Staying Healthy While Pregnant

[redlipz]

I like to snack a lot while driving to and from work so I always keep fresh sliced peaches, strawberries, oranges, nectarines, ect. With me. You can also do dried fruits. Or I also carry baby carrots or peanuts or peanut butter and ritz.

[PurpleIris]

I'm having a hard time this pregnancy. With my son I actually craved salads and veggies. With this one the thought of my favorite vegetables (Brussels sprouts) turns my stomach. I want carbs and sugar. I do dry to get a good amount of protein in, mostly through yogurt and nuts during the day. I hear you on the sugar craving though, I'm a little out of control.

[alayne926]

I am trying very hard to get my salad for lunch with turkey or chicken on it instead of one of the restaurants around me that would be a worse choice. I only drink one caffeinated drink a day and make myself healthy snacks there are easy to grab so I don't grab something bad for me.

[Deleted]

I keep a stash of snacks at the office, but they range from healthy to not so healthy. For example, I have almonds, oatmeal, dried apricots and granola bars in my desk. But I also have Milano cookies here and I keep several small Ben & Jerry's ice cream cups in the freezer because I crave sweets later in the day. I like to stock up on pineapples and strawberries for the week as well. If I go out for lunch, I always pick someplace where I can get a healthy salad or something else "light".

I try not to buy too much crap for our house. During my weekly grocery shopping trips I buy a lot of fruit and (at most) one package of cookies and two different Talenti gelatos, which I share with DH. We don't eat fast food or frozen meals, so our dinners are usually pretty healthy.

For me it's hard to eat super healthy 100% of the time, especially when my body craves sweets. I think as long as you maintain a healthy balance and you're not eating garbage all day long, you can allow yourself a treat here and there.

FWIW I used to eat gummy bears like they were crack, but since I got pregnant they actually made me feel like shit, so I just stopped eating them.

[tjanca22]

Since it's Lent, I decided that it would be crazy to give up snacking in general (let's be real!), so I'm only going to snack on fruits and veggies between my meals. This will take me to Easter, and then after that I'm going to try and carry it out until LO comes along. I felt like I was eating to many sweets, so this is making me eat healthier. So far so good!

[Widget123]

More power to you, but unless I find out I have GD I have no intention of cutting out sweets (including candy and ice cream, and of course girl scout cookies). As long as I eat enough healthy stuff during the day to balance out the junk, I'm okay with that.

[Ana0927]

Mar 2, 2015 13:46:06 GMT -5 @demanda88 said:

I started feeling super guilty yesterday about my horrible, horrible sugar addiction (the guilt crept in while I was finishing off some Talenti Caramel Cookie Crunch gelato and realized I ate an entire bag of gummy bears over the weekend, plus half a bag of Cadbury mini eggs). I started thinking about how to be healthier & avoid consuming that much sugar. How do you guys do it? Any tips? Some thoughts that came to my mind were morning smoothies packed with berries and spinach and keeping fruits around that will hopefully be sweet enough to turn to. Oh yeah, and throwing away my candy/not buying anymore. But I like to be nosey & hear how other people stay healthy

I quite sugar two years ago and was doing pretty good with this pregnancy. Then at 18 weeks the sugar cravings hit.  I'll give in once and a while and have a cookie or some ice cream. When I do I keep it to 1 serving and then my DH and the kids will finish the rest.  I also eat a ton of fruit especially oranges. They really hit the spot when I want something sweet.  It also helps that I don't like chocolate!        

[herbavein]

I'm having a tough time with that right now - I managed to limit my snacking, and weight gain, through week 20, but between then and now (almost week 26), I've gained 10 pounds... I definitely need to be better. Part of my downfall was half-off Valentine's Day candy - and going out to eat for both lunch and dinner. I'm trying to bring lunch to work, cook dinner, and when I'm done with work in a few weeks, my plan is to walk in the mornings (on the treadmill or for real, if it ever warms up!) and to start making green smoothies again.

[mrskblack11]

I just try to limit the bad foods I allow into the house. If it is in the house, I most definitely will eat it. During the day, I snack on fruit and veggies so I do not feel guilty when I indulge with a pint of ice cream at night.

