How To start your day

reenalamba

Hi I am four months pregnant and still wonder what is the healthiest and easiest way to start your day in pregnancy. . Do you all cook fresh and eat home cooked food only or do u rely on ordering cause at times you don't have enough energy to cook

BAJDesigns

I'm not sure it's the most healthy way, but I still have lingering morning sickness, so my breakfast is usually a big glass of juice and later some granola with yogurt or oatmeal. I try to cook, but we still eat out a fair bit. I do keep a lot of fresh fruits and veggies on hand for snacks. Sliced cucumbers, baby carrots, and peaches or apples are my favorite! 

karaelaine1991

I have a glass of orange juice too because it settles my stomach and then DD and I have French toast and strawberries  

Dinozaur

I do a bowl of oatmeal with bananas cut up into it and either a glass of milk or a smoothie. I just heat the oatmeal in the microwave so it's super easy and then I use mostly frozen fruit for the smoothies. Only takes a few minutes and works great for my lingering morning sickness. 

christac1010

I still have the occasional wave of nausea, so I try to get something big and carb rich down first thing in the morning. I usually have either toast with butter and cinnamon sugar or a bagel with peanut butter and jelly. My husband has been a huge help with cooking, because I'm just starting to have enough energy to cook  when I get home from work. Although I used to be huge into prep, that's out the window now because who knows what I feel like eating any particular minute of the day. I try to hit up the Farmer's Market every weekend and then I keep a lot of chicken around the house. Easy enough ingredients to quickly throw together. 

KRB22

Lately I've been waking up between 3-4 AM feeling kind of hungry/queasy. So I usually have a banana then and try to go back to sleep for a bit. Then when I'm ready to get up I'll either have a bowl of granola with almond milk and berries, or oatmeal with fruit. I definitely do better with fruit and complex carbs first thing, vs eggs or something like that. I also prefer making my own breakfast/eating at home because it's more expedient, and normally healthier. 

And I make sure to have a snack mid-morning that includes some protein. If I wait too long to eat between breakfast and lunch my blood sugar drops and I start to feel queasy again and/or get a headache. 

ThePax89

I eat something in bed before getting up. Then I feed my daughter breakfast and shove food in my mouth as I go. 

Knottie25816533

Monday Friday aka work days I usually eat special K cereal, mini wheats or oatmeal. Then have a late morning snack later. On weekends it's usually French toast and scrambled eggs or pancakes and scrambled eggs. Today it was waffles and scrambled eggs!

sweetyjenj

Every morning I try to eat 1 source of protein and 1 source of carb. For example, I typically eat one of the following, then rotate throughout the week:
-new oatmeal+protein type English Muffin (whole grain) with 2 scrambled eggs
-oat bran with scoop protein powder and cinn. with drizzle of maple syrup
-whole grain cheerios with almond milk + banana
-smoothie with greek yogurt (or water with scoop protein powder), banana, frozen strawberries, LARGE handful of spinach, chia seeds

I need to eat first thing when I wake up with 8oz coffee and large glass of water.

reenalamba

What is dd

reenalamba

Thanks everyone for great ideas

Knottie1443924966

Wake up drink lots of water, do some affirmations, go for a walk, wake up my husband go make breakfast together. Usually salad, quinoa, avocado, whatever veggies are left from the day before and either some beans or tofu. Or oatmeal and banana.

MrsElizabethPlano

Every morning I eat 1 whole grain, 1 protein, and maybe a fruit if I'm hungry enough. 

I like routine so for a cold bfast I usually go with a smoothie (1C chopped fzn spinach 1C plain non fat greek yogurt 2C fresh fruit all blended smoothly) and toast. Oatmeal for hot bfast. 1/2C rolled oats, 1C water, and 2 tbs of nut butter.