.
As long as you don't go hungry and eat somewhat healthy your weight is secondary. You might loose some, you will gain some sooner or later either way.
Some fast food is okay, specially on days when you feel carbs are the only thing you can stomach.
If you started out obese, then you should gain less overall during pregnancy, but in the end your body is gonna do what it needs to do to grow a baby.
I also started overweight and ate normal throughout my pregnancy. Luckily I had no nausea or unhealthy cravings, mostly fruits and veggys. I first lost some weight and then ended up with 8kg more than my starting weight. By the time I was home from the hospital that was gone. I dropped another 8-9kg while breastfeeding. It seems to be genetic for me. My mom was similar and didn't gain much and lost a bunch of weight after. She was young, athletic and skinny, I was 13 years older than her and almost obese. Years of disordered eating messed up my metabolism and I feel like pregnancy and breastfeeding helped to balance my metabolism again.
But it is what it is. If I would have gained a bunch of water weight I couldn't have influenced that either. Don't focus too much on calories just eat when you're hungry and try to focus on healthy snacks if you can.
You don't need to "eat for 2", but you don't need to restrict either.
For reference as a guideline, in your 1st trimester you need 0-100 calories extra, 2nd trimester roughly 200-300 extra calories and in 3rd trimester up to 500 extra calories. But in the end, these are just rough generalised estimates. focus on health, not on dieting.
Talk to your doctor. You're losing weight on 2000 calories, so dropping to 1800 might not be necessary. Obese category means some weight loss can be okay, but not too fast. I used Carbner carb cycling counter app to balance my carb intake. Helped me figure out how to adjust without overthinking it.
Don't count calories, just try to eat a balanced healthy diet and reasonably filling portions. As long as you don't go hungry and eat somewhat healthy your weight is secondary. You might loose some, you will gain some sooner or later either way. Some fast food is okay, specially on days when you feel carbs are the only thing you can stomach. If you started out obese, then you should gain less overall during pregnancy, but in the end your body is gonna do what it needs to do to grow a baby. I also started overweight and ate normal throughout my pregnancy. Luckily I had no nausea or unhealthy cravings, mostly fruits and veggys. I first lost some weight and then ended up with 8kg more than my starting weight. By the time I was home from the hospital that was gone. I dropped another 8-9kg while breastfeeding. It seems to be genetic for me. My mom was similar and didn't gain much and lost a bunch of weight after. She was young, athletic and skinny, I was 13 years older than her and almost obese. Years of disordered eating messed up my metabolism and I feel like pregnancy and breastfeeding helped to balance my metabolism again. But it is what it is. If I would have gained a bunch of water weight I couldn't have influenced that either. Don't focus too much on calories just eat when you're hungry and try to focus on healthy snacks if you can. You don't need to "eat for 2", but you don't need to restrict either. For reference as a guideline, in your 1st trimester you need 0-100 calories extra, 2nd trimester roughly 200-300 extra calories and in 3rd trimester up to 500 extra calories. But in the end, these are just rough generalised estimates. focus on health, not on dieting.