I'm wondering if there are any other pregnant woman out there who would like to chat regularly to support each other in having a healthy pregnancy? I know everyone desires to have a healthy pregnancy but I feel like I may need a little bit of extra encouragement to exercise regularly and to eat the best foods to nourish myself and bubs. If you'd like to share the journey together I'd love to hear from you
OK so I wanted to bump this thread and I've posted the link to this is thread to a few of my BB friends who I know are pregnant so hopefully you are all going to come and join me
So far I have been doing pilates 2 times a week and I've started to eat pretty well, getting at least 2 serves of fruit per day and at least one salad or veg serve (on most days 2) I'd say I am also getting plenty of fiber and I've been taking my vitamins every day including an iron tablet. On the water front I've always been pretty good with that however I'd like to commit tracking how much I am having each day and making sure it's 2 ltrs. And I also want to up my Omega 3 intake.
My goal this week is to add 2 20 min walks and to do up a meal plan of what main meals I am going to make this week... That sounds easy enough
However im going to be a difficult one! i find it really hard to find time to do exercise so at this stage all i can manage to do is a walk after dinner - than its only a slow walk as DD likes to walk aswell, no longer will sit in pram!
Also as for the eating healthy im so trying to do that ( i only put on 5kgs last pregnancy and would like to stick close to that) but atm greasy food really settles my tummy!!!
I know i need to increase my fibre intake as Elevit has evil side affects for me!
YAY I have a friend! 5kg's last pg wowsers that is great! I'm not so focused on how much weight I put on but rather just being healthy I'd just like to give bubs the best start possible so I'm so happy you have joined me to keep eachother motivated YAY
MummaMia thanks so much gorgeousness! After reading your list I now feel like I'm already a super mum I do eat loads of veg/salad stuff and We also eat heaps of nuts and beans + lentils & rice and we even drink oat mil rather than regular dairy. So I now feel great and happy that I'm doing well. Any advice you have along the will be great and I can't wait to see a BFP announcement from you soon
hj Oh no, what side effects does Elevit have on you? I do take Elevit but I think the multivitamin I used to take which was Metegenics Femme is much better all round, it's got pretty much everything Elevit has but higher levels and more, I think there may have been one or 2 things it didn't have but I haven't noticed any side effects from the Elevit so haven't bothered changing back. I think if you are eating well and getting in what exercise you can that you'll be doing well hon, I tend to be sitting down more often than not so I need to make an effort, I can't imagine you get to do that running around after a little on when you are home and running around at work too! Again I'm so happy you have joined me and sill so super dooper excited you are pregnant!!!!
Update on me: Yesterday, walked a little... it was around the shopping center so I don't think that really counts but I did eat well. Today I am doing up my meal plan and going shopping. I will aim to eat well before I go so that I don't buy unnecessary treats while I'm there! The other think I did last week when I did up my meal plan (this will be my 3rd week of doing it) I also factored in snacks such as yogurt and I made pumpkin and lemon scones and some sugarless oat & banana cookies which have been great cause they were healthy and filling This week I am making some other yummy healthy treat but not sure what yet. Today is also house work day so I may not get my walk in......
YAY again it's so nice to have some friends in here
C1 - yeh i meant to say its not the amount of weight that i put on thats important its the healthy bub side of things! Elevit the folate tabs make me extreamly constipated! not a nice feeling! Sorry but u did ask! LOL - those oats and bananana biscuits sound very yummy! can u send thru the recipe? dont stress on not getting ur walk in on house work day - u might find doing the house work u do just as much exercise if not more!
MM - yay on joining us! and hopefully u will be joinin us with a BFP VERY VERY SOON! i get so excited at the thought! and your list is a GREAT help for me! thankyou heaps xo
also how did pop corn get in the vegetable list???????? im bad most of that vegie list i do not like! naughty me!!!!
Im so hoping cravings go away soon also - so far i have ended up losing 3kgs this pregnancy - i try so hard to eat something but food really isnt apealing to me atm! so i know this is not a good thing! im trying to think of easy healthy snack ideas that i can just grab and eat on the run! any idea!
Oh and i guess i better start eating my apples with the skin on! LOL i peel them for Miss B now i have taken a liking to peeled apple! LOL
I dont eat much on the beans, nuts and seeds list - those things have never really appealed to me much!
