Now that you've found out you're pregnant, your whole outlook on life and the way you are living it begins to change----and you begin to take notice of all the pieces of advice that people around you are dropping as if on cue. All those motherly types who know what's best for you, even more than your doctor does, will tell you that eating for two is just what you need to do now, to build up your strength and make sure the baby is well fed. But the other side of the coin is just as adamant: "don't overeat, no no no---be careful, don't gain too much weight, you must stick to a diet during pregnancy".
Well, I say, nuts to all that. Where were all these naysayers and do-gooders way back when years ago when plenty of healthy babies were being born, and the mothers did not gain a tremendous amount of weight and no one even thought of going on a diet during pregnancy----that thought would have conjured up a bunch of belly laughs.
The main factor in the difference between their lives and ours was and is the fact that they had no fast food joints beckoning to them on every corner; with fat, grease, salt and sugar pouring their messages into our psyches: there was much less technology, so the mother-to-be was physically exerting a lot more energy and burning calories on a regular hard-working basis: and pregnancy was a fact of life, not a celebration of the correct clothes to wear, or sonograms, or rounds of baby showers---life was much simpler then, and no one really worried too much about weight gain.
Diet during pregnancy was something that really was not thought much about in the past, but now that our DNA is still lagging way behind our technologically advanced lifestyles, we have to consider the fact that we are genetically not designed to live the type of life we are living and still stay healthy. There are those of us who can zip right through a pregnancy and not even worry about a stray calorie or two---remaining as slim as when we started; but there are just as many of us, maybe more; who have to not only watch out for those stray calories, but wage all out war against them.
So, what to do. Those of us that look at food and it jumps from plate to thigh in an instant, are the ones who seriously consider a diet during pregnancy----but those who are eternally slim, regard the word diet as an eating plan, and not a weight loss plan. They strive to eat normally, balance out everything that goes into their mouths, don't eat a lot of fatty foods or salt, drink lots of water, take vitamins, eat fresh fruits and veggies, and make sure they get plenty of fiber. They don't even think about calories, they just make sure they are eating right and that they feel good.
I guess, for all of us as a mixed bag of body types, and metabolisms that run the gamut of the scale; the answer lies in the middle area of a little of both ways of looking at things. A good diet during pregnancy for the good of the average female would be one that is well balanced nutritionally, includes lots of water, a goodly amount of fiber, lowered calorie intake, almost no intake of fast foods or prepackaged drivel from the grocery store, and daily exercise to keep the calorie furnace burning at maximum efficiency.
If you have half a brain in your head and you care about that little life that is growing inside your body, then you won't hesitate to learn what constitutes a well balanced diet during pregnancy and how to maintain it. It's not hard, and you have heard it told to you all your life; you just have chosen to ignore a lot of it up to this point. Just eat well and fresh, drink lots of water, and exercise----you and the new baby will do just fine.
Well, I say, nuts to all that. Where were all these naysayers and do-gooders way back when years ago when plenty of healthy babies were being born, and the mothers did not gain a tremendous amount of weight and no one even thought of going on a diet during pregnancy----that thought would have conjured up a bunch of belly laughs.
The main factor in the difference between their lives and ours was and is the fact that they had no fast food joints beckoning to them on every corner; with fat, grease, salt and sugar pouring their messages into our psyches: there was much less technology, so the mother-to-be was physically exerting a lot more energy and burning calories on a regular hard-working basis: and pregnancy was a fact of life, not a celebration of the correct clothes to wear, or sonograms, or rounds of baby showers---life was much simpler then, and no one really worried too much about weight gain.
Diet during pregnancy was something that really was not thought much about in the past, but now that our DNA is still lagging way behind our technologically advanced lifestyles, we have to consider the fact that we are genetically not designed to live the type of life we are living and still stay healthy. There are those of us who can zip right through a pregnancy and not even worry about a stray calorie or two---remaining as slim as when we started; but there are just as many of us, maybe more; who have to not only watch out for those stray calories, but wage all out war against them.
So, what to do. Those of us that look at food and it jumps from plate to thigh in an instant, are the ones who seriously consider a diet during pregnancy----but those who are eternally slim, regard the word diet as an eating plan, and not a weight loss plan. They strive to eat normally, balance out everything that goes into their mouths, don't eat a lot of fatty foods or salt, drink lots of water, take vitamins, eat fresh fruits and veggies, and make sure they get plenty of fiber. They don't even think about calories, they just make sure they are eating right and that they feel good.
I guess, for all of us as a mixed bag of body types, and metabolisms that run the gamut of the scale; the answer lies in the middle area of a little of both ways of looking at things. A good diet during pregnancy for the good of the average female would be one that is well balanced nutritionally, includes lots of water, a goodly amount of fiber, lowered calorie intake, almost no intake of fast foods or prepackaged drivel from the grocery store, and daily exercise to keep the calorie furnace burning at maximum efficiency.
If you have half a brain in your head and you care about that little life that is growing inside your body, then you won't hesitate to learn what constitutes a well balanced diet during pregnancy and how to maintain it. It's not hard, and you have heard it told to you all your life; you just have chosen to ignore a lot of it up to this point. Just eat well and fresh, drink lots of water, and exercise----you and the new baby will do just fine.
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