Healthy Pregnancy #2

[Lady-bug]

There was a thread around a while ago with mummas-to-be supporting each other to eat healthy and share recipes. Just thought I'd see if there was anyone interested in keeping each other company in keeping healthy whilst trying not to eat our weight in chocolate ?

[Sunny Love]

I was just thinking about this thread last night, as my good friend Cherished started the original thread (*i think*).
So here I am, needing all the support I can get to be good.

ATM: I am finding my appetite and nausea quite annoying. The nausea is only slight and very sporadic, but it affects my appetite. When it comes I can't even look at food, let alone smell or eat it. I crave healthy food though, thankfully! So every opportunity I get i'll prepare something QUICK but healthy-ish. Im not a saint by any means.
My main goal in joining this thread is to monitor my weight gain during this pregnancy, as the less I gain, the less I need to lose
How are things for you?
Thanks again Lady-bug, my new health buddy

xxoo

[Lady-bug]

Welcome Starangelk-Congrats on the BFP!!!

Mildez-Re the ice-cream; its Saturday it doesn't count

I've just found a great drink! Iced tea (home-made) I was getting sick of water so made a jug of green tea and put it in the fridge til really cold and it is yummo! Great on a hot day like today. And much better than soft drink!

[MummaBear79]

You girls crack me up!! I can see this is going to be one funny little group

Lady-bug - watch the caffeine in Green tea. Its quite high apparently.

We had steak, salad, boiled egg and some naughty garlic bread (home made) for dinner. Now im craving icecream thanks to Mildez! I might have to crack out some of my hot chocolate!

Mildez - I cant stand chicken at the moment either, or my other favourite, salmon!!! I cant eat it canned, grilled, or baked. It just makes me gag! Ive also gone off tomatoes which I could eat like fruit before pregnancy :-/ This is the first time that I am carrying a girl, so maybe that's why.

For breaky, ive started having Special K with dried Cranberries sprinkled on the top with milk. Its really yummy!

Oh and I made a 'healthy' banana cake today which was really yummy!! Just google 'healthy banana cake' and its the one from taste.com.au great for those sweet cravings and I used the healthy margarine (cholesterol lowering one) which I guess makes it a little more healthy.

[MummaBear79]

Right, thats it...im throwing away my scales! LOL! Im not hoping on them again for the rest of my pregnancy! Ive put on about 13kgs so far Thats just depressing...time to eat healthy I think!!

[Mildez]

MummaBear its depressing isn't it? I'm up a kilo or two off 20kilos with about 12weeks to go. And with my other 2 it was the last trimester the weight really packed on so I'm very worried. It doesn't look like I have another 3months of growing left to do IYKWIM. Up until a week ago I was tiny in the tummy and all of a sudden I look much much bigger. My stomach although it doesn't poke out alot is so high. I should upload a picture. I know its all good and I have the rest of my life to loose it but I do think I'm going to look hideous. Also my SIL is due 3weeks before me and looks like a super model. Despite all this I still ate 2 iceblocks and a piece of cake on top my normal meals! Poor baby. Of to work again soon. Its easy to eat healthy there (except when people bring us chocolates) as I can just take my dinner and have no opportunity to get more.

Hope everyone is having a lovely Sunday. Lady-bug you said Saturday doesn't count! Seeing as Sunday is a day of rest does that mean we don't count Sunday also?

[Lady-bug]

Hi Sunny! I read the other thread that Cherished started, even though I wasn't pregnant then, thinking what a great idea. So here we are!

My main goal, like you is just to monitor what I'm eating. I'm not too fussed about weight gain as such but just being healthy, but like you say, the less you put on the less to lose!

I really need to curb the sweet things I'm eating! I need to find things to replace the junky stuff with something kinda healthy and up my water intake!

Who else wants to join us??

[Mildez]

I'm in also ladies,

Biggest concern is the weight gain. Which for me has always been a big probem in pregnancy. My first bub I gained 40kilos and 2nd one just under 30kilos. I've almost hit 20kilos up and at the rate I'm going I am gaining a kilo a week. This is my 3rd bub after LTTTC and until I got on the scales yesterday I was just so thrilled to be pregnant I didn't care if I gained heaps. But now in reality its so unhealthy especially when alot of my weight is from lack of exercise and unhealthy eating (chocolate is my friend when normally I don't even like chocolate)

Of to work now but to start my day I've just had a bowl of cereal with lite milk and plan on eating fruit between meals and increasing my water intake (I love soft drink to see very bad)

[Sunny Love]

Welcome Mildez! Its great to have another mumma-to-be in here
FX more are to come in and join.
Wow!! 40kgs is a lot to gain, how did you go losing it afterwards? In my pregnancy I gained about 20kgs, but 9kg were in the first trimester!! OINK OINK!! I managed to lose it all, plus more reaching my goal weight of 60kg. Then.................BAM!!...................Im preggo again, and gaining already!! Im pretty relaxed about what I eat, but this time around I dont want to overindulge because 'when pregnant you're allowed too'.

For brekkie ive had a Vanilla Up n Go (yuk, but its stomachable and good for energy), and a cup of lemon tea with a piece of Harper's vegemite toast
The rest of my meals aren't planned yet so i'd better get myself organised, even though its Saturday.

