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Newly pg w number 2, dusting off my copy of What to Expect. The pregnancy diet recommends 6-11 servings of whole grains and legumes per day. Thoughts on that? Seems excessive.
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05.14.08, 03:18 AM [ Flag ]
- That book is annoying. And a "serving" is a pretty small amount- like 2 ryvita crackers.
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  05.14.08, 03:20 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- i can't believe you really care what it says. eat what you want everythingin moderation
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  05.14.08, 03:20 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - Sound advice if ever I heard it.
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    05.14.08, 03:36 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - OP: Eh. I need guidelines. If I were to eat what I want, it would be Golden Grahams for breakfast, McDonald's for lunch, and pizza for dinner. Guidelines help me. FWIW, just found the mypyramid.gov website that allows you to enter your info & will give you a customized guide (pg or not).
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      05.14.08, 03:51 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - Why do you need guidelines? why aren't you able to just eat a balanced diet? I am not flaming, just curious.
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        05.14.08, 03:53 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        Did you read my post? I'm not a healthy eater by nature. When I'm not pg, I eat mostly junk (no, I'm not fat -- I don't eat a lot, just junk). Guidelines help me ... not sure what's so hard to understand about that.
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        05.14.08, 04:00 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        just wondering WHY you eat junk if you know you shouldn't and have a desire to eat better. And wondering why guidelines help you.
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        05.14.08, 04:02 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- does anyone actually follow that book any more?
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  05.14.08, 03:21 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- a serving is very small
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  05.14.08, 03:22 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- My ob said that diet was not so great. Not enough protein.
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  05.14.08, 03:32 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- i hate, hate, HATE that book. and who the fuck is heidi murkoff anyway? and you ever look at the cover of wte? the woman looks MISERABLE on the cover!! i didn't waste my $ on that book
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  05.14.08, 03:58 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - I actually liked that book BUT I used common sense and just used the book for certain information. Didn't take it (as I wouldn't any book)as it was law
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    05.14.08, 04:02 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - np: ITA. It's really "How Your Baby Could Die This Month, and BTW - You Are Already Failing as a Mother"
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    05.14.08, 04:03 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - But most modern mothers think this way on their own. so who needs the book, really
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      05.14.08, 04:04 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - nnp: come on you read too much into the message of the book. I didn't take it that way. I guess if you are a nervous nelly then you shoudln't read it
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      05.14.08, 04:06 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - I'm not a nervous mother. I think the book is judgmental and alarmist.
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        05.14.08, 04:07 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        I agree. But lots of people these days seem to be alarmist and judgmental parents, so it fits the times.
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        05.14.08, 04:10 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - Lol
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Newly pg w number 2, dusting off my copy of What to Expect. The pregnancy diet recommends 6-11 servings of whole grains and legumes per day. Thoughts on that? Seems excessive.

That book is annoying. And a "serving" is a pretty small amount- like 2 ryvita crackers.

i can't believe you really care what it says. eat what you want everythingin moderation

Sound advice if ever I heard it.

OP: Eh. I need guidelines. If I were to eat what I want, it would be Golden Grahams for breakfast, McDonald's for lunch, and pizza for dinner. Guidelines help me. FWIW, just found the mypyramid.gov website that allows you to enter your info & will give you a customized guide (pg or not).

Why do you need guidelines? why aren't you able to just eat a balanced diet? I am not flaming, just curious.

Did you read my post? I'm not a healthy eater by nature. When I'm not pg, I eat mostly junk (no, I'm not fat -- I don't eat a lot, just junk). Guidelines help me ... not sure what's so hard to understand about that.

just wondering WHY you eat junk if you know you shouldn't and have a desire to eat better. And wondering why guidelines help you.

does anyone actually follow that book any more?

a serving is very small

My ob said that diet was not so great. Not enough protein.

i hate, hate, HATE that book. and who the fuck is heidi murkoff anyway? and you ever look at the cover of wte? the woman looks MISERABLE on the cover!! i didn't waste my $ on that book

I actually liked that book BUT I used common sense and just used the book for certain information. Didn't take it (as I wouldn't any book)as it was law

np: ITA. It's really "How Your Baby Could Die This Month, and BTW - You Are Already Failing as a Mother"

But most modern mothers think this way on their own. so who needs the book, really

nnp: come on you read too much into the message of the book. I didn't take it that way. I guess if you are a nervous nelly then you shoudln't read it

I'm not a nervous mother. I think the book is judgmental and alarmist.

I agree. But lots of people these days seem to be alarmist and judgmental parents, so it fits the times.

Lol

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