Quick Tips to eating healthy when Pregnant

Making smart food choices can help you have a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby!

Don't skip breakfast! If you are feeling sick, start with 100% whole-grain toast. Eat more food later in the morning. 

Eat foods high in fiber! Veggies, fruits, whole grains, and beans. (Green Peas, Broccoli  Raspberries, Pears, Whole-wheat Spaghetti, Oatmeal, Black Beans, Lentils)

Choose healthy snacks! Low-fat Greek yogurt with fruit, or low-fat cottage cheese with fruit, whole wheat crackers and low-fat cheese, fresh veggie platter with peanut butter.

Limit your caffeine! Try having flavored water or just water instead of soda! Drink decaf tea or coffee. 

The Water Bar

Start with Flat Water or Sparkling Water

You can add in any of the following to make a yummy water cocktail:

• Lemon Wedge
• Lime Wedge
• Orange Slice
• Strawberry Slices 
• Kiwi Slices
• Cucumber Slices
• Frozen Grapes
• Watermelon Cubes
• Dash of fruit juice, cranberry, orange, grapefruit
• Mint Leaves
• Basil
• Grated Ginger
• Rosemary
• Crushed Ice
• Ice Cubes Raspberry mint ice

"I have no Motivation" Excuse!

No two people are motivated by exactly the same things. Some of us are internally motivated, some need an inspiring story or person to help motivate them. No person can be pushed to be motivated because if motivation doesn't come from you genuinely, you will fail.

My advice: remember a time when you worked out and how GREAT you felt afterwards, or remember a meal you had where you ate to much and felt yucky, most of all REMEMBER WHY you want to be healthy and lose/gain weight! You can do this! 

Check out fb.com/gerberfitness for some other motivation tips and success stories!

Morning, Noon, or Night?

In my perfect world I would wake up at 5:00 am and eat a small breakfast...clean the house for 30 minutes and then do my workout! I would shower and be ready to start my day! (daydream)
Oh sorry back to reality! I have two kids, one is a baby and one is in First Grade and I homeschool her....so my world is NOT even close to perfect...But I do schedule my workouts!
I workout around noon time! When my son is sleeping! It makes my day start very late but I ALWAYS schedule my workout time in! Just like I would an appointment! If someone asks hey can you call around noon...nope, sorry I have myself scheduled for that time to be doing something else!
You are more likely to do your workout if it's on your calendar then leaving it to chance! So I ask...do you workout morning, noon, or night? Are you scheduling it?
Happy Workouts!

Polar FT4! This is on my Christmas list!!!

Do you use a heart rate monitor to tell you how many calories you burn? If so, what are you using? Do you love it?

What does your plate look like!?

How much did you drink today??

If you SERIOUSLY can't get off the Couch!

Get fit while Playing this Fall!!

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Today's Workout....55 minute Cardio! What did you do?

So What's your excuse?

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I love my CHANGE!

AWESOME RESULTS MAN!

“If what you’re doing is not your passion, you have nothing to lose.”

Drinking the right amount of water everyday is a HUGE part of your weightloss!! To maintain your weight drink half your body weight in ounces. To lose you need to drink more!

Check out these stability ball exercises!

http://www.ball-exercises.com/exercises/index.html

If you have any ideas to add to this list, I’m all ears! These are 300 calories snack/meal ideas

Low Fat Cheese Sticks and Almonds/ piece of fruit

Cottage Cheese and fruit

Chicken with roasted veggies

Whole wheat crackers with low fat cheese

Whole grain bagel with nut butter/low fat cream cheese 

Apples and nut butter

Hummus and veggies

Hard boiled egg and whole wheat crackers

Ricotta Cheese with agave and fruit

Greek yogurt with agave

Cottage Cheese, salsa, cucumber

Whole wheat crackers and veggie plate

Shakeology

Be your own Trainer!!

Workout DONE! Turbo Fire Core and 40 minute Stretch!Stretching helps prevent injury and improving your flexibility also helps you build your muscles better! How important do you thinking stretching is??

Les Mills Combat!