Have a great day everyone

[[M]umma[M]ia]

Im here!!! Gosh... i dont want to put on the 45 kilos I lost in 2010. Im willing to put on no more than 7kg, so thats what Im aiming for. Im finding it hard already, as Im hungry!!! I found nuts and snackata's with dip are good things to snack on. Also, them life saver icypoles are very low points in Weight Watchers, and they are nice on a hot day and when you need something sweet.

Its going to be hard to stay healthy with they fruit and veg prices sky rocketing!

[Sunny Love]

Welcome Mumma Mia, and massive congrats to you on the BFP
I love Lifesaver Icy Poles, so im very happy to hear that they are low on points for WW. What nuts are good to snack on, as some are better than other ive heard?
Im munching on plain water ice right now, seems to be the only thing I like.

[Lady-bug]

Hi Mildez! Glad to see you here. I gained 20kg with DS so I'd be happy with anything under that!

Hi MummaMia-We were belly buddies last time (I was Hippiemummy then) huge congrats on the BFP!! And well done on your weight loss thats awesome. Thanks for the tip about icey-poles, I'm basically living on icey-poles so I'll try those ones.

Sunny-I have Up 'n' Go's most morning as I still cant stomach breakfast

AFM-I'm really trying to up my water intake. Although it is hard when it makes me go to the toilet 100 times a day!!

[Mildez]

Well I'm back from work and managed to stay goodish lol. I had lots of water and when that made me sick I had a little diet cordial and ice and an apple, then my normal lunch meal however on leaving a lady gave us a box of chocloates so I had 1 white chocolate ball. Then I am having a glass of diet coke and I've just got home and eaten a nectarine and already craving something exceptionally fatty or full of sugar. I poured myself a glass of cold water instead to see if that fills me up a little. I'm not concerned about my main meal intake its all the chocolate snacks inbetween. Arrrr so hard to resist.

Congrats on your BFP MM and on your weightloss. Thats excellent. After no1 I did loose all my weight but it took 2years. I looked great for a further 3.5years until I fell pregnant with DD2 and gained a further 29 and did manage to loose it bare 6kilos. Then with infertility I got depressed and gained some weight (another 5kilos) and lost 3kilos before we start IVF but got pregnant without it. I know I can loose it but I'd prefer not to need to loose a further 30kilos in comparison to 15. Also apparently I am a bridesmaid late this year so I'd like to feel good about myself and have my baby to show of at the same time.

I've never tried the Up 'n' Go's. Hoping if I get the energy I can go buy some yogurt and more fruit and vegies this evening. I'm so tired from work but I don't feel like doing a thing.

[Lady-bug]

Mildez-I am the same, my main meals are fine. Its the snacks/junk I eat between!

[Mildez]

So I just went to the shops and ate some cake on the way there (only one small piece) so its an improvement on the 3-4large pieces I had yesterday. Then on coming home I ate a diet yogurt and will start dinner soon.

How does everyone go with exercise in pregnancy? I did nothing for 12weeks out of fear of dislodging bub then after then I didn't do much and now I have those horrid veins in the wrong spot so walking is impossible more then neccessary as gravity makes them blow up so swimming is basically all that I actually feel comfortable doing.

[Sunny Love]

So I just went to the shops and ate some cake on the way there (only one small piece) so its an improvement on the 3-4large pieces I had yesterday.

Girl, you make me laugh hard!!

Welcome Strangelk, I knew id see more names in here, and congrats on your BFP, very noice
Im also going to try the chewy trick to avoid naughty snackie snacks
For lunch I had a bacon, egg and HP sauce toasted sandwich. Im a big greasy pig, I know, but crikey, it was SO delish. For tea I feel like lamb chops and cous cous with a nice garden salad. Just have to talk my DP into it, as sometimes he thinks he lives in a restaurant that services only him!

[Lady-bug]

Mildez-Same as you, I did nothing for the first 12 weeks (basically too scared to move!) But now I walk probably 3-4 times a week and I walk for 40 mins. I would like to get to 5 days but sometimes things just dont work out during the day (as we all know). I would like to get into swimming as well.

[MummaBear79]

I am so glad you started up this thread Lady-bug! Im so devastated about weight gain so far In 2009/2010 I trained 4 times a week with an ex biggest loser contestant and lost 27kgs and was looking amazing. Unfortunately due to financial reasons I had to give up training and a little bit of weight crept back on. Now that im pregnant, ive gained all my weight back. I was so upset sitting in front of the mirror at the hairdresser today. I look horrible! I really want to start exercising and eating properly so I dont put on much more. Actually im kind of hoping that if I eat really well and start walking, I might lose some!! As long as its all safe for bubba.

As for sugar cravings, I have them quite badly too. Fruit definitely helps, as well as dried apricots and dried apple or something in the cupboard so I can just grab a few. My ex personal trainer told me that the best way to curb sugar cravings was to have a constant supply of chewing gum around. When you felt the mid arvo cravings coming on, just grab a few pieces of chewing gum and most the the time it really helped. I also have a low carb/ low sugar hot chocolate mix. Its sweet enough and only 40 calories and quite filling too.

Im going to try and have as much salad and vege as possible, but bread/carbs are definitely my biggest downfall. I just have to look at a slice of bread and I gain weight!! I lose heaps when i dont eat carbs.

Anyway I look forward to sharing healthy eating with everyone! I need a good kick up the bum, thats for sure