Exercise and Eating Accountability Thread: 9/7-9/13

[Starfish11]

I decided to do this tonight so I can start tomorrow with a plan

Breakfast: hard boiled egg and a protein shake

Snack: banana

lunch: omega-3 trail mix and cheese

snack: pear

Dinner: Indian lentil dish

water water water with one half seltzer/half juice drink at the end of the day


I will walk tomorrow evening OR, if it's raining, will do pre-natal yoga

[Katie Ever]

LOVE this

Breakfast: shredded wheat

Snack: chocolate milk

lunch: veggie burger

snack: apple

Dinner: whole wheat rotini heavy on the chunky tomatoes



Exercise- im running errands all day and I have a pretty unpleasant cold so probably not.

[morganstar83]

Breakfast: toast with butter and 1 water bottle (16.9 oz)

Snack: chocolate breakfast shake

Lunch: hamburger

Snack: banana

Dinner: BBQ chicken and corn bread


Lots of water cause I think that is part of the cause is dehydration when I feel nausas.

[bethanta]

Well today didn't start out well. I had DH make me an egg, that was the plan, but I only ate one bit of it So I had a bowl of cereal as well.

I'm feeling very hungry right now, but everything I try doesn't taste good or makes me feel sick. I'm considering calling my mom and brother and going out to lunch with them to get some fried food!

Also, I'm looking over your meal plans for the day and I'm amazed, I have to eat so much more food than that to stay full/ avoid the nausea! Usually all my extra food is fresh fruits and veggies and yogurt though.

No plans to exercise today, I even called in to work, so my usual source of exercise is gone for today too. Oops

[AliciaP8]

I'm with you Bethanta! There's no way I could stay reasonably enrgized on such small amounts of food let alone grow another person. I'm extremely active on our farm but I don't work out at a gym. I would easily eat 2 eggs on whole wheat toast for breakfast, a peach or apple and piece of cheese for snack, leftovers for lunch and a meat/starch/2 veggie supper each day.

Today so far I had:

breakfast: small piece of chicken breast and an apple
lunch: other half of chicken breast and a greek salad.

I keep unsalted nuts, envelopes of organic oatmeal, fruit, whole wheat bread, peanut butter and cheese in my office fridge so I don't get hungry. I'm the type of person that like to nibble all day but I do appreciate a nice cooked meal too.

[Aurorah]

Today

Breakfast: Bagel w/cream cheese, decaf w/ 1/2&1/2

Exercise - 10 minutes cardio, weights (leg press, shoulder press, chest press, obliques)

I promised myself if I got pregnant I'd be at the gym every day .. It's not working out to every day, but a few times a week, at least.

[Starfish11]

Well, I did great until I walked in my front door. I had not had time to sit down and eat lunch, so only had my snacky stuff. Holy cow I was hungry. I ate too much Pirate's Booty and now I do NOT feel well. My gluttonous behavior was not good!!!! I'm so frustrated with myself for doing that.

[AliciaP8]

Hey Starfish, what's Pirate's Booty? sorry you're feeling sick. I got busy at work and got really hungry for lunch and that left me feeling sick.

[Starfish11]

Originally Posted by AliciaP8

Hey Starfish, what's Pirate's Booty? sorry you're feeling sick. I got busy at work and got really hungry for lunch and that left me feeling sick.

I need to redo my signature so that you all know my name is "Dell." It must be funny to have to call me by my handle.

Anyway, it's this puffed popcorn stuff with white cheddar flavoring.
http://www.piratesbooty.com/

It is supposedly "healthy snacking" but i have to say that they probably didn't mean it in the amounts I consumed this afternoon. So annoyed with myself BUT it did get my butt into gear and I did yoga for half an hour.


Tomorrow I have to be at a conference in DC so eating will be a crapshoot. i will aim to make healthy, responsible choices. I am also going to drag myself away from the caffeinated coffee and rely on the allure of decaf instead

[AliciaP8]

I've never seen it before but it looks good. Good luck at the conference. They are the worst.

[namaste_mom]

I easily eat so much more than you all, I guess that is why I gave 40 lbs each pregnancy.

Breakfast: Bagel with peanut butter and jelly (on the drive to work) and when I get up I eat a banana as I fixing everyone's breakfast and lunch.

Snack: cereal bar

Lunch: soup and crackers

Snack: protein bar

Dinner: meat/veg/starch

Snack: popcorn, peanuts, dried fruit. I have to have something before bed or I wake up ravenous in the middle of the night.

Yesterday, I did exercise, it is on my calendar. I usually do what is on my calendar.

[h@ppy mama]

I haven't lost much of the weight from my first pregnancy so I have to be really careful time around.

