As I approach the third tri, my digestive system is starting to slow down a little...I'm currently having 1-2 bowls of Fiber One, 2-3 servings of fruit and a whole lot of water each day. I'm planning to eliminate bananas and go for more walks. Anyone have other ideas for things I can try? What fiber-rich foods do you like to eat? Also, does Starbucks count?
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I love Fiber One oats and chocolate bars. Shredded Mini Wheats come in all kinds of fun flavors now too. Also I added Benefiber to drinks all the time. That really helps!
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I ate a lot of baked sweet potato fries with guac while I was pregnant. Squash is full of fiber too.
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oyster mushrooms...sauteed with garlic, thyme and butter!
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I love any roasted veggies tossed in some garlic salt and pepper!
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Roasted broccoli! Toss it with olive oil, salt, garlic and some lemon juice and roast it up. Sooooo yummy! I also like cooked spinach with lemon juice and some crumbled feta (which is fine if you buy pasteurized).
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I do edamame for a easy and quick "fiber" snack. And apples. Apples every day!
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Ground flax seed. Add it to your cereal for an extra boost of fiber. I also add it to smoothies and oatmeal.
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Flax and chia seed mixture is awesome.
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Roasted sweet potatoes and beets, avocado on sprouted toast, and flax seed in yogurt.
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Raw apples. Prunes. I make a green smoothie most days with spinach, berries and banana, and that seems to do the job as well
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Not to sound like a total old person, but...bran cereal isn't bad at all... I usually have All Bran either mixed with a yogurt (Activia if you're really ambitious) or just as cereal (with your choice of sweetener sprinkled on top...). I promise I'm not 80.
Otherwise, Fiber One has some awesome brownies/cookies that get warm and melty if you microwave 'em.
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Starbucks certainly helps! I'm on Miralax twice a day, as fiber does absolutely NOTHING for me, except make me miserably gassy
I do like grape nuts, though! And fiber one cereal. I'm kind of weird
Oh i like the idea of adding prunes to my morning green smoothie, though....
Prune juice WARM is actually kind of good tasting, surprisingly...
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I definitely think I'll get a higher fiber cereal next time...a lot of these things I eat fairly often but they're just not working! I think I'm gonna look into Benefiber like @mrs. wagon suggested, and I think I will go on a second walk today--surely gravity will kick in at some point!
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@blackbird: Grape Nuts! I forgot about those and they usually work for me, good call.
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