My Prosperous World

Pregnancy is a time when all your perspectives change—-some in small ways and others in a really radical shift. Eating is one of those that falls into the radical sphere, because you have one faction of do-gooders telling you to “go ahead, eat, eat,–after all you’re eating for two now”; and then you have the other side saying “Oooooh nooooo—watch what you eat, don’t eat too much, don’t gain too much weight, you must diet during your pregnancy”.

Well, I say, nuts to all that. Where were all these naysayers and do-gooders way back when years ago when plenty of healthy babies were being born, and the mothers did not gain a tremendous amount of weight and no one even thought of going on a diet during pregnancy—-that thought would have conjured up a bunch of belly laughs.

To them, pregnancy was just another fact of life, and yes it was celebrated, but not with the materialistic carryon that goes on today with rounds and rounds of showers, sonograms and what have you. Their lives were far more simple than ours with their limited technology—-but with lots of advantages that we don’t regard as advantages. There was no greasy, fat-laden burgers and fried chicken on every corner just begging to be eaten so they could clog up our under used hearts; no cardboard tasting TV dinners in the supermarket. They worked hard, did much more manual labor than we do today, walked a lot more, and ate fresh foods usually grown locally.

So, as a result of all these factors in their lives, they really didn’t give much thought to a diet during pregnancy. Today, we are genetically not ready to live the technologically advanced lifestyles we enjoy today—our DNA has not evolved fast enough to keep up with all the new advances—so what is the end result? Lots of fat people with heart problems and almost everyone who is having a baby is now worrying about their diet during the pregnancy and how to stay healthy and keep the baby healthy too.

So what is the answer for all of us that are worried about maintaining a decent healthy diet during pregnancy—-something that would encompass both the eternally slim and the fat magnets that walk through a grocery store and gain 10 pounds just walking past the cake aisle. Most women who do not have much of a weight gain problem are concerned mainly with just eating right and making sure they get enough water, enough vitamins, enough fiber, and lots of exercise. They rarely give a thought to the amount of calories they are taking in, because for them calories are not a problem and not something they need to worry about.

On the other hand, those of us who have enough fat cells waiting to populate a small city, are very concerned about adding to those fat cells and want to make sure they keep the amount of calories that are consumed under control. The main thing for keeping a healthy diet during pregnancy operational, is to steer clear of the fast food joints that tout all those grease-laden burgers and chicken nuggets and stick to lots of fresh fruits and veggies, good protein sources, a lower intake of salt-there’s enough swelling going on as it is when you are pregnant; adequate vitamin intake, lots of water, and fiber—and don’t forget the rabid fat cells waiting to be fed—-make sure you monitor your calorie intake if you have a weight gain problem.

You don’t have to be a mental giant to get the gist of all this—-these facts are nothing more than what you have been told all your life for healthy eating and reducing weight gain—the only difference is now you are maintaining this diet during your pregnancy for you and the baby, so make sure you stick to it faithfully. There are no extraordinary measures here, just good old common sense for healthy eating; and these days, we get so caught up in our whirlwind lives, that common sense is hard to come by.

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