Happy 2016! It’s been a while since I posted on this blog,
but I am determined to keep it up this year.
I am still focused on fitness, but being 35 weeks pregnant
it has been difficult to keep up. I must say that I have definitely been more
active with this pregnancy than I was with my first, which is a plus. Given
that being active has taken a plunge with pregnancy I have decided to pay more
attention to nutrition and overall wellness.
I have been learning so much from listening to nutritional
podcasts like Dishing Up Nutrition by Nutritional Weight and Wellness and
reading articles and books. Many of the things I have learned so far have
changed my perspective on food and the biggest eye opener has been learning
about nutrition/food and the direct correlation to many of the diseases and health problems being faced today. I will definitely touch more on this in detail in future posts but for now I encourage everyone to go on their
own self-education journeys.
This New Year has also brought on many new goals. These
include:
- Eliminate processed foods by the end of the year;
- Decrease sugar/carbohydrate intake;
- Increase vegetable intake;
- Start juicing at least once a day (after baby’s born);
- Plan ahead and start packing lunch to work after maternity leave;
- Buy better sourced foods; and
- Keep active
In order to achieve these goals I needed to figure out where
I am starting from. To do that I kept a 14-day food journal detailing
everything I ate everyday as well as how certain foods may have made me feel.
Like everyone else, I am human so of course I have my days of indulgences,
especially while being pregnant, but when I reviewed my food journal I realized
that I indulged far too often. I won’t bore you with the details of my journal,
but if you are interested you can view it for yourself here. I plan to journal
again in the middle of the year to see how far I have come.
I have a long way to go, but with two little ones depending
on my health and wellness it will definitely be worth it!