Comments on: The Pregnancy Excuse

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By: Crear cuenta personal

Crear cuenta personal — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 13:55:36 +0000

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By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 15 May 2018 20:22:30 +0000

One thing that really helped me was a mixture of raspberry leaf, nettle, and mint tea iced. Drinking four cups of this, plus a gallon of water a day just made me feel healthy and good and led to other positive habits and hardly any water retention. But, obviously, check with your doctor about teas. I’d say, hormones are powerful and the weight in pregnancy is very different than other weight. Just try and be gentle on yourself. Have small treats often, make unhealthy cravings healthier with lighter ingredients, take quality vitamins, eat lots of protein, walk outside, rest often, sleep well, and try to choose ingredients that are optimal for babies growth. Don’t deprive yourself and try to make choices that make you feel healthy.

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 07 May 2018 13:08:49 +0000

I went a bit off the rails during both of my pregnancies, and it was a solid 5 years before I could get back to a stronger, fitter, healthier version of myself. I really wish I’d known about 10 minute workouts after I had my kids. I always thought I needed a solid hour to get a workout in, and I always thought workouts would deplete me. Once I got into 10 minute intervals, everything got easier. Oh, and once I got some decent sleep. :) Enjoy these last months. Though it may not be the ‘best’ advice out there, I say you’ve got the rest of your life to worry about eating the ice cream. Now is not that time. :)

By: connie

connie — Tue, 01 May 2018 21:10:29 +0000

So , late to the party here, but I have one suggestion. Being too tired to cook, trying to eat decently, and craving milk and sweets, I found smoothies to be a go to for my first child. Frozen bananas, fruit, yogurt, chia seeds, a vegie, coconut milk or almond- all organic and high quality. Bonus if Daniel washes the blender for you!

By: Danielle

Danielle — Wed, 11 Apr 2018 01:15:57 +0000

This is the time to relax and just listen to your body. I am 24 weeks into my second pregnancy now (feels like yesterday I was pregnant with my first… they’ll only be 18 months apart!) and generally am way less concerned with my weight gain and diet than I was with my first – and yet I’ve gained less than I had at this point the first time around. I say eat when you’re hungry and listen to what your body wants – for me, sometimes that means a kale salad for lunch and ice cream for dessert. It all works out. Don’t eat food you wouldn’t normally just because you can, but eat it if and when you want it. Drink water, get sleep, move your body when you can (even if that means stretching or a quick video – Bodyfit by Amy has great free ones) – just be good to yourself, whatever that means in the moment. Congrats mama!

By: Katie

Katie — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 16:52:41 +0000

I was super sick during both of my pregnancies and of course, so so tired. During my twin pregnancy, my hips and back were so sore that even walking were out of the question by month 6 or so. So exercise was out. But… if ever a time in life to eat intuitively, for nutrition, for fuel, for health, it’s during pregnancy. So I gained a lot of weight, but I also learned how to eat intuitively for the first time. Sometimes that was a lot of saltines and orange gatorade, but I also learned to follow the cravings for huge Greek salads, well cooked steaks, juicy oranges and icy green smoothies.

By: Genine Short

Genine Short — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 18:30:34 +0000

Andie,

Pregnancy can be terrifying for those of us who are trying to maintain balance. My first pregnancy was stressful and I let it all go- I gained 75 pounds and the postpartum hormone shifts were a roller coaster. It was impossible for me to lose weight while nursing.
The second pregnancy I was a little smarter- I moved more, ate better- but most of all moved! Yoga, squats- walking- water aerobics with senior citizens. Now a year post party, I am now tying hard to get that weight off and am still at 230 pounds, but the second time around I felt better.
You won’t know until you are there- you may be one of those women that have balanced post partum hormones that take you where you need to go. Everything changes and you haven’t met you yet. :)
Anyway- not trying to stress you. Be kind, honor those cravings, but love your body and move, move, move. After you have that sweet boy that’s when the real work begins. ♡

-G

By: Naomi

Naomi — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 17:41:21 +0000

Dear Andie,
Be gentle to yourself. You have some serious (and exhausting) work going on inside you. :) When I was pregnant, I was determined I would only gain a pound a week for each week of pregnancy. Well, that didn’t exactly play out, but I allowed myself to enjoy the treats along the way and REST in lieu of a workout (or housework) when I needed to. I often tell my daughter she is made of Haagen Dazs Strawberry ice cream and steak, which is essentially true. (I was a vegetarian prior to my pregnancy. ) As you already know, eating healthfully, getting regular exercise & rest, etc. is a delicate balance when you aren’t growing a human. Enjoy this Season of caring for baby and you, even if it means lots of naps and some ice cream here and there. A healthy baby and you are worth every calorie. Post baby, be patient with yourself. Getting back in tune with your body, diet, etc. is a process. You are one smart and sensible cookie who will find that balance once again and likely inspire a lot of other new Mamas in the process. Thank you Andie, for sharing your stories. Sending good energy to you and your baby.

By: Tamsin

Tamsin — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 15:43:01 +0000

I was so overjoyed with the miracle growing inside me, and my thoughts and direction were all about this. Normally i would have been in my head, planning organizing, doing, worried about life, my weight, if I was achieving and accomplishing all the things that made me a good person. That was all gone, and I was just enjoying the gift of being able to carry my child. So my thought is that, if I could have tuned in even more to my body and heart and let that guide me with my eating and exercising i would have been able to learn natural intuitive eating and nourishing. I would have been in tune more than ever with what my body needed. So this is way long and incredibly TMI.... but even though I have never met you, you are very dear to me and have helped me with my eating and weight management more than anyone on the whole wide world and world wide web. So Thank You for continuing to post and use your voice. I believe you will do just fine no matter if you eat the large ice cream or not, because you have proven to me that by being mindful there is still a place for ice cream in our life. Good Luck Lady, embrace that miracle growing inside of you.