I thought this would be a fun and useful thread for us Pregnant and Nursing Mommas to help lay out our daily menu & activity to help plan and share ideas, recipes, advice, etc. I find it helpful to lay out my meals, then enter them on fatsecret.com or similar site to help track my food.
Breakfast:Iced Coffee
1 cup Decaf coffee
1 cup Unsweetened Almond Milk Bad girl....I was running late for PTA Board Meeting and skipped breakfast!
Lunch @ 12pm:Baked Halibut + Side Salads
Kale, Apple, Cranberry, & Pepita Salad w/OJ + Apple Cider Vinegar dressing
Baked Halibut in Egg wash with Almond Meal breading
Celery, Green Apple, & Red Grapes w/Light Mayo + Lemon Juice dressing
1st Snack @ 3pm: Make up for missed breakfast!
Roasted Chicken
Mashed "Fauxtatoes": Roasted Cauliflower, Celery, & Garlic
October 4, 2013 - Nursing: 4 weeks, 4 days post-partum
Poor planning and menu reading this morning...my dad was here and took him out for breakfast...turned out to be a mega-meal!
Breakfast @ 9am:Big Breakfast
Scrambled Eggs, 2 Sausage Patties, & 1 Biscuit ^^thought I was ordering Eggs Benedict, turned out it was "country style", glad I had sauce, aka cream gravy, on the side
Decaf & cream
Snack @ 12pm: leftover breakfast
3 Ancient Grains Gluten-Free Pancakes & Maple Syrup
LizRR - I saw on another thread you are 4 weeks PP, after a Csec too. I'm just wondering how you have time to fix all these meals with a 4 week old? I was living off frozen meals at 4 weeks PP, and even now at almost 10 weeks I don't have time to fix or cook or eat anything really involved. A lot of simple cold sandwiches.
LizRR - I saw on another thread you are 4 weeks PP, after a Csec too. I'm just wondering how you have time to fix all these meals with a 4 week old? I was living off frozen meals at 4 weeks PP, and even now at almost 10 weeks I don't have time to fix or cook or eat anything really involved. A lot of simple cold sandwiches.
I cook, chop, prep in BIG BATCHES on Sundays for my salads (that's why the menu looks the same regarding sides), and when dinner time rolls around same thing, cook a BIG portion of meat for next days lunch. Green smoothies are a "go to" when I don't have time.
I definitely have to time lunch for when she naps, I can usually count on at least ~1 hour stretch now in the afternoons when she is in the swing. I have only been able to start it this past week though as the first 2 weeks were H-E-double-hockey-sticks! And I do have to put on Winnie the Poo video for my 3yo!
Most of these are familiar foods to me from when i lost weight last year so its almost routine to prep, I just need to be sure to plan. I do a lot of recipe surfing whilst nursing on the couch looking for simple ways to incorporate more veggies in my day. I am not really a veggie lover so I need to be creative.
Oh man I need to dredge up some discipline. You're so organized.
If I eat breakfast at all it's usually only because I made an extra piece of toast while I was fixing my toddler's breakfast.
I grab whatever I can during the day to nibble on and don't usually get around to eating anything decent until dinner. And even then sometimes it's take out if the day hasn't gone as planned.
I'm going to aim to be more accountable to myself, maybe I'll start with getting into the routine of at least having a healthy breakfast. My toddler could benefit from an alternative to toast with peanut butter (rye toast and natural peanut butter at least) or greek yogurt.
I think I'll just work on breakfast right now and try and find a couple of go to meals that include more fruits and veggies. Thanks for the inspiration LizzRR!