Trying to Eat Better
Feeling like a Q&A format today, so here goes:
Q. What have you been eating?
A. Toast with butter. Bagels and cream cheese. Grilled cheese sandwiches. Not a very balanced diet, truth be told.
Q. Why so limited?
A. I have this huge aversion to vegetables at the moment, which is totally weird...vegetables and salad are usually the mainstay of my diet. And meat just seems too complicated to prepare. Plus, I've been so tired I haven't been to the grocery store.
Q. But you know you should eat more than bread and butter and cheese, right?
A. Yes. Went to the store today with that in mind.
Q. So what's the plan?
A. Smoothies with OJ and berries and yogurt. A bean and vegetable soup that's in the crock pot as we speak. Apple slices with all-natural peanut butter. And stuff for sloppy Joe's later in the week...sloppy Joes sound good.
Q. Are you nauseous?
A. Yes, not horribly, but that's part of the problem, too. I read that a bunch of little meals/keeping things in your stomach helps, so I'm trying that.
Q. What else are you doing to make this situation better?
A. Asking my husband for help. He's awesome, so supportive. But he's really busy with school and doesn't always know what I need. I'm bad about asking. Need to get better.
Q. Are you keeping track of what you eat?
A. Today I made a little chart detailing what I'm supposed to eat each day to be healthy (3 servings protein, 6 servings whole grains/legumes, etc.)...I think it's going to help to fill that out for a little while. At the very least, it'll keep me honest as far as where the gaps are in my diet, so I can try to correct it.
Q. Did you know eating healthy was going to be an issue?
A. No. It's funny...I was talking with my husband about this earlier today...until I was actually pregnant, I wouldn't let myself think about what pregnancy was going to be like...too painful. So all that's come with this so far has been kind of a surprise to me. I mean, obviously I've heard about people craving pickles and ice cream, but I didn't know aversions to foods you usually like were part of the deal too.
Q. Anything else?
A. I just want to be as healthy as I can and do the best I can for the baby/ies. In the food department, that's turned out to be harder than I thought. But I feel like today there's been progress.
Photo credit: Pym C.