[leenziepops]

I try not to bring any junk for work. So that eliminates any bad eating during the weekdays day time. I unfortunately do stock up on Tim Tams and ice cream so the temptation is there. I plan out a healthy dinner for e.g. brown rice, beef and veggies and I try to eat enough dinner so that I'm full. Then I allow myself 1-2 Tim Tams or a serve of ice cream. On weekends, I think about where I want my junk intake to come from. So if I want to indulge in hot chips, then no sweets that day. It's quite funny because pre-PG i thought I was going to continue my 80/20 clean eating diet no problems! HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!

[santoki77]

While not candy, I went through a major carb/bread craving for about 3 weeks. I ate all the garlic bread and Texas toast I could want. Then I popped glucose in my pee during a visit. So I went back to moderating my carbs and my pee has been good ever since. I'm a little worried bc my glucose test is coming up. I had a major chocolate/cake aversion during the first 16 weeks but now all I want is chocolate and cakes!!

[Bluedaisy]

I just try to keep it out of the house, it really helps when you realize you'd have to go to the store to get it.

[seannemairi]

Ugh, all of this. I have been guilt tripping myself bad the past week or so. I don't eat terribly, I like to snack on veggies and fruit but I also indulge in not so great things a little too often for my taste. I have especially had a huge sweet tooth. I'm so nervous I'll fail my glucose test next week.

[baileybaileybne]

I find that going cold turkey helps in the longer term. The more I have chocolate/sugary treats, the more I want them. So I'll not have anything like it for 2 days which are hell and I really want sugary things bad, but then I don't even miss it anymore and I can go for weeks without treats. This applies whether I'm pregnant or not. So maybe try having one full day of willpower and you might find it easier he next day, and the next, to just pick something else. And not buying bags of treats to have at home is important to exercise that willpower.

[kemdupuis]

I try to eat a good breakfast- usually an egg and a banana or an apple, and pack my lunches every day. Usually I'll have a Naked juice, 2 kinds of veggies and a string cheese for lunch, and I try to snack on things like granola bars and nuts during the day. Afternoons are the hardest time of day for me, though. All I want to do is eat chips and salty things. DH usually gets home a few hours after I do, so I have a long time to wait before dinner. I'm usually pretty good about not buying junk to keep in the house, and if I do, I try to get healthier versions (sun chips vs. Doritos). I cook dinner almost every night (unless I am super exhausted) and we do some sort of protein, a couple veggies, and usually a carb of some sort. Occasionally, we'll have ice cream or some candy after dinner, but usually I'm pretty good about it. I am so scared about GD- I think that has helped motivate me to stay on track somewhat. I need to get better about moving though, I am on my feet all day at school, so by the time I get home, I just want to collapse on the couch. Need to find some lightweight pregnancy circuits!

[wink568]

I though reading all these ideas might kickstart me in the right direction, until I went to cook dinner and realized we were missing an ingredient I needed and ordered a pizza...

Today's a new day, right?

[jcprn]

I need this thread. I want to eat all the desserts and all the carbs I can get my hands on. I need to do am overhaul of my diet, starting with not buying all that crap like chips or desserts. I think it'll be easier once I'm working day shift for some reason but I figure I can do yogurt and granola for breakfast, carrots/ celery/ fruit/ raisins/ nuts/ string cheese for snacks, and then a big salad with chicken or something for lunch. I haven't looked at the scale for the past 2 doctors appointments or so and they always say my weight is good (started out high) but I'm scared of how much I'm gaining overall.

[erbear]

I think sticking to trail mix (the nuts are good!) has helped curb my sugar addiction (mostly). Also, I love and crave fruit so I try to keep as much of that on hand as possible.

[leenziepops]

Epic fail last night as I ate half a bag of Cadbury mini eggs. Then had ice cream.

[mrskblack11]

I am eating my third cookie. But I worked out today so that balances things out right?

[leenziepops]

Mar 4, 2015 20:48:42 GMT -5 mrskblack11 said:

I am eating my third cookie. But I worked out today so that balances things out right?

It does. i had two nectarines so I figured I was balancing it out as well.