Healthy Pregnancy #2

[Teeki]

Hi everyone You guys sure are chatty in here. We're having tacos for dinner.....DH is cooking. I'll have to stay away from the sour cream and cheese is my weakness too. Hopefully the fresh salad stuff will appeal to me.

Speaking of salad, I love salads at home, and have it when I can. But if we have a day where it just gets too late or too hard to prepare dinner we get takeaway. I avoid subway like the plague, I don't like those salads sitting there out in the open and I've seen flies on it. But that leaves what? Chicken and chips? It seems weird to steer clear of the 'healthy' stuff in favour of something fried you know?

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[jax]

Ummm dinner not that organised yet. Maybe healthy chic curry, I have a good low fat one or was thinking roast veg with chicken as we have not had that for a while. Not the best options. I think my biggest problem is a) lack of exercise, just soooo tired and b) too much at dinner time

For lunch we had a pull apart bread and dips. Not ace either. Lentil burgers sound good haven't had them in ages.

Mummabear: Hi Preg going all good, just tired. How you going? Wow 23 wks!!!

[Mildez]

Lady-Bug for lunch I had some fruit salad then I just ate the insides of the bowl and beater I used to make cupcakes. I felt bad not giving it to the kids but there are always fights over who gets what so I solved the problem for them. The cupcakes aren't for me. I had 5 kids coming and I thought they will eat me out of house and home if I didn't have any other options so out come the ingredience as its so cheap to make. So I've now got 12 little cup cakes cooking going to be hard to resist.

[Sunny Love]

Resist Mildez, resist that delicioulsy sweet cupcake aroma!! Do you know what bubby's gender is, because all your sweet tooth delicacies have me guessing PINK.
Well, ive had to for-go my lentil burgers due to a lack of lentils, and have opted for a beef roast instead (not that I feel like it though, but it was in the freezer). Im going to make my honey sesame carrots (steamed, then flavours applied), baked jacket potatoes with home herbed butter and mint peas with sweet corn. Definatly NOT low fat, but if im good for the rest of the day then it doesn't count, right?
Ive got a massive hankering for tomatoes, as a whole!! I used to eat them like apples when younger (10 years old) then went completely off them. Now ive just bought a 1kg bag and fear that they may be gone by Wednesday :/

I really must boot myself up the bum, and get SUPER healthy so im a SUPER sexy preggie mama, not a SUPER sized one!

[jax]

Oh I love carrots done like that. My ideas have been over thrown by the rest of the family and we are having chinese so hard some times.

[Jaycee]

Can I join in?

I'm trying really hard to eat healthy, chips and chocolate (which I normally hate!) are my enemy at the moment.

I've cut coke down to 2 or 3 glasses per week and now drink water or cordial (still not ideal but better than coke!)

My main meals aren't too bad, I've started cooking a lot of low fat meals and properly portioned too, it's the snacks that are the problem.

Dinner tonight is lasagne and salad

[Lady-bug]

Thanks Mummabear, they sound great!

And thats so right every woman is different so how can they compare weight gain? It totally confuses me!!

[Lady-bug]

Hi ladies,

I have an issue with Ob's weighing women. I just don't see the point. Unless there seems to be a real medical reason to be weighed I just don't get it. I was never weighed once when pregnant with DS (I went through the Midwives clinic at the local hos.) and this pregnancy I have an Independent Midwife as I'm having a homebirth so there will definitely not be any weighing. I just don't see how it is helpful for the woman. Sorry rant over

Mummabear-those meatballs sound yummo! Did you put anything else in with the chicken and veg (ie, spices etc) Might have to give that one a go!

Lunch today is one of those healthy microwave meals...probably not the best but I want something warm and its quick.

Dinner tonight is beef and veg casserole. I'm not too keen but DS and DH love it so they win!!

[MummaBear79]

Hey Lady-bug, yep I put onion, garlic and some chicken spice in them (i think its for sprinkling on roast chicken - but it gives it a beautiful flavour). I sometimes substitute the zuchini for spinach. Good way to get iron in to the boys!

I have an Independent Midwife too Lady-bug and she isnt concerned about my weight at all. I dont think it should really be an issue. Every woman is different. Some people put weight on in pregnancy and some dont. There shouldn't be some sort of rule about it. Ive always put on 20-25kgs with my pregnancies, so I accept that thats the way its going to be. But my bestfriend puts on 6kgs and eats like a horse.