Morning hj Yeah those cookies were great and the recipe made lots of cookies so they actually lasted a whole week and both dh and I feel like we've eaten heaps of them! so easy to make too and healthy. I will let you know how the snack for this week turns out and if it's any good I'll add the recipe for that too. As for the beans and seeds maybe have tacos with beans instead of mince meat mix, you just use a can for 4 bean mix or refried beans, add the taco seasoning and a can of crushed tomatoes and you're done, if you eat curries add beans to them or we always thicken up the sauces with red lentils, just chuck in 1/4 of a cup and they cook really quickly and give your curry (or soup) a lovely thick texture. Seeds and nuts are great for throwing into salads and instead of using pre made dressings or olive oil we use flaxseed oil which is full of omega3 (great for bubs brain development) mixed with lemon juice or balsamic vinegar. In the 1st tri I felt so lazy and didn't know 'what' to make but I was hungry!!! I so wish it was the other way around like you lol I found it great to make up some real food to have in the fridge so that it was ready to go, stuff like pasta salad, potato salad, bean and rice salad, all with home made dressings and lots of veg & salad ingredients and nuts etc. I have to admit that I did eat lots of cookies as I wasn't making my own healthy treats like I starting to now. I also bought some V8 juices to take with me on the go, They are not really the best but better than spewing from being too hungry. Loads of fruit is also great for quick snacks, especially bananas and a yummy organic flavored yogurt.
SugarLess Banana-Oatmeal Cookies
3 med-large ripe banans, mashed
2 cups uncooked quick-cooking oats
½ cup rasins
1/3 cup butter, melted
¼ cup fat-free milk
1tsp vanilla extract
mix all ingredients together. Let set for 5 mins for oats to absorb moisture. Drop teaspoonfuls (or roll into a ball with hands and flatten) onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 175 C for 15-20 mins. Let stand for 1 min before removing from cookie sheet. When I make them again I will add a little more vanilla and some honey or maple syrup for added sweetness. You could also add whatever nuts you like or different dried fruit. They are kinda like flat muffins! They do tend to be a little fragile so try to keep compact when putting into balls for the oven tray and flatten gently, also don't make them too thin
Hello ladies and cherished what a great idea to start this thread, im hoping ill be able to get in and post quite regularly.
Im trying my hardest to be as healthy as i can at the moment for bubs but i just seem to want to eat anything and everything. I do eat quite a lot of fruit 2-3 serves a day generally but nowhere near enough vegies as i do shift work and quite often just grab whatevas easiest. I think i might have to cook up a huge plate of vegies for tea tonight as im not at work. As for the excercise, before i was pregnant i used to walk my dog every day but as im getting further along its getting less & less which is terrible. He is such a big dog and very strong and it puts me off taking him and i feel so guilty walking out the gate without him.
So anyway today is housework day for me too and my mum is coming over and were going down the street for lunch so i might suggest we walk down the street and i have a nice healthy salad roll YUMMO!
Take care & Talk soon
C1 - u are soooooo well organised and on top of everything! keep up the great work! ur bub is going to be super healthy just like mummy!
Im so going to try those cookies - and some honey in them sounds good!
This may sound like a cop out but right now i just really dont have time to be as organised as you are and to prepare meals in advance etc, i really wish i did! maybe i should hire u as my cheif? LOL
I will try that taco idea although i will have to do a separate batch for me - my husband will go nuts if he dosent get his meat!
ur full of great ideas and i apprechiate you sharing them!
Here I am! (it was a matter of time....) For me, I've actually been trying to slow down a little bit to stay healthy.
I've been swimming 2-3 days a week, which I did before, but now I have slowed it down a little and I just do 20-odd laps of breaststroke. I have read that this is really good for foetal positioning down the track, and apart from anything else, I just love it.
I'm also still cycling to work, it's 6km each way. There's a pretty long uphill on the way home (up to the eastern side of the Green Bridge) and I have finally broken away from the urge to beat everyone else on the bridge! I don't know how long I'll be able to do it though.
Food-wise, I haven't really changed that much. I've upped my milk (soy) intake. I'm eating a bit more because I'm so hungry! I have ben making big pots of thin vegie soup (recipe below) and freezing it in coffee mugs, then having it as afternoon tea to get me through to dinner. It works well and is a great way to get the extra fibre in.
On fibre though, I'm actually a little worried that I'm getting too much and food is going straight through me without having time to digest.
Thin vegie soup
3 stalks celery, diced
3 carrots, diced
2 cups pumpkin, diced (approximate. I use half a small butternut)
1 cup green (or red) lentils
Vegie stock
Sweat celery and carrot over low heat in a big pot for about 10 minutes. Add pumpkin and lentils, and 1 litre of stock. The stock should cover the vegies. Bring to the boil. Simmer for about 30 minutes, then let stand and blend. Thin to desired consistency with extra stock.
