Spin Off: My Diet

I wanted to expand more on the weight gain/eating part of my previous post b/c it's something I've been thinking about a lot lately.

I feel so conflicted about my pregnancy diet, I guess. I wonder if anyone else has struggled with this?

On one hand I know that good nutrition is important for me and the baby and I truly believe, especially after reading books like Ina May's, etc, that good nutrition is the foundation for a healthy pregnancy and delivery. My body is doing something so incredibly important right now and fueling it with "the best" can only do good things. This is how I operate when not pregnant, so why did I change since pregnancy? If anything, it's even MORE important that I eat healthy now (for those of you wondering, I don't mean fat free crap, I mean whole foods; whole grains, plant sources of protein, lean animal protein, tons of fruits and veggies, healthy fats, etc.)

On the other hand, pregnancy is quite possibly the only time in my life when I can eat chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast almost every day and not feel guilty and worried about weight gain....

Does that make sense? Not that I think it's okay or healthy to gain a ton of weight, but when you are pregnant people expect you to have your cake and eat it too so to speak. Having dessert when I want it or giving into a craving, regardless of what it is, is considered totally "okay". I have around 10 more weeks before I go back to normal life of being the girl who always has to worry about what I am putting in my mouth. Do I want to give that up and start NOW? That doesn't seem quite fair either. :(

But I am disgusted with the way I've been eating. Frozen chip which sandwiches that are packed with crap I "don't eat", tons of white flour and white foods when normally I stick with my whole grains, Domino's pizza more times a month any one girl should be allowed, etc. It's gross and I don't feel healthy because of it.

I think the plan is to limit the making of chocolate chip pancakes, even though I do use all organic ingredients (but really, when they're loaded with white flour and butter, what good does that do?) and go back to my diet of veggies, fruits, whole grains, and healthy fats and proteins. From there I won't limit myself to dessert type items, but I will at least make sure they are #1 worth it and #2 well made (like something from Whole Foods without added crap vs. a gas station chip which). And I need to cook more which will help with eating a healthier diet. I've been so tired at night, but really I just need to do it and I know my husband will easily cook if we plan well and have the ingredients in the house, too. This will help eliminate the white crap for the most part and I think I will feel much better about it.

After all, take out food and other garbage definitely does NOT go with my healthy family, green philosophy.

Tonight's dinner? My husband is making his homemade (and healthy version) of Kung Pao chicken and I have brown rice cooking on the stove and will make organic frozen broccoli with it!