so... my body is telling me i do not eat enough protein. i'm not sure how i know that--it's not that i've been craving it horribly--but i just know. the problem is going to be how do i address it?
the last two times i've eaten eggs i felt like crap afterwards. the baby doesn't like eggs. i don't love peanut butter. hummus is great but it's not high enough in protein, nor can i eat enough of it to get the 80-100g of stinkin' protein i need every day! nuts are fine but again, i'd have to eat 3-4 cups of them to get enough...
so on an average day i eat:
bagel 3g
cream cheese 6g
oatmeal/cereal 6g
almond milk 10g
muffin (or something) 3g?
apple/orange/other fruit ?
hummus 6g
carrots ?
tempeh/bean-based dinner 15-20g
grand total: only half what i need to be eating! *ugh* but i know my calorie intake is fine...
clearly i will need to perform a diet revamp this weekend before i go shopping.
on edit: it occurred to me that perhaps the problem is in fact the prenatal vitamins i am taking, not the eggs. i'm pretty sure that i've taken my vitamins both times i ate eggs recently... and i know they made me sick over the weekend when i took them on a (stupidly) empty stomach. and eggs didn't bother me when i was on my first bottle of vitamins--a different brand. so i will also be experimenting with vitamins this weekend. it is so miserable to be nauseous all freaking day again!
the last two times i've eaten eggs i felt like crap afterwards. the baby doesn't like eggs. i don't love peanut butter. hummus is great but it's not high enough in protein, nor can i eat enough of it to get the 80-100g of stinkin' protein i need every day! nuts are fine but again, i'd have to eat 3-4 cups of them to get enough...
so on an average day i eat:
bagel 3g
cream cheese 6g
oatmeal/cereal 6g
almond milk 10g
muffin (or something) 3g?
apple/orange/other fruit ?
hummus 6g
carrots ?
tempeh/bean-based dinner 15-20g
grand total: only half what i need to be eating! *ugh* but i know my calorie intake is fine...
clearly i will need to perform a diet revamp this weekend before i go shopping.
on edit: it occurred to me that perhaps the problem is in fact the prenatal vitamins i am taking, not the eggs. i'm pretty sure that i've taken my vitamins both times i ate eggs recently... and i know they made me sick over the weekend when i took them on a (stupidly) empty stomach. and eggs didn't bother me when i was on my first bottle of vitamins--a different brand. so i will also be experimenting with vitamins this weekend. it is so miserable to be nauseous all freaking day again!
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November 7, 2008 at 4:39 PM
Would protein shakes be okay? That's an easy way... those primal spirits jerky strips are tasty, but seem very high in sodium. How about tofu scramble on your bagel?
December 1, 2008 at 4:46 PM
only if they want hormonally-challenged babies! tofu (all soy) is the devil for a developing thyroid. even for grown up thyroids. you should know this by now.