Audax - awesome soup recipe, I can't wait to make it. Your exercise sounds great too!
hj1981 - nice too see you in here. Having a chef sounds a lovely idea teheh.. I wish! Also I'm with you in regard to the PG vits, mine block me up too, and I'm very limited in my diet so I find it tough to increase my fibre enough, so this thread is really helping to inspire me (sometimes I just get lazy too!).
eliselouise - I'm with you on the "grab things in a hurry". I'm trying to put healthier things in my pantry so at least I can't grab crap as easily. What sort of dog do you have? I have the same issue - a very rambunctious dog, and I keep meaning to get to dog training, but it's been 2 months and every weekend something crops up that interferes! I try to make hubby come so he can take her when I get too p'ed off at her! She can be SUCH an annoying dog, and it's really hard to manage her, a stroller and an adventurous 18 m.o.
C1 - awesome cookie recipe, I'm trying to think of what I could replace the raisins with (I can't have dried fruit). I'm thinking I'll maybe just leave them out and include the golden syrup instead. You sound like you're doing brilliantly with your food & exercise, well done!
AFM - well my particular challenges... ok firstly trying to avoid GD again (was injecting insulin last PG). Hoping to keep my weight down, I only gained 5.5kg last time (mainly cos I stopped gaining anything once I got GD). I'd like to keep it similar if I can... but i weighed myself this morning and i've already gained 5.5kg which i'm feeling a bit upset about even tho I know I shouldn't. My m/s this time was much worse (only settled in the last week or so) and I have been eating TOTAL crap - just craved chips... and sugar always settled the nausea . So have been having cordial & all sorts of crap I don't usually eat.
My goal now is to eat as IF i have GD (i.e. healthy, lots of veggies, some fruit, plenty of fibre and low GI)... and hopefuly that'll help me avoid GD in 10-11 weeks time when I get re-tested. And if I still get it (85% likely) then at least i'm being healthy anyway. I try to walk 30 mins every day (with puppydog) but want to start doing a few sessions of 15-20mins on the exercise bike too. I also run around after my toddler which helps hehe. I'm much stronger/fitter than last PG which is good. My other challenge is that I can't eat a lot of fruits (no dried fruits) and quite a few veggies (inc onion), nor wheat, honey & coconut (it's fructose malabsorption), my DH can't do dairy and my DS is allergic to tree nuts, sesame and egg. Trying to find snacks I can take with DS and me that are suitable for both of us is challenging (wheat, egg, fruit, nut-free!), and trying to eat stuff in front of a toddler that he can't eat - also challenging! So I end up not eating nuts because it's just too difficult with DS around even though i know they're good for me. Too often I end up eating rice crackers, plain potato chips or sickly chocolate muesli bars cos we can share them . But, I don't want to whinge, I just want to find good practical solutions. And I really really need to up my fibre! So those cookies & the soup are great ideas! The other ideas I've tried to start today:
frozen yoghurt icypoles (DS loves to share them too)
rice crackers and hommus (when DS asleep lol)
le rice (is quite low GI)
porridge & blueberries for brekkie OR snack
making guacamole or using avocado as a spread
nuts or sesame snaps when i'm at work
Doesn't seem that many but I'm sure i'll think of more! My main meals are mostly not too bad (provided we cook) it's more about healthy snacks and avoiding junk food meals for me.
belfie - my gosh u do have a few hurdles in your way! but u can do it!!!! arnt those preg vit just terrible!!!!
Im liking some of your ideas! exspecially the rice crackers and hommus! yum!!! i like le rice also - im so going to try that too!
Have you tried a sweet cup of tea to ease ur nausea? that seems to work for me if i have one before i get out of bed - not the best for you i know - but might be a bit better than cordial etc, if u have it on skim milk or something ( i cant have skim milk, has the totall opposite prob to the preg vitamins!)
I am having sesame snaps atm for a snack and they seem to be doing the trick
wish i had some more snacky ideas to help everyone - but atm im not really into eating so when i am and if i think of something i will be sure to let u all know!
Acutally - i had a fruit and nut museli slice today and that was very filling!!!!
Audax - my gosh ur one active mummy! keep up that great work! i think i better get my exercise bike out of the spare bedroom! LOL
That soup sounds okay also - does it taste very vegetably tho? im not a huge fan on vegetables
eliselouise - did u go for a walk down the street to lunch today?
