Together on Tuesday-What do you do to be healthy?
I decided that I would join some of my other blogger friends in their effort to blog more. It's an effort to blog more, but it's also blogging about subjects that we are interested in and itallows us to delve into topics that we might not normally think about. So, this is my first week! Yea!
This weeks Together on Tuesday topic is "What do you do to be healthy?"
Usually, this is a pretty easy subject for me. I usually exercise regularly. I usually eat lots of fresh veggies, fruits and lean meats. I try to cut out as many processed foods as I can. I also believe that everything in moderation is the way to go. If I want some chips, I'm going to buy them and eat some of them. If I don't get what I am craving, I might try to eat everything else in the house to satisfy that craving.
Right now, things are a little bit different for me. Since I am pregnant with twin girls, I'm on a 3700 calorie diet. Yea, you read correctly. 3700 calories is a lot of food. It's way more than I normally eat in a day. The theory is, by the time I am 28 weeks pregnant with these little ladies, my stomach will be so smashed, that I will not be able to eat as much. Therefore, I will be living off of what is stored on my body rather than what I'm eating. This has been tested, other women have done this program and most of the time, the results found the babies to be larger than babies born to mothers who didn't gain all of this weight at the beginning of their pregnancy.
So, I'm trying it. It's was the nutritionist that my OB sent me to recommends. I feel like I have to eat like football player or an Olympic swimmer. Seems like I remember people making a big deal about all the food Micheal Phelps eats during the last summer Olympic games and that's how I feel. And it's hard to consume that many calories when you are also trying to eat veggies, fruits, beans, and lean proteins. And really as much as I try, there is no way that I consume that many calories in one day. My tummy is already squished enough that I don't really want to eat much of anything. I do what I can. I try to drink milk more often. Either I have it with my snacks or with meals. I eat more avocados, nuts and full fat dairy. And I eat ice cream and peanut butter cups these days too. I've also been adding a high calorie, high protein shake every now and then.
Even with these additions to my regular diet, I consistently weigh 4lbs less than the lowest weight they want me to be at. No one is making a big deal about it. I don't think that it's terrible. I think that my babies are going to be just fine. Pregnancy is the only time in my life that I've had trouble gaining weight. Any other time I would be packing on those pounds by just looking at all the food that I'm eating these days.
Exercise is something that I don't get much of these days. I take a walk every now and then. I lift some light weights sometimes. I'm just really tired all the time. I don't sleep well at night (getting up 5 times a night to pee doesn't equal a good nights sleep in my book) so after doing house work, taking care of a 4 year old and making dinner I am just too tired to go for a walk. I take lots of breaks during the day. Since the babies are squishing my tummy, they are also squishing my lungs so I get out breath easily. And right now I can walk for about 30 minutes and then my leg goes numb. It's just the way the babies are sitting on a nerve. It stinks. There really isn't much to do for it other than rest. Boo. So most of the time exercise is limited for me.
I am waiting for the days when I can get back to regular exercise. After the babies are born, I'm hoping to be able to take lots of family walks and I want to get back into running. A few years ago, I completed the Indianapolis Mini Marathon. I'm not sure if I will have the time to train for that any time soon, but it would be nice to be able to do a 5k every now and then. I'm ready to be able to do all the things that I could do before. So, we'll see how long it takes to get back into shape after having twins. And how long it takes me to want to get back into shape after having twins!
And if you have time stop swing by Danielle's blog http://mypeachesandcream.blogspot.com/, Michelle's blog http://www.mommqspace.blogspot.com/, and Charlotte's blog http://www.thedogdaysoflife.blogspot.com/ to see what they have to say. Danielle and Michelle I've known since high school (probably before). I don't know Charlotte, but I'm sure she's fantastic. Check em out!
This weeks Together on Tuesday topic is "What do you do to be healthy?"
Usually, this is a pretty easy subject for me. I usually exercise regularly. I usually eat lots of fresh veggies, fruits and lean meats. I try to cut out as many processed foods as I can. I also believe that everything in moderation is the way to go. If I want some chips, I'm going to buy them and eat some of them. If I don't get what I am craving, I might try to eat everything else in the house to satisfy that craving.
Right now, things are a little bit different for me. Since I am pregnant with twin girls, I'm on a 3700 calorie diet. Yea, you read correctly. 3700 calories is a lot of food. It's way more than I normally eat in a day. The theory is, by the time I am 28 weeks pregnant with these little ladies, my stomach will be so smashed, that I will not be able to eat as much. Therefore, I will be living off of what is stored on my body rather than what I'm eating. This has been tested, other women have done this program and most of the time, the results found the babies to be larger than babies born to mothers who didn't gain all of this weight at the beginning of their pregnancy.
So, I'm trying it. It's was the nutritionist that my OB sent me to recommends. I feel like I have to eat like football player or an Olympic swimmer. Seems like I remember people making a big deal about all the food Micheal Phelps eats during the last summer Olympic games and that's how I feel. And it's hard to consume that many calories when you are also trying to eat veggies, fruits, beans, and lean proteins. And really as much as I try, there is no way that I consume that many calories in one day. My tummy is already squished enough that I don't really want to eat much of anything. I do what I can. I try to drink milk more often. Either I have it with my snacks or with meals. I eat more avocados, nuts and full fat dairy. And I eat ice cream and peanut butter cups these days too. I've also been adding a high calorie, high protein shake every now and then.
Even with these additions to my regular diet, I consistently weigh 4lbs less than the lowest weight they want me to be at. No one is making a big deal about it. I don't think that it's terrible. I think that my babies are going to be just fine. Pregnancy is the only time in my life that I've had trouble gaining weight. Any other time I would be packing on those pounds by just looking at all the food that I'm eating these days.
Exercise is something that I don't get much of these days. I take a walk every now and then. I lift some light weights sometimes. I'm just really tired all the time. I don't sleep well at night (getting up 5 times a night to pee doesn't equal a good nights sleep in my book) so after doing house work, taking care of a 4 year old and making dinner I am just too tired to go for a walk. I take lots of breaks during the day. Since the babies are squishing my tummy, they are also squishing my lungs so I get out breath easily. And right now I can walk for about 30 minutes and then my leg goes numb. It's just the way the babies are sitting on a nerve. It stinks. There really isn't much to do for it other than rest. Boo. So most of the time exercise is limited for me.
I am waiting for the days when I can get back to regular exercise. After the babies are born, I'm hoping to be able to take lots of family walks and I want to get back into running. A few years ago, I completed the Indianapolis Mini Marathon. I'm not sure if I will have the time to train for that any time soon, but it would be nice to be able to do a 5k every now and then. I'm ready to be able to do all the things that I could do before. So, we'll see how long it takes to get back into shape after having twins. And how long it takes me to want to get back into shape after having twins!
And if you have time stop swing by Danielle's blog http://mypeachesandcream.blogspot.com/, Michelle's blog http://www.mommqspace.blogspot.com/, and Charlotte's blog http://www.thedogdaysoflife.blogspot.com/ to see what they have to say. Danielle and Michelle I've known since high school (probably before). I don't know Charlotte, but I'm sure she's fantastic. Check em out!
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