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breakfast: I've been making whole wheat egg sandwiches on Sunday and eating them all week (freezer) I just make eggs in muffin tin, and then add turkey/ham, 1/2 a slice of cheese, and the enlish muffin. freeze and then pop it in microwave wrapped in paper towel for 1-2 minutes.

lunch: chicken noodle, tomato, chili, vegetable, ect. soup, egg salad, turkey, PBJ, BLT sandwich/wrap, salad, chicken or tuna salad. Always with fruit, veggie, or yogurt side.

Dinner: I have to eat carbs to stay full through the night with some protein and a veggie.

Snacks: yogurt, string cheese, nuts, oatmeal, fruit, veggie sticks with hummus/dip, crackers with hummus/laughing cow cheese, granola bar, pretzel thins, guacamole/salsa and chips, or crackers of some sort.

Breakfast is usually a whole wheat bagel with grass fed butter & sometimes pumpkin butter. Sometimes a banana goes with that but sometimes they make me sick. Oj & my one cup of coffee.

Lunch: whole wheat turkey sandwiches, frozen Tyson chicken breast with salsa & veggies/salad, while wheat pasta with squash & chicken. Any kind of soup.

Dinner: usually chicken & veggies. Brown rice is a usual add on or cold buttered whole what bread. I get tired of chicken though so we do lots of super lean beef too.

Snacks: fruit (especially grapefruit!) Nuts, oatmeal, baby carrots, cheese, veggie straws (ehh, they're at least better than potato chips right? lol) cherry tomatoes & cottage cheese....

When I was pregnant, I committed to eating whole foods. Once out of the first trimester (because all I wanted was bread and bread), I really focused on non-packaged goods. All whole foods. If I couldn't make it, I didn't eat it. Oh, the night I went into labor, I decided to eat eggplant parmesan ... big mistake!

Loved me some egg sandwiches and breakfast burritos! Also its pretty easy to whip up some whole grain muffins for snacks, and freeze a bunch of them. Enjoyed lots of green smoothies too.

I also forced myself to eat salmon once per week because I read its good for baby's developing brain.

@Mrs. Sunshine: Awesome. Dieting and breastfeeding made me super aware of the amount of fat I need in my diet. Too much dairy fat makes my stomach hurt, so I try to stick mostly to plant based fats - but whatever, so long as I get it in.

I love to take the cream out of a can of coconut milk and whip it up with a little sugar and vanilla, and then eat that with strawberries. Or just straight out of the bowl. Yummmmmm. Dieting got much easier for me when I stopped trying to reduce my fat content - and my body was much happier. I really wish I'd known that while pregnant.

@sarac: my nutritionist has been pushing more fat on me during pregnancy. I love good fats. Avocado never gets old