(c) Can Stock Photo / gstockstudio
I am now eating for two: one of the most famous and beloved phrases that all pregnant women are familiar with. Every time you open the refrigerator and taking something from it you are calming yourself down with the idea that you are now eating for two, but then, seeing your reflection in the mirror and … . That is the epic moment. You feel like you definitely need a fitness, but have no idea how to combine all of this together? Agree, it is difficult to combine the need of eating for two with fitness + that you are pregnant and should spend more time reading and learning more about all the dos and don’ts that you should be following while pregnancy (and post pregnancy as well).
We are here to show you some simple eating and fitness tricks, which you will easily combine and include into your daily routine.
Fitness and fast food
When It comes to deciding what you eat, you should always take the ones according to their vitamins and never to their appearance. Fast food may always seem to be a fast and time saving decision, however in each article you will go reading, you will see the advise to stay away from fast food during your pregnancy and give your preference to home-made or natural food.
Even if you are doing your fitness regularly and are absolutely counting all of the calories that you take, you still have to minimize the use of fast food.
The importance of doing right exercises
The wish of staying fit even when you are pregnant may sometimes be really exciting. Every woman would love to have a fit body, no extra calories while pregnancy, however this should never be a reason for overwhelming yourself with exercises. Try to be as skeptical as you can while choosing the exercises that you are going to do as a part of your fitness. Avoid the ones which include jumping or can give an injury. Omit those exercises from your list and make a new one. You can include, for example, yoga, in your daily routine which is highly advisable during the pregnancy period. The prenatal yoga will stretch your body in case you are doing the right poses. Make sure you know what to eat before or after prenatal yoga and feel free to make it the part of your day.
Your doctors’ advice must be always counted
Your doctor may have already gave you some instructions for starting a pregnancy diet, however if you want to add fitness to it you should surely conduct your doctor to be sure whether your body and health conditions are ready to start as well. Your doctor is the one who knows best your health condition and he may be the best person to tell whether you should start doing fitness or not.
Learn to do the right workout
If you are feeling like you can do your workouts for many minutes without even getting tired, that’s great. But one thing you should take account is: you are pregnant and doing exercises with having a rest every 5 minutes or so will ensure that both you and your baby are ready for a new list of exercises. Make sure you are doing some warming up movements and then calm your body down. In this way you are preparing your body and muscles for the whole workout.
Eat healthy food
Fitness won’t ever help you if you are giving your choice to non-healthy food. Always choose vegetables and fruits: they are rich with vitamins, proteins and all of the necessary things which you, your body and your baby need now. Getting the right amount of nutrients during the pregnancy period is one of the most important parts of the whole 9 months and, well, later as well.
Follow this easy tricks and finally, relax and enjoy every single minute of your pregnancy.
