Feeling Groovy...

Saw a Nutritionist last week who specializes in pregnancy and diabetes care. She was a lot of fun to talk to and was quite impressed at my food-log. She praised my choice to eat only organic produce and meats/dairy when possible... and she got a kick out of my stories about my kids snacking habits (Yesterday Val wanted a Banana, and apple and grapes for his after school snack). She has asked me to add a Calcium/Magnesium supplement daily (which is really a good idea for any pregnany woman as it helps keep mineral salts ballanced and muscles relaxed) as well as a small iron supplement "just in case" with a vitamin C chaser for absorbtion... but I don't like the black-tar of doom that tends to create in my colon so I'm gonna stick with my prenatal, which has 28mg of iron anyway, for now.

I'm really enjoying late afternoon walks with the boys these days. Its been cold and dry the last few days and getting outside is invigorating... I know, intellectually, that I should be lifting more consistantly as well, but my fears over this pregnancy are puting a damper on my enthusiasm. Nutritionist reminded me that I can do upper body lifts while sitting in a chair, and she's right... I can and I should. My arms, neck, shoulders and upper back really could use the work... so I am determined to give it a go this week. Tonight is armchair-lifting experiment number one.

I'll let you know tomorrow how it goes! ;)

Posted by Lexy at December 6, 2005 01:29 PM