Welcome my lovely eliselouise, Belife & Audax, what a treat to have you beautiful girls on board! Great idea freezing the soup into mugs ready for heating up Audax
hj1981 you crack me up hon, I wasn't this organised in the 1st tri! I was pretty lazy and ate a fair few frozen vegies cause I just couldn't be bothered preparing fresh ones let alone going shopping for them lol I thought frozen is better than none at all! And if you're going to get any chef over to your house look straight at Audax!!! She is a super chef with so many lovely recipes to share
belfie you sound like you've totally got it under control oats are so great for snacks and filling which is why those cookies were great. I've got some frozen blueberries actually and i might make some muffins with them, healthy ones of course! From the Liver cleanse book yummmmmmy. And frozen yogurt, I hadn't thought of getting them but if iceream is the craving they would be perfect! I think I had also put on about that much at eh 17 week mark. I am 20 weeks on Tuesday and I have gained about 6.6kg's I think.
eliselouise hope you enjoyed your walk and healthy lunch, sounds great.
The weather here has been lovely today and dh rubbed my lower back for a while and then read some of our hypnobirthing book and then we laid in the sun for about 5 mins for a dose of Vit D and he suggested we go for a walk later so I'm looking forward to that. Just going shopping now and can't wait to eat some of the yummo lemon myrtle and macadamia nut yogurt when I get back!
C1 - eww frozen vegies! LOL - i give them to Miss B all the time when im preparing dinner, maybe i should just suck it up and have a few myself! but than im really bad with my vegies i need a full glass of water with me at the dinner table when we are having vegies so i can just swallow them instead of having to chew them!
Okay so if i cant have u as my chef can i have ur husband as my Masseuse? hehehehe
HJ - would love to be your chef! You'd have to get into vegies though - we're vegan her, so there's a LOT of them! DH had a whole bunch of vegies he wouldn't eat when we first got together, but he'd just never had them cooked properly. He eats everything except roast pumpkin now. And I think that's fair enough! That soup won't taste too vegetabley if you use butternut pumpkin (nice and sweet) instead of any other kind. You can also chuck a handful of jasmine rice through it at the end, gives it a nice aroma and it might cover the vegie fragrance for you. Also, it's blended, so no chewing. I think you should give it a go!
C1 - I hear you on not being able to prepare food! I've been loving roasted vegies. It's one of my all time favourite easy dinners - roughly chop onion, a few carrots, sweet potato, parsnips, and chuck it in the oven to roast on super high. Then later add red capsicum and zucchini chunks. It smells SO good. We usually add some tempeh chunks for extra protein. I love it because there's no stirring, just rough chop and throw it in the oven, then go back to heaving over a bucket! (Ok, it's not that bad )
I also love having frozen spinach portions in the freezer. I throw them on or through EVERYTHING. Easy vegies, loaded with folate.
belfie - that's quite a challenge for you! FM is SO hard! Even without all those other issues to deal with! I will post some of my dairy free dip recipes for you, so that you can break away from hommus a little bit! I'm not sure how they all go with FM though, so let me know if there's something you can't have. And a nut-free pesto. Do you have the cookbook "Friendly Food" I think it might have been written for you If you want a copy, I will send one. I have copied all the recipes I love out of it already.
Just walked up to the supermarket. I think I was a bit dehydrated, because I came back with over 4L of liquids! Got cranberry juice, blackcurrant syrup (craved Ribena last time!) soda water for my tummy and vanilla soy milk, which I "cut" 50-50 with regular soy milk and drink once or twice a day.
Preggie multis plug me up too, so I just have one every second day, and on the days in between I top up with iron, calcium, folate and B12. Seems to kep me going fairly well.
White bean dip:
1 can cannellini beans (or soak and boil them yourself. Cheaper and lower in salt)
1 sprig rosemary
1 clove garlic
2-3tbsp olive oil
Put it all in a food processor and blend.
Rocket and chickpea pesto:
1 cup chickpeas, soaked overnight
1 good handful rocket
1 handful parsley
1/4 cup olive oil
sprinkle of lemon myrtle (optional, but makes it SO good!)
1 clove garlic (optional - I put garlic in a lot of stuff!)
Stick it all in a food processor. Blend.
This is a great pasta sauce, or bruschetta topping, or dip. Or put a dollop on top of a bowl of soup, or serve as a condiment, whatever.
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OK so I wanted to bump this thread and I've posted the link to this is thread to a few of my BB friends who I know are pregnant so hopefully you are all going to come and join me
YAY I have a friend! 5kg's last pg wowsers that is great! I'm not so focused on how much weight I put on but rather just being healthy 
which i'm feeling a bit upset about even tho I know I shouldn't. My m/s this time was much worse (only settled in the last week or so) and I have been eating TOTAL crap - just craved chips... and sugar always settled the nausea 
. So have been having cordial & all sorts of crap I don't usually eat. 
. But, I don't want to whinge, I just want to find good practical solutions. And I really really need to up my fibre! So those cookies & the soup are great ideas! The other ideas I've tried to start today:
more friends!!!
If you want a copy, I will send one. I have copied all the recipes I love out of it already.
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