Pregnancy Fitness: Less than 24 Hours To Go!
So you have one day left to get yourself feeling in tip-top pregnancy health before you don your pretty party dress and dazzle everyone with your radiant healthy pregnancy glow.
So here’s what you need to do for the next 24 hours.
1) Drink as much Evian/Volvic/Reverse Osmosis Filtered water as you can – you are aiming for a minimum of 1litre per 50lbs of bodyweight, but an extra litre if you are somewhere hot and humid, and another extra litre if you are exercising (which you should be – if you missed the 4 minute pregnancy workouts yesterday click here)
2) Get to bed by 10pm latest tonight (by this I mean you should be in bed with the lights out and in a pitch black room by 10pm – not reading with the light on!)
3) When you wake up drink 500ml of water before breakfast and do your last workout of 2009!
4) Breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks all need to be high in veggies – lots of essential nutrients plus alkalising foods will give you tons of vibrant energy, plus they will make your skin glow! Make your pregnancy nutrition work for you all day long!
Here’s what I’m having:
Breakfast – Mango, Ginger, Broccoli and Spinach stir fry:
high in calcium, folic acid, vitamin C, iron, vitamin E, beta-carotene (anti-oxidants), magnesium (immune system) and fibre. I’ve already chopped everything up and I have the garlic, chilli and ginger (you can leave out chilli if its too much for you) steeping in olive oil so all I have to do is chuck it in the pan and it will be ready in about 4 minutes.
Lunch – Salmon, Asparagus and Dill Sweet Potato Cakes with a large salad:
High in omega 3, anti-oxidants – Vitamins C & E, fibre, iron, Vitamin B6, beta-carotene, calcium and complex carbs which release energy slowly to keep you energised for longer (now I sound like a duracell advert!)
Snacks – brazil nuts, walnuts, almonds and pecans; carrot & pepper sticks with hummus
