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by lindsaymwright

wiaw – current pregnancy cravings

October 16, 2013 in Baby, Blog, Diet, ED, Food, WIAW by lindsaymwright

Hello Wednesday!

As I told you guys yesterday, food is starting to become appealing again! I still have some aversions (anything greasy or too sweet) but for the most part, I’m turning a corner of wanting all.the.foods. I love this part of pregnancy – the EATING. I know two things about myself and food though:

1) Due to my eating disordered past, I won’t be a woman who “lets herself go” during pregnancy. I just know too much about nutrition and can easily take this knowledge too far and become obsessive.
2) Luckily, I’ve grown up a bit. I have no food rules or food guilt in pregnancy. If something sounds good, I’ll eat it (HUGE difference from the Lindsay of 10 years ago). ….But always in moderation.

I feel like my approach to food (and fitness) has only gotten better over the years. Some might look at what I eat and think it’s unhealthy or “bad.” But I know better. With a more relaxed approach, I’m WAY healthier than I was in years past. Sometimes “unhealthy” is actually very healthy.

To that end, here’s what I ate yesterday (which was everything I wanted to put into my mouth – no rules – just being thankful for food):

Breakfast

Protein pancake (Plant Fusion Chocolate P.P + Egg Whites, topped with maple syrup and PB2)

Post Workout

Banana – unpictured and scarfed down in the gym parking lot.

Pre-Lunch Snack

Bagel Thin with cream cheese (side note: I HAD to have a bagel and made Travis leave work, drive to the grocery store and get me one. Keeper.)

Lunch

Janetha’s Quick & Clean Chicken Noodle Soup (MAKE THIS!! I added mushrooms but kept everything else the same.)

Afternoon Snack

Golden Delicious apple + sea salt

Dinner

Chicken Tender Salad (I only ate a bit of this – by the end of the day, I’m kinda DONE with food.)

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QUESTION: What was the best thing you ate yesterday??

splendid…lindsay

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by lindsaymwright

wiaw – linking morning sickness and hypotension

October 2, 2013 in Baby, Blog, Diet, Food, WIAW by lindsaymwright

Pregnancy is simply fascinating to me!! I think what I love the most is hearing and reading about each woman’s different pregnancy story, knowing that in the end, we end up with a baby but the 9-month journey to get there is different for most everyone. There are even discrepancies between THIS pregnancy and Henry’s pregnancy, Clara’s pregnancy. The way I feel, my thoughts, the way my belly grows and, as I’ll talk about today, THE FOOD.

I have so many freaking food aversions right now, it’s ridiculous! What sounds good one day will make me gag the next. I’ve noticed a trend though.

Like most pregnant women, I CRAVE salty foods. Salt is like my new best friend. There’s actually scientific evidence backing me up on this one. You see, the RDA recommends limiting sodium to less than 2,300 mg a day. That’s for the average person. A pregnant woman metabolizes sodium much differently and may need anywhere from 2,000 to 8,000 (!!) mg per day (source). No wonder we crave salt!

Linking Morning Sickness and Low Blood Pressure

Try to stay with me here. I just told you that a pregnant woman needs more salt than the average person. Did you also know that a pregnant woman’s blood pressure is significantly lowered due to the hormone relaxin? I ALREADY had extremely low blood pressure leading into this pregnancy, so every time I go to the doctor for prenatal appointments, the nurses marvel at my numbers. It’s called “hyPOtension” – the last time I went in (which was last Monday), my blood pressure was 90/59 mmHg.

Want to know the symptoms of low blood pressure?

Signs and symptoms of hypotension may include dizziness, fainting, cold and sweaty skin, fatigue (tiredness), blurred vision, or nausea (feeling sick to your stomach). (source)

This sounds eerily like MORNING SICKNESS!! (Travis actually connected the two – he’s way smarter than me.)

Now I know that you don’t have to be hypotensive to experience morning sickness, but I really think that my low b.p. combined with morning sickness has led to me feel pretty darn crappy over the last 6 weeks. Interesting fact: My nausea dissipates when I eat salt. Sugary foods do nothing to take the edge off. So that’s what I eat: SALT!!!

Here’s what yesterday looked like….

Before getting out of bed (sorry for the dark iPhone picture): Mini saltine crackers

Breakfast: Oatmeal + Egg Whites + Butter

Post Workout: Chocolate Thinny Mint Shake (Chocolate whey p.p., chocolate soy milk, peppermint extract, ice)

Pre-Lunch Snack: Good Beans (this x3)

Gatorade! (all day long)

Lunch: 2 eggs + american cheese + morningstar veggie links + raspberries

Afternoon Snack #1: Some “Dump Cake” – google the recipe – it’s pretty much pure butter (salt)

Afternoon Snack #2: Granny smith apple + The Laughing Cow mini babybel mozzerella (sent to me by TLC – SO good..and salty!)

Dinner: 1/2 rack ribs + french fries + stewed okra & tomatoes

mmmmm….ribs!

