Things You Ask Thursday! #6
Oh boyyy, am I glad that I documented my pregnancy and healthy eating because it makes this big question easy and straightforward to answer. What did I eat during pregnancy? Some women ask if I was miserable because I was "so disciplined" but friends, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. I ate the same way I did before getting pregnant...I just increased my calories on what I ate! It truly wasn't some massive crazy change for me. It was not super restrictive but it was clean and healthy. Eating clean does not mean I hated everything I ate...it also doesn't mean it is restrictive. Genuinely, I enjoyed all my food options, it was what I was used to for years prior to my pregnancy! I'm going to start off by sharing a typical day in the pregnant life of Rachel! First off, I would just like to say that the first trimester, I was so darn sick that I ate whatever would stay down. I'm talking puking from 5 in the morning to almost 10 at night. The sickness was brutal so first trimester I ate mostly CARBS. No regrets there. It was the only thing that sounded appealing and I was most concerned with keeping food down to support the growing babies inside!! These examples are from when I was well into my second trimester Day 1 Breakfast: Kodiac Cakes topped with lite syrup and strawberries Snack: Hummus with carrots Lunch: Salad from Panera and sprouted grain roll Snack: Apple and protein bar Dinner: Clean eating nachos Craving: Grapes with cool whip Day 2 Breakfast: Whole wheat bagel topped with peanut butter and banana Snack: String cheese Lunch: Smoothie King smoothie fun fact about smoothie king: I always ask for half the turbinado when I order my smoothies! Turbinado is Smoothie King's fancy word for SUGAR. That saved me from overdoing it on the sugar! Snack: Rice cakes topped with hummus Dinner: Salmon with a side of veggies (usually asparagus) Craving: halo top & graham cracker sandwich Day 3: Breakfast: Oatmeal topped with peanut butter Snack 1: yogurt Lunch: Panera's you pick 2: Soup and Salad (with the sprouted grain roll as my side) Snack 2: Sliced avocado topped with a little salt and cayenne pepper Dinner: Spaghetti squash topped with ground turkey and marinara sauce Craving: Lenny and Larry's cookie Did I go [...]