Fit Mom Basics

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Ok- so some fit mom basics!  Are you pregnant and relatively active but don't know where to begin?  My suggestion would be to go to iifym.com and put in your information for your macro calculations.  I personally have been eating intuitively and so far have no gained any weight and I am almost 12 weeks pregnant.  My doctor is not worried and neither am I.  My appetite has not been there like it normally is, something extremely unusual for me especially with my history of binge eating disorder so I was pleasantly surprised when this baby put a stop to that!  I have also not been drinking coffee, I would try because coffee and I are like peanut butter and jelly but it would make my stomach hurt soooo bad and that has been about 4 weeks since I drank coffee.  

So the nutrition aspect, if you can't seem to follow the iifym or simply do not want to track which I suggest taking time off from doing, go back to basics.  Breakfast, lunch, dinner and 2-4 snacks.  If you are lifting you want to make sure that you are eating a pre and post workout meal that consists of at least 20 grams of protein and 40 grams of carbs.  All of your meals should consist of a protein (meat, tofu, etc) that takes up 1/4 of your plate/ the size of your palm.  You should also include a complex carb and a fat.  Complex carbs consist of things like brown rice, sweet potatoes etc and veggies veggies veggies!  If you are pregnant and everything seems disgusting and you are having a lot of aversions just try to think to yourself am I choosing foods that are healthy for both myself and my baby?  By eating this will my baby be getting a plethora of vitamins and minerals?

As far as training goes it really does vary for everyone and depends on what you have been doing before.  Either way you want to get the ok from your doctor.  If you haven't been working out, you want to start and your doctor says it is ok start off light weights, preferably machines so you can get the hand of form and high reps.  You can add in cardio however much you like.  I preferably do not add any and only go for walks throughout the week.  I am only doing this because after I have the baby I want to compete and I do not want to go in doing cardio everyday.  I have been doing great by just taking Aubrey for a walk 2-3 times a week. 

If you have already been working out and your Doctor says it is ok to continue you can keep doing what you have been doing but watch yourself on PRs.  Now is not the time to be making personal records for things.  Stick to the heaviest weight you have done and keep it there aiming for the same or more reps with great form!!

Any other questions? Just ask!!