Themes:

Salt
Minimal vegetables
Minimal fruit
Minimal water
Notice that no snack was eaten pre-bed (which I normally would have)…this is because I’ve morphed into my mother and bedtime was 8pm.

Not a diet I’d recommend to ANYONE, but for right now, we’re in survival mode over here and it’s getting the job done. Smile

QUESTION: Do you SALT your food? <-normally NEVER! Do you think you’re over or under the RDA guidelines for sodium intake? <-right now – YES!

splendid…lindsay

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by travisvwright

wiaw – my 5,000 calorie day

June 26, 2013 in All Posts, Blog, Body, Breakfast, Dessert, Diet, Dinner, ED, Food, Goals, Inspiration, Lists, Lunch, Popular, Snack, WIAW by travisvwright

Hey everyone it’s Travis again. Yes, I realize we are supposed to not be counting calories, but here’s my WIAW style recap of my 5,000 Calorie Day. Since you are curious I posted my weight gain at the bottom. But I know your first question is going to be why. The short answer is I’ve been eating a caloric deficit recently, and need to have a metabolism boosting day.

Some people live in a caloric deficit. I’d guess there are quiet a few of you that can’t remember that last time you weren’t trying to burn more calories than you ate. Regardless of the popularity of Set Point Theory currently, it’s pretty widely accepted that a constant caloric deficit will lead to reduced metabolism. Which means the longer you “diet” (verb) the more difficult it is, because you need to be consuming less and less as your body adjusts your new diet (noun). THEN when you are done “cutting”, your metabolism is so broken down and weak, you can’t eat half what most people eat without gaining weight. Sound familiar?

There’s a solution!

You need to be actively combating this. What’s the point of getting to your ideal weight if the rest of your life you can only eat salad (with the sad fork-dipped-into-the-dressing-first method)? In fact I’ve actually got the exact opposite thinking. Back when I wasn’t cutting, I’d eat my 1300 calorie nightly ice cream bowl…well, nightly. I’d like to get to the point where I can eat 3,000 calories a day and maintain my weight. Then when you want to cut you drop to the extremely deprived level of 2,500 calories per day.

So without further ado, here’s my WIAW – The 5,000 Calorie Metabolism Boosting Day!

Breakfast – 2 eggs over easy, 2 biscuits and gravy, 2 sausage patties ~ 1,230 Calories (Not counting the bites of Lindsay’s pancake I tried)

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Katie’s Kraut Burgers (Lindsay took umbrage with myfitnesspal’s estimate of 272 per burger so I’m only counting 2 of them) ~ 544 Calories

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Second Lunch – Van’s Flax Waffles with peanut butter and The Laughing Cow cream cheese (a Blend sponsor)~ 540 Calories

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Quick Snack – Newton’s Fruit Thins with peanut butter (I had 6 plus some Justin’s Vanilla Almond Butter – another Blend sponsor!) ~ 310 Calories

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Dinner – 4 eggs with grilled chicken and cheese ~ 710 Calories

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More Dinner – Chocolate Chip Clif Bar ~ 230 Calories

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Post Dinner Snack – Cinnamon Roll ~ 200

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Ice Cream ~ 1,250

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So:

1,230 – Breakfast
544 – Second Breakfast
540 – Waffle Lunch
310 – Lunch Dessert Newton Fruit Thins
710 – Dinner Eggs
230 – Clif Bar
200 – Cinnamon Roll
+ 1,250 – Ice Cream
5,014 – Total for the day

Weight Gain:

Now the part for which you’ve been waiting with breath that is bated…(First, obviously since it’s Wednesday I didn’t eat this on Wednesday. I actually ate this on Saturday.) On Sunday morning, I weighed 4 pounds more than on Saturday morning. I’m actually back under my Saturday number as of this morning.

Question: What would YOU eat on your 5,000 calorie day?

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by lindsaymwright

wiaw…all the dang thangs

May 8, 2013 in Blog, Body, Breakfast, Coffee, Dessert, Dinner, Food, WIAW by lindsaymwright

Oh Lordy….today we talk FOOD. And how amazingly delicious it is!! (how on Earth did I go all of those years restricting myself?!!? Food is so stinkin’ good!)

I’m on fire about food right now because for the past month, I haven’t really liked it. Like. At. All. Extreme nausea and some vomiting will do that to you. I wanted so badly to share what I was going through with you guys, but I didn’t want to pull you into the pregnancy until I knew I wouldn’t miscarry (and well, we know how that ended). As with my previous pregnancies, the morning sickness makes me lose about 10 pounds. I lose my sweet tooth. I can barely stomach water. No veggies. Salty carbs are my friend. Lots of saltines – I’d be happy if I never saw a saltine again.

But NOW….now that I’m no longer dealing with those pregnancy hormones, I feel back to normal (and yes, I’d much rather be pregnant and sick). I want eat ALL THE FOODS. Sweet. Vegetables. Lots of water. My daily green drink. My protein pancakes. I love it all. You don’t understand how much JOY and HAPPINESS food brings you until you can’t stand it anymore.

The joy is back. And here’s what I’ve been eating: