Hey hotspur. Just to encourage you I didn't really feel good or really like working out until about 2-3 weeks ago. I felt so exhausted and tired for the first two trimesters and was weighing about 2-3 pounds more than last time and getting more and more depressed about it. I missed several weeks of workouts, I'd rest a week and workout a few days and rest 4-5 days and workout a little more. But the last few weeks have really turned around. Maybe it's somewhat psychological because I know it's not much longer!!!!! Every pregnancy is different. As far as the food thing. This past week I've been lo carbing (not to the point of ketosis). I've been eating protein shakes and big salads (or my most recent, I made some veggie soup and ground up fresh spinach in a blender and stirred it into the soup - I was getting sick of spinach salads and needed a change). I'd recommend adding some salads with some lean turkey or chicken on top, they fill you up, but don't add calories, good protein and veggies. I've actually lost 2 pounds from doing the lo carb thing and my blood sugar isn't making me crazy and I don't feel bloated and fat like I was before. (I haven't been eating any sugar period). I made tapioca pudding last night (with soy milk) for a treat and sweetened it with Splenda and added in lots of beaten egg whites (yes I've deviated a little from the vegan diet to add some protein). Cutting those carbs and sugar make the weight stay down.
The sesame balls aren't really low calorie, but they are extremely nutritious and high in calcium (lower in carbs) and taste far better than protein bars. I've revised this a little since I last posted it.
1 cup walnuts chopped coursely
1/2 cup lo carb protein powder plain
Few tblsp Glycerine (you can add 1 cup of honey if you can tolerate the sugar, but this increases the carbs and my insulin flies when I do this)
Peanut butter (I add it until it holds everything together maybe 3/4 of a cup to 1 cup) get the natural kind with no sugar.
3 cups sesame seeds (toast 10-15 minutes in the oven at 300 or so) then grind them up in a blender.
Coconut 1 cup shredded
Sunflower seeds 1/2 cup
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
They can be kind of crumbly, if they are too crumbly add more peanut butter. I gather the crumbs and press them together to form a little ball in my hands and then I refridgerate and this helps hold them together, (once they are cold).
Also, get diet V-8 tropical flavor drink. (the main ingredient is carrot juice and you'd never know it) It is awesome. I posted this on open forum and got no response...it is the best recovery shake.
In blender:
Diet V-8 tropical (mango flavored) 3/4 cup
1 frozen banana
One serving lo carb plain protein powder (MLO is great, or veggie protein, your choice)
2 egg whites (we get farm eggs so I know they are good, some say not to eat raw whites, you'll have to decide this one).
2 tablespoons plain yogurt (soy or regular).
2 tablespoons ground flax seed (you can leave this out, but I like the nutritional value it adds).
This is literally "packed" with protein and I've been eating it post workouts for the past 2 weeks and I don't even get hungry again until 2-3 in the afternoon sometimes. AND I've been doing a slow and heavy type rotation which usually makes me REALLY hungry. Diet V-8 has 2 carbs per serving and only 10 calories, much different than fruit juice.
So I've rambled way too much....but your hearing it from a person who knows how to "gain weight" big time while pregnant and did it four times in a row and now, I'm finally keeping the weight down!!!
Briee
but I eat good. I still gain weight too fast anyway. I sure hope it's not water retention because that's what I had with my first and it was a bitch. 