Hi ladies,
I'm heading back to work next week after being off for 2 weeks. I work in a school, always pack my lunch but my usual lunches (sandwiches or frozen dinners) are out now. Any ideas for a pregnancy safe meal that will also fill me up, or something I can stomach if my "night" sickness hits during the day?
Hey! I work at a school, too! Monotony does not bother me so this is my daily (for now) feeding routine. Before I start listing, I wanted to add that in my previous pregnancy i had terrible morning sickness. It was like being hungover 24/7. I was MISERABLE. I get a little sick once I start running on empty, but I am so surprised by how little morning sickness I have. Knock on wood. It might be because I am eating so much healthier this time.
Breakfast
Nonfat Trader Joe's Yogurt with 1/3 cup walnuts
1 organic gala apple
25 fluid ounces of water
One a Day Women's prenatal multivitamin and DHA supplement
Snack at 10
A nature valley bar or a serving of fruit
Half of an all natural, organic peanut butter sandwich on whole grain bread
25 more fluid ounces of water
Lunch
The other half of said sandwich
Another Nonfat yogurt with walnuts (I LOVE walnuts so I was thrilled to hear they are a pregnancy super food)
Another fruit serving
25 more fluids ounces of water
Dinner (which usually happens around 4:30)
Varies.
2 cups of milk
Meals I just shopped for (spent $50 at Trader Joe's)
1) Lean and natural ground beef, pasteurized (BE CAREFUL not all cheeses at TJs are pasteurized, read the ingredients) sharp cheddar, and whole grain buns for cheeseburgers.
2) Whole grain tortilla chips which I am going to use the rest of the cheese to make nachos
3) A bag of organic southern greens (kale, collard...something else), natural chicken breasts (could use turkey), and free range hormone free chicken broth
4) Hormone free and cageless chicken eggs to make omelets in my waffle maker! I just saw a video on this. So excited haha.
- It was 50 because I also bought pita bite crackers (do not get any with flaxseed!), some organic cherry tomatoes, a bag of organic apples, a bag of organic broccoli, a half gallon go organic fat free milk on top of the listed stuff, a bag of organic raw walnut halves, and 3 nonfat yogurts. The yogurt is soooo good. I thought I would just have one a day. I ate all three in 24 hours.
I imagine it'll be about $50 to feed myself on this healthy course. Which is fine because I spent about $60 a week on microwaveable meals from Fresh and Easy and then getting my Starbucks fix for school breakfast and lunch. And since I swore of caffeine and microwaves... works out