Breakfast: coffee, scrambled egg whites with potato

Snack: protein shake

Lunch: leftovers

Snack: green smoothie

Dinner: rice with meat and veggie

[brooklyn_warbler]

i graze alllllllllllllllllllllllll day long in the first tri or else i'm perpetually with my head in a toilet or in bed. the constant eating staves off the nausea so that i'm at least mostly functional MOST of the time. luckily working out also helps stave off the nausea! lol. last time i gained in the first tri (probably all the grazing on carbs b/c i had a hard time with protein) and then hardly any in the second, and then put on the rest in the third, but i also didn't work out until the second tri so hopefully that will help this time around. (overall i'd be really happy if i gained what i did last time since i didn't gain much and it was all -- but 5lbs -- off by 4 months postpartum.)

so here's what my today looked like:

upon waking: 1/4th a pbj (shared a 1/2 sandwich with my daughter). i have to eat before my feet hit the ground or else i'm done for the rest of the day.

breakfast: two hard boiled eggs

snack (during a work meeting): handful of chocolate covered almonds, apple slices

snack (after work meeting/before working out): some pieces of brown rice/avocado/cucumber sushi

lunch(ish): about 1-1.5c whole wheat pasta with sauteed broccoli and garlic

dinner: salad and one small slice biscuit pie w/tomato and corn

i'll probably have a snack before bed but i'm not sure.

i did 30 minutes of cardio also, but didn't get a chance to do any strength stuff. then i walked a mile home from the gym.

[Dee-Groovy]

Good idea!

Breakfast: blueberry pancakes, banana, 2 cups coffee

Lunch: pepperoni pizza, caesar salad, water

Dinner: broccoli and cheese stuffed chicken breast, baked potato, water

Eeek. Today was a good day but it doesn't look so good written out. I won't even share what I ate yesterday, lol!

[pleasantlyfurious]

Ack - I just realized I need to be a part of this thread, like immediately. I'm not eating terribly - just not well, and I need to pay a little more attention.

Quaker Squares cereal with milk

Orange

String cheese

1/2 grilled cheese with apple and mustard

a gazillion raw green beans

bowl of chili

[brooklyn_warbler]

guys, the amount i eat is nearly embarrassing comparatively. that being said, it's all very small amounts of stuff and i ate more or less the same way in the first tri last time and didn't gain a lot of weight overall so i am trying to trust my body. still:

today:

1/4 of a pbj (shared 1/2 sandwich with wren before i got out of bed)

breakfast: 1 egg, ww toast

snack: apple and cheddar cheese

snack: two slices of tofurkey (i HATE doing processed soy but it is one of the only protein sources i can handle right now, ugh)

lunch: few bites of whole wheat pasta with butter and salt (hi, i'm four. but i was reallllly nauseated)

dinner: falafel sandwich, salad, and a handful of french fries (i told you i was four. i normally escape the siren song of french fries but in the first tri all i want are gross carbs!)

snack: 1/2c cereal in milk

i worked out for an HOUR today. it was the only time i didn't feel sick so i was hesitant to leave. i did 1/2hr cardio and 1/2 strength. i then walked a mile home from the gym, as usual.

[AliciaP8]

brooklyn warbler, listening to your body is an excellent way to judge your diet at this point. Don't feel bad about that. My naturopath said that if you're a healthy person with a normally healthy diet that you *should* follow your instincts. The same with the protien. You know you need it so if the only way you get it is less than perfect, go with it. Thatmight change tomorrow but even if it doesn't you're still eating a wide variety of healthy stuff and in no danger of harming yourself.

That said, I just ate a donut for breakfast. I doubt that's really what my body needed My chickens just laid their first eggs this week so I may go enjoy a couple of those now!

[Dee-Groovy]

Robina I agree with Alicia. It's great that you're listening to your body and eating what you can when you can.

Breakfast: peanut butter toast, 1 cup coffee
Lunch: garlic & artichoke chicken hot pocket
Snack: hot dog, a few almonds
Dinner: bean & chicken burrito, NA beer

[indignantgirl]

So, for this thread do I have to plan my meals the day before? Because I need to be accountable for portions but I NEVER know what I'm going to want to eat, besides the things I ALWAYS want to eat, of course.

For today:

Breakfast was orange fleshed watermelon

Brunch was a tsp of tahini and a carrot

Lunch will be a huge green salad, probably wrapped in rice paper for "salad burritos" (the kids love these) with a hemp oil/balsamic vinegar dip

Afternoon snack...some kind of nut butter with dried fruit and cacao chunks mixed in it.

Dinner will probably be brown rice shell noodles with nutritional yeast cheesey sauce and...maybe some kind of vegan sausage or hot dog pieces in it.

After dinner will be the trick...I'd like to keep it at air popped popcorn with olive oil and salt sprinkled on it.

We shall see. I SO need this thread. I'm going from a nearly 100% rawfoods diet to eating some cooked vegan foods...every time I go back to eating cooked foods I chunk up a little pretty quickly, but I'm having a really hard time staying 100% raw now that I'm pg. I had to give myself permission to go with the flow.

For exercise I either swim at a lovely lake (5 minutes from my house) or I walk on our property every night with DH, so I'm doing good there. I also practice kundalini yoga every morning out in the grass under a huge, ancient tree. The other morning, I was meditating, laying on my back in the grass, just luxuriating, and when I opened my eyes, there were two birds of prey of some sort circling the sky overhead. I guess they thought I was a goner!

[Dee-Groovy]

When do you guys find time for exercise? I did it on Monday and planned every other day but here it is Friday and uh, where has the week gone? I *cannot* work out at home when M is around and haven't figured out a way to get the gym into my crazy schedule. I need to though, for my body AND mind.